Roundtable Workshops

Roundtable Workshop 16: Community Disaster Resilience

March 20, 2006

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

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

9:10 a.m. Session I: Local Perspectives

Furthering Community Disaster Resilience
in the City of Berkeley, CA - Arrietta Chakos, City of Berkeley
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Disaster Resistant University Program at the University of California, Berkeley - Sarah K. Nathe, UC, Berkeley
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Disaster Preparedness Challenges to Community Public
Health Infrastructure - Elin Gursky, ANSER, Analytic Services

Moderator: Monica Schoch-Spana

10:10 a.m. Questions and Discussion

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Session II: Citizens and Demographic Groups

Strengthening Citizen Disaster Preparedness -
Michael Barnett, Office of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy
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Community Diversity, Vulnerability and Resilience:
What's the Connection? - Elaine Enarson, Brandon University
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Moderator: Juan M. Ortiz

11:25 a.m. Questions and Discussion

11:45 a.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Session III: Perspectives from Research and Analysis

Research Initiatives at the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) to Further
Earthquake Resilient Communities - Michel Bruneau, MCEER/SUNY at Buffalo
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Measuring Community Emergency Preparedness -
David Simpson University of Louisville
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Multihazard Mitigation Council's Study on the Benefits and Costs of FEMA Mitigation Programs -

Philip Thomas Ganderton, University of New Mexico;
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Ronald T. Eguchi, ImageCat, Inc.;
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Deborah Ingram, FEMA/DHS
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Moderator: John R. Harrald, George Washington University

2:30 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. Questions and Discussion

3:05 p.m. Session IV: Resilience and Community Recovery

Lessons Learned About Recovery in the Business and Other Sectors - Daniel J. Alesch, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
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Emerging Patterns of Rebuilding and Recovery in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina -
Laura Steinberg, Tulane University
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Moderator: Gerard J. Hoetmer

4:00 p.m. Questions and Discussion

4:20 p.m. Concluding Remarks - William H. Hooke,
American Meteorological Society, and Chair, Disasters Roundtable

4:30 p.m. Adjourn

Updated Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:18pm