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<br />Mondav. Julv 10. continued <br /> <br />Sunshine Room <br /> <br />6:00-8:00 p.m. <br />Pavilion <br /> <br />7:00-8:15 a.m. <br /> <br />7:45 a.m. <br />Sunshine Room <br /> <br />8:30-10:00 a.m. <br />Grand Ballroom <br /> <br />10:00-10:30 a.m. <br />Gardens <br /> <br />6. SHARING INFORMATION WORLD-WIDE <br />Moderator: Sarah Michaels, Natural Hazards Center <br />Discussants: <br />Steve Bender, Organization of American States (ROO-2) <br />Josh Moga, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center <br />David Butler, Natural Hazards Center <br />Ailsa HolIoway, University of Cape Town <br />Recorder: Janet Ambramovitz, W orldwatch Institute <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />To help create sustainable societies worldwide, the second "Assessment of Research and <br />Applications for Natural Hazards" recommends sharing information on hazards <br />internationalIy. This session provides the opportunity to exchange ideas about what types of <br />information and what forms of dissemination would be most useful to practitioners and <br />researchers working outside of North America. <br /> <br />Sliver Anniversary Party: AII workshop participants are invited to join us in celebrating the <br />hazard community's last quarter century of work. <br /> <br />Tuesdav. Julv 11 <br /> <br />Health Care Researcb and Disasters Round Table <br />Convener: Joanne McGlown, Jacksonville State University <br />Join this informal meeting if you are interested in health care issues and disasters. Discussion <br />wilI include the identification of gaps in current research, development of a referral network <br />of disaster researchers in health specialty areas, and examination of the feasibility of <br />developing a health research agenda to complement the Second Assessment. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Coffee (Compliments IBM Crisis Response Team) <br /> <br />Plenary Session: DISASTERS, DIVERSITY, AND EQUITY <br />Moderator: Kay Goss, FEMA Preparedness Directorate <br />Discussants: <br />Pauline CampbelI, FEMA Office of Equal Rights <br />Elaine Enarson, Independent Sociologist (ROO-3) <br />Bob Edwards, East Carolina University <br />Kris Peterson, Church World Service and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance <br />Recorder: Jerry Mitchell, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania <br /> <br />Two central social issues in hazards are the distribution of impacts of natural disasters across <br />populations and issues of equity in mitigation, relief, and recovery programs. Two <br />corresponding questions are: What sorts of social, political, and economic processes have <br />produced inequitable situations? and, How can these ineqnities be addressed in an <br />environmentalIy sustainable and socialIy just manner? In turn, these questions relate closely <br />to vulnerability and its relationship to patterns of social inequality. <br /> <br />Break <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />6 <br />