Energy & Environment 2006
Crisis & Opportunity in the Aftermath of Katrina:
Partnering in the Public Service on the U.S. Gulf Coast
St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador


NEIA recently played host to a group of U.S. disaster response and emergency management professionals – among them, individuals who were first responders following last year’s Hurricane Katrina and those contracted to lead efforts to rebuild the communities of the central Gulf Coast devastated by the storm.

On Thursday, Nov. 16, NEIA hosted Energy & Environment 2006. Themed “Crisis and Opportunity in the Aftermath of Katrina,” E&E 2006 focused on the extraordinary partnering of public sector agencies and disaster response specialists that saved tens of thousands of lives after Katrina. In the year since, this partnership has continued to rebuild the infrastructure, communities and economies of the central Gulf Coast after the biggest natural disaster in U.S. history.

Today, U.S. federal and state governments are investing tens of billions of dollars to rebuild basic infrastructure, renew business activity and restore the communities and economies of the Gulf Coast. To tell the story of catastrophe, recovery and rejuvenation that is Katrina, NEIA recruited some of America’s top disaster response and emergency preparedness professionals. The five E&E speakers are leaders in their fields and played major roles in the immediate response to Katrina and in the recovery efforts that have followed.

On Friday, Nov. 17, NEIA hosted a members-only Exporter Breakfast, which gave NEIA members the opportunity to brief the E&E panelists on their products and services. The Exporter Breakfast was followed by a roundtable discussion with the Canadian Coast Guard, Public Safety and Emergency Management Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Read the media release here.

View the official E&E 2006 program and speaker profiles.

E&E presentations are now available online:

CDR Gregory Stump, Head of Response, Sector New Orleans, U.S. Coast Guard: Dispatches from New Orleans: The Story of the U.S. Coast Guard, Unified Command and the Biggest Natural Disaster in U.S. History

Carla Boyce, Preparedness Section Administrator and Plans Chief, Florida Division of Emergency Response: Mobilizing Communities for Emergency Response: The Role of the State

Kelly Bowen, Construction Manager, Mars Recovery Project, Shell International Exploration and Production: Recovery and Repair of Offshore Exploration and Production Facilities: Success Stories from the 2005 Storm Season

John Sauger, Senior Vice President, The Shaw Group: Partnering with the Public Sector in Times of Crisis: A Prime Contractor’s Perspective

John Temperilli, Vice President, Disaster Response, Garner Environmental Services: Partnering with the Public Sector in Times of Crisis: A Subcontractor’s Perspective
(Mr. Temperilli's presentation is too large to post on the web but if you are interested in it email NEIA and we will mail it to you)