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Tentative
Program
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| Monday (October 1) |
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9.00
- 10.00
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Registration
& Breakfast |
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10.00
- 10.30
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Greetings
& Self Introduction |
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10.30
- 11.00
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Keynote
Speaker Dr. David Ralphs, Passenger on Singapore Airlines Flight |
| 11:00
- 11:10 |
BREAK |
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11.10
- 11.55
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Lesson
to learn from the American Airlines Crash at Little Rock, AK Brock Kartes, Passenger on Flight1420 |
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12.00
- 12.30
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Public
Warning and Information in Emergency Situations Ken Baechel, Community Alert Network, NY |
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12.30
- 13.30
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LUNCH
BREAK |
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13.30
- 15.00
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EMS/Medical
Facilities at Airports (from AED programs, to routine medical responses, to mass-casualty events) Dr. Rob Vrenken, Divsion Director EMS, Amsterdam City & Schiphol Airport/Netherland, et.al |
| 15.00 - 15.15 | BREAK | |
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15.15
- 16.00
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Burns
Victims, Treatment & Recovery Dr. A. Richard Grossman, Director Grossman Burn Center, Los Angeles |
| 16.00
- 16.45 |
Aircraft
Composite Materials Jim Anderson, ARFF and Hazardous Material Instructor |
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18.00
- 21.00
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Reception, Information Exchange Program, Dinner Buffet, Museum Tour |
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| Tuesday (October 2) |
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8.00
- 9.00
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Breakfast |
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9.00
- 10.00
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IATA's
Program on Aviation Business Continuity Planning Jerry Allen, Project Manager, IATA, London, UK |
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10.00
- 11.00
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Bombs
and Threats in the Airport Environment David Baker, FBI, Los Angeles |
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11.00
- 12.30
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Dealing
with Survivors and Families - Practicing the Family Assistance Act:
Experiences from the American Red Cross Dr. Bonnita Wirth, Director Crisis Response |
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12.30
- 13.30
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LUNCH
BREAK |
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13.30
- 14.30
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Runway
Safety, including Emergency Vehicle Movement on the Airport Dave Kurner, Runway Safety Program Manager, FAA |
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14.30
- 15.30
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Preventing
Plane Overruns and Collisions: Developing an International Runway
Friction Index (IRFRI) Thomas Torsten-Meyer, Senior Director Airport Operations, Munich, Germany |
| 15:30
- 16:15 |
Terrorism
targeting Airplanes and Airports: Gunnar Kuepper, DoJ certified Trainer on Response to Terrorism |
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| 16:15
- 16:30 |
BREAK |
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16.30
- 17.00 |
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Economical
and other Impacts of the 9-11-2001 Events |
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19.00
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Tentative Dinner at Santa Monica Beach |
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| Wednesday (October 3) |
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8.00
- 9.00
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Breakfast |
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9.00
- 9.45
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Airport/Community
Disaster Planning Les Omans, ARFF Specialist, CA |
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9.45
- 12.30
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Table-Top
Exercise, including Critique |
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12.30
- 13.30
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LUNCH
BREAK |
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13.30
- 14.30
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Use
of Directional Sound to (1) Aid Aircraft Evacuation and (2) Enhance
Surveillance at Airports Prof. Deborah Withington, Leeds University, UK |
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14.30
- 15.30
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Crisis
Media Management Nancy Castles, PIO, Los Angeles Int'l Airport |
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15.30
- 16.15
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Future
Aspects of Aviation Safety and Response |
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16.15
- 16.30
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Conclusion |
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all presentations are followed by a break of 10-15 minutes with beverages and refreshments available Planned Excursions on Thursday (October 4) |
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Already signed up are delegates representing ARFF/airport public safety (i.e., Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; Seattle-Tacoma, WA), airports (i.e., Frankfurt/Main, Muenster/Osnabrueck, and Munich, Germany; Airports Company, South Africa; Los Angeles International, CA; Ontario International, CA; Portland, OR), airlines (i.e., LTU International Airways, Germany; China Airlines, Taiwan; Alaska Airlines, WA), crisis response organizations (i.e., American Red Cross), the medical community (i.e., public health/EMS Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Grossman Burn Center, Sherman Oaks, CA), regulatory agencies (i.e., IATA, UK; Transport Canada; FAA Western US Region), safety and emergency management organizations (i.e., ARFFwg), aviation experts and private industry (i.e., Crash Rescue Equipment Services, Oshkosh). |
Symposium Mission Statement:
To provide a forum for the sharing of knowledge and information,
to meet the challenge of the increasing risk of calamities
in the growing aviation industry.