AGENDA
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 10
7:00–8:30
AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00–9:30 AM
GENERAL SESSION: "From Catastrophe to Comeback: How Joplin,
Tuscaloosa, Hattiesburg, Moore and Oklahoma City recovered from Historic
Storms" Joplin Mayor Melodee Colbert-Kean, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox,
Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, Moore Mayor Glenn Lewis, and moderator Oklahoma City Mayor
Mick Cornett
9:30–9:40
AM Break
9:40–10:25
AM BREAKOUT SESSION 1
Track 1: Adjusters
"Preparing for A Claims Surge:
Knowing Your Duties & What We’ve Learned from Recent Weather Events" Lynn
Sheils, EWI Re
Track 2: Producers
"A Lloyd’s View of Tornado Risk and
Related CAT Model" Pat Talley, Lloyd’s America; Steven M. McElhiney, EWI
Re; William Bennett, Amlin and Matthew Nielsen, RMS
Track 3: Emergency Management
"Incident Management: May 20th Response"
Dennis Beyer,
Program Director, Oklahoma Incident Management Team and Troy
German, Lt. at Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
Track 4: Special Interest
"Safe Rooms & Tornado Survivability"
Dr. Ernst Kiesling, Texas Tech University & NSSA Executive Director
Track 5: NSWW
"A Review of U.S. Severe Weather in
2013" Greg Carbin, Jared Guyer and Dr. Russell Schneider, NOAA/ NWS Storm
Prediction Center
10:25–10:45
AM Break
10:45–11:30
AM BREAKOUT SESSION 2
Track 1:
Adjusters
"Depositions: How to Prepare" Kayce
Gisinger, Abowitz, Timberlake & Dahnke
Track 2:
Producers
"Impact Shingles: Mitigating Costs
and Reducing Damage" PANEL: Richard Beals, Malarkey Roofing Products, Dwayne
Sloan, Underwriters Laboratories and Steve Crosswhite, State Farm
Track 3:
Emergency Management
"Debris Management: Planning and
Implementation" Albert Ashwood, Oklahoma Emergency Management and Greg
Eaton, FEMA
Track 4:
Special Interest
"Building Safer Schools: A Look at
Storm Shelters and Options for Retro-Fitting Existing Schools" Mike Vaughn,
Vaughn Concrete Products and Jason Pirtle, TLM Associates Inc.
Track 5: NSWW
"May 2013 Tornadoes: Circumstances Surrounding Deaths and Injuries" Sheryll Brown, Injury Prevention Service, Oklahoma
State Health Department and Tracy Wendling, Director of Surveillance, Injury
Prevention Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health
11:30–11:45
AM Break
11:45 AM–1:00
PM GENERAL SESSION: "Roadmap to Rapid Recovery: A Residential
Guide to Expediting Disaster Recovery" Doris Dunn (Moderator) and Carrie Bonney,
Farmers Insurance; Zack Rosenburg, St. Bernard Project and Jerrod Hogan,
Rebuild Joplin
1:00–1:15
PM Break
1:15–2:00
PM BREAKOUT SESSION 3
Track 1: Adjusters
"The Science of Disaster Resiliency"
Dr. Tanya
Brown, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety
Track 2: Producers
"Real Life Business Continuity:
Examples from Moore, Oklahoma" David Hall (Moderator) State Farm, Memory
Taylor, Agapeland Learning Center, & Jim Evans, State Farm
Track 3: Emergency Management
"National Disaster Animal Response
and Recovery" Kirby Smith, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture (Moderator);
Dr. Alicia Gorczyca-Southerland, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture and
Gayla Sesher, City of Moore Animal Welfare Supervisor
Track 4: Special Interest
"Covering the Storm: Journalist’s
Perspective on May 20th" Damon Lane, KOCO Chief Meteorologist; Ali Meyer,
KFOR Anchor;
Rusty Surette, KWTV Executive Producer and Jeff George, KOKH Chief
Meteorologist
Track 5: NSWW
"Communications Challenges During the
May 2013 Tornadoes" John Ferree, NWS Severe Storms Program Leader/NOAA/NWS
Office of Climate, Water and Weather Services; Janice Bunting, National
Weather Association and Leslie Chapman-Henderson, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes
Inc.
2:00–2:10
PM Break
2:10–3:10 PM GENERAL
SESSION: "Surviving the
Storm"
Mike Bettes, The Weather Channel
3:10–3:45
PM Break
3:45–4:30
PM BREAKOUT SESSION 4
Track 1: Adjusters
"Suggestions for Good Faith Claims
Handling" Tom Ferguson, Walker, Ferguson & Ferguson
Track 2: Producers
"Managing Business from Extreme
Tornadoes and Analysis of the 2013 Moore Tornado" Vaughn Jensen and Prasad
Gunturi, Willis Re
Track 3: Emergency Management
"Disaster Communication Planning for
People with Disabilities" Police Lt. Frank Barnes, Oklahoma City Emergency
Management
Track 4: Special Interest
"Three Major Tornado Disasters: What
have we learned?" Tim Marshall, Haag Engineering
Track 5: NSWW
"Enhanced Fujita Scale for Tornado
Intensity: Status on Improvements" James LaDue, NWS Warning Training Branch,
NOAA/ NWS Office of Climate, Water and Weather Services and Brent MacAloney,
NOAA/National Weather Service
5:30–8:30
PM TWISTER MIXER at Chevy Events Center
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 11
7:30–8:30
AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30–9:30
AM GENERAL SESSION: "Tornadoes and Severe Convective
Events: Insurance Trends and Challenges in an Era of Climate Volatility" Bob
Hartwig, Insurance Information Institute
9:30–9:45
AM Break
9:45–10:30
AM BREAKOUT SESSION 5
Track 1: Adjusters
"Challenges Facing CAT Adjusters"
PANEL: Ryan Grattan, Liberty Mutual, Randy Wilden, Farmers and Bobby
Smeltzer, Allstate
Track 2: Producers
"Consumer Initiatives to Promote
Mitigation: The South Carolina Model" Kendall Buchanan, South Carolina
Insurance Department
Track 3: Emergency Management
"May 20 Tornado: City
Perspective" Steve Eddy, City Manager of Moore; Deidre Ebrey, Moore Director
of Economic Development and Marketing; Gary Bird, Moore Fire Chief; Jerry
Stillings, Moore Police Chief and Gayland Kitch, Moore Director of Emergency
Management
Track 4: Special Interest
"Mass Evacuation Plans" Shane Cohea,
Norman Regional Health System and Trooper Betsy Randolph, Oklahoma Highway
Patrol
Track 5: NSWW
"An Update on Tornado Safety in
Schools" Rick Smith, Warning Coordination Meteorologist NOAA/NWS Norman and
Harold Brooks, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
10:30–11:00
AM Break
11:00–11:45
AM BREAKOUT SESSION 6
Track 1: Adjusters
"What to Do if You Get Sued:
Exploring Alternative Dispute Possibilities" Phil Combs, Oklahoma Claim
Adjusting and Training
Track 2: Producers
"Oklahoma Market Assistance Program:
Helping Those Struggling To Get Insurance" Dan Ramsey, Independent Insurance
Agents of Oklahoma;
Kim Decker, Farmers Insurance and Mark Bouse, The Republic Group
Track 3: Emergency Management
"Post Hurricane Sandy: Updates to the
Stafford Act" Beth Zimmerman, FEMA- Deputy Associate Administrator for the
Office of Response & Recovery (ORR)
Track 4: Special Interest
"Traumatic Stress: Taking Care of
your People and the Clients You Serve" Ray Shelton, National Center for
Crisis Management
Track 5: NSWW
"Improving Financial Loss Estimates
in Disasters" Jeffery Adkins, Coastal Management Services Division,
NOAA/National Ocean Service
11:45–11:55
AM Break
11:55
AM–12:35 PM GENERAL SESSION:
"You
Can Stop Guessing (So Much)"
Brian Sullivan, Editor, Risk Information
Inc.
12:35-1:15
PM "Market Stability in High-Risk Catastrophe Areas: A
Commissioners Panel"
Fred Karlinsky (Moderator) Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky, Abate &
Webb, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin,
South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer,
Former Florida Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher and Former New York
Superintendent of Insurance James Wrynn
1:15–1:45
PM Break
1:45–2:20
PM BREAKOUT SESSION 7
Track 1: Adjusters
"Before, During and After the Storm - Utility Coordination in Disaster Situations" Dana Murphy, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner and Brandy Wreath, Director, Public Utility Division, Oklahoma Corporation
Track 2: Producers
"The Science of Disaster Resiliency"
Dr. Tanya
Brown, Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety
Track 3: Emergency Management
"Tornado Sheltering Progress,
1999-2013"
Larry Tanner, National Wind Institute
Track 4: Special Interest
"Weather Forecasting and Reporting in
Tornado Survivability" Tom Bennett, Jim Giles Safe Rooms
Track 5: NSWW
"The NWS Next Generation Warning
Concepts FACETS" Lans Rothfusz, Deputy Division Chief, NOAA/OAR/National
Severe Storms Laboratory
2:20–2:30
PM Break
2:30–3:00 PM GENERAL
SESSION & SUMMIT CLOSING