Joint Session 5 |
| | Hurricane Katrina-Looking Back to Look Ahead: Part I (Joint between the Presidential Forum, the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research, and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium) |
| | Chair: William Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC
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| 1:30 PM | J5.1 | Perspectives on Operational Hurricane Forecasting 
Max Mayfield, WPLG-TV Hurricane Specialist and Former National Hurricane Center Director, Miami, FL |
| 2:00 PM | J5.2 | Hurricane Research: Prospects for Improved Forecasts
Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA |
| 2:30 PM | J5.3 | The Social Context of Meteorology: A view Post-Katrina
Shirley Laska, Center for Hazards Assessment, New Orleans, LA |