Speakers and Presenters
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Applegate, David, U.S. Geological Survey
Plenary: Multidisciplinary Perspective on the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Are We Ready for an Earthquake Impact Scale?
WSSPC Earthquake Early Warning Pre-Workshop Session
Asgary, Ali, York University
The Tubes are Clogged: Disaster Messages via Social Media
Bausch, Doug, FEMA
Are We Ready for an Earthquake Impact Scale?
Baxter, Julie, FEMA
Cracking Land Use Codes
Beller-Simms, Nancy, NOAA Climate Program Office
Climate Change and Water Resources
Berke, Philip, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Madness of Crowding: Urban Vulnerability
Billings, Ben, U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery Staff
All Recovery is Local
Bookman, Scott, Denver Health Paramedic Division
Public Health Crises and the Emergency Manager
Bottke, Bill, Southwest Research Institute
Potential Impacts and Responses to Near Earth Objects
Bourque, Linda, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters
Who Prepares and for What in California and the Nation?
Cantrill, Stephen, Denver Health
Public Health Crises and the Emergency Manager
Cassel, Eleanore Kim, South Dakota State University/EDEN
Anyone Out There? Rural and Tribal Vulnerability
Chang, Stephanie, University of British Columbia
The Madness of Crowding: Urban Vulnerability
Chapman, Clark, Southwest Research Institute
Potential Impacts and Responses to Near Earth Objects
Clarke, Lee, Rutgers University
Plenary: It's Just Beginning: Social Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Technological Disasters to Come
Potential Impacts and Responses to Near Earth Objects
Coho, Diana, FEMA
Anyone Out There? Rural and Tribal Vulnerability
Cutter, Susan, University of South Carolina Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute
Do We Need a Coordinated Disaster Research Agenda?
David, Leonard, Secure World Foundation
Potential Impacts and Responses to Near Earth Objects
DeGroot, William, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District
Design through Decay and Beyond: Infrastructure Life Cycle Responsibilities
Motivating Local Governments to Reduce Hazards Risks
Dengler, Lori, Humboldt State University
Resilience? What's that?
Drobot, Sheldon National Center for Atmospheric Research
Weather Forecasts: Bridging the Gap from Research to Operations
Dunaway, Michael, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Do We Need a Coordinated Disaster Research Agenda?
Resilience? What's that?
Edwards, Frannie, San José State University Mineta Transportation Institute
The Internationalization of the Incident Command System
Translating Climate Predictions into Adaptation Decisions
Eisner, Rich, Kyoto University Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems
Japan Research Session
Eosco, Gina, University of Oklahoma
Hurricane Warnings and the Cone of Uncertainty
Esnard, Ann-Margaret, Florida Atlantic University Visual Planning Technology Lab
Estimating Long-Term Displacement from Catastrophic Hurricanes
Frances, Ivy, FEMA
All Recovery is Local
Fransen, Tanja, National Weather Service
Weather Forecasts: Bridging the Gap from Research to Operations
Frew, Suzanne, Pacific Disaster Center
The Tubes are Clogged: Disaster Messages via Social Media
Gaynor, John, NOAA
Weather Forecasts: Bridging the Gap from Research to Operations
Gill, Duane, Oklahoma State University
Plenary: It's Just Beginning: Social Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Technological Disasters to Come
Slippery Like Oil: Presidential Power and Disaster Decision Making
Ghosh, Shubharoop,ImageCat
Plenary: Multidisciplinary Perspective on the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Goldhammer, Robert, International Association of Emergency Managers
Getting the Public to Prevent and Plan for Disasters
Goltz, James, California Emergency Management Agency
WSSPC Earthquake Early Warning Pre-Workshop Session
Gori, Paula, U.S. Geological Survey
Getting the Public to Prevent and Plan for Disasters
Greve, Adrienne, California Polytechnic State University
Translating Climate Predictions into Adaptation Decisions
Climate Change and Water Resources
Hammer, Martin, Independent Architect
Plenary: Multidisciplinary Perspective on the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Hayashi, Haruo, Kyoto University Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems
Japan Research Session
Hecker, Edward, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Design through Decay and Beyond: Infrastructure Life Cycle Responsibilities
Hill, Arleen, University of Memphis
Plenary: Multidisciplinary Perspective on the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Hoetmer, Gerard, Public Entity Risk Institute
Getting Past Maybe: Planning for Legal Hazards Through the Disaster Cycle
Holdeman, Eric, Port of Tacoma
Translating Climate Predictions into Adaptation Decisions
Holtz, Tanya, Intera
Climate Change and Water Resources
Hooke, William, American Meteorological Society
Weather Forecasts: Bridging the Gap from Research to Operations
Ingargiola, John, FEMA
Cracking Land Use Codes
Irvine, Leslie, University of Colorado at Boulder
Filling the Ark: Animals and Disasters
Jelescheff, Inga, American Red Cross
Getting the Public to Prevent and Plan for Disasters
Jensen, Steven, California State University, Long Beach
The Internationalization of the Incident Command System
Jerolleman, Alessandra, Natural Hazard Mitigation Association
Motivating Local Governments to Reduce Hazards Risks
Johnson, Laurie, Laurie Johnson Consulting
Plenary: It's Just Beginning: Social Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Technological Disasters to Come
All Recovery is Local
Jones, Darone, National Weather Service
Weather Forecasts: Bridging the Gap from Research to Operations
Jutro, Peter, EPA-National Homeland Security Research Center
How Clean is Clean?
Kamps, Todd, City of Aurora (Colo.) Fire Department
How Clean is Clean?
Keller, Richard, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Heat and Death in France: History and the Social Ecology of Catastrophe
Kelly, Charles, Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre
The Internationalization of the Incident Command System
Knight, Sandra, FEMA
Motivating Local Governments to Reduce Hazards Risks
Lankao, Patricia Romero, National Center for Atmospheric Research
The Madness of Crowding: Urban Vulnerability
Line, Philip, URS Corporation
Cracking Land Use Codes
Liu, Sophia, University of Colorado at Boulder
Gender and Disasters Roundtable
The Tubes are Clogged: Disaster Messages via Social Media
Long, Kate, California Emergency Management Agency
Communicating Disaster Science to Local Government
Maki, Norio, Kyoto University Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems
Japan Research Session
Maier, Chris, NOAA National Weather Service
How Can We Better Estimate Storm Damage?
Mallory, David, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, Colo.
Climate Change and Water Resources
McBreen, Craig, City of Aurora (Colo.) Fire Department
The Internationalization of the Incident Command System
McDermott, Heather, Adams County, Colo., Office of Emergency Management
Getting the Public to Prevent and Plan for Disasters
Mileti, Dennis, University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center
WSSPC Earthquake Early Warning Pre-Workshop Session
Design through Decay and Beyond: Infrastructure Life Cycle Responsibilities
Mori, Jim, Kyoto University
WSSPC Earthquake Early Warning Pre-Workshop Session
Moser, Susanne, Susanne Moser Research and Consulting
Plenary: America’s Climate Choices: The 2010 National Research Council Reports
Nicholson, Nancy, University of Delaware
The Tubes are Clogged: Disaster Messages via Social Media
Noonan, Gary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Health Crises and the Emergency Manager
Ogren, John, NOAA
How Can We Better Estimate Storm Damage?
Peacock, Walt, Texas A&M University Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Do We Need a Coordinated Disaster Research Agenda?
Pearce, Ines, Pearce Global Partners
Communicating Disaster Science to Local Government
Philipsborn, Clancy, Retired Disaster Recovery and Redevelopment Consultant
Boulder Creek Floodplain Field Trip
Pine, John, Appalachian State University
GIS and Disasters Roundtable
Coastal Heritage At Risk: Mitigating Disaster Threats in Historic Coastal Zones
Punchard, Darrin, AECOM
Motivating Local Governments to Reduce Hazards Risks
Revkin, Andrew, The New York Times
Sunday Keynote
Riley Medlock, Sam, Association of State Floodplain Managers
Getting Past Maybe: Planning for Legal Hazards Through the Disaster Cycle
Ritchie, Liesel, University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center
Plenary: Multidisciplinary Perspective on the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Rockman, Marcy, EPA-National Homeland Security Research Center
How Clean is Clean?
Rozdilsky, Jack, Western Illinois University
All Recovery is Local
Rubin, Claire, Claire B. Rubin and Associates
Resilience? What's that?
Rubin, Edward, Carnegie Mellon University
Plenary: America’s Climate Choices: The 2010 National Research Council Reports
Russell, Floyd (Rusty), West Virginia University
Resilience? What's that?
Salkowe, Richard, University of South Florida
Slippery Like Oil: Presidential Power and Disaster Decision Making
Sapat, Alka, Florida Atlantic University
Estimating Long-Term Displacement from Catastrophic Hurricanes
Sarmiento, Juan Pablo, Florida International University
Anyone Out There? Rural and Tribal Vulnerability
Schwab, James, American Planning Association
Coastal Heritage At Risk: Mitigating Disaster Threats in Historic Coastal Zones
Cracking Land Use Codes
Siembieda, William, California Polytechnic State University
All Recovery is Local
The Madness of Crowding: Urban Vulnerability
So, Emily, U.S. Geological Survey
Are We Ready for an Earthquake Impact Scale?
Solnit, Rebecca, Author, A Paradise Built in Hell
Plenary: It's Just Beginning: Social Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Technological Disasters to Come
Sosebee, R. Edwin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
How Clean is Clean?
Smilowitz Ben, Disaster Accountability Project
The Tubes are Clogged: Disaster Messages via Social Media
Smith, Gavin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Coastal Heritage At Risk: Mitigating Disaster Threats in Historic Coastal Zones
Smith, Joel, Stratus Consulting
Plenary: America’s Climate Choices: The 2010 National Research Council Reports
Stockton, Steven, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Monday Keynote
Design through Decay and Beyond: Infrastructure Life Cycle Responsibilities
Sun, Lisa, Brigham Young University Law School
Getting Past Maybe: Planning for Legal Hazards Through the Disaster Cycle
Slippery Like Oil: Presidential Power and Disaster Decision Making
Tano, Mervyn, International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management
Anyone Out There? Rural and Tribal Vulnerability
Thomas, Edward, Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
Design through Decay and Beyond: Infrastructure Life Cycle Responsibilities
Getting Past Maybe: Planning for Legal Hazards Through the Disaster Cycle
Cracking Land Use Codes
Thomas, Wendy, American Meteorological Society
Communicating Disaster Science to Local Government
Topping, Kenneth, Topping Associates International
Climate Change and Water Resources
Motivating Local Governments to Reduce Hazards Risks
Trainor, Joe, University of Delaware
Do We Need a Coordinated Disaster Research Agenda?
Travis, William, University of Colorado at Boulder
Plenary: America’s Climate Choices: The 2010 National Research Council Reports
Trenberth, Kevin, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Translating Climate Predictions into Adaptation Decisions
Vorel, Maria, FEMA
How Can We Better Estimate Storm Damage?
Vun Kannon, Lori, Seminole Tribe of Florida
Coastal Heritage At Risk: Mitigating Disaster Threats in Historic Coastal Zones
Anyone Out There? Rural and Tribal Vulnerability
Wald, David, U.S. Geological Survey
Are We Ready for an Earthquake Impact Scale?
Walter, Steve, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
Are We Ready for an Earthquake Impact Scale?
Wang, Yumei, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Communicating Disaster Science to Local Government
Waugh, William, Georgia State University
The Internationalization of the Incident Command System
Weil, Rick, Louisiana State University
Which Leadership Strategies and Community Resources are Most Important to Disaster
Wenger, Dennis, National Science Foundation
The Madness of Crowding: Urban Vulnerability
Wilbanks, Tom, Oakridge National Labratory
Plenary: America’s Climate Choices: The 2010 National Research Council Reports
Resilience? What's that?
Wilson, Jay, Clackamas County, Oregon, Emergency Management
Communicating Disaster Science to Local Government
Winningham, R. Samuel, FEMA
How Can We Better Estimate Storm Damage?