The TAMEST Natural Hazards Summit: Responding to and Mitigating the Impacts will highlight the influence of natural hazards on the economy and well-being of communities in Texas. The summit will convene government officials, research leaders and insurance industry representatives to take a hard look at what the state needs to know and do to prepare for future natural disasters, unprecedented weather events and global pandemics, including response, recovery and mitigation of the impacts.
The summit will consist of two parts, one day each:
- Part I took place virtually on October 19, 2021, via Zoom. The session was presented by the Hurricane Resilience Research Institute (HuRRI) at the University of Houston. View the slides and watch the videos.
- Part II will take place on May 16, 2022, in Lubbock, Texas. The session, presented by the National Wind Institute (NWI) at Texas Tech University, will take place at Texas Tech University’s International Cultural Center (601 Indiana Avenue, Lubbock, TX 79409).
Featured Speakers
Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Urban Planning and Environmental Policy
Texas Southern University
Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Professor of Public Policy and Public Law
Department of Political Science
Texas Tech University
Chief Tonya Hoover
Acting Fire Administrator
United States Fire Administration
Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. (NAM)
Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Howard Kunreuther, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Julie Shiyou-Woodard
President and CEO
Smart Home America
Program Committee
Summit Co-Chairs:
Hanadi Rifai, Ph.D., P.E.
John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Houston
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[Natural hazards] are costly in terms of human lives and quality of life and health, and we need to come up with a better paradigm for how we address them.
Kishor Mehta, Ph.D., P.E. (NAE)
P. W. Horn Professor of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering
Texas Tech University
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The summit is designed to publicize the impacts of natural hazards and to seek solutions and policy changes to reduce suffering of people… People will understand that significant technological advancements in the past few decades have been made.
Program Committee Members:
- Maria Elena Bottazzi, Ph.D., Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
- Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. (NAM), Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
- Nim Kidd, Chief, Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM)
- Danny Reible, Ph.D., P.E. (NAE), Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University
- Josh Roberts, Assistant Chief for Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), Region 1
- Chandra Franklin Womack, P.E., Texas Windstorm Insurance Association; Aran & Franklin
