National Emergency Training Center

NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Conference

Florida International University (FIU), Miami

May 30-31, 2002

Note: This 5th Annual FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Conference is being held in conjunction with the FIU International Hurricane Center’s “Hurricane Andrew 10 Year Anniversary Summit.”

Course Manager

Dr. Wayne Blanchard Thursday, May 30, 2002

8:00 a.m. / Hurricane Andrew Summit Opens
1:30 – 3:00 pm / 21st Century Emergency Management Panel Breakout Session
To address two questions/issues:
(1)  What qualifications are necessary to be an emergency manager?
(2)  Role of the academic sector in educating 21st century emergency managers? / Steven Charvat, CEM
Director of Plans, Training and Exercises
District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency
Jim Mullen
Director of Emergency Management
City of Seattle
Gavin Smith, Ph.D.
Former Chief, Mitigation, and Recovery Division
State of North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
Jennifer Wilson, Ph.D.
State of Florida Division of Emergency Management
Francis Winslow, Ph.D.
Director
City of San Jose, Office of Emergency Services
* PowerPoint Presentation
3:20 – 4:50 / Technological Advances/Implications for Emergency Management Education
Panel Breakout Session
Will address:
(1)  How technological advances, in several fields, contribute to improving the effectiveness of emergency management
(2)  Incorporating knowledge from technological advances into educational programs for emergency managers. / Louise Comfort, Ph.D.
Professor
Graduate School of Public & International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh
Gregory Shaw,
Research Scientist,
Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University
Michael K. Lindell, Ph.D.
Director, Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center
Texas A&M University
John Pine, Ph.D.
Research Professor and Director,
Disaster Science and Management
Institute for Environmental Studies
Louisiana State University

Friday, May 31, 2002

9:00 am / Hurricane Andrew Summit Reconvenes
1:45 pm / FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Mini-Conference
1:45-2:20 / Status Report on Emergency Management Higher Education / B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM
Higher Education Project Manager
Emergency Management Institute
National Emergency Training Center
Federal Emergency Management Agency
2:30-2:45 / International Emergency Management Student Association Update / Brian Richey, President, IEMSA-University of North Texas
2:45-3:00 / Building Hazard Mitigation Partnerships Between Higher Education Institutions and Communities / Steven Meinhold, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
3:00-3:15 / Institute for Business and Home Safety Land–Use Evaluation Survey / Diana L. McClure, Consultant, Institute for Business and Home Safety
3:15-3:30 / Break
3:30-4:00 / Emergency Management Service Learning Activities
4:00-5:30 / Community Capability – Building for Post 911 Terrorism Preparedness / Steve Charvat, CEM
Director of Plans, Training and Exercises
District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency
* Power Point Presentation
William Waugh, Jr. Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Public Administration
Georgia State University
William C. Nicholson
Adjunct Professor
Widener University School of Law
Francis Winslow, Ph.D.
Director, City of San Jose,
Office of Emergency Services
* PowerPoint Presentation
5:30-5:45 / EM Hi-Ed Mini-Conference Closing Thoughts