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	CBSP Spring 2008 Seminar Agenda March 7, 2008

Disaster Resilience Through Planning and Building Performance
Hosted by the AIA Center for Building Science and Performance (AIA CBSP)
March 7, 2008
AIA Headquarters
1735 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC

Friday, March 7

7:30 – 8:15am: Continental Breakfast

8:15 – 8:30am : Welcome & Introductions
Janice Olshesky, AIA, CBSP Advisory Group 2008 Chair

8:30 – 9:30am: Rebuilding Recommendations for New Neighborhoods and Housing
David Dixon, FAIA, Goody, Clancy & Associates

9:30 – 10:30am: Recommendations for Disaster Resilient Communities and Buildings: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina and other Recent Disasters
Laurie Johnson, AICP, Urban Planner and member of the Board of Directors, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

10:30-10:40am: Break

10:40-11:00am: AIA Rapid Disaster Assessments
David Downey, Assoc. AIA, AIA Communities by Design

11:00am-noon: FEMA's Mitigation Role in Katrina Rebuilding and Forensics Engineering
Edward Laatsch, Federal Emergency Management Agency

noon-12:20pm: Moderated open discussion with morning speakers
William Rakatansky, AIA, CBSP Advisory Group 2007 Chair

12:20-1:00pm: Lunch

1:00-2:00pm: Disaster Response for Building Assessment & Building Performance Assessment
Richard Kuchnicki, International Code Council

2:00-3:00pm: Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment Tool
Milagros Kennett, DHS Department of Science and Technology

3:00-3:20pm: Federal Advocacy on Disaster Mitigation and Relief
Andrew Goldberg, Assoc. AIA, AIA Government and Community Relations

3:20-3:30pm: Break

3:30-4:00pm: State Farm Rapid Response
Kelly Burris, AIA, State Farm Insurance

4:00-5:00pm: Incorporating Disaster Risk Reduction Into International Humanitarian Community Disaster Responses: A Review of Recent Experience
Charles Setchell, Shelter, Settlement and Hazard Mitigation Advisor, USAID Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance

5:00-5:15pm: Moderated Open Discussion with afternoon speakers
William Rakatansky, AIA, CBSP Advisory Group 2007 Chair

5:15-5:30pm: Summary and Close
Janice Olshesky, AIA, CBSP Advisory Group 2008 Chair

6:00-8:00 p.m. Reception, Social Gallery

To read about the AIA Disaster Assistance Program: Helping Communities for Disaster Preparedness and Response, please click here.

To read the AIA Sri Lanka Tsunami Disaster Performance Assessment, please click here.