Featured Sessions Include:

• Gordan Graham—Emergency Mangement: Why Things Go Right–Why Things Go Wrong

• Lt. General Russel L. Honore–Leadership: Building a Culture of Preparedness
• Stephen Flynn—The Role of Emergency Management in Rebuilding
• Ori Brafman—The Starfish and the Spider: New Organizations and Leadership Models

Purpose of the IAEM Annual Conference

The IAEM Annual Conference provides a forum for current trends and topics, information about the latest tools and technology in emergency management and homeland security, and advances IAEM committee work. Sessions encourage stakeholders at all levels of government, the private sector, public health and related professions to exchange ideas on collaborating to protect lives and property from disaster. If you are an emergency manager, homeland security official, first response coordinator, private industry risk manager or contingency planner, you will not want to miss the IAEM 56th Annual Conference & EMEX 2008.

Benefits of Attendance:

• Education and Training: A forum for current trends and topics, latest tools and technology.
• Collaboration: A place for all levels of government, private sector, public health and related professions to exchange ideas.
• Networking: More than 1500 participants.
• Products and Services: EMEX 2008 showcases technologies, products and services.