Roundtable Workshops

Roundtable Workshop 14: The Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster: Implications for U.S. and Global Disaster Reduction and Preparedness

June 21, 2005

KECK CENTER - Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

About This Workshop

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
William H. Hooke, American Meteorological Society, and Chair, Disasters Roundtable

8:40 a.m. Session I: Some Results from Initial Scientific Investigations of the Disaster:
Moderator: David Simpson, University of Louisville

Physical Impacts: Patrick Lynett, Texas A&M University Download Presentation; and Lloyd S. Cluff, Pacific Gas and Electric Download Presentation

Social and Behavioral Aspects: Tricia Wachtendorf, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware Download Presentation

10:10 a.m. Questions and Discussion

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Session II: Overview of Disaster Response and Recovery Activities

Gary Gottlieb, USAID

Moderator: Frank Best, PB Alltech, Inc.

11:05 a.m. Questions and Discussion

11:15 a.m. Session III: Facing the Tsunami Risk in the U.S. and Abroad

U.S. Tsunami History: Eddie Bernard, NOAA Download Presentation

11:45 a.m. Questions and Discussion

12:00 p.m. Lunch Break (cafeteria available on 3rd floor)

1:00 p.m. Session III - continued

Local and state preparedness programs and initiatives: Jay Wilson, Oregon Emergency Management

National Initiatives: John McNulty, NOAA Download Presentation; and
James F. Devine, USGS

Moderator: Ellis Stanley, City of Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Department

2:00 p.m. Questions and Discussion

2:20 p.m. Break

2:35 p.m. Session IV: Implications for Multi-Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness

Local and state level: Richard Eisner, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services Download presentation file 1
Download Presentation file 2

National level: Michael Buckley, FEMA/DHS
International: Margaret Arnold, World Bank Download Presentation

Moderator: Richard T. Sylves, University of Delaware

3:35 p.m. Questions and Discussion

3:55 p.m. Session V: Raising Questions about Reconstruction and Recovery
Frederick Krimgold, Virginia Polytechnic and State University Download Presentation

Moderator: Dennis Wenger, National Science Foundation

4:15 p.m. Questions and Discussion

4:25 p.m. Concluding Remarks
William H. Hooke, American Meteorological Society, and Chair, Disasters Roundtable

4:30 p.m. Adjourn