NSF-Sponsored Geoengineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association

GEER WORKSHOP
May 18-19, 2009

Building 454, Richmond Field Station, 1301 South 46th Street, Richmond, California

Meeting Agenda

  

Monday
May 18, 2009

 

Topic

 

Speaker

 

9:00-9:30

Continental Breakfast & Registration

All

9:30-9:50

 

Introduction
     Objectives of Meeting
     GEER Overview & Accomplishments

Jon Bray
9:50-10:30 Recent GEER Post-Event Reconnaissance  
  Earthquake Reconnaissance Brady Cox

 

Hurricane Reconnaissance

Bob Gilbert
10:30-12:00 Organizational Reconnaissance Partners Perspectives  
  EERI LFE Susan Tubbesing
  USGS Tom Holzer
  ASCE/GI/TCLEE Joe Wartman
  USACE
 Rick Olsen
  PEER Steve Mahin
  Tsunami Harry Yeh
  Policy and Planning Laurie Johnson

12:00-12:30

Discussion

All (Les Youd)

12:30-1:30

LUNCH

All
1:30-2:30 GEER Advancements and Perspectives  
  Reconnaissance Guidance Document Rob Kayen
  Virtual Earthquake J.-P. Bardet

 

Post-Reconnaissance Research

Joe Wartman
2:30-3:30 Emerging Technologies
  
  Current and New Opportunities Ellen Rathje
  Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques Jie Shan

 

Google Earth

Rob Kayen

3:30-4:00

Discussion

All (Nick Sitar)

4:00-4:20

BREAK

All

4:20-5:30

Opportunities and Challenges: Breakout Sessions

  1. Multi-Hazards Post-Event Reconnaissance (opportunities and challenges for non-earthquake events)
  2. Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance (lessons learned from trying to collect lessons learned from post-earthquake reconnaissance)
  3. Reconnaissance Tools & Information Technology (including Equipment & Data Protocols)
  4. Working within a Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Organization World (paths forward to ensure effective and comprehensive reconnaissance)

All (Jon Bray)

 

 

 

 

NSF-Sponsored Geoengineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association

GEER WORKSHOP
May 18-19, 2009

Building 454, Richmond Field Station, 1301 South 46th Street, Richmond, California

 

Meeting Agenda

  

Tuesday
May 19, 2009

 

Topic

 

Speaker

 

8:30-9:00

Continental Breakfast

All

9:00-9:30

Complete Organized Breakout Sessions A-D

All

9:30-10:30

Organized Breakout Sessions Presentations (15 minutes each)

Session Leaders

10:30-10:50

Discussion

All

10:50-11:10

BREAK

All
11:10-11:40 International Perspectives on Multi-Hazards Reconnaissance  
  GEER Efforts in China David Frost

 

GEER Efforts in Italy

Jonathan Stewart

11:40-12:00 3G Software & Measurement Jeff Keaton

12:00-12:30

Breakout Sessions to Discuss Cross-Cutting Issues (E-G)

  1. International Efforts
  2. California Earthquake Response
  3. Media Plan

All (Jeff Keaton)

12:30-1:30

LUNCH (Advisory meeting)

All

1:30-2:00

Additional Breakout Sessions Presentations (10 minutes each)

Session Leaders

2:00-2:20

Discussion

All

2:20-2:40

Guidance from Advisory Panel

Advisory Panel
(Lloyd Cluff)

2:40-2:55

Open Final Discussion

All

2:55-3:00

Workshop Closure

Jon Bray

3:00-3:30

BREAK

SC Members

3:30-5:00

GEER Steering Committee Meeting

SC Members only