Washington, D.C. -- Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) will host a roundtable policy discussion tomorrow, Sept. 22, entitled “Earthquake Early Warning in the Pacific Northwest: Preparing for the Big One." The roundtable will take place at 10:30 a.m. in the HEDCO Education Building, Room 230T at the University of Oregon, 1655 Alder Street, Eugene, Oregon. The roundtable will be streamed live at: https://media.uoregon.edu/channel/livestream.
This event will bring together state and federal officials and scientists to discuss earthquake resilience programs and efforts, the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system and the next steps for developing an offshore earthquake early warning system.
A list of attendees is included below. The discussion will be open to the press and participants will be available for questions after the event concludes.
WHAT: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure roundtable policy discussion entitled “Earthquake Early Warning in the Pacific Northwest: Preparing for the Big One."
WHO: Ranking Member DeFazio, local, state, and federal officials, researchers and scientists
WHEN: TOMORROW, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, at 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: University of Oregon
HEDCO Education Building, Room 230T
1655 Alder Street, Eugene, Oregon
SPACE IS LIMITED-Please email jen.gilbreath@mail.house.gov if you plan to attend or plan to access the live feed.
**LIST OF ATTENDEES**
Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Senator Arnie Roblan
Oregon State Legislature
Chair, the Senate Committee on Education
Ms. Tamra Biasco
Risk Analysis Branch Chief
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Dr. Doug Given
Earthquake Early Warning Coordinator
United States Geological Survey
Ms. Marie Eble
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Matt Garrett
Director, Oregon Department of Transportation
Paul Mather
Administrator, Highway Division
Oregon Department of Transportation
Jay Wilson
Clackamas Co. Resilience Coordinator
Chairman of OR Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission (OSSPAC)
Matt McRae
Climate and Energy Analyst
City of Eugene
Andre Le Duc
Executive Director, UO Enterprise Risk Services, CREW board member
Founder, Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience and the Disaster Resilient University Network (DRU)
Dr. Ray Weldon
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon
Member, US Geological Survey Seismic Hazard Map Advisory Committee
Member, the Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities
Dr. Amanda Thomas
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Dr. Anne Trehu
Professor, Geology and Geophysics
Oregon State University
Dr. Scott Ashford
Dean, College of Engineering
Oregon State University
Mr. Patrick Corcoran
Oregon Sea Grant
Oregon State University
Professor William Wilcock
Marine Geophysicist
University of Washington
Source: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
