![](media/image1.jpeg){width="1.3333333333333333in"
height="0.46944444444444444in"}**NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER**

**EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE**

# CLASS SCHEDULE

# COURSE CODE: E392

**FEMA 10^th^ ANNUAL ALL-HAZARDS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT**

**HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE**

**June 4--7, 2007**

**THEME---BACK TO BASICS**

[**June 4, 2007 (Monday)** -- **Pre-Conference Workshops** (Open only to
Conference participants)]{.underline}

**(1) GIS in Emergency Management (Half-Day Workshop---to be Repeated in
Afternoon)**

**8:00 -- 12:00, Computer Lab, M-100A 1:00--5:00, Computer Lab, M-100A**

(1^st^ 34 registered) (1^st^ 34 registered)

[**GIS in Emergency Management and Homeland Security -
Introduction**](../presentation/Monday%20-%20Mitchem-Mueller%20-%20GIS%20Intro2007.ppt)

[**GIS in Emergency Management and Homeland Security -- Query
Tools**](../presentation/Monday%20-%20Mitchem-Mueller%20-%20GIS%20QueryTools2007.ppt)

[**Google Earth
Exercise**](../presentation/Monday%20-%20Mitchem-Mueller%20-%20GIS%20Google%20Earth.doc)

**Presenters:** [**Jamie D. Mitchem**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/GIS%20in%20Emergency%20Management%20-%20AfterActionReport2007.doc)

> Project Leader
>
> 3 Rivers HAZUS User Group (3RiversHUG)
>
> Co-advisor for B.A. in Geography, GIS and Emergency Management
> Concentration
>
> Department of Earth Sciences
>
> California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
>
> mitchem@cup.edu
>
> **Thomas R. Mueller**, Ph.D.
>
> Director of California University Crime Mapping Center
>
> Department of Earth Sciences
>
> California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
>
> mueller@cup.edu

**Description:** Many practicing emergency managers have recognized the
potential of spatial

> technologies as tools that can support hazard mitigation, response,
> and recovery activities, and they have begun to integrate these
> technologies into their workflow. Higher education institutions are
> well positioned to respond to this need through the integration of
> spatial technology education into programs that provide instruction in
> the principles and tools associated with emergency management as well
> as in their research and community outreach activities. This workshop
> will explore a variety of desktop and Web-based spatial data
> exploration tools as well as data sources. Examples will range from
> simple viewing tools through sophisticated applications such as 3-D
> modeling, temporal analysis, and others. This workshop is introductory
> in nature, and no previous experience with GIS or other spatial
> technologies is required in order to attend this workshop.

**June 4, 2007 (Monday)** -- **Pre-Conference Workshops (Continued)**

**(2) Full-Day Introduction to ArcGIS**

**8:30 -- 5:00, M-201** (1^st^ 30 registered)

**Presenter: [Shane
Hubbard](../presentation/Monday%20-%20Hubbard%20-%20Introduction%20to%20ArcGIS.doc)**

> Professional Education and Outreach
>
> The Polis Center

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

> Indianapolis, IN
>
> shahubba@iupui.edu

**Description:** This hands-on workshop is designed to empower higher
education faculty and staff with an introduction to the powerful tools
that ArcGIS provides for addressing issues associated with disaster
mitigation, response, recovery, and risk management. The majority of the
workshop will focus on the fundamental tools that ArcGIS provides for
creating maps and answering questions related to existing spatial data.
Recommended Participants: Persons with no GIS experience, persons that
have GIS experience in non-ESRI GIS tools, and persons that have GIS
experience in ESRI GIS tools other than ArcGIS.

**(3) National Incident Management System (NIMS)**

**1:00 -- 5:00, K-302** (1^st^ 60 registered)

**Presenters: [Albert H. Fluman](../presentation/Albert%20H.doc)**

> Acting Director
>
> NIMS Integration Center
>
> Federal Emergency Management Agency
>
> Department of Homeland Security
>
> Washington, DC
>
> **Kevin Molloy**
>
> Training Specialist
>
> NIMS Integration Center
>
> Emergency Management Institute
>
> Federal Emergency Management Agency
>
> Department of Homeland Security
>
> Emmitsburg, MD

**Reporter: [David
Kloiber](../presentation/Monday%20-%20Kloiber%20-%20NIMS%20-%20Report.doc)**

> Emergency Management Student
>
> Adelphi University
>
> Garden City, NY
>
> <Kloiber@adelphi.edu>

[**June 5, 2007** -- **Tuesday, Day One of Conference (E392), Morning
Plenary Session, E Auditorium**]{.underline}

**7:00 -- 8:30** -- ***Conference Registration***

**8:30 -- 8:45** -- ***Conference Introduction and Welcome***

> [**Cortez Lawrence**,
> Ph.D.](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Lawrence%20-%20Conference%20Intro%20and%20Welcome.ppt)
>
> Superintendent
>
> Emergency Management Institute
>
> Federal Emergency Management Agency
>
> Department of Homeland Security
>
> Emmitsburg, MD

**8:45 -- 9:30** -- ***FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education
Project Update***

> [**B. Wayne Blanchard**, Ph.D.,
> CEM](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Blanchard%20-%20FEMA%20EM%20Hi%20Ed%20Project%20Update.pdf)
>
> Emergency Management Higher Education Project Manager
>
> Emergency Management Institute
>
> Federal Emergency Management Agency
>
> Department of Homeland Security
>
> Emmitsburg, MD
>
> <wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov>

**9:30 -- 10:30** -- ***Emergency Management Core Principles and
Doctrine Project***

> [**Michael D. Selves**, CEM,
> CPM](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Selves%20-%20EM%20Core%20Principles%20and%20Doctrine.ppt),
> <mselves@jocogov.org>
>
> Director, Johnson County Department of Emergency Management and
>
> Homeland Security
>
> Olathe, KS

President, International Association of Emergency Managers

**10:30 -- 11:00** -- **Break**

**11:00 -- 12:00** -- ***Are We Trapped in the War on Terror?***

> [**Ian S. Lustick**, Ph.D.,
> Professor](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Lustick%20-%20The%20War%20on%20Terror-When%20the%20Response%20is%20the%20Catastr.doc),
> <ilustick@sas.upenn.edu>

Political Science Department

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

**12:00 -- 1:00** -- **Lunch**

**NOTE: Share Fair, Publications or Display Area.** This year, display
tables will NOT be set up in the back of the E Building Auditorium.
Instead, rooms K-314 and K-315 will be designated as display
areas/publications tables for anyone wishing to set up a display table
during the Conference. These rooms will be open during Conference hours
Tuesday through Thursday, June 5--7. It will not be necessary to have
someone stand at one's display table.

**1:00 -- 2:50** -- **1^st^ Round of Tuesday, June 5^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions**

**(1) FEMA Legislative History, Disasters and the Law, and Post-Katrina
Law/Legislation**

**Moderator:** **Christine G. Springer**, Ph.D.\
Director

> Executive Master of Science in Crisis and Emergency Management (ECEM)
>
> University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
>
> Department of Public Administration
>
> Greenspun College of Urban Affairs
>
> Las Vegas, NV

**Presenter: Keith Bea** (Pending)

> Specialist
>
> American National Government
>
> Government & Finance Division
>
> Congressional Research Service
>
> Library of Congress
>
> Washington, DC

**Topic: *Are We Done Yet?  Congressional Action (and Inaction) on the
Development of Federal Emergency Management Policy***

**Presenter: Martha Braddock**, Policy Advisor

> International Association of Emergency Managers
>
> Falls Church, VA

**Topic: *The Real FEMA History -- What's Not in the Books***

**Presenter:** [**Lloyd Burton**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Burton%20-%20Constitutional%20Framwork%20for%20All-Hazards%20D.doc)

> Program Director
>
> Graduate School of Public Affairs
>
> University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
>
> Denver, CO

**Topic: *A Constitutional Framework for All-Hazards Management: Mapping
& Mitigating Organizational Culture Clash***

**Description:** Among the serious problems besetting public
administrators at every level of government in their efforts at response
to the natural disaster that was Hurricane Katrina was that of
organizational culture clash: between Federal, State, and local
authorities; between civilian and military agencies; and within FEMA
itself. This paper proposes a unifying conceptual structure within which
all these organizational relationships can be mapped---a cross-impact
matrix created by integrating phases in the all-hazards management cycle
with the constitutional sources of authority for these governmental
institutions. This "legal GIS" system can be used to map incidents of
culture clash in past disaster management incidents. Based on the
generation of such a case study database, it can then be used as a means
for both predicting the possibility of

**1:00 -- 2:50** -- **1^st^ Round of Tuesday, June 5^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(1) FEMA Legislative History, Disasters and the Law, and Post-Katrina
Law/Legislation (Continued)**

> future such incidents of interagency conflict, and taking proactive
> measures to convert these potential flash points into opportunities
> for higher levels of effective intergovernmental and interagency
> cooperation in disaster management.

**Presenter: Maeve Dion**, J.D.

> Legal Research Associate
>
> Critical Infrastructure Protection Program
>
> George Mason University School of Law (Research Faculty)
>
> Arlington, VA

**Topic: *A Brief Survey of Other Disaster Law Issues***

**Description:** This presentation will cover a range of legal issues
relating to emergency management:

-   Key findings of the ABA Standing Committee on Law & National
    Security's *Hurricane Katrina Task Force Subcommittee Report*
    (including *posse comitatus* concerns, federalism challenges, State
    and local issues, and private sector integration);

-   Changes to the "Insurrection Act" and control of the National Guard
    in the FY 2007 Defense Authorization bills and conferenced
    legislation (and proposed legislation to reverse the changes); and

-   An initiative to change State "Good Samaritan" laws to limit
    liability of private sector organizations that assist in preparing
    for, and responding to, public health emergencies.

**Reporter: [Elizabeth
Hensel](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Hensel%20-%20FEMA%20Legislative%20History,%20Disaster%20and%20th.doc)**,
<HEN4023@cup.edu>

GIS and Emergency Management Concentration Student

> California University of Pennsylvania
>
> California, PA

**(2)** **The War on Terror: Objective Approaches to Risk Assessment &
Catastrophe Management**

This breakout session is meant to be an opportunity to discuss and
expand on issues raised in Dr. Lustick's plenary presentation "Are We
Trapped in the War on Terror?"

**Presenter: Ian S. Lustick**, Ph.D., Professor

> Political Science Department
>
> University of Pennsylvania
>
> Philadelphia, PA

**Reporter: [Robert J.
Lynn](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Lynn%20-%20The%20War%20on%20Terror.doc)**,
<rlynn40@neo.rr.com>

> Emergency Management Student
>
> University of Akron
>
> Akron, OH

**1:00 -- 2:50** -- **1^st^ Round of Tuesday, June 5^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(3) Building Community College Emergency Management Educational
Programs: An**

**Exploration of Best Practices**

**Description:** This session will explore how to develop emergency
management programs at community colleges and what are examples of best
practices. The panel will present information about how to start courses
and degrees and will discuss how to improve campus preparedness and
security through risk assessment, involvement of students, and other
community stakeholders in programs such as CERT and Campus CERT.
Participants are invited to share examples of successful programs and
best practices during the time allotted.

**Moderator:** [**Craig E. Zachlod**, Ed.D.,
CEM](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Zachlod%20-%20Building%20Community%20College%20EM%20Ed%20Program.ppt)

> Emergency Management Coordinator
>
> California Community Colleges
>
> Ukiah, CA
>
> czachlod@mcoe.us

**Panelists: Valerie Lucas**

> Emergency Manager
>
> University of California-Davis
>
> Davis CA
>
> **Kay C. Goss**, CEM
>
> Director
>
> Emergency Management and Homeland Security
>
> SRA International
>
> Arlington, VA
>
> **Linda Morin**
>
> EHS/Emergency Management Coordinator
>
> Coast Community College District
>
> Orange County, CA

**Reporter: [Jodi
DiGennaro](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20DiGennaro%20-%20Building%20Community%20College%20EM%20.doc)**

> Emergency Management Student
>
> Adelphi University
>
> Garden City, NY
>
> <digennar@adelphi.edu>

**1:00 -- 2:50** -- **1^st^ Round of Tuesday, June 5^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(4) Online Teaching Using Web-Based Hazard and Disaster Research
Tools**

**Description:** This breakout session will demonstrate how to teach
science applications available on the Internet:

-   Integrating the Interactive Weather Information Network with the
    U.S. Geological Survey, WaterWatch (real-time river flow monitoring)

-   Natural Resources Conservation Service, SNOTEL sites and data

-   National Geophysical Data Center and National Climate Data Center,
    wet and dry cycles, using Palmer Drought Severity Index and
    development of Color-Coded PDSI Intensity Charts

-   National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Advisory Archives, developing
    Delta Tables for quick reference and synthesis

-   United Nations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
    Chronological Disaster Relief Report and Fatality Curves

-   Federal Emergency Management Agency, Site Index, and various
    applications

**Moderator:** **Fred May**, Ph.D.

> Associate Professor of Emergency Management
>
> Institute for Emergency Preparedness
>
> Jacksonville State University
>
> Jacksonville, AL

**Contributors: Fred May**, Ph.D.

> Associate Professor of Emergency Management
>
> Institute for Emergency Preparedness
>
> Jacksonville State University
>
> Jacksonville, AL
>
> [**Jennifer Davey**, MHA,
> MSEM](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Davey%20-%20Online%20Teaching%20Using%20Web-Based%20Hazard%20and.ppt)
>
> Emergency Management Specialist
>
> Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
>
> Seattle, WA

**Reporter: [Stacy L.
Peerbolte](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Peerbolte%20-%20Online%20Teaching%20Using%20Web-based%20Hazard.doc)**

> Emergency Management Graduate Student
>
> Walden University
>
> <stacy_peerbolte@cap-police.senate.gov>

**1:00 -- 2:50** -- **1^st^ Round of Tuesday, June 5^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(5) The Paradigm Shift in Planning for Special Needs Populations**

**Description:** Emergency managers often grapple with how to
effectively plan for an array of populations commonly labeled as having
"special needs."  Mere labeling (i.e., individuals with
disabilities, the elderly, those with limited English proficiency, etc.)
does not convey usable information regarding the precise types of
assistance and resources needed throughout the community.  Individuals
with special needs may require additional assistance to meet their
functional needs in maintaining independence, communication,
transportation, supervision, and/or medical care. Assessing functional
needs and planning accordingly achieves efficiency in resource
allocation and inclusion of underserved members of the community.  This
session will introduce the shift to a functional planning approach and
encourage discussion among participants.

**Moderator: George A. Heake, Jr.**

Director of Special Operations

> Center for Preparedness Research, Education and Practice
>
> Department of Public Health, and
>
> Emergency Management Coordinator
>
> Institute on Disabilities
>
> Temple University
>
> Philadelphia, PA
>
> <gheake@temple.edu>

**Presenters: [Debra
Fulmer](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Fulmer%20-%20Paradigm%20Shift%20in%20Special%20Needs%20Populatio.ppt)**

> Emergency Management Planning Specialist
>
> Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
>
> Department of Homeland Security
>
> Washington, DC
>
> debra.fulmer@associates.dhs.gov
>
> **Brian Parsons**
>
> Senior Policy Advisor
>
> Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
>
> Department of Homeland Security
>
> Washington, DC

**Reporter: [Brandi M.
Lea](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Lea%20-%20Paradigm%20Shift%20in%20Planning%20for%20Special%20Needs.doc)**

Emergency Management Student

> University of North Texas
>
> Denton, TX
>
> brandimarielea@hotmail.com

**2:50 -- 3:10 -- Break**

**3:10 -- 5:00 --** **2^nd^ Round of Tuesday, June 5^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions**

**(1) Emergency Management Core Principles and Doctrine Project**

This breakout session expands upon and takes off from the plenary
presentation by IAEM President Michael Selves. Discussion will focus
upon coming to agreement on the core Principles of Emergency Management
and a project to determine Emergency Management Doctrine content.

**Moderator: Lucien G. Canton**, CEM

> Director (Retired)
>
> San Francisco Office of Emergency Management
>
> San Francisco, CA

**Panelists: Carol L. Cwiak**, Professor, carol.cwiak@ndsu.edu

> North Dakota State University
>
> Fargo, ND
>
> **Kay C. Goss**, CEM, Director
>
> Emergency Management and Homeland Security
>
> SRA International
>
> Arlington, VA
>
> **David A. McEntire**, Ph.D., Associate Professor, mcentire@unt.edu
>
> Emergency Administration and Planning Program
>
> University of North Texas
>
> Denton, TX
>
> **Lee Newsome**, CEM, FPEM, lee.newsome@att.net
>
> NFPA 1600 Committee Representative
>
> President
>
> Emergency Response Educators and Consultants, Inc. (EREC, Inc.)
>
> Ocala, FL
>
> **Michael D. Selves**, CEM, CPM, <mselves@jocogov.org>
>
> Director, Johnson County Department of Emergency Management and
>
> Homeland Security
>
> Olathe, KS
>
> President, International Association of Emergency Managers

**William L. Waugh, Jr.**, Ph.D., Professor

> Public Administration & Urban Studies
>
> Georgia State University
>
> Atlanta, GA

**Reporter:** [**Michael J.
Sturzenbecker**,](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Sturzenbecker%20-%20Core%20Principles%20and%20Doctrine.doc)
mike.sturzenbecker@okstate.edu

> Emergency Management Graduate Student
>
> Oklahoma State University
>
> Stillwater, OK

**3:10 -- 5:00 --** **2^nd^ Round of Tuesday, June 5^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(2) E-learning in Emergency Management---Design, Development, and
Presentation of Online**

**Emergency Management Courses at the Undergraduate and Graduate
Levels**

**Moderator: Robert T. Berry**, CEM

> Associate Professor
>
> Bachelor of Science Emergency Management Degree Program
>
> Western Carolina University
>
> Cullowhee, NC

**Presenters:** [**Tom Schneid**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Schneid-Collins%20-%20%20E-Learning%20in%20EM.ppt),
and [**Larry Collins**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Schneid-Collins%20-%20%20E-Learning%20in%20EM.ppt)

> Department of Loss Prevention and Safety
>
> Eastern Kentucky University
>
> Richmond, KY
>
> **William Hudson**
>
> Executive Consultant Homeland Security
>
> American Association of Community Colleges
>
> Washington, DC

**Reporter:** [**Justin
Ferrell**](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Ferrell%20-%20E-Learning%20in%20EM.doc),
<ferrell1851@philau.edu>

> Emergency Management Student
>
> Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA

**(3) What Works? Growing Existing Emergency Management Collegiate
Programs -- AD Level**

This breakout session will be conducted in two parts.  In Part I, Bill
Nash from Barton Community College and Elaine Karr from Delaware County
Community College will deliver presentations explaining the processes
they used to make their respective emergency management programs
successful.  In Part II, a Q&A session will be conducted with time
allotted for audience participation in open discussion and
brainstorming.

**Moderator:** **J.D. Richardson**

> Assistant Professor of Fire Science
>
> San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX

**Panelists: [William (Bill)
Nash](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Nash%20-%20What%20Works-Growing%20Existing%20EM%20Collegiate%20P.ppt)**

> Associate Dean, Environmental Technology and Military Programs
>
> Barton County Community College, Junction City, KS
>
> **Elaine Karr**
>
> Director, Public Safety
>
> Delaware County Community College, Broomall, PA

**Reporter: [Mary
Kelly](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Kelly%20-%20What%20Works-Growing%20Existing%20EM%20Collegiate%20Programs.doc)**,
<mary798@yahoo.com>

> Emergency Management Student
>
> Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

**3:10 -- 5:00 -- 2nd Round of Tuesday, June 5^th^, Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)**

**(4) Applications of Geospatial Technology for Emergency Management**

**Description:** Geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, and remote sensing)
are becoming increasingly important for EM. This session will illustrate
successful strategies implementing these technological tools during each
EM phase. Topics include costs, benefits, data issues, and future trends
in geospatial technology's infusion in emergency management. The goal of
this session is to illustrate the analytical power and efficiency of
this technology, and to spark discussion about its application to
decision-making and management of emergency situations. (Participants
are encouraged, but NOT required, to attend the pre-conference GIS and
EM Workshop.)

**Moderators:** [**Jamie Mitchem**, Ph.D., and **Thomas Mueller**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Mitchem%20and%20Mueller%20-%20Applications%20of%20Geospatial%20T.ppt)

Department of Earth Sciences

> California University of Pennsylvania
>
> California, PA

**Panelists:** [**John Pine**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Pine%20-%20Applications%20of%20Geospatial%20Tech%20for%20EM.pdf)

> Professor
>
> Department of Geography and Anthropology
>
> Louisiana State University
>
> Baton Rouge, LA
>
> jpine@lsu.edu
>
> [Malcolm MacGregor,
> Ph.D.](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20MacGregor%20-%20Applications%20of%20Geospatial%20Tech%20for%20EM.ppt)
>
> Professor
>
> Marine Safety & Environmental Protection Department
>
> Massachusetts Maritime Academy
>
> Buzzards Bay, MA
>
> mmacgregor@maritime.edu

**Reporter: [Jerry R. Klink,
Jr.](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Klink%20-%20Applications%20of%20Geospatial%20Tech%20for%20EM.doc)**

> GIS and Emergency Management Concentration Student
>
> California University of Pennsylvania
>
> California, PA
>
> <KLI3749@cup.edu>

**3:10 -- 5:00 --** **2^nd^ Round of Tuesday, June 5^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(5) Risk Perception and Communication**

**Moderator: Richard Rotanz**

> Professor\
> Special Assistant to the President and Provost\
> Emergency Management Program\
> Adelphi University\
> Garden City, NY

***Understanding Risk Perception's Role in the Four Phases of Emergency
Management***

As an emergency manager (EM), it is paramount to understand the public's
perception of risk. Many factors influence risk perception, and if the
EM fails to recognize the key role perception plays, he/she cannot
adequately plan for, mitigate against, respond to, or provide recovery
from an emergency.

**Presenter: [Jeanine
Neipert](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Neipert%20-%20Risk%20Perception-Communication.ppt)**,
Graduate Student

> North Dakota State University
>
> Fargo, ND
>
> Jeanine.neipert@ndsu.edu

***How to Create a Disaster by Saying Things the Wrong Way (Risk
Communication Techniques)***

Angry audience? Distrusted source? Unfamiliar risk? Improper risk
communication will make your situation worse. Learn the right ways to
listen to your audience and address their specific needs. Workshop
attendees will develop message maps, public information sheets, and
other tools for effective risk communication.

**Presenter: [Theodore J.
Hogan](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Hogan%20-%20How%20Create%20Disaster%20Saying%20Things%20Wrong%20Wa.doc)**,
Ph.D., CIH, Instructor

> Coordinator of Master of Public Health Disaster Management Program
>
> Benedictine University
>
> Lisle, IL

**Reporter: [Leslie
Little](../presentation/Tuesday%20-%20Little%20-%20Risk%20Perception%20and%20Communication.doc)**,
Graduate Student

> Institute for Emergency Preparedness
>
> Jacksonville State University, and
>
> At-Risk Safety Trainer
>
> HELPU Fire and Life Safety
>
> Williamsburg, VA
>
> <jsu6883k@jsu.edu>

**5:30 -- 7:00 -- Log Cabin Cookout**

**With: FEMA Deputy Administrator Harvey E. Johnson**

> **FEMA Deputy Associate Administrator Robert F. Shea, Jr.**

[**June 6, 2006** -- **Wednesday, Day Two, Morning Plenary Session, E
Auditorium **]{.underline}

**8:30 -- 9:20** -- ***New Emergency Management and Related Books***

**Moderator:** **Gerard J. Hoetmer**

> Executive Director
>
> Public Entity Risk Institute
>
> Fairfax, VA
>
> Co-Editor (with Thomas E. Drabek) of: ***Emergency Management:
> Principles and Practice for Local Government.*** Washington, DC:
> International City Managers Association, 1991.

**Panel:** [**Lucien G. Canton**,
CEM](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Canton%20-New%20EM%20and%20Related%20Books.ppt)

> Director (Retired)
>
> San Francisco Office of Emergency Management
>
> San Francisco, CA
>
> Author of: ***Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for
> Effective Programs***
>
> (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Inter-Science, 2007)
>
> **Russell Dynes**, Ph.D.
>
> Research Professor and Founding Director
>
> Disaster Research Center
>
> University of Delaware
>
> Newark, DE
>
> Co-Editor (with Havidan Rodriguez and Enrico L. Quarantelli) of:
> ***Handbook of Disaster Research***. New York: Springer, 2006.
>
> [**Claire B.
> Rubin**](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Rubin%20-%20New%20EM%20and%20Related%20Books.ppt)
>
> Claire B. Rubin & Associates
>
> Washington, DC
>
> Editor of: ***Emergency Management: The American Experience
> 1900--2005*** (Forthcoming)

**9:20 -- 10:10** -- ***Why We Under Prepare for Hazards***

[**Robert Meyer**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Meyer%20-%20Why%20We%20Under%20Prepare%20for%20Hazards.ppt)

> Gayfryd Steinberg Professor of Marketing

Chair, Department of Marketing

Co-Director, Wharton Risk and Decision Processes Center

University of Pennsylvania

> Philadelphia, PA

**June 6, 2006**, **Wednesday, Day Two, Morning Plenary Session, E
Auditorium (Continued)**

**10:10 -- 10:30** -- **Break**

**10:30 -- 11:00** -- ***International Emergency Management Student
Association (& IAEM Region XII)***

**Report On: Present Status and Future Trends IEMSA Survey**

> [**Brad Wilson**](../presentation/Brad%20Wilson.doc)
>
> Vice-President
>
> International Association of Emergency Managers Region XII (Student
> Region)
>
> Emergency Administration and Planning Senior
>
> University of North Texas
>
> Carrollton, TX
>
> **Report On: Emergency Management Students, Professionalism, and
> Emergency Management Student Chapters**
>
> [**Michael Kemp**,
> M.S.](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20%20Kemp%20-%20EM%20Students,%20Professionalisms,%20EM%20Studen.ppt)
>
> [Immediate Past
> President](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20%20Kemp%20-%20EM%20Students,%20Professionalisms,%20EM%20Studen.ppt)
>
> International Association of Emergency Managers Region XII (Student
> Region)
>
> Instructor/Ph.D. Student
>
> Emergency Management Program
>
> North Dakota State University
>
> Fargo, ND

**11:00 -- 12:00 -- *Rebuilding a Resilient Nation***

[**Stephen Flynn**,
Ph.D.](../Wednesday%20-%20Flynn%20-%20Rebuilding%20a%20Resilient%20Nation.doc)

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies

Council on Foreign Relations

> New York, NY
>
> [Author of:]{.underline}

-   ***America the Vulnerable: How Our Government Is Failing to Protect
    Us from Terrorism***. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.

-   ***The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation. New York:
    Random House, 2007.***

**12:00 -- 1:00** -- **Lunch**

**1:00 -- 2:50** -- **1^st^ Round of Wednesday, June 6^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions**

**(1) Emergency Management and Related Books & Materials Breakout
Session**

**Moderator: Rocky Lopes**, Ph.D., Project Manager for Homeland Security
Community Services

> County Services Department, National Association of Counties (NACo),
> Washington, DC

**Panel:** ***Compendium of Emergency Management Articles Project***

> [**Scot Phelps**, J.D.,
> CEM](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Phelps%20-%20Compendium%20of%20EM%20Articles%20Project.ppt),
> Associate Professor of Emergency & Disaster Management
>
> School of Public Affairs & Administration, Metropolitan College of New
> York, NY

***Disaster Response and Recovery*** (Wiley, 2007)

> **David A. McEntire**, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Emergency
> Administration and Planning, Department of Public Administration,
> University of North Texas, Denton, TX
>
> ***Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective
> Programs*** (Wiley 2007)
>
> **Lucien G. Canton**, CEM, Director (Retired), San Francisco Office of
> Emergency Management, San Francisco, CA

***Emergency Management Professionals -- Body of Knowledge Survey
2007***

> [**Carol L.
> Cwiak**](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Cwiak%20-%20Body%20of%20Knowledge%20Report.ppt),
> Professor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

***Emergency Management: The American Experience, 1900--2005***
(Forthcoming)

**Claire B. Rubin** (Editor), Claire B. Rubin & Associates, Arlington,
VA

> ***Facing Hazards and Disasters*** (National Academies Press, 2006)
>
> **Juan Ortiz**, Member, Committee on Disaster Research, and
>
> Director, Fort Worth/Tarrant County Office of Emergency Management
>
> Fort Worth, TX

***Handbook of Disaster Research*** (Springer 2006)

> **Russell Dynes**, Ph.D., Research Professor and Founding Director
>
> Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
>
> ***Principles and Practice of Emergency Management*** (ICMA, 2007
> forthcoming)
>
> **William Waugh**, **Jr**., Ph.D., Professor, Georgia State
> University, Atlanta, GA

**Reporter: [Pedro
Carrero](../Wednesday%20-%20Carrero%20-%20Compendium%20of%20Emergency%20Management%20Art.doc)**,
Emergency Management Student, buktown@nyc.rr.com

> Metropolitan College of New York, New York, NY

**1:00 -- 2:50** -- **1^st^ Round of Wednesday, June 6^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(2) Disaster/Emergency Management & Business Continuity Program (NFPA
1600) 2007 Ed.**

**Presenter:** [**Lee Newsome**, CEM,
FPEM](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Newsome%20-Disaster-EM%20and%20Business%20Continuity%20Pro.ppt)

> NFPA 1600 Committee Representative, and
>
> President
>
> EREC (Emergency Response Educators and Consultants) Inc.
>
> Ocala, FL

**Reporter:** [**Ryan
Brown**,](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Brown%20-%20Disaster-EM%20&%20Business%20Continuity.doc)
ryan.t.brown@asu.edu

> Emergency Management Student
>
> Arizona State University East
>
> Tempe, AZ

The ever-present threat of natural, human-made, and technological
incidents presents serious challenges for today's emergency management
and business continuity professionals. Unforeseen events can affect
organizations directly or even indirectly if suppliers or partners
experience a significant interruption of services and business.

This session will discuss the new edition of the NFPA 1600 as it expands
the conceptual framework for disaster/emergency management and business
continuity programs. This presentation will strengthen the users'
knowledge of the key elements to bring the standard into alignment with
the new generation of related disciplines and practices of emergency
management, risk management, security, and loss prevention.

**(3) Disaster Recovery -- Post Katrina Look**

**Presenters:** [**Gavin Smith**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Park-Smith%20-%20Disaster%20Recovery%20Workshop.pdf)

> Principal Professional
>
> Risk and Emergency Management Division
>
> PBS&J
>
> Raleigh, NC
>
> **Topic: *A Review of the United States Disaster Assistance Framework:
> Planning for Recovery***
>
> [**Jae Park**,
> Ph.D.](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Park-Smith%20-%20Disaster%20Recovery%20Workshop.pdf)
>
> Project Manager
>
> Risk and Emergency Management Division
>
> PBS&J
>
> Raleigh, NC

**Topic: *Post-Katrina Disaster Recovery Planning in Mississippi***

**Reporter: Kaycee Cooper**, <klc0228@unt.edu>

Emergency Management Student

University of North Texas, Denton, TX

**1:00 -- 2:50** -- **1^st^ Round of Wednesday, June 6^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(4) Disaster Modeling -- Systems Approach to Four Phases Emergency
Management Instruction**

Disaster education and planning literature often refers to cascading
disasters and emergencies. The concept of cascading disasters lends
itself well to a modeling methodology that can readily be used in the
emergency management classroom, computer lab, or at home on personal
computers. This methodology teaches students that disasters can be
modeled as cascading sequences of threats. Threat sequences can be
studied by students from the perspectives of the four phases of
comprehensive emergency management. In the classroom, students obtain a
modeling software that displays cascading disasters as tree structures.
By assignment, students prepare cascading disaster models and then
proceed to analyze high-priority sequences of events (pathways) found
within the model. The analysis process teaches students to think in
terms of strategies for mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery
for sequences of threats, rather than for single solutions for single
threats (point threats). This introduces students to the knowledge that
disasters are systems of threats rather than single, or individual,
point threats, and that threats that occur as parts of disasters are not
random events. Students gain a newfound capability to think of disasters
as systems of threats and to capture these systems within computer
storage to be studied as the student chooses. Students gain a greater
proactive capability in anticipating what may happen in a disaster. The
student experience is substantially enhanced because students learn to
research disasters and then to systematically construct and analyze them
through classroom assignments dealing with the four phases. This
breakout session will explain the classroom teaching process for
disaster system modeling and demonstrate several examples of student
models and analyses, as explained by the students.

**Moderator: Fred May**, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Emergency Management, Institute for Emergency
Preparedness

> Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL

**Contributors: Fred May, Ph.D.**

> Associate Professor of Emergency Management
>
> Institute for Emergency Preparedness
>
> Jacksonville State University
>
> Jacksonville, AL
>
> **Mallory Pusch**, Graduate Student
>
> Institute for Emergency Preparedness, Jacksonville State University,
> Jacksonville, AL
>
> **Mario D'Angelo**, Graduate Student, Institute for Emergency
> Preparedness
>
> Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL, and
>
> Emergency Management Program Officer, Ottawa Paramedic Service
>
> Special Operations Section, City of Ottawa, Canada
>
> [**Leslie
> Little**](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Little%20-%20Multi-Lingual%20Cultural%20Barriers.ppt),
> Graduate Student, Institute for Emergency Preparedness
>
> Jacksonville State University, and HELPU Fire and Life Safety,
> Williamsburg, VA
>
> **Peter Webb**, Captain, Graduate Student, Institute for Emergency
> Preparedness
>
> Jacksonville State University, and Dothan Fire Department, Dothan, AL
>
> **Robert McDaniels**, Captain, Graduate Student, Institute for
> Emergency Preparedness Jacksonville State University, and Exercise
> Operations Officer, Pentagon,
>
> National Guard Bureau, Future Operations, Arlington, VA

**Reporter: [Jane E.
Rovins](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Rovins%20-%20Disaster%20Modeling-Systems%20Approach.doc)**,
Disaster Management Graduate Student

> Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, jane.rovins@gmail.com

**1:00 -- 2:50** -- **1^st^ Round of Wednesday, June 6^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(5) Terrorism, Emergency Management, and Homeland Security---Is There
Still a Debate?**

**Description:** This session will discuss the past, current, and
potential futures of the relationships between the emergency management
community and the evolving world we call "homeland security." Where do
these two activities converge? Where are they mutually exclusive
efforts? Is one activity a subset of the other? Is addressing terrorism
in an "all-hazards" context appropriate and effective? Is the continuing
debate mostly along political, functional, fiscal, or leadership lines
of ownership and responsibility? Do we have to make a choice of one
direction of effort at the expense of another? How is the evolution of
"preparedness" strategies and policies affecting the relationship? This
discussion is intended to present and solicit thoughts and concepts
concerning the emergency management and homeland security dynamic. 

**Moderator: Bob Jaffin**

> Program Manager
>
> American Public University

**Presenter: [Glen
Woodbury](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Woodbury%20-%20Terrorism,%20EM%20and%20HS%20-%20Is%20There%20Still.ppt)**

> Associate Director
>
> Executive Education Programs
>
> Center for Homeland Defense and Security
>
> Naval Postgraduate School
>
> Monterey, CA

**Reporter: [Craig
Keith](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Keith%20-%20Terrorism,%20EM%20and%20HS.doc)**

**2:50 -- 3:10 -- Break**

**3:10-5:00 --** **2^nd^ Round of Wednesday, June 6^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions**

**(1) Growing Existing Emergency Management Collegiate Programs: Upper
Division and**

**Graduate Levels---What Works?**

**Moderator:** **Daniel J. Klenow**, Ph.D.

> Professor and Chair
>
> Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management
>
> North Dakota State University
>
> Fargo, ND

**Reporter: [Jennifer
Davey](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Davey%20-%20Growing%20Existing%20EM%20Collegiate%20Programs-.doc)**,
<jennifer.davey@seattlechildrens.org>

Emergency Management Student

Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL

**(2) Getting New Collegiate Emergency Management Programs Started:**

**Upper Division and Graduate Levels**

**Moderator: Michael J. O'Connor**, **Jr.**

> Associate Professor of Emergency and Disaster Management
>
> The State University of New York
>
> Canton College of Technology
>
> Canton, NY
>
> [**Joan D. Barrax**,
> Ph.D.](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Barrax%20-%20Getting%20New%20Collegiate%20EM%20Programs%20Star.ppt)
>
> Dean, College of Graduate and Professional Studies
>
> Shaw University
>
> Raleigh, NC
>
> **Lloyd Burton**, Ph.D.
>
> Professor
>
> Director, Program Concentration in Emergency Management and Homeland
> Security
>
> Advisor, MPA-JD Dual Degree Program
>
> Graduate School of Public Affairs
>
> University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
>
> Denver, CO
>
> [**Bill
> Newmann**](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20%20Newmann%20-%20getting%20New%20Collegiae%20EM%20Programs%20Sta.ppt)
>
> Associate Professor
>
> Coordinator, Political Science Program
>
> Undergraduate Coordinator, Homeland Security and Emergency
> Preparedness Program
>
> L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
>
> Virginia Commonwealth University
>
> Richmond, VA

**Reporter: [Jack R.
Breese](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Breese%20-%20Getting%20New%20Collegiate%20EM%20Programs%20Star.doc)**,
<Jrb42@ukron.edu>

> Emergency Management Student
>
> University of Akron, Akron, OH

**3:10-5:00 --** **2^nd^ Round of Wednesday, June 6^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(3) Community Engagement and Releasing Emergency Plans to the Public:
Sunshine Week 2007**

**Moderator: John Lindsay**, <ades@BrandonU.CA>

Assistant Professor and Chair

> Department of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies Program
>
> Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

***Sunshine Week Panel**:*

More than a third of public officials refused to provide access to their
local Comprehensive Emergency Response Plan when asked as part of a
nationwide information audit. Some officials reacted to requests with
confusion, outright denials, and by calling police. Many weren't sure
who had the authority to release the reports, or even where the
documents were located. This group will discuss the purpose of the
audit, what it has achieved, and the importance of this information to
community safety.

**Panelists: [Debra Gersh
Hernandez](../presentation/Debra%20Gersh%20Hernandez.doc)**

> Coordinator, Sunshine Week, Arlington, VA
>
> **Pete Weitzel**
>
> Coordinator, Coalition of Journalists for Open Government, Arlington,
> VA\
> \
> **Joseph A. Davis**
>
> Director, Watchdog Project
>
> Society of Environmental Journalists, Bethesda, MD
>
> **Valerie Lucus**, CEM, CBCP
>
> Emergency Manager, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA
>
> **Gordon W. Deno**, CEM
>
> Emergency Management Director, Wilson County, NC

***Community Engagement in Public Health and Emergency Management
Planning***

Disasters and epidemics are immense and shocking disturbances that
require the judgments and efforts of large numbers of people, not simply
those who serve in an official capacity. This presentation reviews the
Working Group on Community Engagement in Health Emergency Planning's
recommendations to government decision-makers on why and how to catalyze
the civic infrastructure for an extreme health event.

**Presenter:** [**Monica Schoch-Spana**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Monica%20Schoch.doc)

> Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity
>
> University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

**Reporter: [Jane
Rovins](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Rovins(Miller)%20-%20Community%20Engagement.doc)
(Matthew D. Miller)**, variable923@yahoo.com

Emergency Management Student, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

**3:10-5:00 --** **2^nd^ Round of Wednesday, June 6^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(4) FEMA Catastrophic Disaster Response Operations and Recovery
Project**

**Description:** In FY 2006, FEMA embarked on two significant
Catastrophic Disaster Response and Recovery Planning Initiatives based
upon: a 7.7 Richter scale earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone
(NMSZ) and a Category 5 hurricane impacting South Florida in the Miami
Metropolitan area.

The NMSZ is a fault system in the central United States that is located
roughly between St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee.
Approximately 44 million people reside in the 8 States and 4 FEMA
Regions which comprise the NMSZ. Twelve million people reside in the
high risk area, and the impact on the national infrastructure will
compound response and recovery---getting supplies and relief to
survivors will be exceptionally challenging.

The threat of a Category 5 hurricane making landfall on South Florida,
coupled with concern over the integrity of the Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD)
around Lake Okeechobee, could put most of South Florida under 1 to 4
feet of water or more for up to 22 days, leaving up to 1 million people
homeless, 4  million people without electricity, and possibly crippling
the State's transportation infrastructure.

This workshop begins with a formal presentation on the FEMA planning
efforts for both initiatives, the concept of the Scenario Driven
Catastrophic Response and Recovery Plan Development Process, and the
planning partnership at the Federal, State, local, Tribal Nation,
Private Sector, and Critical Infrastructure levels. The guest panel
members from the FEMA Disaster Operations Directorate (Response),
Disaster Assistance Directorate (Recovery), and support contractors will
address questions from the audience.

**Moderator:** **Gregory Shaw**, Ph.D., Senior Scientist

> Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management
>
> The George Washington University, Washington, DC

**Panel: [Michel S.
Pawlowski](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Pawlowski%20-%20FEMA%20Catastropic%20Disaster%20Response%20O.pdf)**,
Incident Response Section Chief

> Disaster Operations Directorate, FEMA Headquarters, Washington, DC
>
> **Paul Schwartz**, Chief, Interagency Planning Team
>
> Disaster Operations Directorate, FEMA Headquarters, Washington, DC
>
> **Bill McGann**, Response Planning Specialist, Incident Response
> Section
>
> Disaster Operations Directorate, FEMA Headquarters, Washington, DC
>
> **Ray Pena**, Florida Catastrophic Planning
>
> Innovative Emergency Management, Inc., FEMA Headquarters, Washington,
> DC
>
> **Rex Coble**, New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Planning
>
> Innovative Emergency Management, Inc., FEMA Headquarters, Washington,
> DC

**Reporter**: [**Henrike
Brecht**,](../presentation/Wednesday%20-%20Brecht%20-%20FEMA%20Catastrophic%20Disaster.doc)
<Henrike@hurricane.lsu.edu>

> Disaster Management Student, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
> LA

[**June 7, 2006** -- **Thursday,** **Day Three, Morning Plenary Session,
E Auditorium**]{.underline}

**8:30 -- 9:00** -- ***Survey of Collegiate Emergency Management
Programs***

[**Carol
Cwiak**](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Cwiak%20-%20Survey%20of%20Collegiate%20EM%20Programs.ppt)

Doctoral Student, Instructor

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**9:00 -- 10:00** -- ***Six Rather Unusual Propositions about
Terrorism***

[**John Mueller**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Mueller%20-%20Six%20Unusual%20Props%20about%20Terrorism.PPT)

> Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies
>
> Mershon Center
>
> Professor
>
> Department of Political Science
>
> Ohio State University
>
> Columbus, OH

**10:30 -- 10:50** -- **Break**

**10:50 -- 12:00 -- *Just How Are Things Going Presentations:***

**Presenter:** [**David Neal**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Neal%20-%20Just%20How%20Are%20Things%20Going%20Presentation.ppt)

Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events

Professor

> Fire and Emergency Management Programs

Department of Political Science

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

**Topic: *Where We Have Been, Where We Are, Where We Are Going in
Collegiate ***

> ***Emergency Management Programs***

**Presenter:** **Patrick S. Roberts**, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

> Center for Public Administration and Policy
>
> School of Public and International Affairs
>
> Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA

**Topic: *How Are States and Localities Thinking about Risk and
Vulnerability Across ***

***Hazards***

**12:00 -- 1:00 -- Lunch**

**1:00 -- 2:30 --** **1^st^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions**

**(1) On the National Incident Management System (NIMS)**

Several differing perspectives on the National Incident Management
System will be presented and discussed.

**Moderator: Jason Levy**, Ph.D.

> Assistant Professor
>
> Hazard Mitigation & Emergency Planning
>
> Huxley College of the Environment
>
> Western Washington University
>
> Bellingham, WA

**Panelist: Joseph E. Trainor**

> Projects Coordinator, Disaster Research Center
>
> Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology
>
> University of Delaware
>
> Newark, DE

**Topic: *A Critical Evaluation of the Incident Command System and
NIMS*** (by Dick A. Buck,

> Joseph E. Trainor, Benigno E. Aguirre, *Journal of Homeland Security
> and Emergency Management*, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Article 1, 2006.)

**Panelist: David M. Neal**, Ph.D.

> Director, Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events
>
> Professor, Fire and Emergency Management Program
>
> Department of Political Science
>
> Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

**Topic: *Structural Barriers to Implementing the National Incident
Management System ***

> ***During the Response to Hurricane Katrina,*** by David M. Neal and
> Gary R. Webb, pp. 263--282 in *Learning from Catastrophe: Quick
> Response Research in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina*. Boulder, CO:
> Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, Special
> Pub. #40, 2006.

## Panelist: [Albert H. Fluman](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Fluman%20-%20National%20Incident%20Management%20System%20(NIM.ppt)

> Acting Director, NIMS Integration Center
>
> Federal Emergency Management Agency/DHS, Washington DC

**Topic: *The National Incident Management System ***

**Reporter: [Jessica Anne
Leifeld](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Leifeld%20-%20On%20the%20National%20Incident%20Management%20Sys.doc)**,
jessica.leifeld@ndsu.edu

> Emergency Management Graduate Student, Emergency Management Program
>
> Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management
>
> North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

**1:00 -- 2:30 --** **1^st^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(2) Current Research on Disaster: Political Science**

**Moderator: Bill Newmann**, Ph.D.\
Associate Professor\
Coordinator, Political Science Program\
Undergraduate Coordinator, Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Program\
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs\
Virginia Commonwealth University\
Richmond, VA 

**Presenter**: [**Saundra K. Schneider**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Schneider%20-%20Flirting%20with%20Disaster.pdf)

> Professor
>
> Associate Chair
>
> Director of Graduate Studies
>
> Department of Political Science
>
> Michigan State University
>
> East Lansing, MI

**Topic: *Flirting with Disaster: Public Management in Crisis Situations
****(2^nd^ Edition)*

**Description:** Dr. Schneider will provide an overview of her
forthcoming book *Flirting with Disaster (2^nd^ Edition)*, drawing
parallels between the Hurricane Katrina response and earlier
governmental responses to Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew.

**Presenter:** [**Richard Sylves**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Sylves%20-%20Current%20Research%20on%20Disaster.ppt)

> Professor
>
> Department of Political Science & International Relations
>
> University of Delaware
>
> Newark, DE
>
> www.peripresdecusa.org

**Topic: *Presidential Disaster Declarations***

**Description:** Dr. Sylves will discuss the development and
availability of a Website containing the country's largest repository of
information on Presidential disaster declarations (and some
non-declarations).

**Reporter: [Holly
Bryant](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Bryant%20-%20Current%20Research%20on%20Disaster.doc)**

> Emergency Management Student
>
> Emergency Administration and Management Program
>
> Arkansas Tech University
>
> Russellville, AR
>
> <hbryant@atu.edu>

**1:00 -- 2:30 --** **1^st^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(3) Two Reports: On EDEN and on Disaster Relief -- Lessons from
Hurricane Katrina**

**Moderator: Barbara Klingensmith**, Ph.D.,
<barbara.klingensmith@fldfs.com>\
Division of State Fire Marshal, Bureau of Fire Standards and Training\
University of Florida Fire and Emergency Services Program -
[www.bcn.ufl.edu/fes](http://www.bcn.ufl.edu/fes)\
Florida State Fire College, Ocala, FL

**Presenter: [T. David
Filson](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Filson%20-%20On%20EDEN%20and%20Disaster%20Relief.pdf)**

Emergency Preparedness & Response Coordination and Partnership Expansion
Leader

> Penn State Cooperative Extension
>
> Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

**Topic: *The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)***

**Description:** This presentation will explain and illustrate the
Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN), a collaborative multi-State
effort by Extension Services from every State to improve the delivery of
services to citizens affected by disasters. The network serves primarily
Extension agents and educators by providing them access to resources on
disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery that will
enhance their short and long-term programming efforts.  The mission of
EDEN is to share education resources to reduce the impact of natural and
man-made disasters through:

-   Interdisciplinary and multi-State research and education programs
    addressing disaster mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery;

-   Linkages with Federal, State, and local agencies and organizations;

-   Anticipation of future disaster education needs and actions;

-   Timely and prompt communications and delivery of information that
    meets audience needs;

-   Credible and reliable information

EDEN is about developed partnerships with DHS, FEMA, VOAD, State
departments of health, State departments of agriculture, and others. As
a national network, EDEN is made up of educators, specialists, experts,
liaisons, collaborators, and consultants. EDEN provides online,
train-the-trainer curriculums that are designed to teach Extension
educators/agents on pertinent topics, as well as equip them with tools
needed to teach targeted audiences.

**Presenter:** [**Thomas H. Stanton**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Stanton%20-%20Delivery%20of%20Benefits%20in%20an%20Emergency.ppt)

> Johns Hopkins University, Institute of Government, Washington, DC

**Topic: *Delivery of Benefits in an Emergency: Lessons from Hurricane
Katrina***

**Description:** The building blocks are in place for coordinated
delivery of emergency benefits. This report summarizes promising
practices and argues that it is time to create a coordinated and
interoperable delivery system.

**Reporter: Jamyr (Angie) A. Henao**, Emergency Management Student,
jhenao70@msn.com

Masters of Public Administration in Emergency and Disaster Management

> Metropolitan College of New York, New York, NY

**1:00 -- 2:30 --** **1^st^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(4) Educating Emergency Managers: Accreditation of Collegiate
Emergency Management Programs**

As the number of legitimate collegiate programs offering degrees or
certificates in emergency management proliferate, so do the concerns
that these programs are producing graduates with the knowledge and
skills necessary to enter this growing field.  This panel will discuss
the initiative to develop a Foundation to accredit these programs and
reinstate the Epsilon Pi Phi Honor Society for emergency management
students.

**Moderator: William L. Waugh, Jr.**, Ph.D., <wwaugh@gsu.edu>

> Professor
>
> Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies
>
> Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
>
> Georgia State University
>
> Atlanta, GA

**Panel: Kay C. Goss**, CEM

> Director
>
> Emergency Management and Homeland Security
>
> SRA International, Arlington, VA
>
> [Valerie Lucus, CEM,
> CBCP](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Lucus%20-%20Educating%20EM-Accreditation%20of%20Collegiate%20.ppt)
>
> Emergency Manager
>
> University of California, Davis
>
> Davis, CA
>
> **Dorothy L. Miller**
>
> Emergency Management Coordinator
>
> Office of Emergency Management
>
> University of Texas at Dallas
>
> Dallas, TX
>
> **Daryl Lee Spiewak**, CEM
>
> Emergency Programs Manager
>
> Brazos River Authority
>
> Waco, TX
>
> **Micheal A. Kemp**, M.S.
>
> Instructor/Ph.D. Student
>
> Emergency Management Program
>
> North Dakota State University
>
> Fargo, ND

**Reporter**: [**Todd
Coudriet**](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Coudriet%20-%20Educating%20Emergency%20Managers.doc),
<tac20@uakron.edu>

> Emergency Management Student
>
> University of Akron, Akron, OH

**1:00 -- 2:30 --** **1^st^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(5) Picking up the Pieces:  Asking the Right Questions and Learning
the Right Lessons---**

**Hurricane Katrina and the Pennsylvania Winter Storms**

**Moderator: David Etkin**

Graduate Program Director, Disaster and Emergency Management

> Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Applied Studies
>
> Coordinator
>
> York University
>
> Toronto, Canada
>
> <Etkin@yorku.ca>

**Report 1: *State and Local Emergency Managers Evaluate Katrina
Response and Propose Strategies for the Revitalization of Federal
Emergency Management***

**Presenter:** [**R. Steven Daniels**,
Ph.D.](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Daniels%20-%20State%20and%20Local%20EM%20Evaluate%20Katrina%20Res.ppt)

> Professor
>
> Department of Public Policy and Administration
>
> California State University-Bakersfield
>
> Bakersfield, CA

**Description:** This presentation summarizes a survey conducted with
State and local emergency managers from April to July 2006, covering
four basic themes: types of catastrophic disaster, quality of local and
State emergency plans, effectiveness of Katrina response, and strategies
for revitalizing emergency management in the wake of Katrina.  Focus is
on the last two themes: effectiveness of response and strategies for
improvement, supplementing the general responses with the rich,
thoughtful, detailed responses provided by the majority of respondents. 
These responses provide a range of strategies for improving all four
stages of emergency management. The report will compare the proposed
strategies to actual changes made in Federal emergency management since
Katrina, especially in Title VI of P.L. 109-295 (H.R. 5441), the
Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.

**1:00 -- 2:30 --** **1^st^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(5) Picking up the Pieces:  Asking the Right Questions and Learning
the Right Lessons---**

**Hurricane Katrina and the Pennsylvania Winter Storms (Continued)**

**Report 2: *Independent Report on the Mid-February 2007 Winter Storm
Response for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania***

**Presenter: Jennifer Holt Thamer**

> James Lee Witt Associates
>
> Washington, DC, and Denver, CO

**Description:** In the aftermath of Pennsylvania's mid-February winter
storms, Governor Rendell ordered an after-action report on the State's
response to the event.  The resulting report evaluated the performance
of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, State Police,
Department of Transportation, and the National Guard, and identified key
areas in need of operational reform.  Not only in Pennsylvania, but in
communities and businesses across the U.S., emergency managers will need
to address these same lessons learned in their own roles.

**Reporter: [Meghan
Butasek](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Butasek%20-%20Report-Thamer%20and%20Daniels.doc)**

> Emergency Health Services Graduate Student
>
> University of Maryland-Baltimore County
>
> Baltimore, MD
>
> mbutasck@law.umaryland.edu

**2:30 -- 2:45 -- Break**

**2:45 -- 4:15** -- **2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions**

**(1) New Perspectives and Approaches in Emergency Management Higher
Education**

**Moderator: Ed Leachman**

> Visiting Assistant Professor  
>
> Emergency Administration and Management\
> Arkansas Tech University\
> Russellville, AR 
>
> <eleachman@atu.edu>

**Presenter: David Neal**, Ph.D.

> Director, Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events
>
> Professor, Fire and Emergency Management Programs
>
> Department of Political Science
>
> Oklahoma State University
>
> Stillwater, OK
>
> <dave.neal@okstate.edu>

**Description:** For the first Higher Education Conference in 1998, Dr.
Neal was invited to provide an overview of disaster management programs.
He noted that opportunities abounded for such programs (e.g., growing
number of disasters, professionalization of the field, support by FEMA,
opportunities in the public, private, and volunteer sector). He also
cautioned that a number of structural barriers could impede progress.
Examples include the issue of academic legitimacy, defining a
curriculum, the generation of textbooks, finding and keeping qualified
faculty, and the administrative location of the program. Although each
barrier is important in its own right, it also became apparent that each
factor could also influence these other factors. Other salient issues he
only touched upon (e.g., accreditation) as sub-categories or totally
failed to address (e.g., diversity, terrorism, graduate programs). In
this paper, Dr. Neal first updates his observations on the above topics
by drawing upon information from Websites, the academic literature, and
his own observations. Next, he addresses the issues that he previously
mentioned or ignored. He will attempt to forecast what issues will
continue to dog us (administrative location, the homeland security
versus disaster environment), other selected observations (the types of
institutions that initiate degree programs), and what new issues may
arise. Finally, Dr. Neal will make a few comments about the current and
future role of the Higher Education Project.

**Reporter: [Kaycee
Cooper](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Cooper%20-%20New%20Perspectives%20and%20Approaches%20in%20EM%20Hi.doc)**

**2:45 -- 4:15** -- **2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(2) Revitalization/Revamping of Emergency Preparedness Technology
Collegiate Programs in North Carolina**

**Description:** This breakout session panel will discuss how North
Carolina, through State government participation, is revitalizing
Emergency Management training to all first responders by utilizing the
community college system; is revamping the Emergency Preparedness
Technology Collegiate programs; and how NC will tie everything together
from Continuing Education through Master Degree Programs. Lessons
learned will be shared, and a Q&A session will follow the presentations.

**Panel: Glenn Wisbey**

> Training Coordinator
>
> North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
>
> Raleigh, NC
>
> **Scott Bullard**
>
> Director of Emergency Services
>
> North Carolina Community College System
>
> Raleigh, NC
>
> bullards@nccommunitycolleges.edu

**Randy Egsegian**

> Program Director
>
> Fire Protection Technology & Emergency Preparedness Technology
>
> Durham Technical Community College
>
> Durham, NC

**William B. (Bill) Gentry**

> Director
>
> Community Preparedness and Disaster Management Certificate Program
>
> Master of Science in Disaster Management Program
>
> School of Public Health
>
> University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
>
> Chapel Hill, NC
>
> wgentry@email.unc.edu

**Reporter: [Kimberly A.
Kirschner](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Kirschner%20-%20Revitalization-Revamping%20-%20Report.doc)**

> Emergency Management Student
>
> North Dakota State University
>
> Fargo, ND
>
> kimberly.kirschner@ndsu.edu

**2:45 -- 4:15** -- **2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(3) Emergency Management Graduate Students Research Projects:**

**Moderator: Richard A. Bissell**, Ph.D.

> Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
>
> Department of Emergency Health Services
>
> University of Maryland-Baltimore County
>
> Baltimore, MD

**Presenter 1: [Henrike
Brecht](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Brecht%20-%20Assessing%20Natural%20Hazard%20Risk%20in%20Urban%20A.ppt)**

> Graduate Research Assistant
>
> LSU Hurricane Center
>
> Louisiana State University
>
> Baton Rouge, LA

**Topic: *Assessing Natural Hazard Risk in Urban Areas***

**Description:** A key element in disaster reduction is to measure risk.
Special attendance needs to be given to identify risk in urban areas due
to the high disaster susceptibility in cities and the ongoing process of
urbanization. This study reviews existing risk assessment approaches and
develops a methodology for an urban risk index that allows the relative
comparison of disaster risk of cities worldwide.

**Presenter 2:** [**Meghan Butasek**, MPH, J.D.
Candidate](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Butasek%20-%20Information%20Sharing%20and%20Emergency%20Colla.pdf)
(PDF)

> [**Meghan Butasek**, MPH, J.D.
> Candidate](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Butasek%20-%20Information%20Sharing%20and%20Emergency%20Coord.ppt)
> **(PPT)**
>
> Emergency Health Service Graduate Student
>
> University of Maryland, Baltimore County
>
> University of Maryland Law Student and
>
> Center for Health and Homeland Security Law Fellow
>
> Baltimore, MD
>
> <mbutasek@law.umaryland.edu>

**Topic: *Information Sharing and Emergency Collaboration Manual for
Children in Foster Care During Disaster Events***

**Description:** Research Description: After Hurricane Katrina, as many
as 2,000 of Louisiana's 5,000 children in foster care were displaced and
lost to the child welfare system. Without learning from these lessons,
children in foster care will continue to be an exceptionally vulnerable
population in future disasters. This research discusses what happened
with children after Hurricane Katrina and explores ideas for how to
strengthen information sharing and coordination between localities and
States for the purpose of protecting the access of foster children to
health care, education, and social services following a disaster event.

**2:45 -- 4:15** -- **2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(3) Emergency Management Graduate Students Research Projects
(Continued):**

**Presenter 3: [Jack
Breese](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Breese%20-%20FEMA's%20Failed%20Leadership.ppt)**

> Emergency Management Graduating Student
>
> The University of Akron
>
> Akron, OH

**Topic: *The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Failed Leadership:
An Assessment ***

> ***of Reorganization and Emergency Management Student Perceptions***

**Description:** In an extension of research assessing reorganization of
FEMA, this project experimentally examines the perceptions of
undergraduate students at The University of Akron pursuing a Bachelor of
Science degree in Emergency Management. Seventy-nine students
voluntarily completed a survey measuring their degree of agreement or
disagreement to statements related to FEMA. The data were analyzed using
descriptive statistics.

**Presenter 4:** [**Micheal A.
Kemp**, M.S.](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Kemp%20-%20The%201997%20Red%20River%20Valley%20Flood.ppt)

> Instructor/Ph.D. Student
>
> Emergency Management Program
>
> North Dakota State University
>
> Fargo, ND

**Topic: *The 1997 Red River Valley Flood: Vulnerability and
Disaster---A 10-Year Review***

**Description:** Understanding various ways human practices, either
individually or collectively, are implicated in disasters has both
practical and theoretical significance.  This dissertation focuses on
social, economic, and political variables contributing to the 1997 Red
River flood, 10 years after the event.

**Presenter 5: [Brandi
Lea](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Lea%20-%20Uncharted%20Waters.ppt)**

> Graduate Student
>
> University of North Texas
>
> Denton, TX

**Topic: *"Uncharted Waters": The Waterborne Evacuation of Lower
Manhattan on 9/11***

**Description:** This presentation covers the waterborne evacuation of
lower Manhattan and subsequent boatlift of supplies. The presentation
considers how the evacuation was organized and highlights the features
of harbor operations that facilitated this effort.

**2:45 -- 4:15** -- **2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(3) Emergency Management Graduate Students Research Projects
(Continued):**

**Presenter 6: Jane E. Rovins**, MPH, CEM

> Graduate Student
>
> Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer
>
> Tulane University
>
> New Orleans, LA

**Topic: *Effective Hazard Mitigation:  Are Local Mitigation Strategies
Getting the Job Done?***

**Description:** With the advent of the Disaster Mitigation Act of
2000 and its emphasis on mitigation planning, it is important to
understand if it is effective in reducing disaster damage and
life losses.  Ms. Rovins' research reviews the Local Mitigation
Strategies in Florida over 25 Presidentially declared events during a
10-year period to determine the effectiveness of mitigation planning as
a tool to reduce disaster damage.

#### Reporter: [Jeanine M. Neipert](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Neipert%20-%20Student%20Research%20Presentation%20-%20Report.doc)

> Emergency Management Student
>
> Emergency Management Program
>
> Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Emergency Management
>
> North Dakota State University
>
> Fargo, ND
>
> jeanine.neipert@ndsu.edu

**2:45 -- 4:15** -- **2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(4) Navigating the Disaster**

**Description:** The geography of landscape wrought asunder by disaster
or terrorist attack is not unlike that of the surface of the moon. The
topography by which one traditionally communicates, coordinates, and
navigates is often unrecognizable: no street signs, no house numbers,
and few visual landmarks. The U.S. National Grid (USNG) spatial
reference system is of the utmost importance for successful and safe
execution of the emergency management mission, all-hazards, especially
in a multi-jurisdiction setting with or without street signs. A common
operating grid (USNG) and use of geo-addressing for all phases of the
emergency management lifecycle is a precursor for unified and
interoperable command and coordination, plans, communications, and other
preparation for resource management and public information. This session
will review the USA's established doctrine for a common operating grid
(USNG) and then teach participants the importance of, and how to use,
integrated mapping technologies, quality maps, and land navigation
techniques to create a unified, spatially-referenced operational
framework.

**Presenters: [Tom
Terry](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Terry%20-%20Navigating%20the%20Disaster.ppt)**

> Federal Geographic Data Committee
>
> Homeland Security Working Group
>
> Geospatial Information & Services Officer
>
> Geospatial Intelligence Plans and Policy Branch
>
> Headquarters United States Marine Corps
>
> Washington, DC
>
> [**Talbot
> Brooks**](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Brooks-Terry%20-%20Understanding%20and%20Implementing%20Map.ppt)
>
> Director
>
> Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Information Technology
>
> Delta State University
>
> Cleveland, MS

**Reporter: [April
Griffin](../presentation/Thursday%20-%20Griffin%20-%20Navigating%20the%20Disaster.doc)**

> Emergency and Disaster Management Program Student

State University of New York

> Canton College of Technology
>
> Canton, NY
>
> <abutterfly_38@yahoo.com>

**2:45 -- 4:15** -- **2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 7^th^, Afternoon
Breakout Sessions (Continued)**

**(5) From Lessons Learned to Lessons Taught:  Post-Katrina Implications
for University Hazard-Related Curricula**

**Description:** The stage for this interactive roundtable discussion
will be set by a brief overview of several recently completed or ongoing
studies about lessons learned after Katrina, the use of these lessons by
emergency managers, and suggestions as to how university curricula can
implement changes to reflect the lessons from Katrina and the needs of
the emergency management community.  The majority of the time will be
devoted to feedback from the participants.  The roundtable will actively
seek discussion, soliciting new viewpoints and recommendations as to how
to incorporate the larger body of literature on emergency management
lessons learned post-Katrina into a best-practice approach to university
hazard-related curricula.  The results of the discussion will be
collected and shared with participants.

**Presenter: John J. Kiefer**, Ph.D.

> Assistant Professor
>
> Department of Political Science
>
> Master of Public Administration Program
>
> University of New Orleans
>
> New Orleans, LA
>
> <JKiefer@UNO.edu>

 **Reporter: Tom Hughes**

> Emergency Management Graduate Student
>
> Oklahoma State University
>
> Stillwater, OK
>
> <TaHughes@osufpp.org>

**4:30 -- 5:00 -- Conference Wrap-Up**