6 th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management“CDM: Reflection, Introspection, Moving Forward “Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad5 th – 9 th December, 2011DAY 2 – Tuesday, 6 th December, 2011TIME SESSION ROOM8:45 am – 9:45amOpening Ceremony for the 6 th Caribbean Conference onComprehensive Disaster Management and Exhibition9:45 am - 10:15 am Break & Exhibition ViewingPort of SpainBallroomRegency IV, V andVI FoyerSESSION 1PLENARY: CDM Reflection: Retracing Steps, Celebrating Achievements, Distilling GapsSession Chair: Mr. Franklyn McDonald, Coordinator, Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), University of the West Indies (UWI), JamaicaSession Sponsors: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) United Kingdom Department forInternational Development (UK DFID) Australian Aid Agency (AusAID)10:15 am – 12:00 pm Topic: The Genesis of Structured CARICOM Cooperation for Disaster ManagementInvited High-Level Speaker: His Excellency Ambassador Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, Ambassador of theGovernment of Barbados to the People’s Republic of ChinaQuestions and DiscussionCDM Reflection: 1991-2011 - The Changing Face of Disaster Risk Management in the Caribbean Regional Perspective: Mr. Jeremy Collymore, Executive Director, Caribbean Disaster EmergencyManagement Agency (<strong>CDEMA</strong>), Barbados National Perspective: Mr. Ronald Jackson, Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness andEmergency Management (ODPEM), Jamaica Sector Partner Perspective: Ms. Nicole Williams, Disaster Risk Reduction Manager, InternationalFederation of the Red Cross (IFRC), Trinidad & Tobago Development Partner Perspective: Mr. Roger Bellers, Disaster Risk Reduction Adviser - Caribbean andOverseas Territories, Department for International Development (DFID), UK AID, United Kingdom Risk Transfer Perspective: Dr. Simon Young, Chief Executive Officer, Caribbean Risk Managers Ltd.,Facility Supervisor, Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), JamaicaQuestions, Discussion & Summary RecommendationsPort of SpainBallroomPage 6 – Version 10 (Updated 28 November, 2011)
6 th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management“CDM: Reflection, Introspection, Moving Forward “Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad5 th – 9 th December, 2011TIME12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Chair: Captain Stephen Russell, Director,National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA), BahamasRoom: JadePresentation APresentation A Focus: Preliminary Earthquake Loss Estimation for the KingstonMetropolitan Area, JamaicaPresenter: Mr. Walter Salazar etal, 1 Seismic Research Centre (SRC),University of the West Indies(UWI), Trinidad & Tobago;2 Earthquake Unit, University of theWest Indies (UWI), JamaicaQuestion and AnswerPresentation BPresentation B Focus: Future Radical Changes inMapped Earthquake Hazard Potentialin <strong>CDEMA</strong> Participating StatesPresenters: Mr. Lloyd Lynch andMr. Walter Salazar, SeismicResearch Centre (SRC), Universityof the West Indies (UWI), Trinidad& TobagoQuestion and AnswerPresentation C Focus: Reducing Earthquake Riskthrough Critical AwarenessPresenters: Ms. Clevon Ash andMr. Lloyd Lynch, Seismic ResearchCentre, University of the WestIndies (UWI), Trinidad & TobagoQuestion and AnswerCONCURRENT: POSTER PRESENTATIONSChair: Mr. Carl Herbert, National DisasterCoordinator, National Disaster ManagementAgency, St. Kitts & NevisRoom: RubyFocus: Local Engagement in Pre-Event Long-Term Recovery PlanningPresenter: Ms. Tara McCaw,Community Planner, CSAInternational Inc., United States ofAmerica (USA)Question and AnswerFocus: Capacity Building in LandTenure to Support Recovery AfterDisasterPresenter: Ms. Charisse Griffith-Charles, University of the WestIndies (UWI), Trinidad & TobagoQuestion and AnswerPresentation C Focus: Civil Society - EnvironmentalEmergency NetworkPresenter: Mr. John Coo, VicePresident, Green Cross CanadaQuestion and AnswerChair: Mr. Jamell Robinson, Director,Department of Disaster Management andEmergencies, Turks and Caicos IslandsRoom: SapphirePresentation A Focus: BlackBerry Data CloudDigital Investigative Analysis ForEnabling Remote Service AutomatedWeather Observatory StationsPresenter: Mr. Sean Thorpe,Faculty of Engineering andComputing, University ofTechnology, Kingston, JamaicaQuestion and AnswerPresentation BFocus: Utility of a Container forCommunications and Medical Care tomanage a disaster with lots ofVictimsPresenter: Dr. Jean Laversanne,Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne,Guyane FrançaiseQuestion and AnswerPresentation CFocus: Recent Disasters and FoodInsecurity in HaitiPresenter: Mr. Carlo Mont-Louis,Fews Net/Chemonics/UsaidLivelihoods SpecialistQuestion and Answer1:00 pm – 2:00 pm LUNCH BREAK Port of SpainBallroomPage 7 – Version 10 (Updated 28 November, 2011)