The Jack Morton AuditoriumSchool of Media and Public AffairsGeorge Washington University805 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

PrepTalks Program September 19, 2019

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2 September 19, 2019

PrepTalks

Thank you for attending the fifth PrepTalks Symposium!

PrepTalks are recorded presentations from subject-matter experts and thought leaders that spread new ideas, spark conversation, and promote innovative leadership on the issues confronting emergency managers today and in the future.

Emergency management is an increasingly challenging and complex field. Research and insight from a wide spectrum of disciplines are important to stay effective.

PrepTalks are provided through a partnership of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), the National Homeland Security Consortium (NHSC) and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS). Together, these organizations invite expert speakers and amplify their important message to the entire emergency management community.

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Audience Reminders

Please remember that this is a live taping, so observe the following etiquette while in the auditorium and follow the tips below to get the most out of your day.

• Silence your cell phones and do not take calls while in the auditorium.

• Enter and exit the auditorium only during speaker breaks. Speaker breaks occur every 30 minutes.

• Prepare your question and ask it succinctly so our experts can get to as many audience questions as possible.

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4 September 19, 2019

Program

Morning: 9:30AM–12:00PM

Afternoon: 2:00PM–4:00PM

Welcome PrepTalk Partners

Crowdsourcing & Citizen Science as Force Multipliers for Emergency Management

Dr. Sophia B. LiuInnovation Specialist, United States Geological Survey

Future Evolutions in Emergency Management

David KaufmanVice President and Director, Safety and Security, CNA

Living with Water: How the Netherlands Prevents Flood Disasters

Jan PeelenAdvisor for Infrastructure and Water Management, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Harnessing the Potential of Disaster Insurance

Dr. Carolyn KouskyExecutive Director, Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania

Human Biases: Why People Underprepare for Disasters

Dr. Howard KunreutherCo-Director, Wharton Risk Management and Decision, Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania

Left in the Dark: Power Outages in an Interconnected World

Kate KonschnikDirector of the Climate and Energy Program, Nicholas Institute, Duke University

Let the Community Lead: Rethinking Command and Control Systems

Aaron TitusPresident, Mountain West VOAD

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Crowdsourcing & Citizen Science as Force Multipliers for Emergency Management

Dr. Sophia B. LiuInnovation Specialist, United States Geological Survey

Dr. Sophia B. Liu is an Innovation Specialist at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Science and Decisions Center specializing in participatory science and

innovation. Dr. Liu is also the Co-Chair of the Federal Community of Practice for Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science (CCS) as well as the CCS Coordinator for USGS and the Department of Interior. Dr. Liu received a USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship, where she worked at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center on the Tweet Earthquake Dispatch project in Colorado, the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal Marine Science Center on the “iCoast—Did the Coast Change?” project in Florida, and the USGS National Center on civic hacking visualization projects.

Dr. Liu was also awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2006 conducting research on social media use in disasters. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, Boulder in an interdisciplinary program called Technology, Media, and Society. She received a B.A. at University of California, Irvine in Social Science with a minor in Information & Computer Science and in Digital Arts.

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Future Evolutions in Emergency Management

David KaufmanVice President and Director, Safety and Security, CNA

David J. Kaufman is the Vice President and Director for Safety and Security at CNA, a non-profit organization that provides operational analysis to advance the safety and security of the United States. He is responsible for

executive management of CNA’s work in emergency management, homeland security, public safety, and public health. From 2009 to 2015, Mr. Kaufman served as the Associate Administrator for Policy, Program Analysis, and International Affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where he framed FEMA’s strategic direction, led development of its Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management, and launched the Strategic Foresight Initiative, exploring the impacts of global trends on disaster management. Mr. Kaufman is a faculty member in Georgetown University’s Emergency and Disaster Management program, and lectures for the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security. He has previously served in senior positions in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and as an appointed committee and roundtable member for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

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7 September 19, 2019

Living with Water: How the Netherlands Prevents Flood Disasters

Jan PeelenAdvisor for Infrastructure and Water Management, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Jan Peelen is the representative of the Dutch Ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He advises U.S. entities on the topics of resilience,

urban planning & infrastructure and coordinates all water related efforts of the Dutch diplomatic network in the US.

Jan has worked for the Dutch national government since 2006 and has an extensive background in water management and infrastructure. Before his appointment to the U.S. in 2014, he coordinated the Dutch International Water Policy Program and was responsible for various initiatives to promote the Dutch water & maritime industries.

He started his career as an environmental impact assessment specialist and became a strategic advisor and project manager for various national energy & transportation infrastructure projects in The Netherlands. He was also involved in the development of new policies and regulations for large scale infrastructural projects in The Netherlands.

Jan holds a Master’s of Science in Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Amsterdam.

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Harnessing the Potential of Disaster Insurance

Dr. Carolyn KouskyExecutive Director, Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania

Carolyn Kousky is Executive Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kousky’s research has examined multiple

aspects of disaster insurance markets, the National Flood Insurance Program, federal disaster aid, and policy responses to potential changes in extreme events with climate change. She has published numerous articles, reports, and book chapters on the economics and policy of natural disasters and disaster insurance markets, and is routinely cited in media outlets including NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CBS News, among others. She is the recipient of the X International Julio Castelo Matrán Insurance Award from the Fundación MAPFRE on behalf of the Policy Incubator and the 2013 Tartufari International Prize from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Dr. Kousky is a member of FEMA’s Technical Mapping Advisory Committee. She is a University Fellow at Resources for the Future. She has a BS in Earth Systems from Stanford University and a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University.

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Human Biases: Why People Underprepare for Disasters

Dr. Howard KunreutherCo-Director, Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania

Howard Kunreuther is the James G. Dinan Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences and Public Policy in the Operations, Information and Decisions Department and Co-Director of the Wharton Risk

Management and Decision Processes Center at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Howard has a long-standing interest in ways that society can better manage low-probability, high-consequence events related to technological and natural hazards. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a distinguished fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis, and recipient of the 2015 Shin Research Excellence Award from the Geneva Association and International Insurance Society (IIS) in recognition of his outstanding work on the role of public-private partnerships in mitigating and managing risks.

His recent books include The Ostrich Paradox: Why We Underprepare for Disasters with R. Meyer (Wharton Digital Press), and Insurance and Behavioral Economics: Improving Decisions in the Most Misunderstood Industry with M. Pauly and S. McMorrow (Cambridge University Press).

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Left in the Dark: Power Outages in an Interconnected World

Kate KonschnikDirector of the Climate and Energy Program, Nicholas Institute, Duke University

Kate Konschnik directs the Climate & Energy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and is a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School. Kate’s research focuses

on policy options for public electric utility regulation and electricity market reforms to accommodate new technologies, electrification of other sectors, and air quality and decarbonization goals. Kate joined Duke from Harvard Law School, where she founded and directed the Harvard Environmental Policy Initiative for five years. Previously, Kate was Chief Environmental Counsel for U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and an Environmental Enforcement Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. Kate holds a law degree with honors from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Tufts University.

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Let the Community Lead: Rethinking Command and Control Systems

Aaron TitusPresident, Mountain West VOAD

Aaron Titus is the author of How to Prepare for Everything, an empowering method to prepare individuals and families for, well, everything. He is the Executive Director and data architect for Crisis Cleanup, documenting nearly

one billion dollars of volunteer service by 1,600 organizations after 130 disasters, in 40 states. The system saves disaster survivors $49,500 every day that would have otherwise been wasted in inefficient volunteerism.

Aaron is the president of Mountain West VOAD, a 12-state VOAD from Alaska to the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Dakotas. He received his J.D. from the George Washington School of Law, and his undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Utah. Aaron and his wife Jennifer are the proud parents of nine children.

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Partner Organizations

The primary mission of FEMA is to help people before, during, and after disasters.

The primary mission of NPS CHDS is to strengthen the national security of the United States by providing graduate level educational programs and resources that meet the immediate and long-term leadership needs of organizations responsible for homeland defense and security.

The primary mission of NEMA is to provide national leadership and expertise in comprehensive emergency management; serve as a vital emergency management information and assistance resource; and advance continuous improvement in emergency management through strategic partnerships, innovative programs, and collaborative policy positions.

The primary mission of NHSC is to provide a forum for public and private sector disciplines to coalesce efforts and perspectives about how best to protect America in the 21st century.

The primary mission of IAEM is to advance the profession by promoting the principles of emergency management; to serve its members by providing information, networking and professional development opportunities; and to advance the emergency management profession.

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