Forum on
Risk Management and Assessments
of Natural Hazards

Toward a Safer America: Building Natural Hazard Resistant Communities Through Risk Management and Assessments

Monday, February 5, 2001

Opening/Administrative Remarks

Ms. Cynthia Nelson, OFCM Senior Staff Meteorologist and Forum Coordinator

Power Point

Welcoming Remarks

Mr. Scott B. Gudes, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Speech

Forum Objectives

Mr. Samuel P. Williamson, Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

Power Point

Ms. Margaret Lawless, Acting Chairperson of the Subcommittee for Natural Disaster Reduction (SNDR) and Acting Executive Associate Director for Mitigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

PDF

FEMA Success Stories: Project Impact and Disaster Resistant Universities

Ms. Maria Vorel, Director, Community Outreach Division, FEMA

Speech

Mr. Brian Cowan, Director, Office of Strategic Initiatives, FEMA

Speech

The Role of Insurance in Hazard Resistant Communities

Dr. Paul R. Kleindorfer, Co-Director, Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania

Power Point

Introduction to Session on Interactive Tools, Poster Papers, and Displays

Dr. Stuart Nishenko, Earthquake Policy Advisor, Mitigation Directorate and FEMA Forum Coordinator

Interactive Tools

Mr. Joseph Szwarckop, Director, GDIN Committee Support Office: The Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN)

Power Point

Mr. Mark Reichardt: Open Geographic Information System (GIS) Consortium

Power Point

Ms. Susan C. Clark, Research and Communications Coordinator, Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information (CINDI), U.S.Geological Survey (USGS): CINDI Project

Power Point

Summary of Previous Studies/Reports Related to Risk Management of Natural Hazards and their Recommendations

Dr. Dennis Mileti, Director of the Natural Hazard Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado

Speech

Panel: Risk Assessment: Methodology and Approach

Moderator: Col (sel) Mark Welshinger (USAF), Assistant Federal Coordinator for Department of Defense/Air Force and Army Affairs, OFCM

Panelists:

Ms. Karen Carson, Deputy Director, Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages, Food and Drug Administration - Methods used for Risk Assessment of Food Hazards

Power Point

Mr. Clifford Oliver, Chief, Assessment Branch, Mitigation Directorate, FEMA - Hazards U.S. (HAZUS)

Power Point

Dr. Michael MacCracken, Director, National Assessment Center, U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), NOAA - National Assessment of Global Change

PDF

Tuesday, February 6, 2001

Reconvene General Session:

Mr. James Harrison, Deputy Federal Coordinator

Power Point

Recap of Day 1 Panel and Breakout Sessions by Moderators

Day 1 Panel: Col (sel) Mark Welshinger (USAF), Assistant Federal Coordinator





Power Point

1A: Mr. Michael Buckley, FEMA

1B: Dr. David Cleaves, USFS

1C: Dr. Christopher Adams, CIRA, Colorado State University

Contributions to Natural Disaster Reduction and Risk Assessments

Moderator: Dr. Stuart Nishenko, Earthquake Policy Advisor, Mitigation Directorate and FEMA Forum Coordinator

Subcommittee for Natural Disaster Reduction (SNDR) Strategic Plan

Power Point

Dr. Stuart Nishenko, FEMA

U.S. Forest Service

Dr. David Cleaves, National Program Leader, Fire Systems Research, Research and Development, Vegetation Management and Protection Research

Transparencies

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

Dr. Steven Shafer, National Program Leader, Global Change

Power Point

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Dr. Dave Evans, Chief, Fire Safety Engineering Division

Power Point

National Weather Service

Mr. Donald Wernly, Chief, Performance and Awareness Division, Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services

Transparencies

U.S. Geological Survey

Dr. Timothy Cohn, Theme Coordinator for Hazards, USGS National Center

Power Point

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Mr. Ronald R. Conners

Power Point

Environmental Protection Agency

Mr. James Makris, Director, Center for Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO)

Speech

Housing and Urban Development

Mr. William E. Freeborne

Power Point

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (NOAA)

Dr. John Gaynor, Director, U.S. Weather Research Program (USWRP) Interagency Program Office

Power Point

National Science Foundation

Dr. Ann Bostrom, Program Director, Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences Program

Power Point

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Dr. Barbara Fraumeni, Chief Economist

PDF

Federal Emergency Management

Ms. Donna Dannels, Director, Policy and Agency Assessment Division, Mitigation Directorate

Power Point

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Dr. Andrew J. Murphy, Senior Technical Advisor, Division of Engineering Technology

Power Point

National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NOAA)

Ms. Frances C. Holt, Chief, Atmospheric Research and Applications Division

Power Point

National Ocean Service Dr. Nathalie Valette-Silver, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science PDF

Media and Disasters: Why we are not the enemy.

Mr. Daniel Dubno, Producer and Technologist, CBS News Special Events

http://www.disasterlinks.net/

Recap of Breakout Sessions by Session Moderators

2A: Dr. John Sorensen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, DOE

PDF

2B: Dr. Ben Wisner, Oberlin College

PDF

2C: Dr. Betty Hearn Morrow, Florida International University

PDF

Panel: National Perspectives on Risk Assessment and Decision Making for Natural Hazards

Moderator: Dr. Susan Cutter, President, Association of American Geographers and Director, Hazards Research Laboratory, University of South Carolina

Transparencies

Panelists:

Dr. Ronald McPherson, Executive Director, American Meteorological Society

Power Point

Dr. Robert Hamilton, Deputy Executive Director, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

Transparencies

Dr. Margaret Davidson, Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Speech

Dr. Robert Hirsch, Associate Director for Water, U.S. Geological Survey

Speech

Mr. Robert F. Shea, Director, Program Support Division, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Speech

Next Steps/Action Plan

Mr. Samuel P. Williamson, Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

Ms. Margaret Lawless, Acting Chairperson of SNDR and Acting Executive Associate Director for Mitigation, FEMA

Power Point