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Disasters and Environment VISION CONTENTS The 13 th NCSE National Conference on Science, Summary Agenda 5 Locations, Featured Speakers, and Times Policy and the Environment addresses the intersection of disasters and the environment, drawing upon lessons from events like Leadership Committee 6 Superstorm Sandy, the 2012 wildfire season, the ō 2011 T hoku earthquake and tsunami, and a host Advisory Group 7 of other disasters that are occurring with greater frequency and severity. Conference participants Tuesday, January 15 8 will chart a path for science-based decision- Agenda and Keynote & Plenary Speaker Biographies making that will lead to more resilient communities worldwide. Symposia 15 The complexities of environmental disasters are Locations, Speakers, and Overview of Topics reflected in the many cross-cutting sessions that bring together leaders from the scientific, Wednesday, January 16 24 diplomatic, emergency management, Agenda and Keynote & Plenary Speaker Biographies conservation, business, disaster response, educational, and policy communities. Breakout Workshops 35 Locations, Speakers, and Overview of Topics Whatever your background, I hope that you will be challenged in a constructive way to consider Thursday, January 17 45 these issues from new and different perspectives; Agenda and Keynote & Plenary Speaker Biographies work across traditional boundaries; and, to bring a solutions-oriented approach to developing Exhibition 50 outcomes. Look around and you will see many Poster Session 52 knowledgeable individuals with whom you can Titles and Authors begin new relationships and launch initiatives to address the myriad challenges related to Collaborating Organizations 55 environmental disasters. Perhaps this is your first NCSE conference, or Staff and Volunteers 56 perhaps you have been to all thirteen (and there are some who have). Either way, you are in for a Session Locations 57 terrific experience, filled with opportunities for growth and impact. So, welcome. Let's roll up NCSE Board 59 our sleeves and get to work! Peter Saundry Executive Director Agenda *Note: Sessions Located in Atrium Hall Unless Otherwise Noted Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:15 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Scientific Poster Presentations open 8:20 a.m. Opening and Introduction: Peter Saundry, Executive Director, National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) 8:30 a.m. Keynote Address: Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations 9:00 a.m. Keynote Address: W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency 9:30 a.m. Exhibition opens Plenary 1: Japan 2011: Cascading Disasters 10:30 a.m. Plenary 2: The Gulf Coast: Diverse Converging Issues 11:30 a.m. Plenary 3: Aridity and Drought and their Consequences 12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own 2:00 p.m. Symposia A (11) 3:45 p.m. Symposia B (12) 5:30 p.m. Keynote Address: Amanda Ripley, author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why 6:30 p.m. Reception and Book Signing with Amanda Ripley 7:00 p.m. Special Screening of the Award-Winning Documentary, Chasing Ice (Atrium Hall) Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:15 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, Scientific Poster Presentations open 8:00 a.m. Exhibition opens 8:20 a.m. Introduction: Peter Saundry, Executive Director, NCSE 8:30 a.m. Keynote Address: Mark Tercek, President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy 9:00 a.m. Keynote Address: Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., Emergency Management Expert 9:30 a.m. Plenary 4: Feedbacks: Environmental Changes and Environmental Disasters 10:30 a.m. Plenary 5: Climate Change and Disasters 11:30 a.m. Plenary 6: The “Human Factor” in Environmental Disasters 12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own – breakout workshop leaders will meet 2:00 p.m. Breakout Workshops (23 concurrent sessions) 5:30 p.m. NCSE Lifetime Achievement Award: Hon. Richard Benedick, U.S. Ambassador (ret.), Founding President, NCSE 13 th Annual John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture: Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator, NOAA 6:30 p.m. Reception Thursday, January 17, 2013 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Exhibition open 8:20 a.m. Introduction: Peter Saundry, Executive Director, NCSE 8:30 a.m. Keynote Address: Pete Thomas, Chief Risk Officer, Willis Re 9:00 a.m. Keynote Address: Thomas Loster, Chairman, Munich Re Foundation 9:30 a.m. Plenary 7: Building Resilient Communities 10:30 a.m. Plenary 8: No Regrets Resilience: Saving Money, Saving Lives 11:30 a.m. Keynote Address: Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID 12:00 p.m. Keynote Address: Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Co-Chair, Congressional Hazards Caucus 12:30 p.m. Networking and Buffet Lunch (with youth mentoring tables) 2:00 p.m. Adjourn Leadership Committee Susan Cutter David Kaufman Director, Hazards & Director, Office of Policy and Vulnerability Research Program Analysis, Institute, University of South Federal Emergency Carolina Management Agency (FEMA) Margaret Leinen Marcia McNutt Associate Provost for Marine Director,U.S. Geological and Environmental Initiatives Survey (USGS) and Executive Director, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University Tony Michaels Represented by David Applegate , Associate Managing Partner and Director for Natural Hazards, USGS and Lucy Director, Proteus Jones , Science Advisor for Risk Reduction, Environmental Technologies SAFRR Project, USGS Franklin Nutter Peter Saundry President, Reinsurance Conference Chair and Association of America Executive Director, National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) Chris Shore Kathryn Sullivan Director, Natural Assistant Secretary of Environment and Commerce for Environmental Climate Issues, World Vision Observation and Prediction, International Deputy Administrator and Chief Scientist (Acting), NOAA Represented by Margaret A. Davidson , NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Acting Director and Emily Wallace , NOAA Advisory Group The 13th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Disasters and Environment: Science, Preparedness, and Resilience, is the result of the dedicated work of many people inside and outside of the National Council for Science and the Environment. The Core Planning Group shown on the previous page set the initial vision and scope of the conference. Members of the Advisory Group met on conference calls throughout 2012 to define the themes, work with session coordinators, develop new sessions, recruit speakers, advance the solutions-oriented outcomes, and assist this event in countless ways. The Advisory Group members and session leaders were assisted throughout by NCSE staff members Lyle Birkey, David Blockstein, Stevenson Bunn, Marisa Campbell, Caley Corsello, Marissa Duda, Allison Feldman, Steven Feldman, Shelley Kossak, Gabriel Marty, Chris Prince, and Lilah Sloane. To these advisors, session leaders and staff, I express my deep appreciation and gratitude. Peter Saundry Executive Director • Clayton Adams, Team Assistant, United Nations Environment Programme • Gordon Binder, Senior Fellow, World Wildlife Fund • Frederick "Skip" Burkle, Senior Fellow and Scientist, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative • Kitty Courtney, Marine Environmental Scientist, Tetra Tech • Rear Admiral Scott Deitchman, Associate Director for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Reginald DesRoches, Professor and Associate Chair, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology • Paul Domich, Executive Secretary, Infrastructure Committee, CIP-Consulting Inc. • Gus Felix, Global Head of Operational Risk Management, Citigroup • Elizabeth Ferris, Co-Director, Project on Internal Displacement, The Brookings Institution • Joseph Fiksel, Executive Director, Center for Resilience, The Ohio State University • Sherrie Forrest, Program Officer, Disasters Roundtable, The National Academies • Gerald E. Galloway, Research Professor, Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering, University of Maryland • Mary Glackin, Former Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA • Robyn Hannigan, Professor and Chair, Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston • Alan Hecht, Director for Sustainable Development, Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA • Peter Jutro, Deputy Director for Science and Policy, National Homeland Security Research Center, U.S. EPA • Amy Luers, Director, Climate Change, Skoll Global Threats Fund • Ann Patton, 2 nd Vice President, Natural Hazard Mitigation Association • Daniel Petz, Senior Research Assistant on Natural Disasters, The Brookings Institution • Ben van der Pluijm, Bruce R. Clark Collegiate Professor of Geology; Professor of the Environment; Director of the Global Change Program, University of Michigan • Ed Saltzberg, Managing Director, Security and Sustainability Forum • Ayse Sezin Tokar, Hydrometeorological Hazard Advisor, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, USAID • Godfrey Uzochukwu, Professor and Director, Interdisciplinary Waste Management Institute, North Carolina A&T State University Tuesday, January 15, 2013 Detailed Agenda 7:15 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Scientific Poster Presentations open 8:20 a.m. Opening and Introduction : Peter Saundry , Executive Director, National Council for Science
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