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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />Millennium Room <br /> <br />3:30-4:00 p.rn. <br />Gardens <br /> <br />4:00-5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Canyon Room <br /> <br />Tuesdav. J ulv 11. continned <br /> <br />This session will preview plans for a Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction/NOAA <br />Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services sponsored workshop on a <br />National Risk Assessment for Natural Disasters. The workshop will be held this fall in <br />Washington D.C. and will address the state of knowledge about the nation's vulnerability to <br />natural hazards; advances in risk assessment methodology; standards and guidelines for data <br />collection; organizational capabilities; and political opportunities and barriers. This session <br />will provide some examples of risk assessment applications and needs and gather insights <br />and recommendations from the audience. Comments will be used in planning the workshop <br />and advising the Subcommittee on the potential for a national risk assessment process. <br /> <br />6. MEASURING MITIGATION SUCCESS: SOME NEW APPROACHES <br />Moderator: Gil Jamieson, FEMA Mitigation Directorate <br />Discussants: <br />Tom Durham, Durham Technologies, Inc. <br />Gavin Smith, North Carolina Emergency Management <br />Ann-Margaret Esnard, Cornell University (ROO-4) <br />Steve Zirnmennan, Iowa Emergency Management Division <br />Recorder: Joshua Lichterman, Emergency Management Group, Inc. <br /> <br />Increasingly, Congress, FEMA, states, and taxpayers in general are asking to what extent <br />mitigation programs such as buyouts or elevations-in-place, and general programs like <br />Project Impact are reducing disaster-related losses. Can we quantifY the avoided losses? <br />Answers to these questions are critical to building and expanding a "mitigation constituency" <br />in Congress, in state legislatures, and in communities. Discussants will describe efforts to <br />document mitigation success. <br /> <br />Break <br /> <br />Concurrent Sessions Continue <br /> <br />1. COASTAL EROSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL FLOOD <br />INSURANCE PROGRAM AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES <br />Moderator: Steve Dunn, The Heinz Center <br />Discussants: <br />Stephen Leatherman, Florida International University <br />Don Guy, Ohio Geological Survey (ROO-5) <br />Warren Kriesel, University of Georgia (ROO-9) <br />Mike Buckley, FEMA Mitigation Directorate <br />Bob Friedman, The Heinz Center <br />Recorder: Marc Levitan, Louisiana State University <br /> <br />The National Flood Insurance Reform Act (NFIRA) of 1994 required that a study be <br />conducted to understand better the effects of erosion and erosion mapping on coastal <br />communities, the NFIP, and its policyholders. This session will share the results of this <br />study, which examined the economic impacts of coastal erosion and the consequences of <br />potential policy changes on the National Flood Insurance Fund, NFIP policyholders, and <br />coastal communities. <br /> <br />9 <br />