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Professional Development
Sessions |
Business Continuity
Management
Optimisation
Techniques for a Better Response:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Facilitated by
Mr. Bruce L. Scott |
Mainstreaming of
Gender in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Caribbean
Tools of
Gender Analysis
by Asha Kambon
What is
Gender Analysis?
by Dr. Leith Dunn |
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Measuring &
Managing Public Sector Catastrophe Risk: Current Role &
New Direction for CCRIF and Parametric Insurance
CCRIF Presentation
Facilitated
by
Dr. Simon Young |
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Session
2:
CDM -
Facilitating Disaster Risk Management in Sectors |
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Disaster Risk Management in the Agricultural Sector |
The Current Status of Disaster Risk Management and the
Caribbean Agriculture Sector
by Dr. Lystra Fletcher-Paul
Land & Water Officer, Food & Agriculture Organisation,
Barbados |
Disaster Risk Managment in the Agricultural Sector
by Luís Alvarez Welchez
Technical Advisor, Food & Agriculture Organisation,
Honduras |
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Disaster Risk Management in the Education Sector |
Mainstreaming of Comprehensive Disaster Management at
the Education Sector Level of the Anglophone Caribbean
by Prof. Trevor A. Jackson
Director; Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, University of
the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica |
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Disaster Risk Management in the Health Sector |
Disaster Risk Management in the Health Sector
by Nicole Wynter
Short-Term Consultant, Pan American Health Organisation
(PAHO) |
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Enhancing Gender Visibility in Caribbean Risk Management |
Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management
and Climate Change in the Caribbean
by Dr. Leith Dunn
Head/Senior Lecturer, Mona Campus Centre for Gender &
Development Studies, University of the West Indies (UWI),
Jamaica |
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Session
3: Concurrent Sessions - Technical Papers in Disaster
Risk Management |
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Responding to the needs of the Most Vulnerable Groups |
Impact of disasters on the health of the elderly
by Dr. Jayshree Bagaria
Short-Term Consultant, Pan American Health Organisation
(PAHO) |
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Harnessing Opportunities for Vulnerability Reduction in
a Post Disaster Context |
Harnessing Opportunities in Informal Settlements Post
Disaster
by Heather Stager
MES Candidate (Geography), University of Waterloo,
Canada |
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Jamaica's Response to Disaster Risk Reduction for
Seniors |
Disasters & Older Persons
by Prof. Denise Eldermire-Shearer
Director, Mona Ageing & Wellness Centre, University of
the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica |
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Psycho-Social Unit - Jamaica Red Cross |
Responding to the Needs of the Most Vulnerable Groups
by Paulette Harrisson Allen
Clinical Psychologist - Belle View Hospital, Jamaica Red
Cross, Jamaica |
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Adopting a Community based Disaster Risk Management
Approach: Lessons from Guyana |
Adopting a Community Based Disaster Risk Management
(CBDRM) Approach: lessons from Guyana
by Dr. Paulette Bynoe
School of Earth & Environment Sciences, University of
Guyana |
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Towards the Design of a CDM Tool for Caraibbean
Communities |
Towards the Design of a CDM Tool for Caraibbean
Communities
by Kerry-Ann Thompson
MPhil in Surveying & Land Information, University of the
West Indies (UWI) |
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South to South Cooperation for Resilient & Sustainable
Caribbean Tourism Sector: A Regional Disaster Risk
Management Framework |
South to South Cooperation for Resilient & Sustainable
Caribbean Tourism Sector: A Regional Disaster Risk
Management Framework
by Nicole Alleyne
Technical Officer, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response
Agency (CDERA) |
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Structuring National Level Disaster Management
Organisations for Delivery of CDM Results |
CDM from first Principles
by Denise Thompson
Assistant Professor, East Stroudsburg University, USA |
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Using Geospatial Technology & Intelligence to make
Hydrometereological Analysis in Quintana Roo, Mexico |
Using Geospatial Technology & Intelligence to make
Hydrometereological Analysis in Quintana Roo, Mexico
by Antonio Irtube
Chief of GIS Department, University of Quintana Roo,
Mexico |
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Hazard & Risk Assessment of Post Hurricane Events using
GIS & Remote Sensing |
Hazard & Risk Assessment of Post Hurricane Events using
GIS & Remote Sensing
by Renee Babb
GeoOrbis Inc., Barbados |
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Using GIS Applications to Analyze Macro Seismic Data |
Integrating GIS Applications in Macro Seismic Data
Collection
by Cassandra La Barrie
Research Assistant Seismic Research Centre, Trinidad &
Tobago |
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The
Importance of Cadastral Records in Disaster Risk
Management |
The Importance of Cadastral Records in Disaster
Management
by Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles
Lecturer, University of the West Inidies (UWI), St.
Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago |
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Emergency Information & Communications for Disaster
Operations |
Emergency Information & Communications for Disaster
Operations
by Seon Levius
ICT Specialist, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response
Agency (CDERA), Barbados |
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The
Disaster Awareness Game: Technique for Evaluating,
Promoting & Comparing Levels of Disaster Awareness Among
Children |
The Disaster Awareness Game: Technique for Evaluating,
Promoting & Comparing Levels of Disaster Awareness Among
Children
by Dr. Balfour Spence
Department of Applied Disaster & Emergency Studies,
Brandon University, Canada |
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The
Evolution of State of the Art Emergency Operations
Centres (EOC) |
The Intelligent EOC
by Paul Crawford
Regional Manager/Director of Facility Design, ESi, USA |
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Dynamic Emergency Communications Interoperability: If
Responders cannot Communicate Effectively, they cannot
Respond Effectively |
Dynamic Emergency Communications Interoperability: If
Responders cannot Communicate Effectively, they cannot
Respond Effectively
by Eric Jenkusky
Acting Chief of Applied Meteorology & Climatology,
Caribbean Insitute for Meteorology & Hydrology (CIMH) |
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Integrating Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk
Reduction into Development Policies & Programmes |
Urgent Need to Integrate Adaptation & Disaster Risk
Reduction into Development
by Dr. Paul Venton
Independent Consultant, USA |
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Agricultural Good Practices for the Mitigation of
Hydrometeorlogical Hazard Impact in the Caribbean: Case
Study - Jamaica |
Agricultural Good Practices for the Mitigation of
Hydrometeorlogical Hazard Impact in the Caribbean: Case
Study
by Dr. Balfour Spence
Department of Applied Disaster &
Emergency Studies, Brandon University, Canada |
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Climate Change Adaptation with a Gender Perspective in
the Caribbean: Case Study - Surama, Guyana |
Climate Change Adaptation with a Gender Perspective in
the Caribbean: Case Study - Surama, Guyana
by Dr. Paulette Bynoe
School of Earth & Environment Sciences, University of
Guyana |
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Session
4: Pandemic Threat Seminar |
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Health Events of International Concern - Implications of
Pandemic Influenza |
Health Events of International Concern - Implications of
Pandemic Influenza for the Caribbean
by Dr. Robert Lee
PAHO HQ Emergency Operations Center Manager |
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Multi-Sector Impacts of Pandemic Influenza - Exploring
the Issues Movement of People Across International
Borders |
Aviation in a Severe Pandemic
by Laura J. Valero
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), USA
Multi-Sector Impacts of Pandemic Influenza - Exploring
the Issues Movement of People Across International
Borders
by Dr. Miguel Betancourt Cravioti
Director General for Public Health Emergency, Mexico
(Land Border) |
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Minimum Infection Control Measures, Risk Communication
and Individual Protection for Pandemic Influenza |
Risk Communication & Pandemics
by Dr. Jay Bagaria
Short Term Consultant, Pan American Health Organisation
(PAHO) |
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Maritime Response to Pandemic Influenza |
Maritime Response to Pandemic Influenza
by LCDR Marty Mueller
US Coast Guard, Florida, USA |
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Session
5: Effective and Appropriate Response Operation in the
Context of Humanitarian Reform |
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Humanitarian Reform - Panel |
Effective and Appropriate Response Operations in the
Context of Humanitarian Reform
by Alejandro Maldonado
Executive Secretary of CONRED, Guatamala |
Challenges To Humanitarian Reform
by Howie Prince
National Disaster Coordinator, Saint Vincent & the
Grenadines |
Integrating Humanitarian Reform in Regional Response
Operations
by Andria Grosvenor
Technical Manager, Preparedness and Country Support,
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA),
Barbados |
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Session
6: CDM - From Single Hazard to Multi-Hazard Focus |
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Tsunami - Towards the Development of Tsunami Warning
Protocols |
Towards the Development of Tsunami Warning Protocols for
CDERA Participating States
by Efraim Patel
President, Hormann America, USA |
Tsunami Early Warning and Emergency Response: A Race
against Time
by Brian Yanagi
Internation Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC), USA |
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IDRC
Outputs: E-Messaging |
Use of E-Messaging for Disaster Response in Jamaica and
Lessons for CDERA Participating States
by Stephen Louis & Lionel Ellis
Business Tech Research Inc., Saint Lucia & Independent
Consultant, Saint Lucia |
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Status of Earthquake Readiness for the Caribbean Region |
Survey on the Review & Assessment of the Earthquake
Readiness Capacity of CDERA Participating States
by Roberto Gonzalez & Ron Kuban
ERCB Project Survey Consultants, Le Groupe Conseil
Baastel Ltee, Canada |
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Improving Community Earthquake Reporting Using
Information & Communications Technology Applications |
Improving Community Earthquake Reporting Using ICT
Applications
by Dr. Richard Robertson
Director, Seismic Research Centre, University of the
West Indies (UWI), Trinidad |
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Session
7: CDM Progress 2008 - Plenary |
Regional
Level Progress in the Implementation of the Enhanced
Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy 2007 –
2008: Selected Highlights
by Elizabeth Riley
Deputy Coordinator, Caribbean Disaster Emergency
Response Agency (CDERA), Barbados |
Priority Outcome 1: Enhanced Institutional Capacity
Building
by Ronald Jackson
Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and
Emergency Management, Jamaica |
Priority Outcome 2: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk
Management in Sectors
by Philmore Mullin
Director, National Office of Disaster Services, Antigua
& Barbuda |
Priority
Outcome 3: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in
Sectors
by Kerry Hinds
Acting Director, Department of Emergency Management,
Barbados |
Priority Outcome 4: Enhanced Community Resilience
by Allan Stewart
National Disaster Coordinator, Tobago |
Organisational Transformation: CDERA to CDEMA and CDM
Governance
by Jeremy Collymore
Coordinator, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response
Agency (CDERA), Barbados |
The
Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Fund:
Opportunities for Community Led Disaster Risk Reduction
by Leslie John Walling
Consultant Coordinator, Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) Barbados |
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Session
8: CDM Monitoring |
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Towards a Monitoring & Evaluation Framework for CDM |
Development of a Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting
Framework for the Enhanced Comprehensive Disaster
Management Strategy
by Evan Green
Consultant, Baastel, Canada |
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Session
9: HFA Monitoring |
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ISDR
Sub Regional Report |
Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change
in the Wider Caribbean
by Dr. Stephen Bender & Franklin
McDonald
Adviser EIRD/ISDR Americas Secretariat, Panama &
Coordinator, University of the West Indies for
Sustainable Development, Mona, Jamaica |
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Session
10: Emergency Events 2008 Response Actions & Lessons
Learnt |
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Review of Emergency Events 2008 |
Review of Emergency Operations 2008
by BG Earl Arthurs & Roche Mahon
Team Leader, Preparedness and Response Unit & Programme
Officer (TEWS), Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response
Agency (CDERA), Barbados |
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CUBA
- Multiple & Repetitive Impacts - Resilience Issues |
Disaster Risk Management In Cuba 2008 Events
by Carlos Alfaro
Advisor, MINVEC/Program Coordinator of International
Cooperation |
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Belize - Flooding in the Sub-Region |
Belize Flooding Events 2008
by Noreen Fairweather
National Disaster Coordinator, National Emergency
Management Organisation, Belize |
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Response & Recovery from Hurricane Ike |
Response and Recovery from Hurricane Ike – The Turks and
Caicos Islands Experience
by Kathleen Forbes
Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance, Turks & Caicos
Islands |
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Red
Cross Response to the 2008 Hurricane Season |
Red
Cross Response to the 2008 Hurricane Season
by Ms Tanya Wood
Head of Caribbean Regional Office, Trinidad & Tobago |
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Review of Emergency Events 2008: CCRIF Operations During
2008 |
Review
of 2008 Events & Future Development
by Dr. Simon Young
Chief Executive Officer, Caribbean Catastrophe Risk
Insurance Facility (CCRIF) |
