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Agenda of Meeting of Disaster ExpertsinWashington DCJuly 16/17, 1998 |
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Agenda for the Meeting of International Disaster Information Experts Loy Henderson Auditorium Department of State, Washington, D.C. July 16-17, 1998 Day One: July 16 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome Princeton Lyman, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs 9:15 - 9:30 Introduction to the GDIN Concept Leon Fuerth, National Security Adviser to Vice President Gore 9:30 - 10:00 Building a Disaster Information Network in the U.S. James Devine, Chairman, GDIN Transition Team 10:00 - 10:15 Break 10:15 - 12:15 Discussion on International Disaster Information Needs Michael Sheehan, U.S. Department of State (Chair) Roy Williams, Director, USAID/Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Larry Roeder, U.S. Department of State Andre Toh, Chief of Information Management Branch, UN OCHA Albert Simard, Canadian Forest Service Evert Somer, NATO James Bishop, InterAction Allen Douglas, IFRC Luigi Fusco, European Space Agency 12:15 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:45 Panel Discussion: El Nino, Somalia and Turkish Floods and Mexican, Indonesian and Brazilian Forest Fires: Case studies of international efforts to share remotely-generated data in response to disasters. Bob Schmitt, U.S. Institute for Peace (Chair) Gerard Putnam-Cramer, Chief of Disaster Response Branch, OCHA, Geneva. case studies and Triplex 98 Fernando Echavarria, U.S. Department of State Nate Smith, U.S. Agency for International Development Einar Bjorgo, Nansen Remote Sensing Center, Norway Oktay Ergunay, Government of Turkey 2:45 - 3:00 Break 3:00 - 4:15 Special Needs of National Disaster Information Managers Kay Goss, FEMA (Chair) Oktay Ergunay, General Director, Disaster Affairs, Government of Turkey Brig General Maftei Rosca, Deputy Commander, Civil Protection Command, Government of Rumania Lt. General Sergey Salov, EMERCOM, Russia Jianzhong Shen, Ministry of Science and Technology, China 4:15 - 5:15 Panel Discussion: Networking and Communications in International Disaster Management The benefits and problems for international disaster operations of communications and Internet/Intranet solutions in all phases of disaster management, e.g. mitigation, response, preparedness Dennis King, UN Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Assistance (Chair) on ReliefWeb Mike Sovereign, on networking efforts by CINCPAC Hans Zimmermann, Chairman of Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications (on Tampere Convention) Professor Fabrizio Ferrucci, University of Calabria (Within the context of networking, problems of Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management) 5:15 - 6:15 Panel Discussion: The Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Global Disaster Reduction Ronald T. Eguchi, EQE International, Inc. - "The Use of Advanced Technologies for Real-Time Damage Assessment of Impacts from Natural Hazards" (Chair) Gary Garriott, Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) - "Real-enough Time: Store-and-Forward Low Earth Orbiting Satellites in Disaster Response and Rehabilitation" Helen Wood, NOAA/NESDIS, Committee on Earth Observing Satellites - "Improving the Use of Satellite Data for Disaster Management Support" Walter W. Hays, US Geological Survey - "Global Emergency Risk Management System for the Twenty-First Century" (GERMS 21)
Day Two: July 17 9:00 - 10:15 Panel Discussion: Issues in Mitigation Peter Ward, USGS (Chair) Dr. Robert Corel, U.S. National Science Foundation Marita Koch-Weser, World Bank Mario Caporale, Nuova Telespazio "An integrated approach to risks management" Steve Bender, Organization of American States 10:15 -11:30 Panel Discussion: Policy Issues in International Sharing of Disaster Information. Jean Bouchardy, UNHCR (Chair) Alan Huguley, U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency David Baxa, REMAPS Project and Vice President, Vista/GAC Dr. Robert Landis, Director, World Weather Watch, WMO Marcel St. Pierre, Canadian Space Agency/RADARSAT 11:30 - 11:45 Break 11:45 - 12:15 Keynote Speech: The Importance of Information Sharing and Standardization as a Tool to Fight Natural Disasters in each phase. Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator 12:15 - 1:45 Lunch 1:45 - 3:00 Discussion on Conclusions and Next Steps Michael Sheehan, U.S. Department of State Leon Fuerth, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Sean Greenaway, European Community Oktay Ergunay, General Director, Disaster Affairs, Government of Turkey Allen Douglas, IFRC Lt. General Sergey Salov, EMERCOM, Russia Jianzhong Shen, Ministry of Science and Technology, China Email the Conference Organizers  |
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