Events
WerkWell’s events bring together the people shaping the future of resilient, high‑performance, and community‑centered development. From our flagship (re)Building with Resilience Symposium to partner showcases, and global convenings, each gathering is designed to move the industry from conversation to coordinated action. This page highlights where we’ve been, what we’re building next, and how you can join the ecosystem advancing safer, smarter, and more sustainable communities.
2026 (re)Building with Resilience Symposium
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May 20, 2026, in Downtown Los Angeles, CA
A Year in Review
Examining the first year of recovery across housing, infrastructure, and communities—highlighting progress made, the barriers slowing rebuilding, and the key lessons shaping a more effective, resilient path forward.
Rebuilding Critical Infrastructure
Exploring the rebuilding and modernization of critical infrastructure—from energy, water, and telecommunications to emergency response and transportation systems.
Housing Recovery & Community Stability
Discussing how strategies can strengthen building resilience that improve structural performance while advancing sustainability in post‑disaster reconstruction.
Scaling All-Electric Neighborhoods in LA
Navigating how LA can scale real‑world resilience efforts into replicable, district‑level models. Examining what it takes to align stakeholders, integrate systems, and move from pilots to adoption.
Financing Recovery and Insurance Reform
Reviewing the financial structures, policy reforms, and partnership models needed to rebuild at scale—addressing insurance gaps, delayed payouts, and opportunities for public‑private collaboration.
Stakeholder Alignment & Community Trust
Identifying how trust, alignment, and collaboration across residents, agencies, utilities, designers, developers, and community leaders can strengthen the rebuilding process.
Fire-Resilient Communities
Exploring emerging models of fire‑resilient design—covering materials, construction methods, and planning strategies that better protect homes and neighborhoods in fire‑prone regions.
The Challenges of Recovery
Bringing a unique set of voices actively engaged in various aspects of the recovery process to discuss ongoing uncertainties in the recovery pathway to share perspectives on current challenges and next steps.
Infrastructure Solutions
Exploring innovative approaches to rebuilding resilient critical infrastructure, experts from the energy sectors will discuss next generation infrastructure solutions for water, energy and waste management, telecommunications, and community-based power solutions and sustainable infrastructure models.
Designing for
Resilience
Architecture and construction specialists examine how design choices can create more resilient buildings and communities. The discussion covered prefabrication, design-build approaches, and architectural innovations.
Lessons
Learned
A candid conversation and critical insights from two experts who spent their careers defending our communities from wildfires. This intimate discussion shared valuable experiences about past and recent fires – what worked, what didn’t.
Addressing the Financial Gap
This session tackled the economic challenges of disaster recovery, including insurance coverages, funding shortfalls, and financial barriers to rebuilding. Discussed innovative financing solutions to support comprehensive community reconstruction.
Building a Systems-based Framework
The panel explored holistic approaches to disaster recovery that integrate circular economy principles, sustainability, and community resilience. Examined frameworks for coordinating multiple stakeholders and systems to create integrated, effective recovery and rebuilding strategies.
2025 (re)Building with Resilience Symposium
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What Our Events Offer
Cross‑Sector Collaboration
Our symposiums convene leaders from design, engineering, government, policy, finance, community organizations, and innovation — creating the rare environment where decisions, partnerships, and implementation pathways take shape in real time and actually move projects forward.
Expert-Led Conversations
Sessions are built around real constraints, real failures, and real opportunities. Speakers are selected for candor, experience, and expertise — giving attendees the clarity needed to make better decisions.
Region‑Specific Insights
Every symposium is anchored in the realities of local and climate‑readiness challenges, offering hyper‑relevant insights for teams working in areas such as wildfire, water, housing, infrastructure, and community resilience.
Action‑Oriented Design
Workshops, roundtables, and facilitated discussions help attendees translate ideas into next steps — from funding strategies to permitting pathways to cross‑agency coordination.
Access to Leading Experts and Emerging Innovators
Attendees connect directly with the people shaping the future of resilient development: engineers, architects, policymakers, researchers, technologists, and community leaders.
Curated Networking & Partnerships
The event structure intentionally creates space for meaningful connections. Many attendees leave with new collaborators, new clients, or new project opportunities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our last event was the (re)Building with Resilience Symposium on May 20, 2026, in downtown Los Angeles. Stay tuned for more information on new upcoming events!
Registration for our events is done through our website or event listing. Simply navigate to the event page and click on the registration button.
Some of our events may have a registration fee, but many are free to attend. Information about fees will be specified on the event page.
Let us know if you are interested in sponsoring parts of an event such as breakfast, lunch, panels, etc. Our sponsorship opportunities come with great perks!
Yes! Our sponsorship opportunities come with great perks! Sponsorship typically includes recognition before, during, and after the event through digital promotion, event visibility, and on-screen recognition during the event. If interested in sponsorship, please reach out to victoria.connell@werkwell.net.
