QuakeSmart Business Summit - St. Louis

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February 6, 2015, 9 am - 3 pm, Training at Saint Louis University, Il Monastero Meeting Room

Event Location:
Saint Louis University, Il Monastero Meeting Room
3050 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 61303 (Map)

Event Contact:
Barbara Harrison, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, barbara@flash.org

Full Description:
The third in a series of QuakeSmart Summits will be held in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday, February 6—the eve of the 203rd anniversary of the February 7, 1812 New Madrid earthquake. More than 150 businesses have participated in two prior summits in Riverside and San Mateo, California, and registration for this event at Saint Louis University is nearly at maximum capacity.
Featured speakers will include Missouri State Emergency Agency (SEMA) director Ron Walker; FEMA Region VII Administrator Beth Freeman; St Louis Emergency Management Agency Commissioner Gary Christmann; Missouri Seismic Safety Commission (MSSC) Chairman Eric Sandvol; USGS geophysicist Rob Williams; as well as experts in business continuity, structural engineering, and earthquake mitigation and retrofitting.
Summit sponsors include Legacy Partners FEMA and Simpson Strong-Tie; BOMA St. Louis; the Central US Earthquake Consortium; SEMA; MSSC; USGS; CCS Group, Inc.; Engineering Systems Inc.; and WorkSafe Technologies. For more information or to register, visit quakesmartcommunity.org or email Barbara Harrison.