Arup at Climate Week New York City

Date: September 22
Time: 4 pm EDT
Location: NYU Tandon School of Engineering, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn
Host partners: NYU, Nature Conservancy
Arup speakers: Joe Shuttleworth, Digital Water Leader; Vincent Lee, Global Water Skills Leader

Experts from Arup, The Nature Conservancy, NYU, and the University of California will speak to how cutting-edge technologies like AI, sensors, and remote sensing are revolutionizing urban water resilience strategies and making cities safer, smarter, and more climate ready.

Date: September 25
Time: 2:30 pm EDT
Location: UNGC mid-town hub  
Host partner: C40
Arup speakers: Joshua DeFlorio, Transportation Planning Leader; Simon Critten, Americas Energy Leader

On World Maritime Day, C40 Cities and Arup will showcase innovative projects transforming ports into clean energy hubs, unlocking economic growth, green jobs, and investor returns. The event will feature insights from industry leaders and a new report, Ports as Clean Energy Hubs, highlighting strategies for ports to drive decarbonization and socioeconomic benefits.

Date: September 22
Time: 12 pm EDT
Location: Provided upon registration
Presented by: The Climate Registry
Arup speaker: Heather Rosenberg, Americas Resilience Skills Leader

The California Climate Leadership Forum, hosted by The Climate Registry, is a private event bringing together government and business leaders to explore a new paradigm for climate action that links decarbonization with job growth, affordability, and community resilience.

Date: September 22
Time: 1 pm EDT
Location: Convene, 1221 6th Avenue, New York 
Presented by: Deloitte
Arup speaker: Ameya Soparkar, Americas East Tech Leader

Discover how data center ecosystem leaders are securing power, navigating interconnection and regulatory requirements, and grid modernization to sustainably meet increasing AI power demand.

Date: September 23
Time: 1 pm EDT
Location: Convene, 1221 6th Avenue, New York
Presented by: Deloitte
Arup speakers: Simon Critten, Americas Energy Leader; Whitney Smith, Associate Principal

Presented in collaboration with Deloitte, this session will explore how new materials, sustainable construction methods, and circular principles are shaping the future of infrastructure.

Date: September 23
Time: 3 pm EDT
Location: Chrysler Building
Presented by: Adapteo and Doconomy  
Arup speaker: Ilana Judah, Americas Climate and Sustainability Services Leader
 
This session will explore how resilience is built through infrastructure designed for adaptability, investments that reward circularity, and bold innovations. This conversation brings together leaders to highlight how infrastructure, finance, and innovation intersect to create societies that are not only sustainable, but future-ready.

Date: September 23
Time: 5 pm EDT
Location: Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Pl., New York, NY 10012 United States
Presented by: AIA New York
Arup speaker: Joe McGranahan, Embodied Carbon Consultant

Join innovators and practitioners for an exploration of how breakthrough innovation and comprehensive policy and planning are converging to drive deep-embodied carbon reduction in the built environment.

Date: September 25
Time: 8:30 am EDT
Location: Arcadis office, Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York
Host partners: WBCSD in collaboration with Autodesk
Arup speakers: Jordan Woodson, Americas East Structural Discipline Leader
 
In response to urgent calls for climate action, the AEC industry faces mounting responsibility to mitigate climate change by reducing embodied carbon emissions. To address this, Arup supported a Proof of Concept (PoC) initiative led by Autodesk. This event will bring together the leading firms who collaborated on the project to discuss the details of the developed guidelines and how the recommendations can be applied and adopted by the broader built environment.

Date: September 25
Time: 10:30 am EDT
Location: Building Energy Exchange
Presented by: Building Energy Exchange
Arup speaker: Linda Toth, Associate

Join a critical conversation on how states and cities are leading the charge in climate action through building performance standards. Presented in partnership with Building Energy Exchange, this event will highlight how the innovative model of high-performance building hubs is essential to supporting localized implementation and scaling climate solutions, especially now.