Speaker Youn Sim
Youn Sim, Ph.D., P.E., ENV SP is a 23-year veteran at the County of Los Angeles. As the agency’s Sustainability & Innovation Officer and Principal Engineer, he led the sustainability initiatives through strategic planning, policy development and implementation, and long-range planning of sustainable infrastructure management. He has been invited to give numerous speeches at Universities, and national conferences and workshops.
He received a Ph.D. from University of California at Irvine in Civil Engineering. He is the former chair of the Sustainability Committee of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He has been actively serving Korean American community as the former Southern California chapter President of Korean American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA). He is currently serving as a President of Korean American Chapter of UCI Alumni Association.
Speech Highlights
The speech will discuss various climate change effects on our daily lives and the community and the consequent impact to our business in the short and long run. Also covered in the speech will be latest policy measures from local, state, and federal governments as well as industry activities to adapt to climate change impacts.