Presentations
Day 1—Tuesday, March 16
08:45-09:15 Hurricane Climatology and future Implications for Louisiana (Barry Keim, LSU)
09:15-09:45 GPS Meteorological Networks (Seth Gutman, NOAA, GSD)
09:45-10:15 Storm Surge Modeling (Joe Suhayda, LSU)
10:30-11:00 Storm Surge: A 10 year Roadmap (Jamie Rhome National Hurricane Center)
11:00-11:30 National Hurricane Center Probabilistic Products (Mike Koziara, NWS Slidell)
11:30-12:00 NWS Decision Support: Coastal Hurricane Impacts (Roger Erickson NWS Lake Char1es)
13:30-14:00 Southwest Louisiana Storm Surge Issues (Jonathan Brazzel, NWS Lake Char1es)
14:00-14:30 Louisiana’s Ever-Evolving Coastline (Roy Dokka, LSU)
14:45-15:15 GIS Tools to Assess Hurricane Impacts (Keith Stellman, NWS Shreveport)
Day 2—Wednesday, March 17
08:40-09:00 Remarks by State Representative Gordon Dove
09:15-10:15 Panel #1 Product Needs of Coastal Managers (levees, emergency, transportation, etc.)
Moderator: Ken Graham
Panelists: Fran Campbell
Dick Gremillion
Lee John
Jerome Zeringue
10:30-11:30 Panel #2 Data Needs of Modelers, GIS, Planners, Engineers.
Moderator: Roy Dokka
Panelists: Jim Mitchell
David Welch
Joe Suhayda
Jamie Rhome
13:00-15:30
Ballroom
13:00-15:00 Panel #3 Coastal protection and restoration.
Moderator: Windell Cureole
Panelists: Wayne Keller
Steve Mathies
Sherrill Sagrera
Tiger Room
13:00-13:45 Media I- Bob Mann (LSU) “Lessons learned by government during Katrina”
14:30-15:30 Media II- Panel: “Communicating in the Face of the Storm.”
Moderator: Ralph Izard (LSU)
Panelists: Milford Fryer, managing editor, The Advocate, Baton Rouge
Robert Scott, capital bureau chief, Times-Picayune, New Orleans
Chris Slaughter, executive news director, WWL-TV, New Orleans
