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APPENDIX A
June 13, 2003
Washington, DC
AGENDA
8:30 AM Welcome and Introductions
William H. Hooke, DR Chair, American Meteorological Society
8:35 AM Emergency Management Overview and Forum Objectives
Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., CEM, DR Steering Committee, General Manager, City of Los Angeles
Emergency Preparedness Department
8:45 AM Facing New Challenges
"A World in Flux: Emergency Management Challenges and Opportunities"
Thomas Drabek, Professor of Sociology, University of Denver
Dr. Drabek will address the future from the perspective of his fork years of conducting research or' emergency
management.
9:15 AM Today and Tomorrow's Challenges: Views of Practitioners and Decision Makers
Moderator: Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., CEM, DR Steering Committee, General Manager, City of Los Angeles
Emergency Preparedness Department
Moderated discussion with emergency management experts and decision makers to discus challenges that future emergency
managers willface based on the anticipated vulr~erabili~ of the nation to particular types of risks, such as rural, technological
and humar~-induced hazards. The challenges they consider will include resource and ir~stitutior~alproblems, and the reed for all-
ha~ards planning arid ir~teroperabilly. Possible solutions to such challenges will be discussed ire later sessions.
Eric Tombed, Director, Response Division, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security
J.R Thomas, CEM, Director, Franklin Co. Emergency Management Agency, and President, the
International Association of Emergency Managers
10:00 AM Questions and Discussion
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Higher Education Needs of the Emergency Manager of the Future
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Moderator: Lacy Suiter, Napery Post Graduate School
Moderated discussion with exerts involved ire emergency management studies programs. They will offer their views on hour
universiy-basedirograms car best meet the reeds of future emergency managers arid decision' makers given the challenges they
wi~lface this center.
John R Harrald, Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, George
Washington University
B. Wayne Blanchard, Higher Education Project Manager, Emergency Management Institute,
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Brenda Phillips, Professor, Institute for Emergency Preparedness, Jacksonville State University,
Alabama
11:30 AM Questions and Discussion
12:00 noon Lunch break (cafeteria available)
1:10 PM
Research Needed to Support the Emergency Manager of the Future
Moderator: Ann-Margaret Esnard, DR Member, Cornell University
Moderated discussion with representative~from the research andiractice communities to discus mayor research that is needed to
help advance the f eld of emergency management and how to transfer the knowledge to er~d-~sers once the research results have
beer obtained.
Denr~is Weeder, Program Director, National Science Foundation
Michae!Lindell, Director, Hazard Reduction And Recovery Center, Texas A&M
University
John Pine, Professor, Louisiana State University
1:55 PM Questions and Discussion
2:15 PM The Role of Technology in Furthering the Effectiveness of Emergency Management
Moderator: HI Wallace, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
Moderated disc~sior~ with exerts familiar with modern technological tools, such as GIN, that ca'' help meet today arid
tomorrow's emergeny management challenges. They mill discus the place of such tools for emergeny management plar~nir~g,
response and communication arid other relevant activities.
Malt Walton, President, E-Team, Inc.
John Young, Director, Enterprise Solutions, ESRI
3:00 PM Questions and Discussion
3:20 PM Break
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3:55 PM The Next Generation
Moderator: David >4pplegate, DR Steering Committee Member, Director, Government Affairs,
American Geological Institute
Moderated discussion with emerging exerts at the begir~r~ing of their careers. They Jill provide their perspectives regarding
tomorrow's challenges and opport~r~itie~ for research ar~diractice in the emergency mar~agemer~tield.
James Ker~dra, Research Coordinator, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware and
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas
Ethan Beckcom, Student, Arkansas Tech University
Chris Wright, Manager, Emergency Operations, Amgen Inc.
4:20 PM Questions and Discussion
4:40 PM Wrap Up: Where have we come from and where are we going?
Moderators: William Hooke, DR Steering Committee Chair, American Meteorological Society and Ellis Stanley,
Sr., CEM, DR Member, General Manager, City of Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness
Department
All participants should be thinking about key research questions and lessons learned from the day. This will
be an open discussion to sum up what we learned, what we still need to learn, and how we may go about
doing this. Audience members are the key participants in this discussion.
5:30 PM Adjourn
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