IECLA - Los Angeles International Earthquake Conference

Conference Chairman:
Councilman Greig Smith

Platinum Sponsor

Sessions and Activities

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Megacities and Earthquakes: an L.A. Story
Life Line Security
Methods of Preparedness
Land Use Planning in a Seismic City
Legislative Process
How to Deal with What You Have
Earthquake Technology in Disaster Management
Creating the Great ShakeOut

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Science of the ShakeOut
Field trips to various locations to experience the Great Southern California ShakeOut
“Share Fair” to exchange information with the various cities present
Earthquake Technology: Early Warning & Prediction
Gala Dinner

Friday, November 14, 2008

Communicating Messages of Preparedness
Economic & Business Recovery
Community Resiliency
Medical Response & recovery
Disaster Risk Financing

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October 14, 2008

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Wednesday, Nov. 12

Thursday, Nov. 13

Friday, Nov. 14

Session 3B: Community Recovery
Rebuilding communities must look at the interaction between multiple levels of government to restore the community back to what it was. This session will look at what can be done at the community level to respond to earthquake and what steps a community can take to respond to an earthquake.

Pedro Kuljevan, Lima, Peru, Presentation
Richard Andrews, NC4 & former Director of California OES
Rory Wirtjes, Manager for Field Safety Operations, Waste Management, Presentation

Community Recovery: Lessons Learned from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake

by Richard Andrews

The 1994 Northridge Earthquake impacted a number of communities in southern California, from the San Fernando valley to Santa Monica and cities in Ventura county like Filmore. This presentation focuses on lessons learned from this event, especially the interaction of community needs and state and federal recovery programs.

Rory Wirtjes Presentation

Waste Management provides a critical public service - trash and recycling collection - to more than 1 million residents throughout Southern California and millions throughout the US.

Disaster preparedness is a critically important part of our overall approach to customer service and safety.

In this presentation, Rory Wirtjes will be discussing the steps that WM has taken to be the leader in the industry on disaster preparedness and how we've put those steps into action in situations throughout the nation, including during Hurricane Katrina and the 2007 Teamsters strike.