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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />10:30 a.m.-Noon <br />Grand Ballroom <br /> <br />Noon-2:00 p.m. <br />Pavilion <br /> <br />2:00-5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />2:00-3:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Trail Ridge Room <br /> <br />Canyon Room <br /> <br />Tuesdav. Julv 11. continued <br /> <br />Plenary Session: PROGRESS REPORT ON THE SECOND ASSESSMENT <br />Moderator: John Clizbe, American Red Cross <br />Discussants: <br />vMary Fran Myers, Natural Hazards Center (PPOO-13) <br />v Kathleen Tierney, University of Delaware <br />"Lori Peek, Natural Hazards Center.(PPOO-l) <br />.I Stu Nishenko, FEMA Mitigation Directorate <br />./ ~aria Vorel, FEMA Mitigation Directorate <br />./' Ed Hecker, U.S, Army Corps of Engineers <br />j Jill McCarthy, U,S. Geological Survey <br />( Ken Deutsch, American Red Cross <br />v' Margaret Davidson, NOAA Coastal Services Center <br />.I Priscilla Nelson, National Science Foundation <br />Recorder: Carla Prater, Texas A&M University <br /> <br />The second "Assessment of Research and Applications for Natural Hazards," completed a <br />year ago, outlined compelling arguments for a shift in the national paradigm for dealing with <br />disasters. Bold reconunendations were made for achieving this shift. This plenary session <br />will describe the many activities underway to meet this challenge. Discussants will limit their <br />remarks to three minutes. Audience members will be invited to describe their efforts to <br />implement the reconunendations of the assessment. <br /> <br />Lunch (green stamp) <br /> <br />Concurrent Sessions: The afternoon sessions will follow the same format as those on <br />Monday afternoon. <br /> <br />I. DISASTER RECOVERY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES <br />Moderator: Diana McClure, Institute for Business & Horne Safety (PPOO-9) <br />Discussants: <br />Herb Mitchell, U,S, Small Business Administration <br />Mary Kaes, SAFECO <br />Jim Holly, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay <br />Recorder: Stephen Baruch, Stephen B. Baruch & Associates, LLC <br /> <br />This session will focus on the challenges faced by smaIl businesses when recovering from <br />disasters and outline current efforts to facilitate this process. It will include a report on how <br />some organizations have influenced smaIl businesses to think about and take action to <br />protect their human and physical resources and stay open for business after disasters. It will <br />also focus on current research on effective mitigation and recovery strategies to reduce losses <br />among smaller businesses and not-for-profit organizations. <br /> <br />2. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN DISASTERS: LINKING HAZARDS <br />AND SUSTAINABILITY <br />Moderator: John Clizbe, American Red Cross <br />Discussants: <br />Omar Agudelo, National University of Colombia (ROO-I) <br />Eric Noji, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <br />Ailsa Holloway, University of Cape Town <br />Fred Krimgold, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (PPOO-7) <br />Recorder: Trish Bolton, Battelle Seattle Research Center <br /> <br />7 <br />