Toggle Menu

Search form

search button

Beginning November 15, 2016 at 6:00 PM EST http://training.fema.gov will be down for extended maintenance. Access to the server and exams will not be possible during this maintenance period. Service is expected to resume by 12:00 AM EST. Please use the comment form on this web site to report any issues after the maintenance window has completed.

National Preparedness Symposium
ICON - Display Submenu

Agenda

Day 1    Day 2    Day 3    Breakout Sessions

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 (Day One)

May 24, 2016
8:15 – 8:45 		Plenary Session E Auditorium “Building National Capabilities through Requirements-Based Investments” Tony Russell, CEM, Superintendent, Emergency Management Institute (EMI), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

May 24, 2016
9:00 – 9:30 		Plenary Session E Auditorium Building National Preparedness Kathleen Fox, Assistant Administrator, National Preparedness Directorate (NPD), FEMA

May 24, 2016
9:45 – 10:15 		Plenary Session E Auditorium Training and Exercise Implications from Jack Rabbit II Program Dr. Shannon Fox, Senior Scientist and Program Manager, DHS Science and Technology, Chemical Security and Analysis Center (CSAC)

May 24, 2016
11:00 – 12:00 		Plenary Session E Auditorium Using Training and Exercises to Build Capabilities Bryan Koon, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management; President, National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)

May 24, 2016
3:00 – 4:00 		Plenary Session E Auditorium National Exercise Program (NEP) Overview Briefing John Rabin, Director (A), National Exercise Division (NED), FEMA

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 (Day Two)

May 25, 2016
8:00 – 9:00 		Plenary Session E Auditorium Complex Coordinated Attacks John Incontro, Chief of Police San Marino, California

Tracy Frazanno, Acting Deputy Chief, Montclair, New Jersey Police Department

Jeff Dulin, Assistant Director, Research Center, International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)

E. Reed Smith, MD, FACEP, Operational Medical Director, Arlington County Fire Department

May 25, 2016
9:15 – 10:30/10:45 – 12:00 		Breakout Session Room K308 Using Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) and State Preparedness Report (SPR) Data to Guide Your Training and Exercise Planning Workshop (TEPW) Brenda Vossler, Training and Exercise Officer, Division of Homeland Security, North Dakota Department of Emergency Services

Gary Wieczorek, State Training Officer, Wisconsin Emergency Management

May 25, 2016
9:15 – 10:30/

10:30 - 11:30 (Thurs - K308) 		Breakout Session Room K302 Measurement and Value of Training and Exercise Programs David Balbi, Exercise Coordinator, Rhode Island Department of Health

May 25, 2016
9:15 – 10:30/10:45 – 12:00 		Breakout Session Room M202 National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) Programs/Courses Mike King, Superintendent, Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), FEMA

Hank Lawson, Director, Texas A&M Engineering Extension (TEEX)

Tom Bedard, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC)

Dennis Hunter, Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC)

Jerry Monier Jr., National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT)

May 25, 2016
9:15 - 10:30/10:45 – 12:00 		Breakout Session Room S125 Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC)/Continuing Training Grants (CTG) Partners Programs/Courses Jason Mullins, Director, Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium, Center for Rural Development (CRD)

Phillip Gauer, Deputy Director / Grants Administration and Hazmat Training, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)

Diana Rothe-Smith, Program Manager, Community Solutions Initiative, International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)

Rich McClellan, Frederick Community College (FCC)

Greg White, National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC)

Glenn Woodbury, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School (CHDS)

Liberty Day, Training Manager, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism(START) University of Maryland, College Park

May 25, 2016
10:45 – 12:00/ 9:15 – 10:15 (Thurs – K308) 		Breakout Session Room K302 Incorporating Universal Access into Training and Exercises Dawn Skaggs, National Director, Whole Community Planning, BCFS HHS

May 25, 2016
1:00 – 2:00/2:15 – 3:15 		Breakout Session Room K308 Instructor Certification Phil Gauer, Deputy Director / Grants Administration and Hazmat Training, IAFF

Cynthia Howell, BS, MA, PMP, Program Manager, National Training and Education Division (NTED), FEMA

Jerry Monier Jr., NCBRT

May 25, 2016
1:00 – 2:00/2:15 – 3:15 		Breakout Session Room K302 Building Better Exercises with a Lessons Learned and Continuous Improvement Program (LL/CIP) Daniel Paulette-Chapman, Section Chief, Evaluation and Decision Support, National Preparedness Assessment Division (NPAD), FEMA

May 25, 2016
1:00 – 2:00/2:15 – 3:15 		Breakout Session Room S125 Emergency Management Professional Program (EMPP) – The Way Ahead

(previously listed as Matching Students to Courses (IDP and EMPP)) 		Kelly Garrett, Director, EMPP, EMI, FEMA

May 25, 2016
1:00 – 2:00/2:15 – 3:15 		Breakout Session Room M202 NDPC State Administrative Agency (SAA) Advisory Council; How to Use Them to Your Benefit Gary Davis, SAA Training Advisory Council Liaison, National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC)

Kathy Hassett, State Administrative Agency (SAA) Training Point of Contact (TPOC), Arizona Department of Emergency Management and Military Affairs (AZDEMA)

Ken Clark, Training & Curriculum Development Manager, Training, Education & Exercises Division, Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM)

Kimberly Cruickshank, Homeland Security Training Coordinator, State Training Officer, SAA Training Point of Contact Vermont Department of Public Safety (VTDPS)

May 25, 2016
3:30 – 4:30 		Breakout Session Room K302 Update on The National Incident Management System (NIMS) Lucia Schmit, Program Analyst, National Integration Center (NIC), FEMA

May 25, 2016
3:30 – 4:30 		Breakout Session Room K308 Positive Federal/State/Tribal/Non-governmental Training Programs David Hall, Program Specialist, CDP, FEMA

Rosalita (Rose) Whitehair Tribal Advisor, NDPC SAA Training Advisory Counsel

May 25, 2016
3:30 – 4:30 		Breakout Session Room M202 Leveraging or Creating Relationships with Institutes of Higher Education to Build or Sustain Capabilities Wendy Walsh, Training Specialist, EMI, FEMA

May 25, 2016
3:30 – 4:30 		Breakout Session Room S125 Overview of EMI Integrated Emergency Management (IEM) Branch Programs Hakim Allah, Chief IEM Branch, EMI, FEMA

Meghan Van Aken, Training Specialist, IEM Branch, EMI, FEMA

Doug Kahn, Training Specialist, IEM Branch, EMI, FEMA

Thursday, May 26, 2016 (Day Three)

May 26, 2016
8:00 – 9:00 		Plenary Session E Auditorium Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Program: State of Texas Train-the-Trainer Michael Dailey, Chief of the Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP), Counter-IED Training and Awareness Section, DHS

May 26, 2016
9:15 – 10:15/10:30–11:30 		Breakout Session Room K302 National Cyber Exercise and Planning Program Lisa Beury-Russo, Section Chief, National Cyber Exercise and Planning Program, DHS

May 26, 2016
9:15 – 10:15/
10:45–12:00 (Wed) 		Breakout Session Room K308 Incorporating Universal Access into Training and Exercises Dawn Skaggs, National Director, Whole Community Planning, BCFS HHS

May 26, 2016
9:15 – 10:15/10:30 - 11:30 		Breakout Session Room S125 Using Exercises to Prepare For & Evaluate Preparedness for Emerging Threats Brian Richardson, National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) Senior Operations Specialist / Course Director, Center for Radiological Training/Counterterrorism Operations Support (CTOS)

Kent Latimer, Chief, Training Management Branch, CDP, FEMA

Brandon Whitman, Exercise Program Specialist, CDP, FEMA

May 26, 2016
9:15 – 10:15/10:30 – 11:30 		Breakout Session Room M202 Lessons Learned from Readiness: Training Identification and Preparedness Planning (RTIPP) Kelly Hamilton, Instructor, NCBRT

Maurice Haynes, Sr., State Homeland Security Training Coordinator, Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)

Thomas Robinson, Training & Education Specialist, FDEM

May 26, 2016
10:30–11:30/
9:15 - 10:30 (Wed) 		Breakout Session Room K308 Measurement and Value of Training and Exercise Programs David Balbi, Exercise Coordinator, Rhode Island Department of Health

May 26, 2016
12:45–1:45/2:00 - 3:00 		Breakout Session Room K302 The Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) and State Preparedness Report (SPR) Savin Ven Johnson, Program Analyst, National Preparedness Assessment Division (NPAD), FEMA

May 26, 2016
12:45 – 1:45 		Breakout Session Room K308 FEMA NTED - Initiatives Patrick Cowhey, Program Manager NTED, FEMA

Micheal Scott, Training Program Analyst NTED, FEMA

May 26, 2016
12:45 – 1:45/2:00 – 3:00 		Breakout Session Room M202 The Process of Determining Need and Deciding on Approach

(previously listed as Course Development: Modality and Quality) 		Rebecca Tate, Director of Training Support, National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC), Texas A&M Engineering Extension (TEEX)

Matt Prager, Chief, Curriculum Management and Instructional Technology Branch, EMI

May 26, 2016
2:00–3:00 		Breakout Session Room K308 Update on The National Preparedness Goal (NPG) Fred Dolan, Supervisory Program Analyst, NIC, FEMA

May 26, 2016
2:00–3:00 		Breakout Session Room S125 NIMS Training Program Panel Michael Docterman, Management and Program Specialist, NIC, FEMA

Robert Patrick, Training Specialist, EMI, FEMA

Robert Ridgeway, Training Specialist, EMI, FEMA

Ken Clark, Training & Curriculum Development Manager, Training, Education & Exercises Division, VDEM

David Nock MEP, State Training Officer, Preparedness Bureau, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)

Michael Beha MS, MEP, CPM, Homeland Security Exercise Coordinator, FDEM

National Preparedness Symposium Breakout Sessions

Breakout Sessions
 
Back to Top