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Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Display this book on your site! Related Titles Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions Public Health Risks of Disasters: Communication, Infrastructure, and Preparedness -- Workshop Summary Other Related Titles Alerting America: Effective Risk Communication - Summary of a Forum, October 31, 2002 (2003) Natural Disasters Roundtable (NDR) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 11   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. APPENDIX A Agenda NATURAL DISASTERS ROUNDTABLE The National Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW Room 100 Washington, D.C. 20001 October 31, 2002 Forum on Alerting America: Effective Risk Communication Objective: The objective of this forum is to provide the opportunity for researchers, decision-makers, practitioners, and other interested parties to exchange views and perspectives on communicating risk information to the public about various kinds of hazards and disasters. This is intended to provide a broad view on risk communication, facilitate understanding across relevant disciplines and professions and offer a basis for future risk communication action and research. 8:30 AM Welcoming and Opening Remarks   William H. Hooke, NDR Chair, American Meteorological Society Session I – The Risk Communication Challenge Moderator: William H. Hooke, NDR Chair, American Meteorological Society 8:45 AM Risk Perception   David Ropeik, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis 9:05 AM A Case Study: Risk Communication and Survival at the World Trade Center   Martha T. Moore, USA Today 9:30 AM Lessons From Research   Dennis Mileti, University of Colorado   Kathleen Tierney, University of Delaware   Brenda Phillips, Jacksonville State University Questions and Discussion 10:45 AM Break Session 2 - Panel on Local Perspectives Moderator: Ross B. Corotis, University of Colorado at Boulder Page 11 Front Matter (R1-R4) Summary of a Forum (1-10) Appendix A: Agenda (11-12) Appendix B: Biographies of Forum Speakers and Moderators (13-17) Appendix C: Attendees List (18-20)

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Alerting America: Effective Risk Communication - Summary of a Forum October 31, 2002 APPENDIX A Agenda NATURAL DISASTERS ROUNDTABLE The National Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW Room 100 Washington, D.C. 20001 October 31, 2002 Forum on Alerting America: Effective Risk Communication Objective: The objective of this forum is to provide the opportunity for researchers, decision-makers, practitioners, and other interested parties to exchange views and perspectives on communicating risk information to the public about various kinds of hazards and disasters. This is intended to provide a broad view on risk communication, facilitate understanding across relevant disciplines and professions and offer a basis for future risk communication action and research. 8:30 AM Welcoming and Opening Remarks   William H. Hooke, NDR Chair, American Meteorological Society Session I – The Risk Communication Challenge Moderator: William H. Hooke, NDR Chair, American Meteorological Society 8:45 AM Risk Perception   David Ropeik, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis 9:05 AM A Case Study: Risk Communication and Survival at the World Trade Center   Martha T. Moore, USA Today 9:30 AM Lessons From Research   Dennis Mileti, University of Colorado   Kathleen Tierney, University of Delaware   Brenda Phillips, Jacksonville State University Questions and Discussion 10:45 AM Break Session 2 - Panel on Local Perspectives Moderator: Ross B. Corotis, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Alerting America: Effective Risk Communication - Summary of a Forum October 31, 2002 11:00 AM Walter S. Maestri, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana   Deborah Potter, NewsLab Questions and Discussion 12:00 Noon Lunch Session 3 - Panel on Warning Systems Moderator: Peter Ward, Partnership for Public Warning 1:00 PM John J. Kelly, National Weather Service (NOAA)   Lucile M. Jones, U.S. Geological Survey   Eric Noji, U.S. Public Health Service Questions and Discussion 2:30 PM Break Session 4 - Panel on International Issues Moderator: Ann-Margaret Esnard, Cornell University 2:45 pm Patrick Gonzalez, U.S. Geological Survey   Michel Davison, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Questions and Discussion Session 5 – Looking Ahead: 1. Opportunities for Research 2. Challenges in Risk Communication Moderator: William H. Hooke, NDR Chair, American Meteorological Society 3:45 PM All participants should be thinking about key research questions and lessons learned from the day. This will be an open discussion led by the NDR chair to sum up what we learned, what we still need to learn, and how we may go about doing this. Audience members are the key participants in this discussion. 4:30 PM Adjourn

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