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Session 1b: Planning Resources for Communities
Stephen D. Villavaso, FAJCP, J.D., Villavaso & Associates

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Session 2a: Non-Structural Controls
Dr. Melanie Gall, Assistant Professor-Research, Stephenson Disaster Management Institute, LSU

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Session 2b: Coastal Hazard and Storm Surge Modeling
Dr. Hassan Mashriqui, Hydrologist, National Weather Service, Silver Spring MD

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Session 2c: Hydrology and Inland Flooding Issues
Dr. Ehab Meselhe, Hydrologist, University of Louisiana Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

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Session 3a: Structural Controls: Why is it so difficult to design and build levees in the Gulf Coast?
Dr. Reda M. Bakeer, P.E., Chief Engineer, Ardaman & Associates, Inc., New Orleans, LA

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Session 3b: Planning of Flood Protection Systems
Dr. J. David Rogers, P.E., R.G., Karl F. Hasselmann Chair, Dept. of Geological Engineering, University of Missouri, Rollo, MO(Presentation – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)

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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Gustav and Ike 2008
Rene Dolfsma, Arcadis and Mathijs van Ledden of Royal Haskoning, Netherlands
Robert A. Turner, Jr., Regional Director, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East

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Session 5b: Community Strategies for Dealing with Risk
Dr. Shirley Laska, Dept. of Sociology, CHART, Univ. of New Orleans,New Orleans, LA (Hurricane effects compared)