Technology Needs for Today’s Emergency Preparedness

In the event of a terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other large-scale emergency, the Department of Homeland Security along with Department of Defense and federal agency counterparts are designed to provide a coordinated, comprehensive federal response and mount a swift and effective recovery effort.

In 2010, the federal government has taken the lead in shifting the focus of our emergency management system over the past four years away from all-hazard preparedness and toward a more specific emphasis on homeland security.

IDGA’s Disaster Management Showcase & Conference provides the latest information on defense & federal government programs by focusing on the acquisition priorities and gaps in the following major specific areas:

• Communication plans with easily understandable terminology and methods.
• Proper maintenance and training of emergency services, including mass human resources such as community emergency response teams.
• Development and exercise of emergency population warning methods combined with emergency shelters and evacuation plans.
• Stockpiling, inventory, and maintain disaster supplies and equipment

Speakers

• Dr. James O. Stevenson, Principal Engineer / Senior Scientist, Innovative Solutions International
• Roberta Gearhardt, JXT Applications & Warfighter Training Division, Air Force Research Laboratory
• Major General Perry L. Wiggins, Deputy Commanding General, United States Army North (Fifth Army)
• Paul L. Hewett, Jr., Deputy Director, Center For Integrated Emergency Preparedness (DHS/DOE)
• Rick Button, Chief, Coordination Division, Office of Search and Rescue, USCG
• Michael F. Canders, 106th Rescue Wing, NY Air National Guard
• Lieutenant Jeremy Edmonds, Fire Search & Rescue Division, Asheville Regional Airport Authority
• Lieutenant Colonel Uwe Schleimer, Joint Personnel Recovery, European Union Air Group
• Gene Klein, CEO, Enlightenment Inc.
• Elizabeth M. Harman, Assistant Administrator, Grant Programs Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Kara Scott, GIS Integration Specialist, Federal Emergency Management Agency - Region V
• Richard Muth, Director, Maryland Emergency Management Agency
• Dr. Charles N. Van Groningen, Decision and Information Sciences Division - Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy
• Colonel Martin Spellacy, Commander, National Guard 1st Civil Support Team
• Bethany A. Hale, Emergency Response Division, NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
• Cathy Lanier, Chief, DC Metropolitan Police
• Major General (ret.) John C. Doesburg, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory of Homeland Security
• LTC Kenneth S. Shaw, O.D., M.A., Physician Representative for Emergency Management, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
• Christopher A. Bellone, CEM, Technological Hazards Training Specialist, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• William Wagner, Radioactive Waste & Emergency Response Section Chief, Bureau of Radiation Protection
• Randy D. Kearns, MSA DHA(c), Program Director – Certified Emergency Manager, University of North Carolina – School of Medicine

Benefits Include:

• Work with like-minded military and commercial Disaster Management experts toward common interfaces
• Establish more connections in two days than you can all year.
• Work with leaders in the military and government to develop a cohesive roadmap that will benefit all branches and organizations moving forward on disaster management.
• Discover the latest technologies and the future of disaster management in JSAR, Logistics, and Medical Management.

Who Will You Meet

IDGA’s Disaster Management Showcase & Conference is a forum on the many changes the Disaster Management community is currently facing. You will have the unique opportunity to interact and network with an audience of military, government, academic, and private sector leaders with titles such as:

• Operations Manager
• Federal Emergency Response
• Civil Engineer
• Fifth Army
• National Guard
• Civil Support
• Hospital Administrator
• Homeland Response Force
• First Responder
• Policy Analyst

Realistic transformational guidance and recognition of acquisition challenges!”
Business Development, Raytheon

“On target – Outstanding”
SATCOM Department Head Engineer, Rockwell Collins

Venue

Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner
8661 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22182
Phone: 703-448-1234 or 800-572-7666
Website: www.sheraton.com/tysonscorner