Schedule

NOTE - IDCE2012 CONFERENCE IS FREE TO GOVERNMENT SECTOR! If you work as a government employee in ANY capacity, the conference registration fees are waived during the registration process (excluding the Mardi Gras Recovery Gala). GSA Hotel Rates available at ALL 3 IDCE2012 properties.

(Invited Guests as of 11/15/2011: Schedule, Speakers and Topics Subject To Change)

Monday, January 16
  • 8:00AM-6:00PM – General Session Setup
  • 8:00AM-12:00PM – Registration Move-In
  • 8:00AM-8:00PM – Exhibitor Move-In
  • 12:00PM-1:00PM – Registration Testing
  • 1:00PM-6:00PM – Registration Open
Tuesday, January 17
  • 7:00AM-6:00PM – Registration Open
  • 8:30AM-9:00AM – Welcome Address: Gov. Bobby Jindal – Louisiana
  • 9:00AM-10:00AM – Key Note Address: Craig Fugate – FEMA Administrator: Private Sector Resources in the Emergency Management Plan; the Public-Private Partnership
  • 10:00AM-11:00AM – General Session 2: Honorable Tom Ridge – CEO Ridge Global; First Director DHS; former Governor of Pennsylvania: DHS and the Face of Emergency Management 10 Years Later
  • 11:00AM-12:00PM – General Session 3: Mark Merritt - President, Witt Associates; Former Special Assistant to the Associate Director for the Response and Recovery Directorate: Global Preparedness Issues. Please Note: Mr. Mark Merritt will be speaking on behalf of Mr. James Lee Witt and Witt Associates due to an unexpected last-minute conflict in Mr. James Lee Witt's personal schedule. This change was confirmed after going to print on most show materials.
  • 12:00PM-6:00PM – Exhibits Open
  • 12:00PM-1:00PM – Lunch Served – Expo Floor
  • 1:00PM - 1:20PM - Mayor Mitch Landrieu - City of New Orleans
  • 1:30PM-3:30PM – Panel Discussion: Global Business Continuity in the Emergency Response Plan: Ensuring Security through Economic Stability Moderated by Joey Booth; Panelists include…
    • Don Byrne (SDMI Senior Fellow; Board Member – ACP)
    • Mark Cooper (Director of Emergency Management, Walmart; EMA Advisory Council; Former Director, GOHSEP)
    • James Featherstone (Los Angeles County Emergency Management)
    • Jim Mullen (National Emergency Management Association)
    • Michael Dunaway (Principal, VTI, LLC; Former Senior Director of Programs, Community and Resilience Services, American Red Cross)
  • 2:00PM-3:00PM Breakouts:
    • Yair Miller – An Award Winning Model for Community Disaster and Emergency Management
    • Patti Harman – What RIA Does for its Members (The Contractor) and How That Benefits Government EMO’s and Other Emergency Planners
    • James M. Cook, CEM - EOC/Command Center Policies and Procedures
    • NEMA - Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) and a North American Mutual Aid Agreement
    • Henry Cortacans, Mickey McCabe, Dave Sanderson - US Airways Flight 1549 - Why Preplanning and Preparedness Pay Off: The Approach Taken by New Jersey’s Emergency
    • Chris Ainsworth, CEM - Elevating Leadership Skills for Innovative Emergency Management
    • Thomas Brown - Technologies for Managing High Volumes of Claims, as well as Triage and Automation Services to Streamline Workflow for Claim Handlers and Disaster Service Providers
    • IAEM CEM Certification Introduction
  • 3:30PM-4:30PM Breakouts:
    • Panel Discussion: Moderated by Don Byrne: PS Prep & Small Business (SDMI/ACP Session)
    • Sandy Davis - It Takes a Team to Fight a Disaster
    • Erik Gaull - The Role of a Security/Intelligence Operations Center in Organizational Resiliency & Risk Management
    • Alex Harel - Portable Water Storage and Distribution System for Emergency - Israel Experience
    • Frank Headen - What is the Contractor’s Role in Pre-Disaster Planning and How Should EMO’s Seek Their Involvement?
    • Meir Elran – Enhancing Societal Resilience: Goals and Means – An Israeli Experience
    • Jamie Mabile - Lessons Learned from Four Years with the La. Office of Community Development's Disaster Recovery Unit
  • 5:00PM-6:00PM – Exhibitor Opening / Welcome Reception
Wednesday, January 18
  • 7:00AM-6:00PM – Registration Open
  • 8:30AM-9:00AM – Welcome Address: Walt Ehmer – CEO – Waffle House. Waffle House in the resurrection of the community after disaster strikes.
  • 9:00AM-10:00AM – General Session 1: Willy Steenbakkers – Senior Crisis Coordinator, Department of National Security National Crisis Center, The Netherlands: The Netherlands International Leadership Program: Lessons Learned Abroad to Implement Best Practices at Home
  • 10:00AM-11:00AM – General Session 2: Meir Elran - Societal Resilience as a Key Response to Terrorism: An Israeli Perspective
  • 11:00AM-12:00PM – General Session 3: Gov. Scott McCallum - President, Aid Matrix; Former Governor - Wisconsin.
  • 12:00PM-6:00PM – Exhibits Open
  • 12:00PM-1:00PM – Lunch Served – Expo Floor
  • 1:00PM-2:50PM – Panel Discussion: Public-Private Sector Synergies – Mobilizing International Resources for Global Disaster Aid, Response and Recovery - Moderated by the Honorable Scott McCallum (former Governor – Wisconsin, President/CEO – AidMatrix). Panelists include…
    • John "Jock" Menzies (American Logistics Aid Network)
    • Ty Prettyman (AirLink)
    • James Lee Witt (Witt Associates)
    • Dan Stoneking (FEMA Private Sector Office)
    • Ky Luu (Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy)
  • 1:00PM-4:30PM – The Disaster Experience, by Attainium Corp.
  • 2:00PM-3:00PM Panel Discussion – Resilience – Advancing to the How -Presented by SDMI / ACP.
    • Grant Lecky (National Coordinator, Business Continuity Planning - Citizenship and Immigration Canada)
    • Jeff Gaynor (founder of American Resilience Consulting, LLC; Former Director of the Emergency Response Senior Advisory Committee and Critical Infrastructure Task Force (CITF) of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC); post-9/11 Defense Department Representative to the White House Office of Homeland Security and the Intelligence Community)
    • Marc Glasser (CEO, Resilience Management LLC)
  • 2:00PM-3:00PM Breakouts:
    • Dave Kaufman - Strategic Challenges and Approaches: The Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) and the Whole Community Approach
    • Mike Thompson - 6 Tools for BC - Presented by SDMI /ACP
    • Scott Lewis – Effective Volunteer Management
    • Molly Wesley - The Emergency Responder Decision Support Tool
    • Kyle McPhee - A Best Practices Approach to Medical Sheltering
    • Leslie Wilson - After the Big Guys Go Home
    • IAEM CEM Introduction to the CEM Certification, Presented by IAEM
  • 3:00PM-5:00PM Panel Discussion: Facility Mass-Sheltering - Moderated by: Harold Hansen (IVMA). Panelists include…
    • Ann Palmer (Red Cross)
    • Frank Poe (Executive Director – GWCC)
    • Bob Johnson (Executive Director – MCCNO)
  • 3:30PM-4:30PM Breakouts:
    • SDMI (Speaker TBA) - Business Emergency Operations Centers: From Theory Into Practice
    • Sam Bergman - What are the differences in responding to Natural Disasters (e.g., hurricane, flood, wildfire, earthquake), versus responding to Man-made Disasters (e.g., bio-terrorism, epidemic or pandemic outbreaks) and how to prepare with the right contractor? Presented by RIA
    • Sarah Kopec - Mississippi Alternative Housing Pilot Program: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned
    • Rob Dudgeon - Achieving Resilience through Social Networking and Strategic Partnerships: ResilientSF
    • Robert Zimmerman - The Holy Cross School - Resilience to Recovery
    • Scott Lewis – Learned from Situational Awareness, Tech Specialist Teams Using Cutting Edge, Simple Technology with Unprecedented Capacity in 100% Disconnected – Utilized in Hurricane Irene, Japan Tsunami / Earthquake, and the BP Oil Spill
    • Bonnie Canal – Human Resilience and Logistics in Supply Chain (ACP)
  • 5:00PM-6:00PM – ACP Regional Meeting
  • 7:00PM-10:00PM – Mardi Gras Recovery Gala
    • Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne – Welcome Address
    • ENTERTAINMENT – Grammy Award Winning Artist - Chubby Carrie
Thursday, January 19
  • 7:00AM-4:00PM – Registration Open
  • 8:00AM-1:00PM – IAEM CEM Certification Preparation Course
  • 8:30AM-9:00AM – Welcome Address: Sam Bergman, RIA - Welcome followed by a presentation – The role of the contractor; How RIA represents the contractor; How RIA can work with EMO’s on major disasters
  • 9:00AM-10:00AM – General Session 1: Burl Cain - Angola and the 2011 Floods: The Largest Maximum Security Prison Evacuation in American History.
  • 10:00AM-12:00PM – Panel Discussion – International Disaster Management and Resilience - Presented by DRLA
    • Ky Luu (Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy)
    • Mark Bartolini (USAid Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance)
    • Saroj Kumar Jha (World Bank; Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery )
    • Dr. Yolanda Surena (Haitian DPC)
  • 12:00PM-4:00PM – Exhibits Open
  • 12:00PM-1:00PM – Lunch Served – Expo Floor
  • 1:00PM-2:00PM – General Session 2: LTG Russell Honore - Creating a “Culture of Preparedness’’ in America.
  • 2:00PM–3:30PM: Panel Discussion - Building Value With Public Private Partnerships - Presented by Plano, TX Emergency Management
    • Shane Stovall (Plano, TX Emergency Management)
    • Dan Stoneking (FEMA Private Sector Office)
    • Jeb Lacey (Director for the Office of Emergency Management for Victoria, Texas)
    • Ramesh Kolluru (Executive Director, NIMSAT Institute; Director, CBIT)
  • 2:00PM–3:30PM: Panel Discussion – What is a Qualified Contractor: How to Identify & Hire One - Presented by RIA. Moderated by Patti Harman (RIA). Panelists include…
    • Frank Headen (RIA)
    • Sam Bergman (RIA)
    • Dave Mason (Atlantic Restoration Services)
    • Rusty Amarante (Vice President of Implementation, Belfor, USA)
  • 2:00PM-3:00PM Breakouts:
    • Debrah Schnackenberg – Beyond the Template: Including Companion Animals in Disaster Planning
    • Bonnie Canal - Personal Recovery Concepts - The Impact of People Continuity on Organizational Resilience (ACP)
    • Dr. Connie White - Social Media Empowering a Global Response
    • Lisa Rogers - Case Study: Rapid Assessment Strategies for Expediting Remediation in a Hospital Environment
    • Dr. Renee Poirrier - Pet Evacuation & Transportation
    • Lou Altman - Back to Basics: Satcom 101
    • Alessandra Jerolleman - Current and Future Trends in Hazard Mitigation (NHMA)
    • Spurgeon Robinson - Surviving a Crises: Housing the Displaced in a Time of Disaster
  • 3:00PM-5:00PM – IAEM CEM Certification Exam
  • 4:00PM-8:00PM – Exhibitor Move-Out
  • 4:00PM-8:00PM – Registration Move-Out
  • 6:00PM-9:00PM – IDCE Wind-Down – Lucy’s Retired Surfer’s Bar
    • ENTERTAINMENT – Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters

Pricing Structure

Emergency Management Government Employees NO CHARGE (Does not include Mardi Gras Recovery Gala.)

Non-Government Emergency Management

  • Full Conference Pass: $200 (early bird), $300 (after December 1)
  • Expo only (1 pass, up to 3 days): $25 (early bird), $50 (after December 1)
  • Wednesday Night Mardi Gras Recovery Gala: $60 per ticket

Please note: There are no cancelation fees for goverment attendees. However, if you register as Government and must cancel, please ensure you contact show management via email to notify management of your registration cancelation.