5Th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management

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5th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management

Montego Bay, Jamaica

National Disaster Coordinators and Meteorologists Dialogue:

Advancing Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in the Caribbean

Monday, 6th December, 2010 from 8:30 am to 12 noon.

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/drr/events/Jamaica/index_en.html

DRAFT AGENDA

Facilitator: Dr. Maryam Golnaraghi (WMO)
0830 – 0850 / Ø  Welcome statement
Ø  Background and expected outcomes of the Dialogue: Opportunities for strengthening of the Multi-Hazard EWS: Outcomes of assessment s and consultations in the Caribbean (15 min) Dr. Maryam Golnaraghi (WMO)
Good practices in Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in the Caribbean
0850 – 0950 / Ø  French West Indies experience in Early Warning Systems (30 min.)
Lt-Col Philippe Cova, Chief of Staff, French West Indies Civil Security and Mr Jean-Noël Degrace, Météo-France
Ø  Cuba Tropical Storms Early Warning Systems (30 min.)
Dr Jose Rubiera, Director of the National Forecasting Center, Institute of Meteorology of Cuba
Short Coffee break
Reflections on existing capacities and challenges in coordination and operational MHEWS capacities in the Caribbean
1000 – 1100
10 min. statements / Ø  Jamaica
Mr Ronald Jackson, Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management and Mr. Evan Thompson, Deputy Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica
Ø  Bahamas
Captain Stephen Russell, Director, National Emergency Management Agency
Ø  Antigua and Barbuda
Mr. Philmore Mullin, Director, National Office of Disaster Services and Mr. Keithley Meade, Director, Meteorological Services and PR of Antigua and Barbuda with the WMO
Ø  Curaçao
Dr. Albert E Martis, Director of the National Meteorological Service and PR of Curacao with the WMO
Ø  Dominica
Mr. Nathanael Isaac, National Disaster Coordinator, Office of Disaster Risk management
Ø  Anguilla
Ms. Elizabeth Klute, Director of Disaster Risk Management Department
Panel Discussion: Building on Three Decades of Regional Cooperation for Strengthening of Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems in the Caribbean Region
11.00 – 12:00 / ·  Panellists:
- Mr. Tyrone Sutherland (CMO) - Dr. Jose Rubiera ( Cuba)
- Ms. Andria Grosvenor, (CDEMA) - Lt-Col Philippe Cova (French West Indies)
- Dr. David Farrell (CIMH) - Dr. Albert E. Martis (Curaçao)