The following links will provide downloadable pdfs of presentations from the New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference.

Keynote Speakers:

Major General King E. Sidwell: Emergency Response Operations Plan "Cracked Earth"

SEMA Director Ron Reynolds: SEMA Presentation

August 13, 2008:

David Applegate: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Contributing to a More Resilient Nation

Dave Rogers: Consequences Resulting from a Major Earthquake in the Central U.S.

Oliver Boyd: Earthquake Hazard

Amr Elnashai: State and Regional Impact of Central U.S. Earthquakes on the Physical Infrastructure

Arleen Hill: Resilience, Response and Recovery; Societal Components of Catastrophe

Phillip Yen: State-of-the-Art Earthquake Research for Critical Transportation Systems

Eileen Rackers: Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Earthquake Preparedness

Mitch Withers: Monitoring by the Science Community

Genda Chen: Critical Infrastructure Monitoring: the Bill E. Emerson Bridge

Bob Bauer: Products and Capabilities of the Science/Engineering Community for Emergency Response

Genda Chen: Lessons Learned from the May 12, 2008, M8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake in China

Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, Track One: Science, Maps and Engineering

Kari Craun: National Map: Status of National Geospatial Base Data in the Central U.S.

Larry Moore: USGS-State Partnerships and the Future of the Standard Quadrangle Maps

Tim Haithcoat: Data Sources and Development for the New Madrid Zone in Missouri

Dean Gesch: New Data for a New Age

Paul Hearn: The Land-Use Portfolio Model: A GIS-Based Decision Support System for Evaluating Seismic Risk Mitigation Policies

Panel/Discussion: Geospatial Information

• Kari Craun
• COL Barry Fowler
• Dean Gesch
• Larry Moore

Greg Reed: Missouri's Catastrophic Event Planning

Terri Alberico: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Spatial Data and Capabilities

COL Barry Fowler: The Role of USNORTHCOM in Disaster Response

Dianne Wilson: FEMA Earthquake Response

Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, Track Two: Federal and State Response and Recovery

Paul Hogue: SONS07 Overview

AJ Lehmen: SEMA '07 Statewide Earthquake Exercise

COL Mark McCarter: The Role of Missouri National Guard to Civil Authorities Following a Seismic Event

Panel/Discussion:

• AJ Lehmen
• Oliver Boyd
• Shannon Marquez