Earthquake Country Alliance SoCal March 18 Regional Workshop Summary

ECA SoCal Regional Associates Workshop
Monday, March 18, 2019

LOCATION:

Friendship Auditorium
3201 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027

8:30 am Registration and Networking
9:00 am Welcome – ECA SoCal Coordinating Committee Chairs
Margaret Vinci (Caltech)
Heidi Rosofsky (Global Vision Consortium)
Connie Lackey (Providence Health & Services)

9:10 am Attendee Self-Introductions
9:30 am ECA SoCal Activities, Resources, Bureaus, and Mini Awards
ECA SoCal Coordinating Committee

10:00 am ShakeAlert Version 2.0 – Earthquake Early Warning System Progress
Dr. Robert DeGroot (USGS) and Rachel Sierer Wooden (Cal OES)

10:15 am L.A. City ShakeAlert App
Jeanne Holm (Deputy CIO Information Technology Agency, City of Los Angeles)
10:35 am Break
10:45 am California Tsunami Awareness & Preparedness
Cindy Pridmore (California Geological Survey)
Yvette LaDuke (Cal OES)
Allison Bright (Loyola Marymount University)

11:15 am Shelter Donations Management, How In-Kind Can Be Un-Kind
Joselito Garcia Ruiz & John Luong (American Red Cross)

11:45 pm ECA Statewide Activities Updates – ECA Executive Director
Mark Benthien (Southern California Earthquake Center)
12:00 pm ECA Associate sharing, announcements and discussion
Everyone

1:00 pm Adjourn