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KATRINA RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM –SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH OF THE KATRINA AFTERMATH

 

Staybridge Suites,  501 Tchoupitoulas Street

New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

November 3-4, 2006

Friday, November 3

Breakfast in Staybridge Suites Restaurant is served 6:30 to 9:00 am (Complimentary with hotel registration) 

8:00 am through the morning:   Registration  

8:30 am      Introductions and Conference Moderator - Edd Hauser 

8:50  am     Risk Panel 

Evacuation Decisions and Post Katrina Evacuation Experiences – David Banks

Family Resiliency Resulting from Katrina and Rita – Betsy Garrison/Diane Sasser

Financial Risk and Propensity to Cooperate – Rick Wilson

Business Decisions based on Risk Perception – Nina Lam 

10:20 am    Morning Break 

10:40 am    Social Vulnerability Panel 1 

Documentation of Displaced Residents – Susan Sterett

Population Influx of Evacuees to Baton Rouge – Rick Weil

Displacement of Social Networks – Megan Underhill 

11:50  am             Lunch (provided)  

12:30 pm    Luncheon Speaker:  Col. Terry J. Ebbert,                  Director of Homeland Security, City of New Orleans

1:30   pm     Disaster Aid Panel 

Users Perceptions of the Coordinated  Assistance Network -  Jennifer Reich

Race and Giving – Erzo Luttmer

Logistics Issues following Katrina – Jose Holguin-Veras & Bethany Brown

Impact on Charitable Giving – Catherine Eckel 

3:00 pm      Afternoon Break 

3:20 pm        Social Vulnerability Panel 2 

Communication Networks & Technology to Rebuild Social Capital – Marya Doerfel

Collective Efficacy and the Role of Community Networks

                 for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief – Angela Chen

Collected and Fractured Families – Katherine Browne 

4:30 pm      Adjourn – Dinner on your own

Saturday, November 4 

Breakfast in Staybridge Suites  Restaurant is available -                           7:30 to 10:00 am  (Complimentary with hotel registration) 

8:30 am      Economic and Emotional Outcomes Panel 

Personal and Professional Communities after Hurricane Katrina – Robert Kraut  &  Irina Shklovski (presented by Sherry Elmes)

Ethical Tradeoffs of Post-Katrina Tourism Part 1 & Part 2 – Jack Rozdilsky

Psychological Functioning of Children Post Hurricane Katrina – Mary L. Kelley

Collecting Economic Impact Data – Implications for Impacted Areas – Jamie Kruse  

10:00 am    Morning Break 

10:20 am    Infrastructure and Recovery Panel 

Damage Assessments and Recovery in Low Income Neighborhoods  – Andrew Smyth

Electric Power Delivery System Damage from Rita and Katrina – Dorothy Reed

Performance of Buried Urban Infrastructure in Disasters – Erez Allouche

Evaluating Preferences for Rebuilding Plans after Katrina – Craig Landry

Planning and Design in Recovery for Mississippi’s Gulf Coast – Gavin Smith 

12:10 pm    Future NSF Disaster Studies of Katrina and other Hurricanes -  Tom Birkland  

12:30 pm     Symposium Summary – John Lefante 

12:50 pm    Adjourn

 

 

Center For Transportation Policy Studies
 The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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 Email: ehauser
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