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Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand11–12 August 2010

Optional Workshops 10 & 13 August 2010

version: July 2010

From warnings to effective response and recovery

www.hazards-education.org/ahmc/2010

Programme &Registration

Programme

5 - 7 pm 5 - 7 pm 5 - 7 pm

Tuesday 10 August

Day 1 - Workshops

Wednesday August11

Day 2 - Conference

Thursday August12

Day 3 - Conference

Fri 3

Day 4 - Workshops

day 1 August

See workshop informationon the web

Get together -Drinks

Ice Breaker -Drinks

ClosingReception

MAIN

CONFERENCE

Lunch provided Lunch provided

MAIN

CONFERENCE

MAIN

CONFERENCE

MAIN

CONFERENCE

9 am - 12 pmWORKSHOP 1

Emergency managementand the health sector


Children, families anddisasters


Management of coastalerosion

1:30 pm - 4:30 pmWORKSHOP 4

Lessons from the 2009Samoan earthquake and

tsunami


Gender and disasters


Disaster design:solutions for survival

9 am - 4:30 pmWORKSHOP 7

Cities at risk(all day)


GIS in natural hazardsand emergency

management


Enhancing capacity inrural & remotecommunities


Risk reduction throughland-use planning


Emergency managementplanning for local

government

The conference will provide a forum to discuss the integration of hazard informationinto effective risk management, including:

Applying hazard information to best practice planning

Exploring new technologies and advances in science applications

Natural hazard mitigation for industry

Creating resilient communities through integrating science into practice

Our target audience is: emergency managers, planners, risk assessors, asset and utility managers,natural hazards researchers, and scientists.

Applications for registration should be made on the enclosed registration form. Registration fees are to bemade payable by cheque, Visa or Mastercard to GNS Science. The registration form and payment shouldbe returned together to . Details are on the registration form.

Confirmation of registration will be emailed to each participant.

The conference is limited to 340 people, so to guarantee participation, please register as soon as possible.

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The conference registration fee is $393.75 ($450 after 4 June 2010) (inclusive of GST) per participant.

Fulltime student registration fee is $168.75 ($225 (inclusive of GST).

Morning and afternoon teas, lunches, social events, and the Conference Proceedings volume are includedas part of the registration fee.

GNS Science

All participants are required to make their own accommodation bookings and travel arrangements.

A message/information board will be set up beside the registration desk. Please check daily.

In the event of cancellation before 4 June 2010, the full registration fee will be reimbursed.Cancellation after this date will incur an administration charge of $50.00 + GST per registration.

Your registration can be reassigned to another person. Please notify Daryl [email protected] of the recipient’s details if this occurs.

As childcare can often prevent parents and caregivers from attending conferences and workshops theorganisers are willing to help provide assistance where possible. Please contact us for more information.

Note: These fees do not include the Workshops.

Registration

Accommodation and Travel

Message Board

Cancellations & Refunds

Childcare

after 4 June 2010)

About the Conference

Call for Posters

Participants are invited to present posters. Dedicated poster sessions have been scheduled. Thosepresenting posters must submit abstracts by email as attached files (MS Word) by 4 June 2010 to

Abstracts should be formatted as follows:

A4 format

One page only

Text within frame 160 mm by 230 mm high

12 pt type, Justified

poster title in upper case, bold, align left, followed on separate lines by authors name(s) -bold, organisation(s), address and emails

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Social Events

Tuesday

Wednesday

5.00 - 7.00 pm

10 August, 5.00 - 7.00 pm

11 August, 5.00 - 7.00 pm

August,

GNS Science Icebreaker

NIWA Reception

Closing ReceptionThursday 12

We are offering a range of opportunities for businesses and organisations involved in all aspects of

natural hazards to participate in the conference.

If your company or organisation

would like to be a sponsor or have a

trade display, please [email protected]

Trade displays to date (1 July 2010):

GNS Science, NIWA, EQC, New

Zealand Natural Hazards Business

Cluster, Massey University, Ministry for

the Environment, MetService,

WorleyParsons, RiskScape, Ministry of

Civil Defence and Emergency

Management, Wellington Civil Defence

and Emergency Management Group,

Readynet

Sponsorship & Trade Displays

Programme - Day 1 & 2

Tuesday 10 August 2010, Day 1 – WORKSHOPS8.00 – 7.00pm Registration for workshops and conference at Te Papa (Conference venue)

9:00 – 12:00 Workshop 1: Emergency management and the health sectorWorkshop 2: Children, families and disastersWorkshop 3: Management of coastal erosion

1:30 – 4:30 Workshop 4: Lessons from the 2009 Samoan earthquake and tsunamiWorkshop 5: Gender and disastersWorkshop 6: Disaster Design: Solutions for survival

5:00 – 7:00 Ice breaker drinks sponsored by GNS Science

Wednesday 11 August 2010, Day 2 – CONFERENCE8:00 – 7:00pm Registration for conference at Te Papa

9:00 – 9:30 John Hamilton (MCDEM), Welcome and opening address

9:30 – 9:45 The programme, housekeeping etc

9:45 – 10:3045 mins

Keynote: Stephanie Chang (University of British Columbia, Canada), Anticipatingcascading consequences of Infrastructure failures in disasters

10:30 – 11:00 Morning tea

11:00 – 11:30 JC Gaillard (University of Auckland) and Jessica Mercer (CAFOD), Bridging the gapbetween top-down and bottom-up initiatives in disaster risk reduction

11:30 – 12:00 Bob Cechet (Geoscience Australia), Residential building damage survey for the 2009Black Saturday bushfires

12:00 – 12:30 Michael Eburn (University of New England, Australia), News from the courts – postdisaster legal proceedings and implications for emergency managers

12:30 – 1:30

1:30 – 2:00 Laura Wallace (GNS Science), The Hikurangi subduction zone: the biggest“unknown” seismic hazard in New Zealand

2:00 – 2:30 Tane Woodley (MCDEM), The Wellington Earthquake Initial Response Plan

2:30 – 3:00 Steve Lamb (OPUS), Travel following simulated earthquake events: vehicleabandonment and social influence

3:00 – 3:30 Afternoon tea

3:30 – 4:00 Stefan Reese (NIWA), Lessons learnt from the Samoa tsunami 2009 – a multi-disciplinary survey

4:00 – 4:30 Emily Lane (NIWA), The impact of tides on tsunami inundation hazard

4:30 – 5:00 Douglas Paton (University of Tasmania), Confronting an unfamiliar hazard: tsunamipreparedness in Tasmania

5:20 onwards Social function sponsored by NIWA

Programme - Day 3 & 4

Thursday 12 August, Day 3 – CONFERENCE8:30 – 9:1545 mins

MCDEM Keynote Mark Benthien (Southern California Earthquake Center, UnitedStates), The Great California Shakeout

9:15 – 9:45 Willie Smith (University of Auckland), Capacity and response: a comparison of farmers’responses to drought and flood in the Manawatu

9:45 – 10:15 James Lunny (MetService), Severe weather forecasting disaster risk reductiondemonstration project (SWFDDP)

10:15 – 10:45 Morning tea

10:45 – 11:15 Graeme Smart (NIWA), Planning for flood disasters

11:15 – 11:45 Jeff Watson (Horizons Regional Council), Horizons Regional Council FloodForecasting System - advanced technology delivers

11:45 – 12:15 Bruce Glavovic (Massey University), Beyond natural hazards management. Beyondwarnings, response and recovery: Governance for community resilience andsustainability

12:15 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 Erica Seville (University of Canterbury), A new model of organisational resilience

1:30 – 2:00 Antoinette Mitchell (Whangarei District Council), Community-based evacuationplanning – Ruakaka, Northland

2:00 – 2:30 Warren Meldrum (Hastings DC), Kim Wright (GNS Science), All�hazard communityresponse planning and choice of local public notification systems by HastingsCommunities

2:30 – 3:00 Ljubica Mamula-Seadon (MCDEM), Community resilience building

3:00 – 3:30 Afternoon tea

3:30 – 4:00 Esther Griffiths (Christchurch City Council), Christchurch Community ResilienceProject

4:00 – 4:30 Sarb Johal (Massey University), Advances in Psychological First Aid

4:30 – 5:00 Shane Cronin (Massey University) Europe paralysed: the 2010 Iceland eruption

5:00 onwards Conference Closing Session Function,With the Conference Organising Committee, and members of the Natural Hazards

NZ and Earthquake Engineering NZ business clusters,Networking over refreshments in the Oceania Room.

Friday 13 August 2010, Day 4 – WORKSHOPS8:00 – 1:30pm Registration for workshops at Te Papa

9:00 – 12:00 Workshop 7: Cities at risk (part 1)Workshop 8: GIS in natural hazards and emergency managementWorkshop 9: Risk reduction through land-use planning

1.30 – 4:30 Workshop 7: Cities at risk (part 2)Workshop 10: Enhancing capacity in rural & remote communitiesWorkshop 11: Emergency management planning for local government

Workshops

WORKSHOP 1:

WORKSHOP 2:

WORKSHOP 3:

Emergency management and the

health sector

Children, families and disasters

Management of Coastal Erosion - Factors which drive positive and negative

environmental outcomes

10 August 2010 – 9 am-12 pm

10 August 2010 – 9 am-12 pm

10 August 2010 – 9 am-12 pm

Workshop coordinator: Debra Ellis (Massey University)

Responding to disasters presents the health sector withmany challenges. This workshop will explore expectationswithin the health sector of its roles; and discuss thecompetencies, procedures and systems required to deliverservices within a disaster environment. It will examinestrategic and operational issues in emergency managementfor the health sector and managing community health needsusing case studies from recent events.

Workshop coordinator: Ros Houghton (Victoria University)

The family is an important organising unit in society. The influence of the family and the family structure on individualsexperiencing a disaster is often overlooked in planning and policy related to disasters. A second under-researched area ofresearch is the role that children play before, during and after emergencies. This workshop examines these two fields anddiscusses the way in which Emergency Management can better incorporate the needs and strengths of children andfamilies in disasters. For any enquiries, please contact Ros Houghton ([email protected]).

Workshop coordinator: Paula Blackett (AgResearch)

The New Zealand coast is a highly dynamic and variedenvironment where shorelines are constantly changing as aresult of both physical process and human intervention. Atthe same time, there is a strong human desire to live near thebeach and enjoy the aesthetics and recreationalopportunities the coastal environment presents. Manycoastal settlements are situated to maximise proximity tothe beach and fail to accommodate the full range of naturalchanges and risks associated with the local coastalenvironment. Coastal erosion is one such natural processthat has become a hazard because it potentially threatensprivate property, valued community assets or a popularbeach. After an erosion event, stakeholders seek to protecttheir values or investments, often at the cost of others. Thisinstigates extensive and complex debates about “whatshould be done” “whose interests should be protected” and“who should pay”; tensions between stakeholders areamplified because of the clear winners and losers inherentin many potential solutions.

The research team has investigated the social context of debates around coastal erosion issues at nine locations aroundNew Zealand. They have identified a number of key factors which drive the negotiation process towards positive ornegative environmental outcomes. This workshop will explore these factors through an interactive process whereparticipants will be provided with real coastal erosion case studies and asked to predict the outcome.

Limited to 40 persons.



WORKSHOP 4:

WORKSHOP 5:

Lessons from the 2009 Samoan earthquake and tsunami


10 August 2010 – 1:30 pm-4:30 pm

10 August 2010 – 1:30 pm-4:30 pm

Workshop coordinator: David Johnston (GNS Science/Massey University)

Workshop coordinator: Ross Houghton (Victoria University)

Understanding the link between gender and disasters is vital to successful emergency management and disasterresearch. Gender influences all aspects of social life and thus has significant impacts in the preparation for, experience of,and recovery from disasters. This workshop brings together experts from across the globe to discuss the current trends ingender and disaster research and practice. For any enquiries, please contact Ros Houghton ([email protected]).

The 30 September 2009 Samoan earthquake and tsunami caused significant loss of life and property damage in threePacific nations. Effective response to and recovery from disasters depends not just on peoples’ abilities to cope with thephysical impacts of the event but also on how the social environment supports the complex short- and long-termprocesses of community recovery. This workshop will discuss research conducted in communities both in Samoa andNew Zealand and lessons for preparing for future disasters.



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Ash falls from the 1995 Ruapehueruption in Gisborne

WORKSHOP 6:

WORKSHOP 7:

Disaster design: solutions for survival

Cities at risk

10 August 2010 – 1:30 pm-4:30 pm

13 August 2010 – 9 am-4.30 pm

Workshop coordinator: Rodney Adank

In order to mitigate the effects of a natural disaster we must be

prepared, with relevant equipment designed for purpose.

Working with senior Industrial Design students and staff you

will use creative processes to develop ideas and concepts

that address issues presented by disaster environment.

For more details contact: ([email protected])

Workshop coordinator: Julia Becker (GNS Science)

2nd Epicentre- Joint Centre for Disaster Research (JCDR)International Risk Perception Symposium.

Over the last few decades the world has seen an increasingrate of natural disasters, mainly impacting upon cities.Despite growing efforts to reduce the risk, disaster losseshave continued to accelerate. This has highlighted theneed to improve our understanding of the contributors torisk in communities, and the factors that shape vulnerabilityand resilience. Risk perception concerning natural hazardsis affected by issues including personal experience,perceived vulnerability of built environment, governanceand social structure, and can influence what people do toprepare for and during a natural hazard event. To dateresearch in this area has been conducted primarily withinthe discipline of psychology and has been region specific.

This workshop follows on from the 1st workshop held inLondon in October 2009 and will bring togetherpsychologists, other social scientists and engineersworking on disasters to discuss risk perception researchon a multi-national and multi-disciplinary scale. Speakersfrom New Zealand, Japan, Turkey and the UK will discusstheir experience in risk perception research.

The workshop aims to explore the challenges faced bymulti-cultural studies of risk perception and the challengesof working across disciplines, with the aim of identifying keygaps in knowledge and collaborative research that maybridge these gaps.


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Wellington Fault: Likely fault rupture hazard zone.

photo: GNS Science

WORKSHOP 8:

WORKSHOP 9:

GIS in natural hazards and emergency management

Risk reduction through land-use planning

13 August 2010 – 9 am-12 pm

13 August 2010 – 9 am-12 pm

Workshop coordinator: Tom Wilson (University ofCanterbury)

The purpose of this workshop is to examine theuse of GIS during an emergency, or in planning foran emergency. It will explore many of theproblems and difficulties of using GIS (e.g. lack ofpower, lack of data). The format of the workshopwill involve presentations by invited speakers,followed by a discussion of issues and anopportunity for participants to view GIS toolsdeveloped for emergency managementresponse and planning. The workshop isintended for emergency managers and planners,risk managers, asset managers, utility serviceproviders, hazard and risk researchers, both fromlocal and central Government, Governmentorganisations and the private sector.

Workshop coordinator: Wendy Saunders (GNS Science)

Land use planning can be used to effectively reduce the risk fromnatural hazards to life and property. Planning should be usedproactively, and seek to avoid or mitigate the effects of naturalhazards at the earliest stage of subdivision. In cases wheresubdivision has already taken place, there may still be measures thatcan be employed to mitigate further risk.

However, land use planning is yet to be used to its full potential forreducing natural hazard risks. While many opportunities exist toreduce risks to natural hazards, often barriers exist which prevent riskreduction occurring. This workshop will explore these issues, in threestages:

1. Attendees will break into working groups to discuss theirexperience and issues in land use planning for natural hazardrisks. Particular attention will focus on identifying (a) the mainbarriers to realising the full potential of land use planning toreduce disaster risk and (b) the key ‘burning issues’ requiringpriority attention. This working group discussion will be aided bypre-submitted questions to be completed by attendees prior tothe workshop.

2. The presenters will outline the barriers and 'burning issues' theyhave identified for realising the promise of natural hazards planning in New Zealand; and

3. A facilitated discussion will be held with attendees and a panel of experts to firstly discuss the results of the workinggroup discussions, and then develop a workshop synthesis of key barriers and 'burning issues' for natural hazardsplanning in New Zealand.

If you would like to attend this workshop and have a 'burning issue(s)', or would like a particular issue discussed, pleaseemail your questions to [email protected].



Avoiding the fault rupture hazard - Totara Parksubdivision in Upper Hutt

WORKSHOP 10:

WORKSHOP 11:

Enhancing capacity in rural & remote communities

Emergency management planning for local government

13 August 2010 – 1.30 am-4.30 pm

13 August 2010 – 1.30pm-4.30pm

Facilitators - Tom Wilson (University of Canterbury) & Graham Strickert (Lincoln University)

Rural and remote communities face unique challenges compared with large urban communities when managing naturalhazards/disasters. During a natural disaster rural and remote communities may experience: geographic, resource andsocial isolation; greater lifeline fragility; low priority for lifeline restoration; reluctance to evacuate, different communitynetworks and social structures, and a greater perception of resilience than urban communities.

This workshop explores vulnerability and resilience in rural communities to natural hazards/disasters outlining:

increases in technological dependence (electricity, telecommunications, internet, fuel, and irrigation);

the change of traditional social structures in rural communities (geographic dispersal, diminishing communityclusters & decline in social cohesion);

the rapid growth of some rural industries (e.g. dairy) and the decline of others (e.g. sheep), which changesemergency management requirements before, during and after hazard events;

consequences of more intensive agriculture (e.g. strain on soil & water resources alter farms' resilience to naturalhazards);

increase of lifestyle blocks – who may have limited experience with natural disasters in the rural environment,hence a reduced capacity to deal with their consequences;

response capabilities of social networks in regions challenged by environmental and economic hardship;

climate change – potential increases in the frequency of adverse events & pressure existing land-use practices.

Recent disasters which impacted rural communities in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada will be analysed to assesstheir impact on rural communities extracting the key lessons from these events. To finish the workshop, a discussion will begenerated which draws from participants' perspectives sketching the unique challenges facing: emergency managers,essential infrastructure providers, and rural communities. The discussion will capitalize on experience and knowledge ofthose familiar with rural living towards maintaining and enhancing resilience to natural disasters.

Workshop convenors: Rian van Schalkwyk (Wellington CDEM Group), Peter McNamee (Gold Coast City Council),

Michael Morrison (Redland City Council)

This workshop will explore the range of emergency management planning issues that need to be addressed at local,

community and organisational level. It will discuss the fundamental emergency management concepts, how these are

applied in Australia and New Zealand. It will also examine a number of recent events in both countries and overseas

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Lessons from the 2009 Samoan earthquake and tsunami


GIS in natural hazards and emergency management

Cities at Risk

Risk reduction through land-use planning

Disaster design: solutions for survival

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