APPENDIX A –
AGENDA
February 28 – March 1, 2002
National Academy of Sciences
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC
Lecture Room
Thursday, February 28, 2002 |
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9:00 am |
Welcoming Remarks and Introduction to Forum Rutherford Platt, Chair, Natural Disasters Roundtable, University of Massachusetts |
9:05 am |
The National Academies Counter Terrorism Activities Douglas Bauer, Director of Counter Terrorism |
9:20 am |
Introduction of Keynote Speaker Stephen Leatherman, Florida International University |
9:25 am |
Role of the Office of Homeland Security Michael Byrne, Office of Homeland Security |
10:00 am |
Coffee break |
10:15 am |
Session I – Panel on Lessons Learned from Research on Risk Perception and Communication Moderator: Mary Fran Myers, University of Colorado |
10:20 am |
Risk Perception Paul Slovic, University of Oregon |
10:40 am |
Risk Communication and Disaster Warning John Sorensen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
11:00 am |
Role of the Media Henry Quarantelli, University of Delaware |
11:20 am |
Open Discussion |
11:45 am |
Lunch break |
1:15 pm |
Session II – Panel on Lessons Learned from Emergency Preparedness and Response Moderator: William Anderson, NRC |
1:20 pm |
Preparedness Michael Lindell, Texas A&M University |
1:40 pm |
Group and Organizational Response Kathleen Tierney, University of Delaware |
2:00 pm |
Evacuation |
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Susan Cutter, University of South Carolina |
2:20 pm |
Open Discussion |
2:45 pm |
Coffee break |
3:00 pm |
Session III – Practitioner Panel on Cross-Disaster Experience: Meeting the Challenge of Different Types of Disasters Moderator: Richard Little, NRC Charles Hess, FEMA Marianne Jackson, FEMA Richard Rotanz, City of New York |
4:30 pm |
Open Discussion |
5:00 pm |
Adjourn for the day |
Friday, March 1, 2002 |
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9:00 am |
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker James Bruce, Global Change Strategies International, Inc, Ottawa |
9:05 am |
Keynote Address: The Role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Combating Natural and Human-Induced Disasters Eric Noji, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Office of Homeland Security |
9:40 am |
Coffee Break |
9:55 am |
Session I – Panel on Public Health Systems Lessons Moderator: Wilfred Iwan, California Institute of Technology |
10:00 am |
Hospital Preparedness Ken Bloem, Johns Hopkins University |
10:20 am |
Implications of the Impacts of Past Natural Disaster Events on Public Health Systems Kim Shoaf, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters |
10:40 am |
Insights Derived from Cross-Disaster Public Health Experience Don Weiss, New York City Department of Health |
11:00 am |
Open Discussion |
11:30 am |
Lunch break |
12:45 pm |
Session II – Panel on Capacity Building: Meeting the Need for New Skills and Resources for Combating Terrorism by Building on Natural and Technological Disaster Experience and Resources Moderator: Richard Sylves, University of Delaware |
12:50 pm |
View of Practitioners Peter LaPorte, Washington, DC Office of Emergency Management Mark Penn, Arlington County Fire Department Frances Edwards-Winslow, San Jose Office of Emergency Services |
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Stuart Nishenko, Pacific Gas & Electric |
2:10 pm |
Break |
2:25 pm |
View of Researchers William Waugh, Jr., Georgia State University Sam Stratton, Los Angeles County EMS, UCLA Jack Harrald, George Washington University Ken Mitchell, Rutgers University |
3:45 pm |
Open Discussion |
4:30 pm |
Concluding Remarks Rutherford Platt, Chair, Natural Disasters Roundtable |
4:40 pm |
Adjourn |