Conference Schedule :: Downloadable format

Day Time Session  Presenter 
Monday, May 1: PRE-CONFERENCE
MONDAY 5/1 0800-1700 Building a strong Alert & Warning Sam Wallis, Zach Hamill, Jorge Rodriguez, Brian Garcia, Woody Baker-Cohn
MONDAY 5/1 0800-1700 Emergency Management 101 Dana Carey &  Vicki Osborn
MONDAY 5/1 0800-1700 Hazard Mitigation Guidance update Victoria LaMar Haas & Rob Flaner
MONDAY 5/1 0800-1700 Media Relations - PIO  PJ Garcia
MONDAY 5/1 0800 - 1200 Mass Care & Shelter Delcie Hynes & Diana LaRusso
MONDAY 5/1 1300 - 1700 CEM Exam Todd DeVoe
MONDAY 5/1 1730-1830 First Timers Reception  
 
Tuesday, May 2 : Day 1
TUESDAY 5/2 0700-0800 Continental Breakfast
TUESDAY 5/2 0800-0830 General Session - Welcome & Opening Ceremonies Jeff DuVall & Dana Carey
TUESDAY 5/2 0830 - 0945  Legislation and you, the Emergency Manager... why is this important Ray Riordan
TUESDAY 5/2 0830 - 0945  Substantial Damage, the topic nobody wants to talk about Rob Flaner
TUESDAY 5/2 0830 - 0945  Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Technology Recovery Planning (TRP) Jeff Newman
TUESDAY 5/2 0830 - 0945  Leadership in a Virtual Emergency Operations Center Environment Don Rawson
TUESDAY 5/2 10:00-11:30  Opening Keynote Session Jack Becker
TUESDAY 5/2 1130-1200 BREAK 
TUESDAY 5/2 1200-1300 Lunch / FEMA & Cal OES Speakers* Nancy Ward & Bob Fenton
TUESDAY 5/2 1300-1415  Evacuation Planning Meredith Gerhardt
TUESDAY 5/2 1300-1415  Climate Change and Emergency Management - Planning, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery in a Changing Environment JR De La Rosa, Kristen Torres Pawling & Michael McCormick
TUESDAY 5/2 1300-1415  Leveraging Resources with VOADs and NGOs to Serve Your Community's Diverse Populations Kelle Kroll
TUESDAY 5/2 1300-1415  Donations Management Survival Guide Sharron Leaon & Abby Browning
TUESDAY 5/2 1415-1430  BREAK 
TUESDAY 5/2 1430-1545 Find Your Inner Auditor - (Grants Management 101) Sheri Lang
TUESDAY 5/2 1430-1545 Understanding the third branch: How does the California judicial branch respond to disasters and what you need to know about them.  Justin Mammen
TUESDAY 5/2 1430-1545 New Decision - Making Tools for Weather Emergencies  Courtney Carpenter & Mary Jo Flynn-Nevins
TUESDAY 5/2 1430-1545 Integrating ICS into private sector emergency management Andy Wells
TUESDAY 5/2 1545-1615  BREAK 
TUESDAY 5/2 1600 Chapter Meetings*  
TUESDAY 5/2 1700-1800 Book Club* Jenny Novak
TUESDAY 5/2 1700 State Board Meeting*  
TUESDAY 5/2 1830 - 2000 Hospitality Suite  
TUESDAY 5/2 1800-2000 Scavenger Hunt Activity  
 
Wednesday, May 3: Day 2
WEDNESDAY 5/3 0730-0830 Continental Breakfast 
WEDNESDAY 5/3 0830-0945 Making Response, Continuity, and Recovery work together Sara van der Capllen & Allison McLeary
WEDNESDAY 5/3 0830-0945 Avoiding Logistical Conundrums - Getting by with a little help from my friends John Williams
WEDNESDAY 5/3 0830-0945 How to work with your local electric utility Mona Freels
WEDNESDAY 5/3 0830-0945 Best practices on how to interact with tribes MK Youngblood
WEDNESDAY 5/3 0945-1000 BREAK
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1000-1115 Re-Imagining Emergency Response for Children and Families Lorraine Schneider & Mikey Latner
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1000-1115 Overcome the Fear of the Big Red Button Jorge Rodriguez
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1000-1115 Emergency Preparedness in Schools Noele Richmond, Joe Anderson, Jake Wolf & Danielle Chapman
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1000-1115 Wildfire Recovery - What Happens After The Response Phase Is Over? Sean Scott
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1115-1130  BREAK 
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1130 - 1300  Awards Lunch Dana Carey
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1300-1330 BREAK 
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1330-1500 Black Swans, Grey Rhinos, and Dragon Kings:  the Next Great Challenges for Emergency Management in California Chris Godley
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1500-1530 BREAK
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1530-1645 Cal OES Emergency Operations Plan Reviews Kasmira Kit
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1530-1645 Animals in Disaster Noele Richmond & Danielle Chapman
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1530-1645 Behavioral Health Collaboration and Emergency Response Miriam Clark, Erin Zamora & Dora Mejia
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1530-1645 The Intersect Between Public & Private Sectors in Supply Chain Resilience Andrea Davis & Monika Stoeffl
WEDNESDAY 5/3 1700-2000 Hospitality Suite  
WEDNESDAY 5/3 2000-2300  Dance  
 
Wednesday, May 4: Day 3
THURSDAY 5/4 0730-0830 Continental Breakfast 
THURSDAY 5/4 0830-0945  The Sprint Towards Success: How the City of San José Incorporated the Agile Process in Emergency Management  Ray Riordan
THURSDAY 5/4 0830-0945  Community-focused equity in local response and recovery programs Jordana Rubin
THURSDAY 5/4 0830-0945  Millennials, Gen-Z-Alpha and Emergency Management Steven Torrence
THURSDAY 5/4 0830-0945  The untapped power of volunteers  Jamie Albrecht & Zach Corbo
THURSDAY 5/4 0945-1000 BREAK
THURSDAY 5/4 1000 - 1130 Closing Keynote Bruce Christopher
THURSDAY 5/4 1130 - 1200 All Chapter Meeting Dana Carey
THURSDAY 5/4 TBD CA EM Certification Exam  

 

*schedule subject to change