National Symposium
Living with Floods:
From Science to Policy
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
March 10-12, 2009
Visit the Flood Symposium Website:
http://ppc.uiowa.edu/floodsymposium
Registration fees (US$): $25 per day, $50 both days.
The University of Iowa Public Policy Center and IIHR-Hydroscience &
Engineering announce: "Living with Floods: From Science to Policy," a
symposium that brings together top academicians and agency representatives
from across the country to consider the current state of flood "science,"
impacts, mitigation, insurance, and policy. The symposium is especially
appropriate for individuals affected by the flood, water resources managers,
municipal and country leaders, and policy makers. Registrants will have an
opportunity to ask questions and engage symposium panel members in active
discussion.
Keynote speaker Gerald Galloway, author of "The Galloway Report," kicks off
the symposium with a free public lecture titled, "When will we ever learn?
The challenge of dealing with frequent flooding," on Tuesday evening, March
10. The symposium follows on March 11-12.
March 1, March 2 registration deadline or thereabouts.
The University of Iowa, Public Policy Center is pleased to announce the next
symposium in The Forkenbrock Series on Public Policy:
March 10th - Free Public Lecture:
At 7:30 in room 1505 of the Seamans Center.
"When will we ever learn? The challenge of dealing with frequent flooding."
Gerald Galloway, author of the "Galloway Report" prepared in response to the
flood of 1993.
March 11th - 12th-Symposium: Iowa Memorial Union, Ritchie Ballroom.
Wed March 11-Eastern Iowa and the flood of 2009, science of floods and
hydraulics and social and environmental impacts
Thurs March 12-Flood mitigation and policy responses
Program
(Still in development)
Living with Floods: From Science to Policy
Tuesday March 10, 2009
7:30 pm 1505 Seamans Center
Free public lecture - When will we ever learn? The challenge of dealing with
frequent flooding
Gerald Galloway, Research Professor, Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of
Engineering, University of Maryland
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Richey Ballroom, Iowa Memorial Union
8:00 - 8:30 am
Opening remarks
8:30 - 10:30 am
Eastern Iowa and the Flood of 2008
Moderator - Keri Hornbuckle
Donald Guckert, Associate Vice President & Director of
Facilities Management, University of Iowa
Michael Goldberg, Administrative Services Director, Linn County
Disaster Recovery Coordinator
Brigadier General Michael Walsh, Army Corps of Engineers
Willy Wever, Dentist and affected community member, Columbus
Junction, Iowa
10:45 - 12:15 pm
The Science of Floods/Hydraulics
What is the status of current research and technology in flood
prediction? What are the current technologies used by key
agencies in flood predication and control?
Moderator - Witold Krajewski
Wendy Pearson, Regional Service Support Hydrologist, NOAA
NWS Central Region Headquarters, Kansas City, MO
James Smith, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering;
Director, Program in Geological Engineering and Director,
Program in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources,
Princeton University
12:15 - 1:30
Lunch Iowa Memorial Union
Panel: Congressional Office Staff
1:30 - 5:00 pm
Flood Impacts
A. Social/Human
Moderator - Craig Just
Susan Cutter, Carolina Distinguished Professor and Director,
Hazards Research Lab, Department of Geography, University of
South Carolina
Catherine Kling, Professor of Economics, and Head, Resource
and Environmental Policy Division, Center for Agricultural and
Rural Development, Iowa State University
Jerald Schnoor, Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering &
Co-Director, Center for Global and Regional Environmental
Research
Keri Hornbuckle, Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow
of Engineering, Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Iowa
B. Economics and the Environment
Moderator - George Malanson
Eve Gruntfest, Director, Social Science Woven into
Meteorology (SSWIM), University of Oklahoma
Kevin Leicht, Professor of Sociology and Director of the
Institute for Inequality Studies and Director of the Social Science
Research Center, University of Iowa
Peter Thorne, Professor and Director, Environmental Health
Sciences Research Center, University of Iowa
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Richey Ballroom, Iowa Memorial Union
8:30 - 10:30
Flood Mitigation
Moderator - Larry Weber
James Schwab, APA Hazards Planning Research Center
American Planning Association
Larry Weber, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Edwin B. Green Chair in Hydraulics, College of Engineering
University of Iowa, Director, IIHR-Hydroscience and
Engineering
10:45 - 12:45 pm
Policy Responses
Moderator - Charles Connerly
A. Flood risk management and insurance
Alexandros Ntelekos, Senior Risk Analyst, Willis Group
Holdings
Limited, London, UK
Sam Riley Medlock, Policy Counsel, Association of State
Floodplain Managers
12:45 - 1:45 Lunch
2:30 - 4:30
Government Responsibility/ The Future of Flood Mitigation
Moderator - James Throgmorton
Gerritt Knaap, Executive Director, National Center for Smart
Growth Research & Education
Rodney Lehnertz, Director, Design and Construction,
University of Iowa
James Throgmorton, Professor, Urban and Regional
Planning, University of Iowa
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