Disaster Relief
The Case of Katrina
Thursday, November 03, 2005 | 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
About This Event
On-line registration for this event is closed. Walk-in registration will be accepted.
As the flood waters rose in New Orleans and Biloxi, it became clear that Hurricane Katrina would be an unprecedented natural disaster in the United States. Now that the waters have receded and the rebuilding effort is underway, it is necessary to evaluate the relief effort for its failures and its successes in response to the calamitous storm. This AEI conference will bring to together a group of experts to provide a comprehensive look at disaster relief in this country. The discussion will include an examination of past relief efforts, the proper structure of relief, and an assessment of the effects of Katrina on the individual victims.
Agenda
| 12:15 p.m. | Registration | |
| 12:30 | Luncheon | |
| 1:00 | Panel I: Disaster Response: What Works | |
| Presenters: | Michael J. Armstrong, ICF Consulting | |
| Mayor Michael R. Brown, Grand Forks, North Dakota | ||
| Philip Daddona, FTI Consulting | ||
| Moderator: | James K. Glassman, AEI | |
| 2:15 | Panel II: How Should Disaster Relief Be Structured? | |
| Presenters: | Alex M. Brill, House Committee on Ways and Means | |
| Robert W. Hahn, AEI-Brookings Joint Center | ||
| Kevin A. Hassett, AEI | ||
| Moderator: | Veronique de Rugy, AEI | |
| 3:30 | Panel III: How Did Katrina Affect the People of Louisiana and Mississippi? | |
| Presenters: | Willie Gable, Progressive Baptist Church | |
| Eli Lehrer, The Johns Hopkins University | ||
| Sally Satel, AEI | ||
| Moderator: | Kevin A. Hassett, AEI | |
| 4:45 | Adjournment | |
