National Symposium on Risk and Disaster
National Symposium on Risk and Disasters
Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Rebuilding the Gulf: Case Study for the Future
Rebuilding the Gulf: Case Study for the Future
Dec. 1, 2005, Washington, D.C.
Cannon House Office Building
United States House of Representatives
Cannon House Office Building
United States House of Representatives
Hurricane Katrina not only devastated a large area of the Gulf Coast, it also raised fundamental questions about how the nation can and should-deal with the fundamental problems of risk and responsibility.
Nearly 300 leaders from government, business, and nonprofit organizations and journalists from throughout the nation attended the National Symposium in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill Dec. 1, 2005. (See photos below.)
The program was sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, Congressional Quarterly, and The Communications Institute.
Click here for Online Resource Material on Risk and Disasters
A complete publication on risk and disasters based upon the Symposium is available here.
Symposium Goals
This program objectively examined the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on nearly every sector of society. Leading experts from several of the nation's leading academic and research institutions, as well as leaders from government and business and senior journalists, presented their findings.
The National Symposium reviewed critical questions that must be addressed in coping with future risks and disasters:
*How can the nation best assess and prepare for the events we are most likely to face
*How can we develop the best strategies for reducing their costs and improving our response?
*Who should do what — what partnerships can we build among the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and what "glue" can be provided to make those partnerships stick?
*How should we, as a society, weigh the question of who bears the costs?
*How do we deal with the important issues of equity and fairness, and how can we create mechanisms to resolve these issues as efficiently as possible?
See a complete agenda here.*How can we develop the best strategies for reducing their costs and improving our response?
*Who should do what — what partnerships can we build among the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and what "glue" can be provided to make those partnerships stick?
*How should we, as a society, weigh the question of who bears the costs?
*How do we deal with the important issues of equity and fairness, and how can we create mechanisms to resolve these issues as efficiently as possible?
National Symposium on Risk & Disasters
Considering the Future: The National Symposium panel on Risk and Disasters, left to right, Mark Osterle, Staff, Senate Banking Committee, Douglas Holtz Eakin, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, David Rapp, Editor, CQ (moderator), Mark Morial, former Mayor of New Orleans and President of Urban League, and Dan Matthews, Staff Director, House Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
