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The Second Annual Conference on National Preparedness will feature presentations and sessions covering a wide range of topics on national and international safety and security, command and control, global preparedness and more. This conference will provide an in-depth look at technologies and integrated strategies on national preparedness.

Below is a confirmed list of presentation topics and speakers from every aspect of national preparedness. As new topics are developed, they will be added to this list.

  1. Status of National Emergency Preparedness
    Major General Michael H. Sumrall
    Assistant to the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff for National Guard Matters
    Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
    Pentagon
    Washington, D.C.
  2. The Role of Science and Technology in Homeland Security
    The Honorable Jay Cohen
    Under Secretary, Science and Technology Directorate
    Department of Homeland Security
    Washington, D.C.
  3. Golden Phoenix Exercise: A Summary Report
    Steven Cooper
    Former Chief Intelligence Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Office of the President
    Washington, D.C.
  4. A Joint Natural and Manmade Disaster Management Exercise
    Major General Douglas Burnett
    Adjutant General of Florida
    National Guard Bureau
    Departments of the Army and Air Force
    St. Augustine, Florida
  5. Craig W. Fugate
    Director
    Florida Division of Emergency Management
    Tallahassee, Florida
  6. International Association of Emergency Managers
    Yuki Karakawa
    IAEM Ambassador
    Advisor to the Dean, University College
    Florida Institute of Technology
  7. Topics include: EMIMS for Disaster/Incident Information Management at FEMA, UAVS for Damage Assessment and Situational Awareness Imagery, NATO/European Union Emergency Management
    Paul Brestyanszky
    EMIMS Program Manager (Emergency Management Information Management System)
    Leading Expert on UAV/UAS Technology
    FEMA—Department of Homeland Security
    Washington, D.C.
  8. Emergency Management: FEMA
    Michel Pawlowski
    Emergency Management Director
    FEMA
    Washington, D.C.
  9. Safety Incident Investigation: NTSB
    Jim Arena
    Director, Strategic and Intergovernmental Operations
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Washington, D.C.
  10. Intermodal Security Issues
    David Brown
    Chief Executive Officer
    eDemand Inc.
    Roswell, Georgia
  11. Cyber Security in Present Day Internet
    Dr. Peter Radatti
    Chief Executive Officer
    CyberSoft, Inc.
  12. Aviation Security
    Thomas L. Jensen
    Chief Executive Officer,
    Chairman of the Board
    Safe Skies Alliance and National Safe Waterways
    and Seaports
    Alcoa, Tennessee
  13. Sociological Influences on Security
    Richard Ford, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Computer Sciences
    Director, Harris Institute for Assured Information,
    College of Engineering
    Florida Institute of Technology
  1. Michael Workman, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    College of Business
    Florida Institute of Technology
  2. Preventing a Human-Caused Secondary
    Communications Outage During a Primary Natural Disaster
    Margaret M. Hvatum
    Associate Professor, Information Systems
    St. Louis Community College,
    Meramec Campus
  3. Transportation Security Through Logistics Transformation
    Sarah R. James
    Executive Director, SOLE—The International Society of Logistics
    University College Fellow,
    Florida Institute of Technology
  4. Global Prior to Port Security: A Closed System
    Steve Kroecker
    Chairman of the Board of Directors
    SeaAway Family of Companies
    Titusville, Florida
  5. Golden Phoenix 2008: Leading Edge, Rapid Deployment of Security Solutions
    A. Martin Erim, panel chair
    Polimatrix, Inc.
    Arlington, Virginia
  6. State-wide Threat Detection Programs: the Illinois Portable Radiation Detection Project
    Arthur Desrosiers, Sc.D., panel chair
    Chief Executive Officer
    Polimatrix, Inc.
    Arlington, Virginia
  7. Immigration and National Security
    Jo Ram
    Chief Operating Officer and Vice President
    Indusa Global
    Atlanta, Georgia
  8. Sustainable Architecture and Security Building Design
    Gerald Hallissy, FAIA
    Vice President
    Composite Technologies
    Calverton, New York
  9. Strategic Importance of Satellite Communications for Emergency Preparedness
    Louis Altman
    President, GlobaFone
    Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  10. Enterprise Class Security Information Management
    Dick O'Leary
    Senior Director, Global Solutions Group
    EMC Corporation
    Hopkinton, Massachusetts
  11. InfraGard National Members Alliance
    Dr. Kathleen Kiernan
    Chair, Board of Directors
    Washington, D.C.
  12. Global Center for Preparedness: A World Need
    Dr. Clifford R. Bragdon, AICP, FASA
    Associate Provost and Dean
    Executive Director, Global Center for Preparedness
    Florida Institute of Technology
  13. The Integration of Tactical and Interactive
    Communication Systems to Serve Global Preparedness
    Bruce Magown
    CEO
    Integration Technologies, Inc.
    Stanford, Connecticut

 
 

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