7:30 am Registration & Continental breakfast (Courtesy of BART and FannieMae)
8:30 am Welcome/Opening Remarks
Mary King - Supervisor, Alameda County and ABAG President
8:35 am The Damage Done - Looking Back at Loma Prieta
A video from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services
8:40 am Forecasting the Bay Area's Next Big Quakes
Dr. David Schwartz - Chief, San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake Hazards
Project,
United States Geological Survey
9:05 am Earthquake Loss Estimation
Jim Davis - State Geologist, Division of Mines and Geology (CA Dept. of Conservation)
9:20 am How Bad Can It Be? - Earthquake Impacts Around the Bay
Jeanne Perkins - Earthquake Program Manager, ABAG
9:40 am Landslides and Liquefaction - Earthquake Hazard Mapping
Ted Smith - Outreach Director, Division of Mines and Geology (CA Dept. of Conservation)
10:00 am BREAK - Sponsored by East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)
10:15 am Building a Lifeline - Successes and Challenges
• William Savage - Seismologist, Geosciences Department, Pacific Gas & Electric
• John Coleman - President of the Board, EBMUD
• Scott Grago - Director of Emergency Preparedness, Pacific Bell
• Jose Medina - Director, CA Department of Transportation
• Dan Richard - President of the Board, BART
Moderator: Mark DeSaulnier - Supervisor, Contra Costa County
11:30 am Reception - Earthquake Safety and Preparedness Displays
Noon Lunch
1:00 pm Luncheon Keynote Address
Introduction: Dr. Charles Groat - Director, United States Geological Survey
Bruce Babbitt - Secretary of the Interior - invited
1:30 pm Disaster Resistant Communities - Learning from FEMA's Project Impact
• Shirley Dean - Mayor, City of Berkeley
• Nicholas Jewell - Vice Provost, UC Berkeley
• Nancy Nadel - Councilmember, City of Oakland
• Mike Rippey - Supervisor, County of Napa
Moderator: Mike Armstrong - Associate Director for Mitigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
2:15 pm Living on Shaky Ground - The Post-Quake Housing Crisis
[ABAG video: Living on Shaky Ground]
• Harold Brooks - CEO, American Red Cross (Bay Area Chapter)
• Dr. Mary Comerio - Professor, UC Berkeley and author of Disaster Hits Home
• Richard Eisner - Director of Coastal Region, Governor's Office of Emergency Services
• Linda Maio - Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Moderator: Rosemary Corbin - Mayor, City of Richmond
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm The Capitol
Connection - Taking Action in the Legislature/Incentives for
Earthquake Safety
• Assemblymember Ellen Corbett - 18th Assembly District (San Leandro)
• Pat Snyder - Chair, Seismic Safety Commission
Moderator: Mary King - Supervisor, Alameda County and ABAG President
3:45 pm Closing - Doris Morse - Mayor,City of Millbrae and ABAG Vice President