Tsunami Sedimentology and Its Role in Hazard Awareness, Preparedness, Assessment and Mitigation

 

2011 Tsunami Sediment Workshop Schedule

Dec 1st  
   
Afternoon  
5:00 - 17:00 Icebreaker at the Larkspur Hotel Bar/Lounge
   
Dec 2nd  
   
Morning  
09:00 - 09:20 Welcome and introductions
09:20 - 09:55 Charge to the group - Research initiatives
  NSF hazard initiative, CaMRA: J. Bourgeois, R. Weiss
  Hazards within GeoPRISMS: R. Witter, B. MacInnes
  USGS coastal hazards program and collaboration opportunities: G. Gelfenbaum
09:55 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:20 The Tohoku Tsunami - Chair: Y. Tanioka
    Overview and tsunami deposits: Y. Nishimura, K. Goto
    Infrastructure response - Lessons learned from the ASCE reconnaissance survey: C. Petroff
    Social aspects of evacuation: M. Sugimoto
    Complex nearshore tsunami currents: P. Lynett
11:20 - 12:00 Panel discussion on lessons learned
   
Afternoon  
13:00 - 14:00 Short individual statements of priorities
14:00 - 14:45 Tsunami field studies - Status and priorities: B. Horton
    Reconnaissance surveys: H. Fritz
    Tsunami geology: A. Moore, B. Horton
14:45 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 17:00 Charge to breakout groups and breakout I
    Evaluating, prioritizing and enhancing prior recommendations
    Disciplinary focus groups
17:00 - 18:00 Posters and happy hour
   
Dec 3rd  
   
Morning  
08:45 - 09:00 Announcements and information
09:00 - 10:00 Reports from breakout I
10:00 - 10:45 Social aspects of hazards
    Tsunami risk reduction: B. McAdoo
    Towards and understanding of tsunami awareness and preparedness in the U.S.: N. Wood
10:45 - 11:10 Break
11:10 - 12:00 Panel discussion (Dengler/Dominey-Howes/Wood/Schmidtlein): J. Bourgeois, R. Weiss
Afternoon  
13:00 - 13:15 Charge to breakout II - Interdiciplinary tsunami sedimentology
13:15 - 15:45 Breakout II and short break
15:45 - 17:00 Report from breakout II and report from Young Scientists Caucus
17:00 - 18:00

Open discussion, final remarks and conclusion, plan report writing

   
Dec 4th  
   
  Report-writing group meets