37th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop

Saturday, July 14 to Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Broomfield, Colorado

The Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop is designed to bring researchers and practitioners from many disciplines together for face-to-face discussions on how society deals with hazards and disasters.

 

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2012 Workshop Schedule

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Sat. 3:00-4:30 p.m. Gender and Disasters Roundtable Interlocken A
Sat. 4:00-7:00 p.m. Registration Interlocken D
Sat. 5:00-7:00 p.m. Poster Session with Cash Bar Interlocken and Centennial Foyers and Interlocken B/C
Sat. 6:00-7:00 p.m. First-Timers' Orientation Centennial E Graduate/REU Student Orientation Centennial F
Sun. 7:00 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m.		 Registration Interlocken D
Sun. 8:00-9:15 a.m. Welcome and Self-Introductions Interlocken A/B
Sun. 9:15-10:00 a.m. Keynote: David Kaufman, Federal Emergency Management Agency Interlocken A/B
Sun. 10:00-10:30 a.m. Break
Sun. 10:30 a.m.
to 12:00 p.m.		 Plenary: Climate Change and Extreme Events—Science and Practice Interlocken A/B
Sun. 12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch Outdoor Pavilion
 
Concurrent Session Tracks
 
Wet and Dry
Community Planning
Risk
Education
Addressing Vulnerabilities
Recovery and Resilience
Sun. 1:30-3:00 p.m. Emerging Critical Water Resource Issues
Interlocken A		 Local Mitigation Planning: Better Plans, More Resilient Communities?
Interlocken C		 U.S. Business Emergency Management Use of Weather Information
Centennial E		 Lima-Callao, Peru: Assessing the Next Haiti
Interlocken B		 Presidential Policy Directive 8
Centennial F
Sun. 3:00-3:30 p.m. Break
Sun. 3:30-5:00 p.m. Wise and Unwise Floodplain Use: Reports on Policy Activities Regarding Use of the Floodplain
Interlocken A		 The Future of Green Codes and Standards
Spruce		 Weather Ready Nation
Centennial E		 Children and Disasters
Private Dining Room		 National Disaster Recovery Framework
Centennial F
Sun. 5:30-7:00 p.m. Poster Session with Hosted Bar Interlocken and Centennial Foyers and Interlocken B/C
Sun. 6:45-9:00 p.m. The Western Wildfires of 2012: Dispatches from the Field Interlocken A
Mon. 7:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m.		 Registration Interlocken D
Mon. 7:00-8:30 a.m. GIS and Disasters Roundtable
Centennial E		 Healthcare Research and Disasters Roundtable Centennnial F
Mon. 8:30-10:00 a.m. Plenary: Disasters and Community Resilience: National Research Council Findings and Guidance Interlocken A/B
Mon. 10:00-10:30 a.m. Break
Mon. 10:30-11:15 a.m. Keynote: Thomas O'Rourke, Cornell University Interlocken A/B
Mon. 11:15-11:30 a.m. Break
 
Research to Policy to Practice
Mon. 11:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.		 Presentations by New Researchers
Interlocken A		 Planning for Postdisaster Recovery: A Review of the U.S. Disaster Assistance Framework
Interlocken C		 Japan Research Session
Centennial E		 Community at Risk: Biodefense and Civic Action after the Anthrax Attacks
Interlocken B		 Lessons of the Haiti and Japan Disasters
Centennial F
Mon. 12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch Outdoor Pavilion
 
Concurrent Sessions
Mon. 2:00-3:30 p.m. Levees and Residual Risk
Interlocken A		 Taking Firewise Communities to the Next Level
Centennial F		 The Role of Testing Centers in Educating the Public about Disaster Risk
Centennial E
 Evidence-Based Best Practices for Disability Issues
Interlocken C		 Recovery Best Practices
Interlocken B
Mon. 3:30-4:00 p.m. Break
Mon. 4:00-5:30 p.m. Has the Time Come to End the NFIP?
Interlocken A		 Integrated Research on Disaster Risk: Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice
Centennial E		 Bridging the Gap: What Does Industry Want from Hazard Science?
Interlocken B		 "Whole of Community" Evacuation
Centennial F		 Plans and Practices: Promoting Rural Community Resilience
Interlocken C
Mon. 6:00-9:00 p.m. BBQ at NCAR Mesa Lab with Wildfire Risk Interpretive Tours
Tue. 8:30 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m.		 Registration Interlocken D
Tue. 9:00-10:30 a.m. State and Local Drought Emergency Management
Centennial E		 Focusing on the Environmental Effects of Natural Disasters
Interlocken A		 Insurance and Public Policy
Centennial F		 What Keeps Me Up at Night: Senior Hazards Experts Reflect on Lessons (Not) Learned
Interlocken B		 Fostering Resilient Communities: From National Initiatives to the Grassroots and Back
Interlocken C
Tue. 10:30-11:00 a.m. Break
Tue. 11:00 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.		 Silver Jackets: Leveraging Resources for Integrated Flood Risk Management Solutions
Interlocken A		 Postdisaster Toolkit: What Every State and Local Hazard Mitigator Needs to Know
Interlocken C		 Case Comparison Studies in the Integrated Risk Governance Project
Interlocken B		 Not Just Zombies: Increasing Public Health Preparedness and Response
Centennial F		 Knowledge Commons and Complex Networks in Disaster Resiliency
Centennial E
Tue. 12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch Outdoor Pavilion
Tue. 2:00-3:30 p.m. Plenary: Communities Experiencing Tornadoes and Their Recovery Interlocken A/B
Tue. 3:30-3:45 p.m. Wrap up and Adjourn Interlocken A/B