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Improving Disaster Management The Role of IT in Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery (2007) / Chapter Skim
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C Workshop Agenda
Pages 157-164

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From page 157...
... Charles Brownstein, Director, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board/NRC Ramesh Rao, Chair, NRC Committee on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management -- Improving the Use of Information Technology in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery; and Professor, University of California, San Diego Barry West, Chief Information Officer/Director of Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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From page 158...
... Department of Homeland Security How might we better manage future crises? What impact will major technology trends have on how disaster management is handled in the future?
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From page 159...
... Emerging Applications and Other Drivers for ICTs in Disaster Management 15-minute presentations by each panelist, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A William Maheu, Executive Assistant Chief of Police, San Diego Police Department (Moderator) William Metz, Director, Center for Integrated Emergency Preparedness, Argonne National Laboratory Jaime Gomezjurado, Project Manager and Vice President, Business Development, Medical Emergency Response Network Research Project, Semandex Networks, Inc.
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From page 160...
... How might leading-edge research be applied to disaster management? How should the research agenda be established and evolved?
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... Richard Howard, Research Professor, Wireless Information Network Laboratory, Rutgers University Scott Midkiff, Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Mani Chandy, Simon Ramo Professor of Computer Science, California Institute of Technology THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 WASHINGTON, D.C. Topic 2: Research Directions for ICTs in Disaster Management (continued)
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From page 162...
... Sensor Networks, Autonomous Devices, and Geographic Information Systems 15-minute presentations by each panelist, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A Robin Murphy, Professor, University of South Florida, and Director, Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Safety Security Rescue (Moderator) Ayman Mosallam, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine Susan McGrath, Associate Research Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth College David Kehrlein, Senior Consultant, Environmental Science Research Institute; formerly GIS Manager, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services 12:15–1:00 p.m.
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From page 163...
... Ellis Kitchen, Chief Information Officer, Maryland Office of Information Technology, and Member, Interoperability and Integration Committee, National Association of State Chief Information Officers Steve Cooper, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Red Cross Lloyd (Gene) Krase, Administrator, Kansas Division of Emergency Management Otto Doll, Commissioner, Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, South Dakota Dave Smith, Implementation Director, Indiana Integrated Public Safety Commission Robert Fletcher, President, Readiness Consulting Services, LLC, and Member, National Fire Protection Association NFPA 1600 Technical Committee What policy and technical initiatives are currently underway to improve wireless interoperability across federal, state, and local levels?
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From page 164...
... Envisioning, Enabling, and Building Networks of the Future 15-minute presentation by each panelist, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A Nancy Jesuale, President, NetCity Engineering (Moderator) Nader Moayeri, Manager, Wireless Communications Technologies Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology James Morentz, Vice President, Homeland Security Technology, and Director, Public Safety Integration Center, Science Applications International Corporation Chip Hines, Program Manager, Disaster Management eGov Initiative, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Emergency Preparedness and Response/FEMA, Department of Homeland Security What should communications and other IT capabilities look like in the future?
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