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34th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop

Wednesday, July 15 to Saturday, July 18, 2009
Broomfield, Colorado, USA

The Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop is designed to bring hazards researchers and practitioners from many disciplines together for face-to-face discussions on issues and trends that affect how society deals with hazards and disasters. It provides a dynamic and challenging forum for the diverse opinions and perspectives of the hazards community. You can request an invitation using the online registration link to the left.

A Note on Navigation

Click on the title of the session or event in the Workshop schedule below for more information, including session descriptions and links to speaker information. To compare concurrent session details, click the link in the time block.

Use the links to the left to register, plan your Workshop visit, get more information on how to participate, or check out the IRCD Researchers Meeting that immediately follows the Workshop. After you've registered, you'll have access to our speaker pages, featuring speaker bios, presentation materials, and links to related resources.

The Workshop schedule is subject to change. Check back frequently for updates to speakers and sessions.

2009 Workshop Schedule

Wed. 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Boulder Creek Floodplain Field Trip
Wed. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Gender and Disasters Roundtable Interlocken A
Wed. 4:00-7:00 p.m. Registration Interlocken D
Wed. 5:00-7:00 p.m. Poster Session with Cash Bar Interlocken and Centennial Foyers/Interlocken B
Wed. 6:00-7:00 p.m. First-Timers' Orientation Fir Graduate/REU Student Orientation Interlocken C
Thu. 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Registration Interlocken D
Thu. 8:00-9:15 a.m. Welcome and Self-Introductions Interlocken A/B
Thu. 9:15-10:00 a.m. Keynote: Craig Fugate Interlocken A/B
Thu. 10:00-10:30 a.m. Break
Thu. 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Plenary: Geographies Of Urban Disaster: Developed Country Wildfire Risk Management in a Warmer World Interlocken A/B
Thu. 12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch Outdoor Pavilion Resume Writing Workshop Aspen
 
Concurrent Session Tracks
 
Evolving Inter-Organizational and Governmental Relationships
Community Planning and Recovery
Characterizing and Assessing Risk
Training and Preparedness
Cutting Across Disciplines and Cultures
  
Thu. 1:30-3:00 p.m. The Stafford Act 20 Years Later: Which Way from Here?
Interlocken B		 Model Sustainable Development Codes and Natural Hazards
Interlocken C		 Rethinking How We Characterize and Communicate Risk
Pine		 Preparing for Disaster Using Scenarios
Interlocken A		 Rethinking the Emergency Alert System
Fir		  
Thu. 3:00-3:30 p.m. Break
Thu. 3:30-5:00 p.m. Responsibility for Reducing Flood Risk vs. Paying for Flood Response and Recovery
Interlocken B		 Overcoming Obstacles to Hazard Mitigation in Local Planning
Interlocken C		 Managing Risk in Agriculture
Pine		 Vital, Cultural, and Historic Record Preservation
Fir		 Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation, or Preparedness?
Interlocken A		  
Thu. 5:30-7:00 p.m. Poster Session and Job Fair with Hosted Bar Interlocken and Centennial Foyers/Interlocken B
Thu. 6:45-9:00 p.m. Film: Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Interlocken A
Fri. 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Registration Interlocken D
Fri. 7:00-8:30 a.m. GIS and Disasters Roundtable Pine Healthcare Research and Disasters Roundtable Fir
Fri. 8:30-10:00 a.m. Plenary: Great Southern California ShakeOut Interlocken A/B
Fri. 10:00-10:30 a.m. Break
Fri. 10:30-11:15 a.m. Keynote: James Lopez, Interlocken A/B
Fri. 11:15-11:30 a.m. Break
 
Research to Policy to Practice
Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Who Needs More Research or Policy? Just Apply What You Have Interlocken A Effective Emergency Management: A Geographic Approach in Japan
Pine		 Revisiting the 2001 Ankara UN Policy Recommendations on Gender, Natural Disaster, and Environmental Management
Birch		 Risk Management of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems: The California Sacramento Delta Region
Interlocken B		 The 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake: 10 Years Later
Interlocken C

Details
forthcoming

Fri. 12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch Outdoor Pavilion
 
Concurrent Sessions
Fri. 2:00-3:30 p.m. The Evolving Face of Local, State, and Federal Emergency Management Law
Interlocken B		 Presentations by New Researchers
Interlocken A		 Catastrophic Events: More than Just Big Disasters
Pine
 Disaster Preparedness for Schools
Fir		 Bridging the Gap: Where’s the Applied Multidisciplinary Research?
Interlocken C		  
Fri. 3:30-4:00 p.m. Break
Fri. 4:00-5:30 p.m. Scales of Disaster Governance and the Hyogo Framework
Fir		 Planning for Postdisaster Redevelopment
Interlocken A		 Are We Ready for a Hurricane Impact Index?
Interlocken B		 Leadership and Professionalization in Emergency Management
Pine		 Overcoming Barriers to Engaging Climate Change in Research and Practice
Interlocken C		  
Fri. 6:00-9:00 p.m. BBQ at NCAR Mesa Lab
Sat. 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Registration Interlocken D
Sat. 8:30-10:00 a.m. Civil Defense and Aid to Civil Authority
Private Dining Room		 Planning for Disaster in Disadvantaged Communities
Interlocken A		 The Relationship Between Flood Policy and Community and Individual Behavior
Interlocken B		 Mutual Aid Agreements and Public Works
Pine 		A Survey of Ethical Issues in Disaster Research
Interlocken C		  
Sat. 10:00-10:30 a.m. Break
Sat. 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Legal Authority and Perceived Liability in Disaster Response
Interlocken C		 Long-Term Recovery: A Neglected Component of Emergency Management?
Interlocken A		 Alternative Conceptualizations of Social Vulnerability and Resilience
Interlocken B		 Emerging Technologies in Disaster Management
Pine		 Overcoming Barriers to Applying Lessons Learned in Local Emergency Management
Private Dining Room		  
Sat. 12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch Outdoor Pavilion
Sat. 1:30-3:00 p.m. Plenary: Hurricane Katrina and the Catastrophes to Come Interlocken A/B
Sat. 3:00-3:15 p.m. Wrap up and Adjourn Interlocken A/B