Regional Workshop on Effective Tsunami Disaster Reduction Implementation Progress in Pacific Island Countries and PTWC Proposed Enhanced Products

12 - 13 July 2012,

Apia
Samoa



Agenda



1 Opening
1.1 Opening Ceremony
1.2 Course Overview
1.3 Logistics and other administrative items
2 Effective Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction
2.1 Risk Assessment and Reduction:Earthquake and Tsunami Science Review, Tsunami Hazard and Risk of PICs
2.2 Gaps and Needs Discussion: PIC Progress in Risk and Reduction
2.3 The End-to-End Tsunami Warning – Detection, Warning and Dissemination Requirements, Stakeholders, Roles and Responsibilities
2.4 Tsunami Response Plans and Standard Operating Procedures
2.5 Gaps and Needs Discussion: PIC Progress in Detection, Warning and Dissemination
2.6 Awareness and Response: Evacuation zones & mapping, Inundation maps, Alerting and Moving People, Evacuation Routes and Signage, All-Clear and Safe return, Roles of Media
2.7 Building Community Preparedness – Being TsunamiReady is TsunamiSmart
2.8 Gaps and Needs Discussion: PIC Progress in Awareness and Response
3 PTWC New Products
3.1 PTWS New Tsunami Products – Why? Lessons learned from recent events
3.2 Tsunami Forecasting - What is it, what does it produce, what are its limitations?
3.3 PTWC New Products – What is proposed? Product types, including earthquake characterization and tsunami forecasts. Graphical and text products. Feedback from PacWave11
3.4 PTWC New Products – Technical Procedures, Capabilities, and Limitations
3.5 PTWC New Products – Bulletin Staging and Methods of Product Dissemination
3.6 General Discussion
3.7 Wrap-up and Way Forward
4 Closing
4.1 Presentation of Certificates
4.2 Closing