Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
APRIL 13-14, 2010
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Comments |
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Jon Eisenberg, Director, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) Ellis Stanley and Jeannette N.R. Sutton, Committee Co-Chairs David Boyd, Program Manager, First Responder Group, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) |
9:00 |
Overview of CMAS |
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Denis Gusty, Branch Chief, Knowledge Management Tools, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
9:45 |
Overview of Alerts and Warnings, the Alerts and Warnings System, and How People Respond |
• What do we already know about processes by which individuals and organizations respond to hazards? |
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Michael Lindell, Texas A&M University |
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• What are the myths and realities surrounding public response? |
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Joseph Trainor, University of Delaware |
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• How are text messaging and its use for alerts and warnings evolving? |
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Peter White, AT&T Wireless |
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Moderator: |
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Garry L. Briese, Briese and Associates/Center for New Media and Resiliency |
11:15 |
Current Use of Text Messages for Alerts and Warnings: Experiences and Lessons Learned |
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• Counties |
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Barbara Childs-Pair, former Director, District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency |
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• Universities |
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Michael Mulhare, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
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Moderator: |
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Darrell Darnell, Office on Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Policy and Strategy, White House National Security Staff |
1:30 p.m. |
Messaging, Risk Communications, and Risk Perception |
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• What is known about communicating risk and messaging? How does this apply to CMAS, which will deliver 90-character text messages to cell phones? |
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Participants: |
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Timothy Sellnow, University of Kentucky Matthew Seeger, Wayne State University |
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Moderator: |
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Brett Hansard, Argonne National Laboratory |
3:15 |
Technologies for Alerts and Warnings: Past, Present, and Future |
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• What technologies are currently being used or developed to provide alerts and warnings? How will the public use these technologies, and what are the implications for CMAS today and in the future? |
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Participants: |
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Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California, Irvine Robert Dudgeon, City of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management David Waldrop, Microsoft Corporation Jennifer Preece, University of Maryland, College Park |
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Moderator: |
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John H. Sorensen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
4:30 |
Breakout Sessions |
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
8:30 a.m. |
Breakout Report Back |
9:00 |
Public Education and Training |
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Participants: |
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Mark Benthien, Southern California Earthquake Center Michele Wood, California State University, Fullerton Daryl Rand, Harrison Advertising/The Rand Group |
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Moderator: |
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Inés Pearce, Pearce Global Partners, Inc. |
10:30 |
Communicating with At-Risk Populations |
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• What are the challenges in reaching at-risk populations? What is known about these challenges, and where are the gaps in our understanding? What are the implications for CMAS? |
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• An Aging Population |
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Christopher B. Mayhorn, North Carolina State University |
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• People with Disabilities |
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Ed Price, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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• The Hearing Impaired |
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Judy Harkins, Gallaudet University |
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• Minorities (and Moderator) |
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Brenda Phillips, Oklahoma State University |
12:00 noon |
Closing Session and Conclusions |
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Ellis Stanley and Jeannette N.R. Sutton, Committee Co-Chairs Denis Gusty, Program Manager, First Responder Group, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security |