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Sea Level Rise and Coastal Disasters: Summary of a Forum, October 25, 2001, Washington DC (2002)
Natural Disasters Roundtable (NDR)

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Sea Level Rise and Coastal Disasters: Summary of a Forum October 25, 2001 Washington, DC

APPENDIX A
AGENDA

NATURAL DISASTERS ROUNDTABLE

Thursday, October 25, 2001

National Academy of Sciences

LECTURE ROOM

Forum on Sea Level Rise and Coastal Disasters

9:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions

Rutherford H. Platt, Chair

9:05 AM

Sea Level Rise and Coastal Disasters

Stephen P. Leatherman, Florida International University

9:35 AM

Ecological Impacts of Sea Level Rise

J. Court Stevenson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

10:05 AM

Science Issues and Monitoring Capabilities

Bruce C. Douglas, Florida International University

10:35 AM

Coffee break

10:50 AM

Tides, Sea Level, and Storm Tracks During El Niño Events in California

Reinhard E. Flick, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

11:20 AM

Political Realities of Coping with Sea Level Rise

The Honorable James N. Mathias, Jr., Mayor of Ocean City, Maryland

11:50 AM

Lunch break

1:00 PM

Case Study: New Orleans

Virginia R. Burkett, USGS National Wetlands Research Center

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Sea Level Rise and Coastal Disasters: Summary of a Forum October 25, 2001 Washington, DC APPENDIX A AGENDA NATURAL DISASTERS ROUNDTABLE Thursday, October 25, 2001 National Academy of Sciences LECTURE ROOM Forum on Sea Level Rise and Coastal Disasters 9:00 AM Welcome and Introductions Rutherford H. Platt, Chair 9:05 AM Sea Level Rise and Coastal Disasters Stephen P. Leatherman, Florida International University 9:35 AM Ecological Impacts of Sea Level Rise J. Court Stevenson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science 10:05 AM Science Issues and Monitoring Capabilities Bruce C. Douglas, Florida International University 10:35 AM Coffee break 10:50 AM Tides, Sea Level, and Storm Tracks During El Niño Events in California Reinhard E. Flick, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 11:20 AM Political Realities of Coping with Sea Level Rise The Honorable James N. Mathias, Jr., Mayor of Ocean City, Maryland 11:50 AM Lunch break 1:00 PM Case Study: New Orleans Virginia R. Burkett, USGS National Wetlands Research Center

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Sea Level Rise and Coastal Disasters: Summary of a Forum October 25, 2001 Washington, DC 1:30 PM Case Study: Outer Banks of North Carolina Stanley R. Riggs, East Carolina University 2:00 PM Case Study: Saving Venice, Italy Rafael L. Bras, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2:30 PM Mitigation: The Insurance Industry Perspective James W. Russell, Institute for Business and Home Safety 3:00 PM Coffee break 3:15 PM Public Policy Panel Discussion, Rutherford H. Platt, Moderator Margaret Davidson, NOAA James G. Titus, EPA S. Jeffress (Jeff) Williams, USGS Cornelia Pasche Wikar, Maryland Department of Natural Resources 4:45 PM Concluding Remarks 5:00 PM Adjourn

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