Natural Hazard Mitigation Association Practitioners Meeting: Workshop on Implementing Mitigation on the Ground

Tuesday, July 12 through Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Omni Interlocken Resort
Broomfield, Colorado

The NHMA Practitioners Meeting, a partnership between the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association and the Natural Hazards Center, follows the main Hazards Workshop. For more information on the NHMA, please visit the NHMA Web site.

Register for the NHMA Practitioners Meeting using the Natural Hazards Workshop online registration. A continental breakfast and a salad and baked potato bar for lunch are included in the registration cost.

Schedule

Tuesday, July 12

Centennial E
4:15 to 4:30 p.m.
Welcome
Kathleen Tierney, University of Colorado at Boulder

Centennial E
4:30 to 5:15 p.m.
Plenary: Mitigation on the Ground—The Current State and Future of Hazard Mitigation, Part 1
Moderator: Alessandra Jerolleman, Natural Hazard Mitigation Association
Panelists: Leslie Chapman-Henderson, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes; Alex Dornstauder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Sandra Knight, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Centennial E
5:15 to 5:30 p.m.
Overview of July 13 Agenda and Tracks
Ed Thomas, Natural Hazard Mitigation Association

Centennial E
5:30 to 6:15 p.m.
Mitigation on the Ground—The Current State and Future of Hazard Mitigation, Part 2.
Moderator: Jo Ann Howard, H2O Partners
Panelists: Margaret Davidson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Dennis Mileti, University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center; Steve Murdock, Rice University

Interlocken D
6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Registration

Lobby Court and Terrace
6:15 to 7:30
Reception with cash bar

7:30 p.m.
Joint Meeting of the NHMA Board and Advisory

Wednesday, July 13

Centennial Foyer
7:30 to 10:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast

Centennial Foyer
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Registration

Centennial E
8:00 to 8:30 a.m.
Convene and Overview of the Day's Agenda
Ed Thomas, Natural Hazard Mitigation Association; Darrin Punchard, AECOM; Tim Lovell, Tulsa Partners

Centennial E
8:30 a.m. to Noon
Hazard Mitigation Planning
Moderator: Darrin Punchard, AECOM
Panelists: French Wetmore, French and Associates; Karen Helbrecht, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Gavin Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Birch
8:30 a.m. to Noon
Disaster Resistant Communities
Moderator: Bill Hooke, American Meteorological Society
Panelists: Warren Edwards, Community and Regional Resilience Institute; Wendy Freitag, Washington State Emergency Management Division; Tim Lovell, Tulsa Partners

Outdoor Pavilion
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

Centennial E
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Hazard Mitigation Planning
Presenter: Ron Flanagan, R.D. Flanagan and Associates

Birch
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Disaster Resistant Communities
Moderators: Shirley Laska, University of New Orleans; Bill Hooke, American Meteorological Society

Centennial E
3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Reconvene and Discuss Tracks

Centennial E
5:00 to 5:45 p.m.
Closing Plenary
Moderator: Jim Murphy, URS Corporation
Panelists: Shirley Laska, University of New Orleans; Roy Wright, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Firewise representative (invited)

Centennial E
5:45 to 6 p.m.
Wrap Up
Kathleen Tierney (invited), University of Colorado at Boulder; Ed Thomas, Natural Hazard Mitigation Association