About the Conference
The next National Evacuation Conference will appear again in New Orleans February 7-9, 2012 at the Hilton Riverside! The 2012 Sponsorship Packet is now available for download by clicking here. Please continue to check back for more information about the conference. If you would like to receive notifications about the next conference, please email Blair Beter: bbeter1@lsu.edu
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Conference Information
This conference
will bring together the fields of transportation and emergency management
to discuss evacuation planning to accommodate the needs of all people
before, during and after a major disaster. The purpose of the conference
is to foster an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas surrounding a broad
range of evacuation issues, particularly mass evacuations prompted by
disasters.
Featured Keynote Speaker
The opening keynote address will be given by Dr. Stephen Flynn, Professor of Political Science and the Founding Co-Director of the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security at Northeastern University. Before arriving at Northeastern in November 2011, he served as President of the Center for National Policy. Flynn also serves as a member of the bipartisan National Security Preparedness Group, co-chaired by former 9/11 commissioners, Governor Tom Kean and Congressman Lee Hamilton.
Special topics of discussion
include:
- Addressing the challenges
faced by special needs populations
during disasters - Improvements in evacuation planning and modeling
- National evacuation policy development
This conference will be relevant to both academics and professionals with an interest in the development and modeling of comprehensive evacuation plans. The conference will offer a venue for dialogue between the academy and practice, as well as between the private and public sector. Participants will contribute to an important step towards more efficient and effective evacuation planning.
Who Should Attend
The conference will assemble together professional, academics, nonprofit
and for-profit organizations, consultants, emergency managers, government
officials and transportation planners to discuss evacuation planning for
cities and regions across the United States.
Hosts
Conference is organized by the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute
and the Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency
both at Louisiana State University and the University of New Orleans.
Read more about the hosts.
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