FIRST INTERNATIONAL CARIBBEAN WAVES : RISK EVALUATION OF NATURAL HAZARDS IN THE CARIBBEAN

December 09, 2008, Tuesday

08:30 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 10:20 Opening Session Chair: N. Zahibo

9:30 – 9:40

Welcome Speech Head of URF, University of Antilles Guyane

9:40 – 10:00

Carl Harbitz, H. Bungum, F. Løvholt, P. Gauer, K. Sverdrup-Thygeson, N. Gour, S. Glimsdal, R. Frauenfelder, H. Smebye, Natalia Zamora, and Unni Eidsvig (Norway): Caribbean tsunamis - examples of regional exposure and local risk assessment.

10:00 – 10:20

Sylfest Glimsdal, F. Løvholt, H. Bungum, P. Gauer, C.B. Harbitz, N. Zamora: Numerical simulations of tsunamis in the Caribbean - examples of regional propagation and inundation in Bridgetown, Barbados.

10:20-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:10 Session I - Tsunamis in Caribbean Chair: A. Yalciner

11:00 – 11:30

Invited presentation:

Narcisse Zahibo (Guadeloupe): Tsunamis in French West Indies

11:30 – 11:50

Jean Roger (Paris): A new study approach for the consequences of the great 1755 Lisbon earthquake in the Lesser Antilles.

11:50 – 12:10

Efim Pelinovsky (Guadeloupe, Russia), Narcisse Zahibo (Guadeloupe), Ahmet Yalciner (Turkey), Andrey Zaitsev, Anton Chernov and Tatiana Talipova (Russia): Effect of the 1755 Lisbon tsunami in the French West India

12:10-13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:40 Session II - Tsunamis Worldwide Chair: E. Pelinovsky

13:30 – 14:00

Invited presentation

Vasily Titov (PMEL, USA): Achievements in Tsunami Forecasting

14:00 – 14:20

Richard Bouchard and Bill Burnett (USA): Status and Plans for NWS/NDBC Tsunameter and Wave Measuring Buoys in the Caribbean

14:20 – 14:40

Ahmet C. Yalciner, Narcisse Zahibo, Efim Pelinovsky, Andrey Zaytsev, Anton Chernov, Isil Insel, Derya I Dilmen, Ceren Ozer, Tania Talipova, Irina Nikolkina, (Guadeloupe, Russia, Turkey): Understanding the Possible Effects of Near and Far Field Tsunamis on Lesser Antilles by Numerical Modeling;

14:40-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 Session III – Coastal Hazards Chair: V. Titov

15:30 – 16:00

Invited presentation:

Hermann Fritz and Fahad Mohammed (USA): Granular landslide generated tsunami experiments in the NEES 3D tsunami wave basin

16:00 – 16:20

George Maul (USA); Florida Coastal Hazards Come in Waves

16:20 – 16:40

Israel Matos (USA): Extreme Waves in Puerto Rico

16-40-17-00

Ira Didenkulova (Estonia): Runup of destructive waves on a beach

18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception

December 10, 2008, Wednesday

9:00 – 10:30 Session IV - Tsunami Mitigation and Prevention Chair: G. Maul

9:00 – 9:30

Invited presentation

Ahmet Yalciner (Turkey): Efforts, Collaboration and Achievements in Tsunami Research, Examples from Marginal Sea Regions, Caribbean, Mediterranean, South China Sea

9:30 – 9:50

Isikhan Guler (Turkey): Standards and Guidelines for Design and Construction of Marine Structures against Seismic and Marine Hazards

9:50 – 10:10

Daniel McNamara (USA): Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring Capabilities of an International Warning System

10:10 – 10:30

Hermann M. Fritz, Nikos Kalligeris, Jose C. Borrero and Yong Wei (USA): Near source tsunami runup observations and modeling of the 2007 Solomon Islands and Peru events

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 Session V – Storm Surges Chair: I. Didenkulova

11:00 – 11:20

Jean François Dorville (Guadeloupe): Storm surges induced by hurricane Omar in Guadeloupe, October 2008.

11:20 – 11:40

Irina Nikolkina, Narcisse Zahibo and Ira Didenkulova (Guadeloupe): Statistical analysis of cyclone activity for Guadeloupe