Roundtable Workshops

Roundtable Workshop 12: Creating a Disaster Resilient America: Grand Challenges in Science and Technology

October 28, 2004

The National Academy of Sciences Building
Lecture Room
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC

About This Workshop

AGENDA

9:00 a.m. Welcome and introductions
William Hooke, American Meteorological Society and Chair, Disasters Roundtable

9:10 a.m. The Need for Strategic Investments in Disaster Reduction Science and Technology to Further Resilience
Hon. Kathie L. Olsen, Office of Science and Technology Policy (Download Presentation)

9:40 a.m. Linking Disaster Reduction and Resilience to the National Agenda
Stuart Nishenko, Pacific Gas and Electric (Download Presentation)

10:00 a.m. Questions and discussion

10:40 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. The Score Card: How Resilient Are We As a Nation?
Dennis Mileti,University of Colorado, Boulder

11:20 a.m. Questions and discussion

11:45 a.m. Lunch break

12:45 p.m. Panel: Emerging Federal Grand Challenge Perspectives and Priorities

Moderator: Gene Whitney, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Margaret Leinen, National Science Foundation
John J. "Jack" Kelly, Jr., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Download Presentation)
David P. Tenny, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Paul Gilman, Environmental Protection Agency (Download Presentation)

Patrick Leahy, U.S. Geological Survey

Ronald Birk, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nancy Suski, Department of Homeland Security
2:00 p.m. Questions and discussion

2:30 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. Panel: Perspectives of Other Stakeholders on Grand Challenges

Moderator: Ross Corotis,University of Colorado, Boulder

J. Kenneth Mitchell, Rutgers University (Download Presentation)

Lloyd Cluff, Pacific Gas and Electric

Stephen Leatherman, Florida International University

Nicholas Jones, The Johns Hopkins University

L. Thomas Tobin, Tobin and Associates

4:05 p.m. Questions and discussion

4:35 p.m. The Way Forward: Federal Agency Coordination and Collaboration
Helen M. Wood, NOAA and Chair, Subcommittee for Disaster Reduction

4:50 p.m. Grand Challenges and Public/Private Partnerships
Robert Hamilton, National Research Council (retired)

5:10 p.m. Questions and discussion

5:30 p.m. Concluding remarks
Willam H. Hooke, American Meteorological Society and Chair, Disasters Roundtable

5:45 p.m. Adjourn