Saturday, September 20
 

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Communications Workshop
Leaders: Jeff Rubin and Tim Birr, Tualatin Valley
Fire & Rescue

Portland Fire HQ
55 SW Ash Street

Sunday, September 21
 

7:15 am - 7:45 am

Registration - Field Trip

Hotel Lobby

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Optional Field Trip

Tsunami Warning and Evacuation:
Two Oregon Coast Case Studies
Leader: Mark Darienzo, OEM

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Registration

Mezzanine

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Exhibitor/Poster/Awards Fair Set-up

Col. Lindbergh
Pre-Function/Mezzanine

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Icebreaker

Col. Lindbergh Room

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Exhibitor/Poster/Awards Fair

Col. Lindbergh
Pre-Function/Mezzanine

Monday, September 22
 

6:30 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast

Arcadian Gardens

7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration

Mezzanine

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Exhibitor/Poster/Awards Fair

Col. Lindbergh
Pre-Function/Mezzanine

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dave Liebersbach, WSSPC Board Chair

Vicki McConnell, Acting Director, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, and WSSPC Conference Co-Host

Ken Murphy, Director, Oregon Emergency Management and WSSPC Conference Co-Host

David Van’t Hof, Oregon Governor’s Natural Resources Policy Advisor

John Pennington, FEMA Director, Region X

Col. Lindbergh Room

9:00 am - 10:15 am 

 
9:00 – 9:05

9:05 – 9:20

9:20 – 9:35

9:35 - 9:55

9:55 – 10:15

Plenary Session I: Insights from Previous Conferences

Moderator: Dave Liebersbach, WSSPC Board Chair

Commitment and Involvement of Elected Officials

Speakers:

Bill Morrisette, Oregon State Senator

Rob Drake, Mayor, City of Beaverton

Partnerships Between Governments and Businesses

Speaker: Inés Pearce, City of Seattle, Division of Emergency Management

Discussion

Col. Lindbergh Room

10:15 am - 10:45 am

Break

Col. Lindbergh Pre-Function

10:45 am – Noon

10:45 – 11:15

 


11:15 – 11:45

11:45 - Noon

Plenary Session I (Continued)

Loss Awareness and Understanding the Risk

Speakers: Mike Reichle, California Geological Survey

"Estimate of Annualized Earthquake Losses for Structures for California"

Effective Communications and
Getting Community Buy-in

Speakers: Paul Slovic, Decision Research

"Improving Seismic Risk Communication: Challenges and Opportunities Based on Insights from Research"

Discussion

Col. Lindbergh Room



Reichle Abstract











Slovic Abstract

Noon -1:30 pm

12:30 pm

12:35 pm

 

1:00 pm – 1:20 pm

Luncheon

Announcements: Patti Sutch,
WSSPC Executive Director

Special Awards: Dave Liebersbach,
WSSPC Board Chair
WSSPC Leadership Award to Jonathan Price
WSSPC Lifetime Achievement Award for Seismic Public Policy to James Davis

Speaker:  André LeDuc, Oregon Natural Hazards Workgroup, “Developing and Sustaining Public/Private Partnerships: Some Lessons Learned in Oregon"

 

Queen Marie Ballroom











LeDuc Abstract

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

1:30 – 2:15

1:30 – 1:45

1:45 – 2:00

2:00 – 2:15





2:15 – 2:30



2:30 – 3:15

 

2:30 – 2:45

2:45 – 3:00

3:00 – 3:15

3:15 – 3:30

Plenary Session 2: Successful Case Histories
in Portland and Seattle

Moderator: Ivan Wong, URS Consultants

Portland

Organized by:  Ivan Wong, URS Consultants

Speakers:

Chris Thompson, Degenkolb Engineers: "OSSPAC’s Role in Successful Earthquake Legislation"

Lou Clark, DOGAMI: "State Geological Survey’s Role in Raising Public Awareness of Earthquake Hazards Through Maps of Earthquake Hazards and Tsunamis"

Mike Hagerty, City of Portland Building Department, "Portland’s Success in Earthquake Mitigation"

Discussion

Seattle

Organized by: George Crawford

Speakers:

Edgar V. Leyendecker, USGS, "Application of Seismic Hazard Maps in Building Codes in the Pacific Northwest"

Tim Nogler, Washington State Building Codes Council, "Adoption of the International Building Code by Washington State"

Jonathan C. Siu, City of Seattle Department of Design, Construction and Land Use, "The Nisqually Test - Seismic Risk Reduction in the City of Seattle"

Discussion

Col. Lindbergh Room


Wong Presentation
Wong Abstract







Thompson Abstract



Clark Abstract




Hagerty Presentation
Hagerty Abstract
















Leyendecker Abstract



Nogler Abstract




Siu Presentation
Siu Abstract

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Break

Col. Lindbergh Pre-Function

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Portland Walking Tour of Rehabilitated Buildings

Organizer: Yumei Wang, DOGAMI

Leaders: Don Eggleston, SERA Architects;

Jerry Abdie, KPFF Consulting Engineers

 Col. Lindbergh Room

Walking Tour Itinerary

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Informal Seismic Safety Commission Meeting

Organized by: Rick Allis, Utah Geological Survey; Barry Welliver, Utah Seismic Safety Commission

Arcadian Gardens

Tuesday, September 23

6:30 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast

Arcadian Gardens

7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration

Mezzanine

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Exhibitor/Poster/Awards Fair

Col. Lindbergh Pre-Function /Mezzanine

8:00 am - 9:45 am

 
8:00 am – 8:30 am

 
8:30 am – 8:55 am

 8:55 am – 9:15 am

 

9:15 am – 9:45 am

Plenary Session 3: The Loss Reduction Process - The Community Experience

Speaker: Cecelia Rosenberg, FEMA,
Pre-Disaster Mitigation Office of Risk Reduction, "Mitigation Planning Under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000: It's Not Just for Planners Anymore"

Community 1: Clackamas County, Oregon

Led by: Cindy Kolomechuk, DOGAMI

Panelists: Rebecca Ceniga, Eric Bohard, Vicki Harguth of Clackamas County, and Jeff Rubin, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue

Community 2: Lewis & Clark County, Montana

Speaker: Paul Spengler, Lewis & Clark County Disaster & Emergency Services

Discussion

Col. Lindbergh Room


Rosenberg Presentation
Rosenberg Abstract




Clackamas County Abstract

Kolomechuk Presentation







Spengler Presentation
Spengler Abstract

9:45 am - 10:00 am

Break

Col. Lindbergh Pre-Function

10:00 am – Noon

 10:00 am – 10:30 am

 



10:30 am  – 11:00 am

11:00 am – 11:30 am

 
11:30 am - Noon

Plenary Session 4: Toward Earthquake Loss Reduction: Panel Discussions

Panelists will discuss their process for the following topics:

Panel 1. Initiate a Local Building Code Upgrade for New Construction

Moderator: Ron Lynn, Clark County Building Dept.

Panelists: 

Jerry McKee, Hillsboro Oregon Building Official

Michael Mahoney, FEMA, "FEMA’s View of the Nation’s Seismic Building Codes"

Hundreds of jurisdictions in the United States do not adopt a building code, and thousands more are using old or obsolete codes and thereby not benefiting from the newest engineering principles or updated United States Geological Survey mapping. Challenges to code adoption are primarily political and economic obstacles. To overcome these challenges, an understanding and cooperative relationship must exist between code officials and the groups they serve. Public relations programs must be established, aimed toward developing coalitions within the community. From these established communities of interest local, state and national champions may be developed to foster building code adoption and to assure appropriate political support and funding. It is only through code adoption, implementation, education, and enforcement that state-of-the-art seismic science and engineering can be translated into the reality of a safer site-built environment.

Barry Welliver, Chair, Utah Seismic Safety Commission


Panel 2. Initiate, Apply or Adopt a Retrofit Ordinance for Schools or Other Critical Structures

Organized by: James Davis, Former California State Geologist

Moderator: Franz Rad, Structural Engineer and Professor at Portland State University

Panelists: Fred Turner, California Seismic Safety Commission representative, "Observations from Government Retrofit Programs for Vulnerable Buildings in California"

Massoud Abolhoda, City of Fremont Building Official, “Challenges in Enacting and Enforcing Retrofit Ordinances”
 

Panel 3. Locally Adopt Standards to Become a TsunamiReady Community

Organized by: Mark Darienzo, Oregon Emergency Management

Moderator: Mark Darienzo, Oregon Emergency Management

Panelists: John Lovegrove, National Weather Service, “Overview of TsunamiReady Program”

Alfred A. Aya, Jr., Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District, “State-of-the-Art Tsunami Warning System in Cannon Beach, Oregon”

The National Weather Service's TsunamiReady program was fashioned after their existing StormReady program. Those coastal communities who fit the criteria established by the program are designated TsunamiReady. Criteria include an effective warning system, evacuation maps, and an ongoing education program. To become tsunami-ready requires a commitment by the community both financially and politically. Representatives from TsunamiReady communities will be present to discuss why they were successful in becoming TsunamiReady.


Panel 4. Motivate the Business Community to Become More Earthquake-Resilient

Organized by: George Crawford, CREW

Moderator: Mark Stewart, Mitigation Strategist, Washington Emergency Management Division

Panelists: Bob Freitag, Executive Director, CREW

Michael Park, INTEL Emergency Services Manager

Gail Dreckman, Bonneville Power Administration

The Cascadia Earthquake Workgroup (CREW) has recently completed a “Business Survival Kit for Earthquakes & Other Disasters” to help small Businesses survive potentially catastrophic events. 
The panelists will discuss how this tool can be used to motivate the business community to become more disaster resistant.

Col. Lindbergh Room

 
Lynn Abstract






Mahoney Presentation
Mahoney Abstract


































Rad Presentation


Turner Presentation 1
Turner Presentation 2
Turner Abstract

 
Abolhoda Presentation
Abolhoda Abstract














Lovegrove Presentation
Lovegrove Abstract

Aya Presentation Notes
Aya Abstract

Noon - 1:30 pm

Awards in Excellence Luncheon

12:30 pm Announcements: Patti Sutch

12:35 pm Awards Presentation: James Davis, Presenter

Award Category: Overall Excellence in Mitigation and Educational Outreach to General Public

Earthquake/Public Education Programs
Administering Agency: Washington State Emergency Management Division

Accepted By: Mark Stewart

Award Category: Mitigation Efforts (3 Winners)

Improving Natural Gas Safety in Earthquakes
Administering Agency: California Seismic Safety Commission

Accepted By: Dan Shapiro and Fred Turner

Clackamas County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
Administering Agency: Clackamas County Emergency Management

Accepted By: Vicki Harguth

Seismic Design Criteria of Non-Structural Systems for New and Existing School Facilities
Administering Agency: Salt Lake City School District

Accepted By: Gregg Smith and John Masek

Award Category: Educational Outreach to General Public (3 Winners)

Quake Cottage Outreach Program
Administering Agency: Alaska Division of Emergency Services

Accepted By: R. Scott Simmons

Tsunami Safety Video: "Tsunami: Waves of Destruction"
Administering Agency: Hawaii State Civil Defense

Accepted By: Brian Yanagi

Award Category: Response Plans/Materials
(2 Winners)

Tsunami Warning and Evacuation Program
Administering Agency: Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District

Accepted By: Alfred A. Aya, Jr.

Oregon Tsunami Evacuation Map Program
Administering Agency: Oregon Department of Geology & Mineral Industries and Oregon Emergency Management

Accepted By: George Priest

Award Category: Use of New Technology

Colorado Late Cenozoic Fault and Fold Database and Internet Map Server
Administering Agency: Colorado Geological Survey

Accepted By: Vince Matthews

Award Category: Innovations

Mt. Rainier Lahar Warning System and
Lahar Travel Time Mapping Project
Administering Agency: Pierce County Department of Emergency Management

Accepted By: Steve Bailey

Award Category: Non-Profit Agency Efforts

Daycare Retrofit and Preschool Earthquake Safety Program
Administering Agency: Partners for Loss Prevention

Accepted By: Angie Karel and Don Hull

 Queen Marie Ballroom

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Session 4: Toward Earthquake Loss Reduction: Team Breakouts

Participants will have a choice of attending one of the following four breakouts in the afternoon, according to their community needs and interests.

Each facilitated breakout group will meet and create their own strategies, goals and timelines for a process that would institute a seismic loss-reduction measure in their community. Observers will prepare verbal reports for the conference wrap-up.

Breakout 1. Initiate a Local Building Code Upgrade for New Construction

Breakout 2. Initiate, Apply or Adopt a Retrofit Ordinance for Schools or Other Critical Structures

Breakout 3. Locally Adopt Standards to Become a TsunamiReady Community

Breakout 4. Motivate the Business Community to Become More Earthquake-Resilient

 

Marshall Joffre Room


Fireside Room


Chief Poker Jim Room


Col. Lindbergh Room

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Break

Col. Lindbergh Pre-Function

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm












4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Plenary Session 5: Breakout Reports and Wrap-up

Moderator: Dave Liebersbach, WSSPC Board Chair

Goals for reporting at the 2004 National Earthquake Conference.

Report by the Seismic Safety Commissions meeting held Monday evening.

CREW video RAFFLE for evaluation forms returned.
 

Exhibitor/Awards/Poster/ Fair Teardown

Col. Lindbergh Room

Col. Lindbergh
Pre-Function/Mezzanine

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Banquet Check-in and Cash Bar

Queen Marie Pre-Function

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Banquet

Speaker: Rod Combellick, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys,
"A Tour of the Denali Fault Rupture"

Queen Marie Ballroom

Combellick Abstract

Wednesday, September 24

6:30 am – 7:30 am

Breakfast

Arcadian Gardens

7:30 am - 9:00 am      

WSSPC Committee Meetings:

 

Basin and Range Province Committee
Craig dePolo, Chair

Marshall Joffre Room

Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Committee
Mark Darienzo, Chair

Chief Poker Jim Room

Joint meeting of Risk Assessment, Insurance and Finance Committee
Jim Davis, Chair, and
Risk Communication and Education Committee
Glen Woodbury, Chair

Eric V. Hauser Room

Engineering, Construction, and Building Codes
Ron Lynn, Chair

Roy Yates Room

9:30 am – 10:00 am

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Coffee Service

WSSPC Board of Directors’ Meeting

Conference Center

Chief Poker Jim Room

10:00 am - Noon

WSSPC Annual Business Meeting
 

 
Eric V. Hauser Room

Noon

WSSPC Conference Concludes
 

Noon - 5:00 pm

AASG-USGS Meeting

Chief Poker Jim Room