Allen Silver is highly recommended as a speaker on the topic of
parachutes. It was his speech at an SSA convention that convinced me
to always exit the glider as if I was about to bail out to reinforce
the "habits" I will need in a real emergency; 1) Go through the
actions of releasing the canopy (without activating of course), 2)
exit the glider with the parachute still on and 3) look down at the
parachute handle and mimic pulling it straight out with both hands.
Hope I never need it but...

Allen also makes some nice emergency packs to hang on the parachute
straps.

http://www.silverparachutes.com/smak-pak-survival-kits/

- John