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Mot de bienvenue

Mesdames,

Messieurs,

Au nom du gouvernement haïtien, je suis fier de vous accueillir au forum caribéen sur le risque

sismique en milieu urbain qui se tient du 18 au 21 septembre et qui est organisé conjointement

par l’Etat haïtien, à travers le Système national de gestion des risques et des désastres, et les

institutions internationales.

Ce forum témoigne de la volonté manifeste des gouvernements de la région caribéenne

d’améliorer la connaissance et la compréhension du risque sismique dans leurs pays respectifs et

de mettre en place les mécanismes et outils nécessaires pour l'intégration du risque sismique dans

l’aménagement urbain et les pratiques de construction. L’élaboration d’une feuille de route

régionale sur la réduction du risque sismique constitue l’objectif majeur de ce forum. En ce sens, le

partage d’expériences sur les outils techniques et les mécanismes opérationnels, va constituer un

apport incontestable à ce support destiné à renforcer la coopération régionale.

Ce forum baptisé #CariSismik 2016 est l’occasion exceptionnelle de réunir des décideurs

nationaux, régionaux et internationaux, des experts, des techniciens, ainsi que des représentants

de la société civile. C’est un véritable espace de partage de différentes expériences et outils

innovants dans le domaine de la connaissance, la prévention, la gestion et la réponse au risque

sismique en milieu urbain. Ce forum devrait permettre de capitaliser sur le retour d’expérience au

niveau régional en matière de réduction du risque.

Le gouvernement d’Haïti vous invite à profiter au maximum de ce forum pour construire de

véritables partenariats à l’échelle caribéenne qui permettront de définir des directives régionales

cohérentes et des feuilles de route nationales pour la réduction effective du risque sismique.

Cet événement est l'aboutissement de plusieurs mois d’efforts collectifs. Depuis que notre pays a

été retenu comme le site officiel de cette édition, de nombreuses institutions et personnes ont

largement contribué à le rendre possible. Je voudrais ainsi profiter de cette opportunité

d’exprimer ma gratitude au comité d’organisation mais également à tous ceux et celles qui

appuient techniquement et financièrement ce forum. Du fond du cœur merci !

Prenez également le temps d’expérimenter Haïti chérie : vous découvrirez un pays fascinant et

très hospitalier.

Je vous souhaite bon forum et bon séjour en Haïti.

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Palabras de bienvenida

Señoras,

Señores,

En nombre del gobierno de Haití, me enorgullece recibirlos en el Foro Caribeño sobre Riesgo

Sísmico en Zonas Urbanas, el 18 a 21 de septiembre, y que será organizado conjuntamente por el

Estado de Haití, a través del Sistema Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos y Desastres, e instituciones

internacionales.

Este foro es una muestra de la voluntad de los gobiernos de la región del Caribe por mejorar el

conocimiento y la comprensión del riesgo sísmico en sus respectivos países y de establecer

mecanismos y herramientas necesarias para la integración del riesgo sísmico en la planificación

urbana y en las prácticas de construcción. El objetivo mayor de este foro se constituye de la

elaboración de una hoja de ruta regional sobre la reducción del riesgo sísmico. Es así que el

intercambio de experiencias sobre herramientas y mecanismos operacionales, va a permitir un

aporte incontestable al apoyo destinado a reforzar la cooperación regional.

Este foro, nombrado #CariSismik 2016 es una oportunidad única de reunir a los dirigentes

nacionales, regionales e internacionales; a expertos y técnicas así como a representantes de la

sociedad civil. Es un espacio para diferentes experiencias y herramientas innovadoras en los

ámbitos del conocimiento, la prevención, la gestión y respuesta ante riesgo sísmico urbano. Este

foro permitirá engrandecer las experiencias a nivel regional en materia de reducción del riesgo.

El gobierno de Haití lo invita a aprovechar al máximo este foro para construir verdaderas

sociedades a la escala caribeña que permitirán definir directivas regionales coherentes y hojas de

ruta nacionales para a reducción efectiva del riesgo sísmico.

Este evento es resultado de varios meses de esfuerzos colectivos. Desde que nuestro país fue

escogido como sede oficial de esta edición, múltiples instituciones y personas contribuyeron para

la realización de este foro. Me gustaría así aprovechar la oportunidad de expresar mi gratitud con

el comité de organización así como con todos los que apoyaron técnica y financieramente este

foro ¡Agradezco de corazón!

Los invito también a experimentar nuestro querido Haití: descubrirán un país fascinante y muy

hospitalario.

Les deseo un buen foro y un buen hospedaje en Haití.

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Welcome remarks

Ladies,

Gentlemen,

On behalf of the Government of Haiti, I am proud to welcome you in the Caribbean Urban Seismic

Risk Forum taking place from 18 to 20 September that is jointly organized by the State of Haiti,

through the National Disaster Risk Management, and international institutions.

This forum demonstrates the will of the governments in the Caribbean region to improve

knowledge and understanding of seismic risk in their respective countries and to establish the

mechanisms and tools necessary for the integration of seismic risk in urban planning and

construction practices. The main objective of this forum is the development of a regional roadmap

on seismic risk reducing. In this regard, the exchange of experiences on tools and operational

mechanisms, will allow an undeniable contribution to strengthen regional cooperation.

This forum called #CariSismik 2016 is a unique opportunity to bring together national, regional

and international leaders, technical experts, as well as representatives of civil society. It is a space

for sharing experiences and innovative tools in the field of knowledge, prevention, management

and response to seismic risk in urban areas. The forum is expected to capitalize on the lessons

learned at the regional level in terms of risk reduction

The government of Haiti invites you to take full advantage of this forum to build partnerships at

Caribbean scale that will allow to define coherent regional policies and national roadmaps towards

effective reduce seismic risk.

This event is the result of several months of collective efforts. Since our country was chosen as the

official host of this Forum, many institutions and individuals contributed to the realization of this

event. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the organizing committee

and all those who supported technically and financially this forum, I thank from my heart!

Likewise I invite you to experience our beloved Haiti: To discover this fascinating and very

hospitable country.

I wish you a good forum and a good accommodation in Haiti.

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Agenda: Forum Caribéen sur le risque sismique, 18-21 Septembre, Port-au-Prince, Haïti

Dimanche 18 Septembre 2016

Lundi 19 Septembre 2016

Mardi 20 Septembre 2016

Mercredi 21 Septembre 2016

Arrivée des participants

08:00-08:30 Inscription des participants 08:30-09:00 Récapitulatif 08:30-09:00 Récapitulatif

08:50-09:15 Introduction

09:00-10:30 Session 3: Comprendre le risque 09:00-10:30 Session 4: Éducation and Sensibilisation pour la réduction du risque sismique

09:50-10:30 Réduction du Risque sismique en milieu urbain : progrès, réussites et défis

10:30-11:15 Pause café 10:30-11:00 Pause café 10:30-11:00 Pause café

11:15-13:10 Session 1: Transfert du risque et continuité des opérations

11:00-13:00 Session 3: Comprendre le risque

11:00-12:00 Session 4: Éducation and Sensibilisation pour la réduction du risque sismique

13:10-14:00 Déjeuner 13:00-14:00 Déjeuner

13:00-14:00 Groupe de travail sur la feuille de route: Transfert du risque et continuité des opérations

12:00-13:30 Déjeuner

12:00-13:30 Groupe de travail sur la feuille de route: Éducation and Sensibilisation

14:00-14:30 Présentation de l’exposition

14:00-15:00 Session 3: Comprendre le risque Evaluation and cartographie du risque sismique : tectonique sismique et macro zonage sismique

13:30-15:00 Révision & Adoption de la feuille de route régionale

14:30-15:30 Session 2: Gouvernance du Risque Sismique - Législation, politiques et accords institutionnels

14:30-17:00 Session 1: Transfert du risque et continuité des opérations Visite guidée pour les experts (Sur invitation)

15:30-16:00 Pause café 15:00-15:30 Pause café 15:00-16:00 Cérémonie de clôture & Adoption de la feuille de route régionale Visite du Musée du MUPANAH

16:00-17:00 Session 2:

Gouvernance du Risque

Sismique - Innovations et

bonnes pratiques

15:30-17:00 Groupe de travail sur la feuille de route régionale: Comprendre les risques

15:30-17:00 Groupe de travail sur la feuille de route régionale: Éducation & Sensibilisation

16:30-17:30 Inscription des participants

17:00-18:30 Groupe de travail sur la feuille de route régionale:

17:30-19:00 Cérémonie d’ouverture

Aménagement du territoire & codes de construction

Rétablissement & Reconstruction

Législation, politiques publiques & accords institutionnels

19:00-20:00 Cocktail de bienvenue (sur invitation)

18:00-20:00 Rencontre avec les médias (sur invitation seulement)

Exposition des outils et initiatives sur le risque sismique (09:00-17:30 le 19 et 20 Septembre & 09:00-15:00 le 21 Septembre 2016)

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Agenda: Foro Caribeño sobre Riesgo Sísmico en Zonas Urbanas, 18-21 de Septiembre, Puerto Príncipe, Haití Domingo

18 de Sept de 2016 Lunes

19 de Septiembre de 2016 Martes

20 de Septiembre de 2016 Miércoles

21 de Septiembre de 2016

Llegada de los participantes

08:00-08:30 Registro de participantes 08:30-09:00 Recapitulación 08:30-09:00 Recapitulación

08:50-09:15 Introducción 09:00-10:30 Sesión 3: Comprender el riesgo Identificación y características de fuentes sismicás

09:00-10:30 Sesión 4: Educación y Sensibilación sobre la Reducción del Riesgo Sísmico

09:15-10:45 Reducción del Riesgo Sísmico en zonas urbanas en el Caribe: Progreso, logros y retos

10:45-11:15 Coffee break 10:00-10:30 Coffee break 10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:15-13:10 Sesión 1: Transferencia del riesgo y Continuidad del negocio

10:30-13:00 Sesión 3: Comprender el riesgo Evaluación y mapeo de riesgo sísmico e operacionalizacion de compresión del riesgo

11:00-12:00 Sesión 4: Educación y Sensibilación sobre la Reducción del Riesgo Sísmico

13:10-14:00 Almuerzo 13:00-14:00 Almuerzo

13:00-14:00 Hoja de ruta - grupo de trabajo: Transferencia y financiamiento del riesgo

12:00-13:30 Almuerzo

12:00-13:30 Hoja de ruta - grupo de trabajo: Educación y Sensibilación

14:00-14:30 Información sobre el área de registro

14:00-15:00 Sesión 3: Comprender el riesgo Evaluación y mapeo de riesgo sísmico e operacionalizacion de compresión del riesgo

13:30-15:00 Validación de Hoja de Ruta Regional

14:30-15:30 Sesión 2: Gobernanza del Riesgo Sísmico Legislación, política y acuerdos institucionales

14:30-17:00 Sesión 1: Transferencia del riesgo y Continuidad del negocio Trabajo de campo para expertos (por invitación)

15:30-16:00 Coffee break 15:00-15:30 Coffee break 15:00-16:00 Ceremonia de Clausura y Adopación de la Hoja de Ruta Visita de museo MUPANA

16:00-17:00 Sesión 2: Gobernanza del Riesgo Sísmico Innovación y buenas prácticas

15:30-17:00 Hoja de ruta - grupo de trabajo: Comprender el riesgo

15:30-17:00 Hoja de ruta - grupo de trabajo: Educación y Sensibilación

17:00-17:30 Registro de participantes

17:00-18:30 Hoja de ruta - grupo de trabajo:

17:30-19:00 Ceremonia de apertura

Planeación del uso de la tierra y códigos de construcción

Recuperación & Reconstrucción

Legislación, política y acuerdos institucionales

19:00-20:00 Coctel de Bienvenida

18:00-20:00 Reunión con medios (con invitación únicamente)

Exhibición de herramientas & iniciativas sobre Reducción del Riesgo Sísmico (09:00-17:30 el 19 y 20 & 09:00-15:00 el 21 de Sept de 2016)

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Agenda: Caribbean Urban Seismic Risk Forum, 18-21 September, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Sunday 18 September 2016

Monday 19 September 2016

Tuesday 20 September 2016

Wednesday 21 September 2016

Arrival of participants

08:00-08:30 Registration of participants 08:30-09:00 Recap 08:30-09:00 Recap

08:50-09:15 Introduction 09:00-10:30 Session 3: Understanding Risk Identification and characterization of seismic

sources

09:00-10:30 Session 4: Education and Awareness Raising for Seismic Risk Reduction

09:15-10:45 Urban Seismic Risk Reduction in the Caribbean: Progress, achievements and challenges

10:45-11:15 Coffee break 10:30-11:00 Coffee break 10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:15-13:10 Session 1: Risk Transfer and Business Continuity

11:00-13:00 Session 3: Understanding Risk Evaluation and mapping of seismic risk and risk understanding operationalization

11:00-12:00 Session 4: Education and Awareness Raising for Seismic Risk Reduction

13:10-14:00 Lunch 13:00-14:00 Lunch 13:00-14:00 Road map working group: Risk transfer & Finance

12:00-13:30 Lunch

12:00-13:30 Road map working group: Education and Awareness Raising

14:00-14:30 Guided tour exhibition area

14:00-15:00 Session 3: Understanding Risk Evaluation and mapping of seismic risk and operationalization of understanding risk

13:30-15:00 Validation Regional Road Map 14:30 -15:30 Session 2: Seismic Risk Governance - Legislation, policy and institutional arrangements

14:30-17:00 Session 1: Risk Transfer and Business Continuity Field trip for (by invitation only)

15:30-16:00 Coffee break 15:00-15:30 Coffee break

15:00-16:00 Closing Ceremony Visit to Museum MUPANAH

15:30-17:00 Road map working group: Understanding Risk

15:30-17:00 Road map working group: Education & Awareness Raising

16:00-17:00 Session 2: Seismic Risk Governance – Innovation and good practices

17:00-17:30 Registration of participants

17:30-19:00 Opening Ceremony

17:00-18:30 Road map working groups: Seismic Risk Governance

Land-use planning & building codes

Recovery & Reconstruct-ion

Legislation, policy & institutional arrangements

19:00-20:00 Welcome Cocktail (by invitation)

18:00-20:00 Meeting with media (by invitation only)

Exhibition of seismic risk reduction tools & initiative (09:00-17:30 on 19-20 September & 09:00-15:00 on 21 September 2016)

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Achievements and challenges related to

Urban Seismic Risk Reduction in the Caribbean:

Highlighting regional achievements and

challenges as well as initiatives and outcomes of

previous regional Seismic Risk Reduction events

in the Caribbean region

List of speakers

Ricardo Mena, Head of the Regional Office for the Americas,

UNISDR

Richard Robertson, Seismic Research Center, University of the

West Indies

Arturo Lopez, Director for DRR and transport, ACS

Ronald Jackson, Executive Director, CDEMA

Grisel Morejon Blanco, Deputy Scientific Director, CENAIS

Yolena Surena, World Bank

Betonus Pierre, President of CTESP, DPC Haiti

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Experience

Ricardo MENA has served the UN System since 1993, occupying various positions in the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs, UNDHA, United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, the Department of Management and from 2009 as Chief of the Regional Office for The Americas of the UN Disaster Risk Reduction Office, UNISDR, managing 35 countries and 15 territories.

While working for OCHA, he led 16 UN disaster assessment and coordination missions in America and Europe, developed guidelines for UN Resident Coordinators in case of Disaster Situations and conceptualized and promoted the establishment of OCHA's Disaster Preparedness Unit. In UNDHA Mr. Mena coordinated the implementation of national disaster mitigation projects in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru; and then from his position in UNDP, led the formulation of a preparatory assistance for the development of a disaster mitigation strategy for Latin America.

His work at the Department of Management contributed to the establishment of the Business Continuity Management Unit and the corporate Pandemic Preparedness for the UN Secretariat.

Over his 20 years of experience in disaster risk reduction, Mr. Mena has written publications and articles on topics related to disaster risk reduction; he is a founding member of the Network of Social Studies in Disaster Prevention for Latin America, LA RED, and participates as a member of the UN Development Group, UNDG-LAC.

Prior to his engagement with the United Nations, Mr. Mena held managerial positions in the private sector in Ecuador and served as Deputy Director of an Emergency Preparedness Program of Partners of the Americas funded by USAID/OFDA.

Education

Mr. Mena holds a Masters Degree in Risk Crisis and Disaster Management from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom.

Ricardo Mena

Head of the UNISDR

Regional Office for the

Americas

Email: rmena@eird.org

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Experience Arturo López-Portillo Contreras is a civil engineer. He is Mexican and has 31 years of experience in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in North, Central and South America, the Caribbean Region, Africa, the Indian Ocean and Asia.

Mr. López-Portillo has worked as staff, or as a consultant, for several regional and international organisations such as the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), the World Bank, UNDP Barbados and OECS, UNDP Seychelles, UNDP Nepal, UNDP Ethiopia, OCHA Nepal, the Disaster Programme of the UN Pan American Health Organization for Barbados and OECS, and in projects funded by OAS, CIDA, DFID, USAID, CTO, AusAID, EU, etc.

Besides worked for 10 years in DRM for his own government, Mr. López-Portillo worked for three years in the National Emergency Management Office in Saint Lucia; one year and a half in the National Disaster Management Agency in Grenada, and a year and a half in the Department of Risk and Disaster Management of the Seychelles Islands. He is familiar with Small Islands Developing States’ characteristics, capabilities, needs and challenges regarding Disaster Risk Management.

Mr. López-Portillo also has experience in the private sector for more than 6 years he worked as a project manager for Radian International LLC chapter Mexico in risk and emergency management projects.

Currently, Mr. López-Portillo is the Director of Transport and Disaster Risk Reduction of the Association of Caribbean States. He is based in Trinidad and Tobago.

Arturo Lopez-Portillo

Contreras

Director of Transport and

Disaster Risk Reduction,

Association of Caribbean

States

Email: alopez@acs-aec.org

Abstract of Presentation The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) aims to ensure that disaster risk reduction becomes part of every national policy framework within the Latin American and Caribbean region. The ACS is a regional organization created by the Cartagena Agreement on the 24th of July, 1994. It has 25 Member States and 8 Associate Members from the Greater Caribbean Region. The Association is an organisation for consultation, cooperation and concerted action amongst its members for the purposes of identifying and promoting the implementation of policies and programmes related to trade, sustainable tourism, transport and disaster risk reduction.

The ACS continues to be the Forum for technical cooperation amongst its members, particularly, in the case of disaster risk reduction and more specifically, seismic risk reduction, through two projects, namely: “The Project for Strengthening of Spatial Data Infrastructure in Member States and Territories of the ACS” and the “Caribbean Platform of Territorial Information for Disaster Prevention”.

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These projects are being funded by the Mexican Agency of International Cooperation for Development, AMEXCID, and were offered as initiatives for cooperation by Mexico at the 2014 Summit held in the City of Merida in Mexico. The Government of Chile joined this initiative and has provided funds for their implementation.

These projects have been building capacity by providing training and equipment related to geospatial information and services towards ensuring compatibility and interoperability of equipment and information related to hazard mapping including earthquake risks. The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus has also become involved in this project. The University will have access to all the information the countries have in this particular area. UWI will be utilizing its expertise as part of the efforts to make this initiative sustainable.

These projects are being funded by the Mexican Agency of International Cooperation for Development, AMEXCID, and were offered as initiatives for cooperation by Mexico at the 2014 Summit held in the City of Merida in Mexico. The Government of Chile joined this initiative and has provided funds for their implementation.

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Session on Achievements and Challenges -Urban Seismic Risk Reduction within the framework of CDM:

The CDM Strategy provides a useful framework within which the complex issues related to urban seismic risk can be addressed. Significant advancements have already occurred under the result areas of the strategy namely: Institutional strengthening, knowledge management, mainstreaming of disaster risk management at the sectoral level and community resilience. Notwithstanding these achievements, there remain significant spaces for enhancement of the existing landscape to further strengthen the region's actions towards urban seismic risk reduction.

Ronald Jackson

Executive Director, Caribbean

Disaster Emergency

Management Agency (CDEMA)

Email: ronald.jackson@cdema.org

Experience Urban and Rural Physical Planning Specialist with significant

experience in Natural Resource Management.

Have worked in the field of Disaster Risk Management for over sixteen (16) years garnering field and management experience at the local/municipal, National, Regional and International Level.

Over 16 years in Management and several levels with more than 10 years leading Government and Inter-governmental organizations

Specific areas of focus involves Humanitarian and Disaster Response Coordination; Integrating Hazard Risk Information into the Development Approval Process; Business Continuity Planning; Contingency Planning and Scenario Development.

Experienced in the area of Project Development and Management; Social Research; Results Based Management and Monitoring and Evaluation.

Awarded the Commendations from the Caribbean Community for support to the Haiti Response

Education Mr. Jackson holds a Master of Science Degree (M.Sc.) in Natural Resource Management and Environmental Resource Management from the University of the West Indies and a Bachelor of Science Degree (B.Sc.) in Physical Planning and Environmental Resource Development from the University of Technology. He recently achieved a Masters Certificate in Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting.

Abstract of Presentation Session 2: Seismic Risk Governance - Legislation, Policy and Institutional Arrangements:

Living with seismic risk is a reality for many Caribbean states. Managing the risk related to seismic hazards requires specific consideration of the fast onset nature of the hazard. Appropriate policy and legislative frameworks as well as institutional arrangements are key to prepare for, respond to and mitigate risk associated with the seismic hazard. Within CDEMA Participating States, the Comprehensive Disaster Management Blueprint suite of CDM Policy, Bill and Regulations and the institutional arrangements as outlined within these guidance documents provides a framework within which the treatment of seismic risk can be addressed. This combined with other policy and legislative frameworks, principally related to national physical planning arrangements provide a platform for the mitigation of seismic risk including within urban areas. This should be informed by a robust scientific evidence base and strong public information and education campaigns.

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Session 1:

Risk transfer and business continuity

List of speakers

Business Continuity

Edwin Felix, Executive Director for Organisation & Methods at

Sogebank

Gerard Laborde, Director of Legal services at Digicel

Malcolm Reid, Managing Director at Brison ltd

Ines Pearce, Project Chair, DRBTW

Risk Transfer

Dario Luna, CCRIF

Paola Romain, Manager at Soge AssuranceEmile Pantaléon,

Technical Director at AIC

Emile Pantaléon, Technical Director at AIC

Harold Cadet, Administrator at ALSA

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Gerard Laborde

Secretary General, Council

for Caribbean Emergency

Organization

Email:

gerard.laborde@digicelgroup.com

Expérience Gérard Laborde fait partie du conseil de l’AGERCA depuis sa création en 2007. Il fut le premier Président de l’AGERCAet a récemmentétéélu Secrétaire pour les années 2016 à 2018.

Mr. Laborde, diplômé à la fois en Électroniqueet en Télécommunication, est un agent de Telecom chevronné avec unesolideexpérience en gestion des opérations.

Gérard Laborde a rejoint la Digicel suite à l’acquisition de Comcel / Voilà et il y a occupé diverses positions exécutives pendant 12 ans dans les services technique, administratif et réglementaire. Mr. Laborde estactuellement le Directeur des services juridiques et réglementaires à la Digicel.

Expérience

L’Ing. Edwin Felix est Directeur Exécutif Organisation et Méthodes à la Sogebank et Consultant auprès de la Banque Mondiale pour la revue de portefeuille de projets du Ministère de Planification et de la Coopération Externe.

Mr. Felix est Ingénieur en Organisation, spécialisé en Réingénierie des processus d’Affaires et en Intégration de système. Il anime des séminaires sur « L’analyse des risques pour une amélioration des processus de l’entreprise » et « Comment élaborer les procédures de l’entreprise (à partir des normes ISO 9000)» Mr. Félix participe à la mise en place des Plan de Continuité d’Activité. Il est aussi formateur certifié en Gestion axée sur les résultats. Il prépare actuellement la publication de son ouvrage intitulé « le PCA, pourquoi et comment l’intégrer a vos processus d’affaires », qui paraitra à la fin de l’année.

Edwin Felix

Directeur Exécutif Organisation

et Méthodes à la Sogebank et

Consultant auprès de la Banque

Mondiale

Email: efelix@sogebank.com

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Experience

Malcolm is the Managing Director of Brison LLC, a Risk advisory and training firm based in the Americas region. He is a career risk management professional with international experience across multiple sectors.

Mr Reid worked on many projects such as the consultant responsible for the assessment, ranking and mapping of Critical Infrastructure Facilities for a Caribbean nation on behalf of a global organization as well as the Enterprise-wide Business Continuity modernization project for a major Multi-Lateral Development Bank.

He is a regular contributor to symposia and conferences in his field and was also a Facilitator for a graduate Risk management program at Tier 1 university in the United States. Malcolm is also one of two (2) Business Continuity Institute (BCI) approved instructors operating in the Caribbean region.

Education

Malcolm is a graduate of the United States Military Academy (Bachelor of Science, Engineering Management) and is the first Trinidadian to attend this institution. He has an MBA from Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK and a Master´s of Science in Information Assurance from Norwich University, VT, USA.

Malcolm also holds top peer reviewed certifications in multiple aspects of risk management. He is board certified in Security Management as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) with ASIS International, formerly the American Society for Industrial Security.

Malcolm Reid

Managing Director of

Brison LLC

Email: malcolm@brisonltd.com

Abstract of Presentation Overcoming cultural challenges to achieve greater resilience through Business Continuity Planning The objectives include:

• Discussing the biggest challenges to implementing a Business Continuity Programme and Plans.

• Explaining how these challenges have been met • Sharing a vision of how Business Continuity can improve

resilience in the Caribbean region. Key Messages:

• Culture Impacts the Success or Failure of Business Continuity Planning.

• Each region and organization has its own unique culture. Culture represents how our beliefs impact our behaviors. Culture can be an enabler or inhibitor of change. In order to implement business continuity, the first requirement is a belief that it is important and necessary.

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The key to developing resilience is the underlying belief that proactive measures are important and may actually be required.

Major Events Can Change Cultural Norms Regarding Business Continuity Planning:

Major events that impact an organization or a nation can change beliefs and foster a more resilient culture. One example is New Zealand who is becoming a center of excellence for resilience which is in part related to their experience with earthquakes and the improvements they have made to infrastructure and business continuity planning as a result of lessons learned following earthquakes. Another example is the businesses operating in New York City who were impacted by the 9/11 attacks. Many organizations impacted had business continuity plans in place already, however the challenges of activating those plans led to lessons learned about planning assumptions and limitations that have been shared for all to benefit. Also the earthquake here in Haiti has changed perspectives. Organizations here know that business continuity is important and have learned from their response to the earthquake by incorporating the actions taken to recover and building those into business continuity plans.

Awareness Programs Can Support Beliefs That Business Continuity is Important:

Awareness programs with the region and organizations can support development of a culture that embraces Business Continuity. Sharing lessons learned and relevant risks helps emphasize the need for Business Continuity Plans. Once people see the importance and value of this initiative they will be willing to support with the time commitment required to develop useful plans.

Recommendations and Conclusions:

• Address the culture and relevant beliefs that can impact the success of a Business Continuity Program.

• Share lessons learned following actual events to increase awareness of program importance and to improve Business Continuity Plans.

• More regional forums such as this can have a positive impact on developing a resilient culture that is proactive in planning for all types of hazards that impact the region.

Vision for Caribbean region in regards to BCP:

The Caribbean should be a center of excellence for Business Continuity Planning. We have survived many natural disasters and if we can channel those lessons learned into the development of plans that will facilitate quicker and more effective response and recovery we will be able to be a model for the world in this discipline.

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Experience She is currently developing a DRB business resiliency program in Turkey with the World Economic Forum. Ms. Pearce is a business continuity and emergency management expert with 23 years of professional experience, including 18 years specializing in public-private partnerships.

As Senior Advisor to U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation she directs the “National Disaster Help Desk for Business” facilitating disaster recovery such as: Hurricane Sandy; California wildfires; Cedar Rapids, Nashville, Texas and South Carolina flooding; Nepal, Haiti, Napa and Japan earthquakes; and tornadoes in Joplin and Tuscaloosa. She is CEO of Pearce Global Partners Inc. and was selected to the National Academies, National Research Council Committee, “Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience”.

Ms. Pearce has received national awards including the 2010, U.S. Geological Survey’s Shoemaker Award for Communications Excellence and a City of Los Angeles Award for making communities safer.

Ms. Pearce has been an instrumental leader in The Great Shake Out, an annual public earthquake drill, outreach campaign and events that in 2015 reached over 43 million participants globally, the largest drill in world history.

In 2008, Ms. Pearce launched a social network to encourage public-private information sharing called Preparedness Global Partners.

Abstract of Presentation Resilience: How to Build a Disaster Resistant Business Regardless of the type of industry, every business is vulnerable to potential interruption from a variety of hazards; from earthquakes and storms to fire and computer viruses. As the private sector plays a vital role in the community, when a disaster strikes and businesses are impacted and closed, the whole community suffers. A small emergency can quickly become catastrophic to a company if not addressed – which applies to all sizes of businesses, but especially at risk are the small to medium sized that are unprepared due to their limited resources. Learn easy steps to build a Disaster Resistant Business (DRB) and how companies can keep their doors open against all hazards. Hear about the simple, yet comprehensive, DRB process to prioritize operations, reduce risk, train employees, run exercises, and improve readiness. Using interactive tools, videos, and best practices, this step-by-step process will aid business to build or enhance a disaster plan that will assist them to remain operational, reduce their recovery time, and increase community resilience.

Ines Pearce

President of the Disaster

Resistant Business (DRB)

Toolkit

Email: ines@drbtoolkit.org,

ines@pearceglobalpartners.com

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Experience Dario is a senior advisor on financial modeling of catastrophe risk for the ERN/RED consortium, who provides CCRIF services under the role of Risk Management Specialist.

He also heads one of the few private equity companies focused on the insurance and reinsurance industries in Mexico, and under the scope of its investment activities Dario is a Board member of several insurance related SME´s. He is also an Independent Board Member of Principal Afore in Mexico (a Mexican pension fund with US$ 9bln under management), and is currently working with the Mexican Insurance Association to develop private micro-insurance solutions based on probabilistic catastrophe models and public exposure data for households that are under the poverty line.

Prior to founding Akua, Dario held various positions in the Ministry of Finance in Mexico. One of his most recent responsibilities was to lead the placement of Mexico´s well known Catastrophe Risk Management Programme, which involves transferring natural disaster risks to reinsurance and capital markets for around USD550 million. Mexico is a pioneer in Sovereign Cat Bonds (the MultiCat programme sponsored by the World Bank), and Dario contributed through the years to that effort under various roles.

During 2012 he led the G20 discussion of Disaster Risk Management among Finance Ministries under that year´s Mexican Presidency. He has also been a property reinsurance broker at Willis Re in London, and holds an MSc. in Insurance and Risk Management from City University London, an MSc. in Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. in Economics from ITAM.

Dario Luna

Senior Member of the Risk

Management Specialist of

the Disaster Resistant, CCRIF

Email: dario.luna@ccrif.org,

dario.luna@ern.com.mx

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Experience Après 5 années d’études et de pratiques soit en 1998, il a décroché le Titre de FLMI (Fellow Life Management Institute) et ACS (Associate Customer Service).

En 1999, il laissa la Excelsior Assurance S.A et travailla pendant 4 ans au Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population comme Responsable des dossiers d’Assurance et de Pension. Il collabora avec le Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances dans la gestion du Portefeuille d’assurance de l’Etat Haïtien.

En avril 2003, il laisse la Santé Publique et rejoint l’équipe de la AIC comme Responsable du Département des Assurances Santé et Vie. En juillet 2006, il participa à une formation en Intra à l’ADAP, Paris, France, sur « L’Assurance Santé – La Prévoyance Collective – Epargne et Retraite des Particuliers - Tarification Décès - Vie - Santé et le Fonctionnement Actuariel », Formateur : Stéphane SAADA, docteur en Actuariat. En avril 2009, il a participé à une formation dispensée en Inde par Wharton University de Pensylvannia and Centre of Insurance, Research and Management (CIRM) sur « Scaling Microinsurance in Developping Countries ». En Juillet 2009, il participe à un voyage d’étude au Nicaragua avec la Banque Mondiale sur l’Assurance Agricole à base indicielle.

En Juin 2011 il retourna en France pour une nouvelle formation en Intra à l’IFPASS, Paris, France, sur « La Gestion Actif – Passif, L’Assurance Epargne et Retraite des Particuliers - Tarification et le Fonctionnement Actuariel des Produits dommages ». En 2014 il prit une formation avec l’OIT en « Protection sociale de Santé : lutter contre les iniquités dans l’accès aux soins de santé » à Turin, Italie. En Avril 2016, il participa à une conférence internationale sur l’Assurance Agricole en Suisse.

Abstract of Presentation Le Tremblement de terre en Haiti qui a occasionné des pertes énormes au niveau de toutes les compagnies d’assurances. La AIC a su, après cette experience, utiliser les différentes recherches et publications sur la sismicité du pays pour ajuster ses calculs et ses méthodes d’évaluation des risques sismiques couverts.

Le zonage permet désormais à la Compagnie de:

1. Effectuer une Tarification des Risques sur mesure 2. Réaliser des Reporting et maping des Risques 3. Evaluer le besoin exact de couverture de Réassurance (transfert

de Risques) Nos recommandations pour une pleine utilisation de tous ces outils à l’échelle nationale sont :

1. Cartographie des sols de tous les autres départements du pays 2. Utilisation d’image satélite pour localiser les risques et

enregistrer leurs cooordonnees géospatiales 3. Application de ces données dans le traitement des reclamations

à large échelle.

Emile Pantaléon

Directeur Technique AIC

Email: epantaleon@aic.ht

Né à Jacmel, le 20 octobre 1968, Emile PANTALEON a bouclé son cycle universitaire en « Sciences Economiques » à la Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Economiques à Port-au-Prince, Haïti. En 1991, il est engagé à Excelsior Assurance S.A, une compagnie d’assurance de personne, comme employé affecté au Département des Réclamations. En 1993, il débute sa formation spécifique en « Assurance de Personne » en prenant des cours par correspondance à LOMA, Atlanta

Georgia.

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Paola Pailliere

Romain

Manager, Soge Assurance

Email: promain@sogebank.com

Experience Certification en Gestion de risques (CRM), Mc Gill University,

Montréal

Baccalauréat en Administration des Affaires 2006, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Directrice Underwriting, SOGE ASSURANCE, Port-au-Prince , Haiti Mai 2016 – à date

Underwriter en Assurance Dommage des Entreprises, L’Unique Assurance Générale, Montréal, Qc - Août 2012-Mai 2015

Underwriter en Assurance des Entreprises, INTACT Assurance, Montréal, Qc - Avril 2008 – Août 2012

Directrice de comptes, RBC Banque Royale du Canada Avril 2007—Avril 2008

Agent de gestion de crédit et de recouvrement, RBC Banque Royale du Canada Mars 2003 - Avril 2007

Harold Cadet

Administrateur, ALSA

Email: harold.cadet@alsagroup.com

Experience Mr. Cadet is Administrator at the Assurance Leger S.A. (ALSA) based in Haiti. He is further the President of the Association of Insurers in Haiti.

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Session 2:

Seismic Risk Governance

List of speakers

Legislation, policy and institutional arrangements

Ronald Jackson, Executive Director, CDEMA

Simon Mitchell, Director, UWI Mona, Jamaica

Jean-Michel Sabbat, Training Coordinator, DPC

Carolyn Trench-Sandiford, Co-chair of the CDM Regional

Technical working Group: Seismic Risk Reduction in the

Caribbean

Innovation and good practices

Sub-theme: Land-use Planning and seismic-resistance building codes

Tony Gibbs, Secretary General, Council for Caribbean

Emergency Organization

Jean Max Gabriel, MPCE & Samira Philip, UNDP Haiti

Sub-theme: Recovery Planning Frameworks & Reconstruction

Ricardo Peñaherrera, Deputy Secretary of Information

Management and Risk Analysis, Ecuador

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Experience Carolyn is a well-known authority in Belize on Governance, Planning and Planning and Environmental Law. Her emphasis extends to strategic planning and the review and analysis of policy and regulatory [legislative] and institutional frameworks for both government and non-governmental organizations engaged in social service delivery, protected areas, natural resources and the environment, land use planning, hazard mitigation and climate change, land, building and housing development.

She has over 25 years experience and demonstrated ability in preparing land use, integrated landscape, coastal zone, human settlement and regional and community development plans, for both urban and rural communities, areas and regions in the terrestrial and marine realms of Belize, and for the last four years, facilitating capacity building in leadership, strategic planning, project management and monitoring and evaluation for results and conducting evaluation of programmes and projects.

Carolyn is the President of the Belize Association of Planners and recognized as a UN Global Evaluation Expert. As Co-Convener of the Caribbean Planners Association, she is a member of the Physical and Environmental Sector Sub-Committee of CDEMA, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, and of the Advisory Committee of the Urban and Regional Planning Programme at the University of Technology, Jamaica.

Carolyn Trench-

Sandiford

President of the Belize

Association of Planners

Email:

ctrenchsandiford@yahoo.com,

carolyntrench@gmail.com

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Tony Gibbs

Secretary General, Council

for Caribbean Emergency

Organization

Email: tmgibbs@caribsurf.com

Experience Tony Gibbs is a civil engineer specializing in structures and practising in the Caribbean and elsewhere. He is Past President of The Barbados Association of Professional Engineers; Past Vice President of The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE HQ in UK); Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers (HQ in UK); Fellow of The American Society of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Furthermore he has been director, associate project manager, chairman and member of diverse boards, associations and organisations. He has specially been Member of the Governing Board of the Global Earthquake Model representing the IStructE. Currently, he is General Secretary of the Council of Caribbean Engineering Organisations.

Mr Gibbs received several awards in the last years, in 2012 he obtained the status of Honorary Member of the Trinidad & Tobago Institute of Architects was conferred to him in recognition of his distinguished and outstanding record of achievements both in his profession and practice of architecture in Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean and internationally.

In 2012 Tony Gibbs also became the first person in the Caribbean to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and now he is a Consultant to Consulting Engineers Partnership Ltd with active offices in four Eastern Caribbean states.

Education Mr Gibbs did his undergraduate studies at The Queen's University of Belfast (BSc Civil Engineering, 1961) and he was a Commonwealth Scholar at The University of Leeds.

Abstract of Presentation Throughout the Caribbean the practice of earthquake resistant design and construction is erratic. The principal exception is in the French Antilles. Within each of the other countries the is little uniformity among design companies and construction companies, little uniformity among the engineers and architects within any particular firm and little uniformity in the treatment of different projects by the same designer. All of this lack of uniformity is due to lack of sufficient knowledge of the seismic hazard, lack of sufficient knowledge of earthquake-resistant design and construction, lax systems for the registration of professionals in the construction industry, lack of effective enforcement of standards by government agencies, non-discriminatory premium-setting practices by insurers, much talk but little action on the part of influential multi-national agencies which fund much public infrastructure, the “balkanising” of seismic hazard research in the Caribbean Basin and lack of interest on the part of the communities.

Students of engineering and architecture graduate from Caribbean universities with little knowledge of the seismic hazard. The general public has even less knowledge and virtually no interest in the subject.

Tony Gibbs

Secretary General, Council

for Caribbean Emergency

Organization

Email: tmgibbs@caribsurf.com

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The common thinking is that earthquake-resistant design is a subject for post-graduate studies. However, there is hardly any capital works project in the Caribbean which is not potentially impacted by the seismic hazard. Earthquake-resistant design is complex. The government agencies charged with the checking and approval of designs are inadequately staffed to do the job effectively. This leads to designers getting away with substandard work most of the time. It also leads to increased pressure on those capable and willing to do a good job to water down their standards for convenience by design team colleagues and clients. The uneven playing field leads to unfairness in competitive tendering for design and construction contracts. What is needed now in the Caribbean are:

more undergraduate courses for engineering and architectural students, focusing on fundamentals rather than on “code” procedures;

a more structured approach to the post-graduation training of professionals leading to more rigorous testing for corporate membership of professional institutions and legal registration;

the adoption of a modified French Antilles system for standards control, where the checkers are at least as knowledgeable and experienced as the designers and where there is the critical involvement of the private sector for such checking services;

a greater willingness on the part of the insurance industry to provided premium incentives for properties “certified” to be well designed against the earthquake hazard;

demonstrated and practical actions by project lending and donor agencies (private and public, national and multinational) to require safer projects as a condition for disbursement of funds, following the exemplary, multi-decadal lead of the Pan American Health Organisation;

closer collaboration across the entire Caribbean Basin for continuing research into the seismic hazard;

much more public awareness programmes for the general population.

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Session 3:

Understanding Seismic Risk

List of speakers

Identification and characterization of seismic sources

Samira Philip, Project Manager, UNDP-Haiti

Steeve Symithe, Collaborator, BME/UEH

Newdeskarl Saint Fleur, Seismic expert, BME/UEH

Eric Calais, Professor, ENS-PARIS

Evaluation and mapping of seismic risk and operationalization

of understanding risk

Lloyd Lynch, Research Fellow, Seismic Research Center

Claude Prepetit, Seismic Engineer, BME-Haiti/UNDP

Santiago Muñoz, Director, National Geological Service

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Samira Philip

Chef du projet reduction des

risqué urbains

Email: samira.philip@undp.org

Expérience Samira PHILIP vient de France, où elle a fait ses études dans le domaine des risques naturels, obtenant notamment un Doctorat (PHD) en Sismotectonique et Risque Sismique, un Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées (DESS) Risques Géologiques, Imageries de Surface et de Sub-surface et Cartographie (Université de Montpellier II) et un Master Télédétection et Géomatique appliquées aux risques naturel (Maison de la Télédétection-Montpellier).

Samira PHILIP compte plus de 20 ans d’expérience partagée entre le secteur privé, la recherche et l'enseignement.

Depuis l’instauration des Plans de Prévention des Risques Naturels (PPRN) en France, elle a participé à de nombreux projets de lutte et d'anticipation contre les risques naturels (séismes, mouvements de terrain inondations, crues torrentielles, tsunami, avalanches, incendies de forêts, ..) sur de nombreuses zones territoriales françaises. Cette forte expérience a été mobilisée et appliquée également à l’étranger, notamment dans le pourtour méditerranéen (Maroc, Algérie, Tunisie, Espagne, Italie, Grèce, Turquie, …etc.) et le Caucase (Arménie, Géorgie), et plus récemment en Haïti.

Forte de ces expériences de terrain et d’une collaboration et partenariat établis depuis 20 avec les universitaires (France, Russie, Arménie, Espagne, Chili, Maroc, Algérie, Tunisie, …), Samira a intégrée l’unité GRD du PNUD Haïti depuis près de 4 ans ou elle veille à la transmission de son savoir en assurantla transmission de ces compétences auprès de cadres institutionnels, d'ingénieurs, techniciens, architectes et représentants des collectivités locales à travers la mise en œuvre du Projet Réduction des Risques Urbains (PNUD/ECHO/DFID).

Dans les missions qui lui sont confiées, Samira Philip s'attacheautant aux aspects techniqueset économiques que sociologiques et humains, et intègre toutes ces dimensions pour optimiser les résultats.

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Newdeskarl Saint

Fleur

Seismotectonician

Consultant, UNESCO

Experience Born on 7 May 1980 in Saint-Marc, Haiti, Dr. Newdeskarl Saint Fleur is a seismotectonician and is currently working as Consultant at UNESCO in a project of “Strengthening Human Security to disasters in Haiti”.

He works as associate researcher at the Unité de Recherche en Géosciences/ Faculté des Sciences/ Universitéd’Étatd’Haïtisince February 2015. He has also been Assistant Coordinator of the project SEAS-Haïti (Environmental Monitoring by Satellite) of the Universitéd’Étatd’Haïti from February to November 2015.

He played the role of interface between Haitian scientists and those of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, France). Since March 2015, he is Consultant at the Unité Technique de Sismologie (UTS) of the Bureau des Mines et de l’Énergie (BME) where he supervises the data center of the haitian, local seismological network. He is interested in active faults and their seismic potential. Thus, he is currently working on a project of “Paleoseismology of the Enriquillo Fault”.

In 2014, he had his PhD from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP). As the bulk of his PhD work on the seismotectonics of Haiti, he had to map the active structures in Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic). He mainly searched for geological signature of passed earthquakes and long-term deformation. He used a morphotectonic approach. Landsat satellite imagery, air photographs (pixel: 30 cm), digital elevation models (DEM) (spatial resolution: 30 m (ASTER) and 1 m (LIDAR) have been used to identify and map faults cutting recent geological surface and exhibiting youthful morphology. This work allowed a better understanding of the seismotectonic context of the 12 january 2010, Haiti earthquake and a new rupture model has been proposed combining geological, seismological, and geodetic data (Saint Fleur et al., GRL, 2015).

In 2013, he completed a one-month internship in Potential Sources of Tsunami in the Caribbean at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)/Tsunami Coordination Unit (TSU) of the UNESCO (at the Headquarter in Paris). In 2010, he had his Master’s Degree in Remote Sensing from the Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France). Early in his career he led a research project on the environmental impact of sand mining in the Artibonite River (Facultéd'Agronomie et de MédecineVétérinaire/Universitéd'Etatd'Haïti/2007).

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Experience Eric Calais is Professor of Geosciences at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, France. He was postdoctoral researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (U.C. San Diego) until 1995, research scientist at the CNRS (Nice, France) until 2001, then became professor of geophysics at Purdue University (USA) where he remained until 2012. E. Calais was nominated University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University in 2005.

E. Calais has served as expert-consultant in seismic hazard and risk reduction for the World Bank, the International Development Bank, the United Nations Development Program, and the European Union. E. Calais co-chaired the United Nations Haiti Earthquake Task Force after the devastating January 2010 earthquake. He served as scientific advisor to the United Nations in Haiti from 2010 to 2012.E. Calais has been Head of the Geosciences department at Ecole Normale Supérieure since January 2014.

Mr. Calais research interests concern the kinematics and dynamics of active tectonic processes. His main tools are space geodesy, in particular the Global Positioning System (GPS), and mechanical modeling of lithospheric deformation.

E. Calais has co-authored 124 publications in top-tier peer-reviewed journals, has given over 60 invited lectures and seminars, and contributed to more than 150 presentations at national and international meetings. He has supervised 21 graduate students and teaches geodesy and geophysics at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Education Mr. Calais graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (St Cloud, France), where he studied Earth Sciences and received the “agrégation” diploma in 1987. He received a MS at the University of Bretagne Occidentale (Brest, France) in 1988 and a PhD at the University of Nice (France) in 1991.

Eric Calais

Professor of Geosciences,

Ecole Normale Supérieure

Email: eric.calais@ens.fr

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Santiago Jose Muñoz

Tapia

Director, National Geological

Service

Email: smunoz@sgn.gob.do

Experience Santiago Munoz has been involved in compiling and managing digital geological maps and databases at Geoscience in Dominican Republic for over 25 years. He was a supervisor and implements the Cartography Geothematic in Dominican Republic in the SYSMIN PROGRAM, sponsored by the European Union.

Founder and director of the National Geological Survey of Dominican Republic, created by law 50-2010. Deputy Director of Mining and the National Geological Survey.

He is a member of the National Emergency Commission of the Dominican Republic, is responsible for the implementation of the study of seismic hazard and physical vulnerability of Greater Santo Domingo.

Actually he is President of Surveys Association of Geology and Mining Iberoamerica (ASGMI). Past president of Dominican Society of Geology.

Experience He is graduate of the PUCAMAIMA University in Geologist engineer; He has a master's degree with a specialty in disaster risk and PhD in Geological Science of AIU University of USA.

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Steeve Symithe

Collaborateur, BME/UEH

Email: symithesteevej@gmail.com

Expérience Steeve Symithe a fait ses études classiques au Collège Dominique Savio de Pétion-ville. Après avoir décroché un diplôme en Génie Civil à la Faculté Des Sciences de l’Université d’Etat d’Haïti, il a obtenu une bourse d’étude cofinancé par l’Université Purdue et la Fondation Voila suite au tremblement de terre du 12 Janvier 2010 qui a dévasté Port-au-Prince.

En Mai 2012, il a défendu sa thèse de master en Géophysiques à l’Université Purdue. Ensuite, Il a été admis dans un programme doctoral au département de « EarthAtmospheric and Planetary Sciences » à l’université Purdue.

En Mai 2016, il a bouclé les études doctorales pour revenir travailler en Haïti ou il collabore maintenant avec des institutions telles que : le LNBTP, le CNIGS, le BME et la Faculté Des Sciences. Il est un membre de URGéo, un groupe de recherche en Géosciences de la Faculté Des sciences.

Dans ses recherches, Dr Steeve Symithe utilise des données Géodésiques pour étudier les déformations de la croute terrestre. En particulier, il a étudié l’aspect cosismique du tremblement de terre du 12 janvier 2010. Il a aussi étudié le comportement cinématique de toute la plaque Caraïbe. Récemment, il a publié un article traitant des déformations crustales au niveau de la plaine du Cul-de-Sac.

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Christopher Calixte

Chef-adjoint du Service des

Études et du contrôle de la

Qualité, LNBTP/UEH

Expérience Diplômé à la Faculté des Sciences de l’Université d’État d’Haïti en génie civil en 2010, Christopher CALIXTE a été un des boursiers du Centre de Recherche en Génie Parasismique de l’Université de Sherbrooke dirigé par le Professeur Patrick Paultre.

Sous la direction de ce dernier, il a présenté en 2015 sa thèse de maîtrise sur les piliers de pont confinés par des spires hélicoïdales.Il travaille au laboratoire national du Bâtiment et des travaux Publics (LNBTP) depuis 2010 et occupe aujourd’hui le poste d’Adjoint du Chef de Service des Études et du contrôle de la Qualité.

Membre de l’Association Haïtienne de Génie parasismique (AHGP), il est aussi professeur de Dynamique des Structures à la Faculté des Sciences de l’Université d’État d’Haïti depuis son retour dans le pays après sa maîtrise. Ses domaines de compétences sont: réalisation et interprétation d’études géotechniques, dimensionnement de fondations, contrôle de qualité des travaux d’ingénierie, calcul dynamique des structures, modélisation et dimensionnement parasismiques de structures en béton armé, détermination des états limites de piliers de ponts en béton armé.

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Expérience Ingénieur Civil FDS (1979) – Docteuren Géologie UPMC (1987)

Chef du Service de Géologie du Bureau des Mines et de l’Energie de 1989 à 1996

A participé à de nombre uses campagnes d’exploration minière dans le Nord d’Haïtientre 1996 et 2012.

Professeur UEH depuis 1983 – Membre Conseil de Direction FDS (2000-2006).

Promoteur projets de cooperation universitaire entre la Faculté des Sciences de l’UEH et les universités francophones de Belgique (2005-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2017).

Coordonnateur de l’Unité de Rechercheen Géosciences (URGéo) de la Faculté des Sciences de l’UEH Coordonnateur du Groupe de Pilotage local du Programme d’AppuiInstitutionnel de l’Université d’Etatd’HaïtiAssure les cours de Géologie à l’intention des étudiants en Génie Civil depuis 1983.

Dominique Boisson

Docteuren Géologie et

Proffeseur a l’UEH

Email: dominique.boisson@fds.edu.ht,

dmboisson@yahoo.com

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Session 4:

Education and Awareness Raising

for Seismic Risk Reduction

List of speakers

Knowledge Management and competency strengthening

Yves Villefranche, INFP

Evenson Calixte, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture of the

University of Quisqueya

Jair Torres, Project Officer, UNESCO

Public-Awareness and change of behavior among population

Roderick Stewart, Director, Montserrat Volcano Observatory

Alta Jean-Baptiste, Director, DPC Haiti

Michelle Forbes, Deputy Director, National Emergency

Management Office, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Gregory Adams, Chief Planner, Town and Country Planning

Department, British Virgin Islands

Stephan Destin, Director General, Catholic and Protestant Unit

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Alta Jean-Baptiste

Director, DPC Haiti

Email: altajeanbaptiste@yahoo.com

Experience Ingénieur Agronome de formation, diplômée de l’Institut national de gestion et des hautes études internationales (INAGHEI), Marie Alta Jean Baptiste a rejoint la Protection Civile haïtienne en 2001 après avoir travaillé pour des organisations à caractère social notamment la CARITAS.

2 ans plus tard, elle est promue de son poste de coordonnatrice des activités de réponse au rang de Directrice de la Protection civile, poste qu’elle occupe jusqu'à présent. Tout le monde (membres du système National de Gestion des Risques et des Désastres, gouvernement, société civile, partenaires nationaux et internationaux) est unanime à reconnaitre qu’elle assume ses nouvelles responsabilités avec sérieux et dévouement sachant qu’il s’agit d’un sacerdoce.

Elle a géré avec le gouvernement des situations de plus en plus catastrophiques : les inondations de Mapou de Fonds-Verrettes et le cyclone Jeanne aux Gonaïves en 2004, les 3 cyclones et les inondations de Gonaïves en 2008 jusqu’au séisme du 12 janvier 2010 dont l’ampleur a complètement dépassé les capacités du pays.

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Roderick Stewart

Director, Montserrat Volcano

Observatory

Email: rod@mvo.ms

Experience Junior Research Fellow, Atomic Weapons Establishment,

Blacknest, UK, 1985-1988.

Geophysicist, Camborne School of Mines Geothermal Project, Cornwall, UK, 1988-1991.

Senior Consultant, CSM Associates, Cornwall, UK, 1992.

Senior Seismologist, Rabaul Volcano Observatory, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, 1992-1995.

Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1995-1996.

Senior Consultant, British Geological Survey, Montserrat, 1996-1997.

Senior Seismologist, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Blacknest, UK, 1997-1998.

Seismic Officer, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation, Vienna, Austria, 1998-2007.

Research Fellow (Volcano Seismologist), Seismic Research Centre, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, 2007-date.

Director, Montserrat Volcano Observatory, 2012-date.

Abstract Presentation

Montserrat Volcano Observatory was established in 1995 and has

been monitoring the eruption of the Soufrière Hills Volcano ever

since. MVO has an extensive education and outreach programme,

working closely with local government, the local population, local and

international media and tourists. There have been many lessons

learnt during this time about how to communicate difficult and

sometimes uncertain scientific information whilst not generating

undue alarm. The presentation will go over the lessons we have

learnt in the last 21 years and how some of them may be applied in

the communication of urban seismic risk.

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Experience Miss Michelle Forbes is a Disaster Management specialist with over 15 years of experience. She has an extensive background in disaster risk management planning, community based disaster management and managing cross-functional operations and projects. She currently serves as the Deputy Director at the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and has the responsibility for the countries Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Work Programme, Community Disaster Risk Management and the National Emergency Operations Centre among many other duties. Ms. Forbes is also an instructor for various disaster management courses.

Ms. Forbes holds a Bachelors of Science in International Disaster Engineering and Management from Coventry University in the United Kingdom, a Masters in Public Administration and a Graduate Certificate in Disaster Management from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, USA.

Ms. Forbes says that the careers that she has chosen have been challenging, but she has been “blessed by choosing professions that she thoroughly enjoys”.

The area of Public Policy governing disaster risk management is one of Ms. Forbes focus, and she says that public policies must seek to build resilience at the community, national and regional levels.

Michelle Forbes

Deputy Director, National

Emerency Management Agency

(NEMO), Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

Email: nemosvg@gmail.com,

nemosvg@gov.vc

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Experience Evenson Calixte has received with honor his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at University Quisqueya, Haiti in 1998. He went to Nagoya University in Japan in 1998 where he got his master’s degree in 2002 and PhD degree in Power System Engineering in December 2004.

Dr. Calixte has won the best paper award for young researcher in 2002 from the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan and earned 3rd place graduate student paper contest at the North American Power Symposium 2004, University of Idaho, USA.

Dr. Calixte is currently a full-time professor at Quisqueya University and the Dean of the school of Science, Engineering and Architecture. He is also the one in charge of the distance education unit at Quisqueya. He is a part-time lecturer in power systems at the School of Science of Haiti State University (Université d’Etatd’Haiti).

His professional activities include serving as a member of the Energy Commission for the transitional elected government of President Préval in 2006. In 2012, he was an energy advisor to the minister of environment of Haiti. Prof. Calixte has published many papers in power systems area. He is fluent in French, Creole, Japanese and English.

Gregory Adams

Chief Planner, Town and Country

Planning Department, British

Virgin Islands

Email: gadams@gov.vg

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Experience Evenson Calixte has received with honor his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at University Quisqueya, Haiti in 1998. He went to Nagoya University in Japan in 1998 where he got his master’s degree in 2002 and PhD degree in Power System Engineering in December 2004.

Dr. Calixte has won the best paper award for young researcher in 2002 from the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan and earned 3rd place graduate student paper contest at the North American Power Symposium 2004, University of Idaho, USA.

Dr. Calixte is currently a full-time professor at Quisqueya University and the Dean of the school of Science, Engineering and Architecture. He is also the one in charge of the distance education unit at Quisqueya. He is a part-time lecturer in power systems at the School of Science of Haiti State University (Université d’Etatd’Haiti).

His professional activities include serving as a member of the Energy Commission for the transitional elected government of President Préval in 2006. In 2012, he was an energy advisor to the minister of environment of Haiti. Prof. Calixte has published many papers in power systems area. He is fluent in French, Creole, Japanese and English.

Evenson Calixte

Deputy Chief of Quality

Management Services,

LNBTP/UEH

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