| 8:00 - 8:30a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| PART 1: WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS |
| 8:30 - 8:45a.m. |
WELCOME
Anisya THOMAS
Managing Director, Fritz Institute, San Francisco
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| 8:45 - 10:00a.m. |
INTRODUCTIONS of Participants
Moderator - Lynn FRITZ
Director General, Fritz Institute, San Francisco
Participants are invited to introduce themselves and answer the following question in two sentences:
- What do you see as the biggest gap in Bay Area disaster preparedness?
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| PART 2: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT |
| 10:00 - 10:20a.m. |
Disaster Preparedness in the Bay Area: Challenges and Successes
Rich EISNER
Regional Administrator, Coastal Regional Branch
California Office of Emergency Services
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| 10:20a.m. - 10:50a.m. |
Standardizing Emergency Management:
The EMAP Approach
Phil PADGETT
Private Sector Committee Chair
Emergency Management Accreditation Program
Dave MCMILLION
Project Manager, Department of Human Services, Planning & Public Service
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
|
| 10:50 -11:15a.m. |
Discussion
Moderator - Kathleen TIERNEY
Director, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
University of Colorado at Boulder
|
| 11:15 - 11:30a.m. |
Coffee and Tea Break |
| PART 3: THE ROLE OF THE FOR-PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT SECTORS IN PREPARING FOR DISASTERS |
| 11:30 - 11:40a.m. |
The Role of the Red Cross in Preparing for Disasters
Harold BROOKS
CEO
American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter
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| 11:40 - 11:50a.m. |
CARD: A New Model of Empowerment
Ana-Marie JONES
Executive Director
Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters
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| 11:50 - 12:00p.m. |
Role of the Private Sector in Disaster Preparedness
Peter OHTAKI
Bay Area Business Force
Business Executives for National Security
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| 12:00 - 12:15p.m. |
Discussion
Moderator - Anne WILSON
CEO
United Way of the Bay Area
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| 12:15 - 1:45p.m. |
Lunch
What Philanthropy Needs to Know About Disaster Preparedness
Colin LACON
President and CEO
Northern California Grantmakers
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| 1:45 - 3:00p.m. |
Discussion
How Can the Government, Private Sector, and Community-Based Organizations Collaborate in Preparing for Disasters?
Moderator - Dennis WENGER
Senior Scholar, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Texas A&M University
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| 3:00-3:15p.m. |
Coffee and Tea Break |
| PART 4: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: A BAY AREA PERSPECTIVE WITH MEASUREMENT AND ACTION |
| 3:15-4:45p.m. |
Measuring Preparedness: Caveats and Guidance
Kathleen TIERNEY
Dave SIMPSON
Director, Center for Hazards Research and Policy Development
University of Louisville
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| 4:45 - 5:30p.m. |
Next Steps and the Path to Developing an Agenda for Action
Lynn FRITZ
Anisya THOMAS
Managing Director, Fritz Institute |
| 5:30-6:30p.m. |
Closing Reception |
