Presenter: Courtney Page
MPA/MA Candidate
John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
Topic: Tree-Huggers and Firefighters: How Emotion Can be Effectively Incorporated into Public Outreach for Wildfire Mitigation
Description: Increasingly, researchers are uncovering the importance of the emotional relationships that residents have with certain places that, in turn, affect the perception, communication, and mitigation of risk in areas prone to natural hazards. A qualitative analysis of more than 80 interviews with residents and risk managers in Truckee, California, shows that residents possess deep and complex emotional connections to “natural” spaces, and that public opinion about and compliance with wildfire mitigation policy hinges on the way residents and risk managers define these spaces. The dissertation also offers specific suggestions for risk managers on how best to work with the public to reduce community vulnerability to wildfire hazard.
Presenter: Destiny Aman
Ph.D. Candidate in Geography
Penn State University
University Park, PA
Reporter: Jay Gonzalez, hube01@aol.com
Jackson State University
3:00–5:00 2nd Round of Wednesday, June 6th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(4) No-Cost Campus Preparedness Strategies for Administrators, Faculty, Staff, and Students
Description: Most colleges and universities today do not have the budgets needed to be prepared. Join our panelists as they address no-cost (and low-cost) strategies for developing an aware and prepared population. Administrators, faculty, staff, and students will walk away from this discussion encouraged and excited about moving forward in this often-challenging area.
Moderator: Jeffrey Rush, D.P.A.
Assistant Professor
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN
Presenters: Blythe Joy Patenaude
Urban Preparedness, Inc.
Fort Washington, MD
Clint Wallace
Cognition, LLC
Panama City, FL
Charlie Snead
Cognition, LLC
Manassas, VA
Eugene Glover
Cognition, LLC
Stafford, VA
Reporter: Walter Young, WWYJR@hotmail.com
Capella University
3:00–5:00 2nd Round of Wednesday, June 6th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(5) Not Your Father’s M*A*S*H: Establishing Alternate Medical Treatment Sites/A Crisis/Disaster Behavioral Health Decision-Making Tool: The Rapid Situational Assessment of Functioning and Triage Map
Moderator: George W. Contreras, MPH, MS, CEM
Associate Professor and Director
Allied Health Sciences
The City University of New York at Kingsborough Community College
and
Adjunct Professor
MPA in Emergency and Disaster Management
Metropolitan College of New York School of Management
Topic: Not Your Father’s M*A*S*H: Establishing Alternate Medical Treatment Sites
Description: Virtually all disaster types have significant discernible health consequences. In this session, participants will become aware of the fundamentals involved in launching Alternate Medical Treatment Sites (AMTS), learn various means to ensure AMTS’ smooth functioning, and identify potential pitfalls that could disrupt an AMTS’s effectiveness.
Presenter: K.C. Rondello, M.D., M.P.H.
Academic Director, Department of Emergency Management
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
Topic: A Crisis/Disaster Behavioral Health Decision-Making Tool: The Rapid Situational Assessment of Functioning and Triage Map
Description: The color-coded model presented has situational fluidity to the point it effectively gives both lay and professional crisis/disaster responders an easy-to-use graphic only (neutralizes language barriers) cognitive-construct which helps mitigate confusion and allows for a rapid determination of the level of intervention needs of survivors. While the model has a significant behavioral health orientation, its structure allows for use under non-behavioral situations such as general/specific resource allocation.
Presenter: Mark Marquez, LCSW, MSW, Ed.D.
Department of Social Work
Fayetteville State University and eSocialWorker LLC
Fayetteville, NC
Reporter: David Gale, dtg08@yahoo.com
Arizona State University
3:00–5:00 2nd Round of Wednesday, June 6th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(6) Best Practices in Designing, Developing, and Implementing an Integrated Homeland Security and Emergency Management Program
Description: Since 9/11, the field of Emergency Management has been significantly impacted by the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the development of Homeland Security policies and programs. One thing is certain: both EM and HS are robust, dynamic, and complex disciplines. In turn, both are intellectually grounded in risk management theory, and both are inextricably linked together in practice. Given that the two fields are interdependent and focus on securing the safety and security of the United States from a broad range of threats, this panel will discuss best practices in designing, developing, and implementing new programs in higher education that integrate critical concepts in the fields of both Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
Moderator: Jim Savitt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Area Coordinator
Emergency Management and Fire Services Administration
Empire State College Center for Distance Learning
Saratoga Springs, NY
Presenters: Linda Kiltz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Administration
Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX
Keith Clement, Ph.D.
Planning Director
CSU Council for Emergency Management and Homeland Security (CEMHS)
Chair, University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Department of Criminology
California State University, Fresno
Fresno, CA
Christine Springer, Ph.D.
Director
Executive Master’s Degree in Crisis and Emergency Management (ECEM)
University of Nevada–Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
Reporter: Melissa Wilson, melwilson2@aol.com
American Public University
Thursday, June 7, 2012 – Morning Plenary – E Auditorium
8:30–9:00 a.m. IAEM - USA Report
Hui-Shan Walker, MPA, CEM
IAEM-USA President
Hampton, VA
Kathleen Henning
IAEM Region III President
Lanita Lloyd
IAEM Region IV President Elect
9:00–9:20 a.m. IAEM-USA Student Region Report
Michael Kelley, Jr., AEM, ALEM, SC CEM, MEMS
President
IAEM-USA Student Region
Beaufort, SC
9:20–10:40 a.m. Break
10:40–11:25 a.m. The Future Starts Today. General Lessons from Scenario Foresight of the Emerging European Union Homeland Security System and the Comprehensive Approach – New Roles for Higher Education Research and Teaching
Alexander Siedschlag, Ph.D, M.A.
Professor for Security Research and Chair
Center for European Security Studies (CEUSS)
Sigmund Freud University
Vienna, Austria
Andrea Jerkovi
, MA, MA, MPA
Doctoral Researcher
Center for European Security Studies (CEUSS)
Sigmund Freud University
Vienna, Austria
11:25–11:30 a.m. Breakout Session Room Announcements
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch – K Building Cafeteria
1:00–2:30 p.m. 1st Round of Afternoon Breakout Sessions
2:30–3:00 p.m. Break
3:00–5:00 p.m. 2nd Round of Afternoon Breakout Sessions
1:00–2:30 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th Afternoon Breakout Sessions
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Environmental Security as a Growing Nexus of U.S. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Theory
Description: Environmental Security (ES) represents a critical and emergent construct that should be incorporated into integrated Homeland Security/Emergency Management (HS/EM) training, planning, and policy. While this exists in theory, it does not adequately in practice at all levels of government. In turn, this begins with better integration of ES in both HS and EM academic curricula. This presentation will provide details as to what the ES construct consists of in a post-9/11 world, and how it may be integrated in either HS or EM or HS/EM programs.
Moderator: Dr. Marvine Hamner
Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management
Frederick Community College
Frederick, MD
Presenter: Terry O’Sullivan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Associate Director
Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security
The University of Akron
Akron, OH
Reporter: David Gale, dtg08@yahoo.com
Arizona State University
(2) Creative Thinking: Its Use in Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Description: Do you know how to define creative thinking? This session offers creative thinking as a higher level of thinking than just critical thinking and shows how the frameworks for critical and creative thinking work together. Be introduced to the 13 tools for good creative thinking and see how creative thinkers can be taught and are not just born.
Moderator: Fred May, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Homeland Security
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
Presenter: Michael Collier, Ph.D.
Homeland Security Program Coordinator
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
Reporter: Allen Straub, allen_straub123@yahoo.com
American Public University
1:00–2:30 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(3) U.S. Emergency Management: Past, Present, and Future
Description: Many historic major disasters have become part of the American culture, such as the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, the 1918 Flu Epidemic, and Hurricane Katrina (2005). Those defining events in Emergency Management have provided many lessons, good and bad, in emergency management. Panelists will discuss: What lessons do major disaster events and their outcomes provide for us today? How has Emergency Management progressed as a field of public management? What major new threats and hazards do we face in the near future? What do we need to do in the future to improve our existing EM systems?
Moderator: Claire Rubin
President
Claire B. Rubin & Associates, LLC
Arlington, VA
Presenters: Gary Wamsley
Professor Emeritus
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Keith Bea
Analyst, Specialist (Retired)
Congressional Research Service
Founder of L!EAF Logistics Company
Claire Rubin
R. Tim Baden
Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis Division
Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, DC
Reporter: Melissa Wilson, melwilson2@aol.com
American Public University
1:00–2:30 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(4) How Emergency Management Research Builds the Base of the Discipline and Serves the Practitioner Community
Description: This presentation will detail the role of various types of Higher Education programs in the development of Emergency Management research. In addition, the importance of this research to the development of a discipline foundation for the field will be detailed. Examples of research directions and methodologies that facilitate and inhibit discipline development will be provided. In addition, attention will be directed to how effective research enhances professional practice.
Moderator: Johanna Bishop, MS, M. Ed., CPT
Director, Behavioral Science Programs
Wilmington University
New Castle, DE
Presenters: Daniel Klenow, Ph.D.
Professor and Head
Department of Emergency Management
Co-Director, Center for Disaster Studies and Emergency Management
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Reporter: Jacob Dickman, jdickman2@capellauniversity.edu
Capella University
(5) Course Development and Textbook Updates/Revisions
Moderator: Edward J. McDonough
Public Information Officer
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
Reisterstown, MD
Topic: Crisis and Risk Communication Course Development
Description: The purpose of the Higher Education course, Crisis and Risk Communication, is to present to participants, who include students enrolled in Emergency Management programs at universities, colleges, and community colleges throughout the country, the different forms of communication proficiencies that are likely to be expected of a practicing Emergency Manager or Department/Office of Emergency Management employee during the course of his/her duties.
Presenter: George Haddow
Principal
Bullock & Haddow LLC
and
Adjunct Faculty
Tulane University – Homeland Security Studies Program
New Orleans, LA
1:00–2:30 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
Topic: Hazard Risk Management Course Revision
Description: The course developers intend to revise the course materials from the 2003 version of the course to focus the instruction more closely on the needs of local communities throughout the United States. The course materials will focus on different risk management methodologies used worldwide and in the private and non-governmental sectors, and will recognize the structures and frameworks (including statutory requirements) by which these local entities are bound. We recognize that DHS and FEMA have produced several guidance documents detailing the recommended methods to be used by local communities to approach different components of the hazard-risk management process. The new course materials will follow these recommendations in order to maintain singularity of message.
Presenter: George Haddow
Topic: Issues in Disaster Science and Management: A Critical Dialogue Between Scientists and Emergency Managers…An Update
Description: For a long time, the Emergency Management community has complained about the gap between practitioners and scientists that focus on disasters. This project is designed to develop a textbook that will help bridge this divide. Our approach will focus the attention of academic/practitioner teams on critical contemporary issues related to disasters. For each issue, academics and practitioners will be selected to describe what we “know.” Researchers will be asked to focus on the scientific findings, and practitioners will be asked to discuss patterns and variations in national policies/state of practice. The key contribution of the text will be a section in each chapter focused on a vision for how the two sets of insights could be brought together to make the U.S. Emergency Management system and the research enterprise better.
Presenters: Joseph Trainor, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center
Newark, DE
Tony Subbio, CEM, MS
Emergency Management Specialist
Tetra Tech EM, Inc.
Reporter: Amy Pelicano, amy.pelicano@mycampus.apus.edu
American Public University
1:00–2:30 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(6) Blind Bats, Black Swans, and Red Motorcycles: The Risk of Teaching Risk/FEMA Region I Higher Education Initiative: Integrating Higher Education with Cyber Security and Core Capabilities
Moderator: Jim Savitt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Area Coordinator
Emergency Management and Fire Services Administration
Empire State College Center for Distance Learning
Saratoga Springs, NY
Topic: Blind Bats, Black Swans, and Red Motorcycles: The Risk of Teaching Risk
Description: Everyone in Emergency Management and Homeland Security is facing a resource challenge as needs continue to grow and budgets continue to shrink. DHS is turning to Integrated Risk Management (IRM) throughout the enterprise as a solution. Without IRM, we are “blind as a bat” in allocating resources for preparedness and response. But done incorrectly, IRM exposes organizations to “Black Swans”—low probability but with inevitably high consequence events with devastating results. Even worse are “Red Motorcycle” events, where everyone looks at the looming crisis, but no one seems to see it until the crash. What to do? This presentation suggests a solution.
Presenter: Dave McIntyre, Ph.D.
Vice President for Homeland Security
National Graduate School
College Station, TX
Topic: FEMA Region I Higher Education Initiative: Integrating Higher Education with Cyber Security and Core Capabilities
Description: The FEMA Region I Higher Education Initiative aims at further developing relationships among institutes of Higher Education throughout New England. Over the past year, FEMA Region I has worked with the Higher Education community on integrating “whole of community” partners into FEMA and State’s existing training and exercise programs. Together with the Higher Education Community, the Region has co-sponsored several exercises and now has embarked on planning together for this year’s National Level Exercise 12, focused on Cyber Security. This presentation will highlight some of these on-going initiatives centered on the theme of Cyber Security.
Presenter: Bob Grimley
Deputy Federal Preparedness Coordinator
FEMA Region I
Boston, MA
Reporter: Alison Buchanan, Buchanan_alison@hotmail.com
York University (CAN)
3:00–5:00 2nd Round of Thursday, June 7th Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) Emergency Planning for Campus Executives
Description: This 2-hour overview of emergency planning serves as a briefing for executives of institutions of Higher Education and provides them with insights into multi-hazard emergency planning and their role in protecting lives, property, and operations. The seminar provides insight into the benefits of having a well-developed campus Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and addresses the roles of senior campus officials during an incident and at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). By the end of the session, participants will be able to support emergency planning efforts and be energized about helping their campuses become better prepared.
Moderator: Barbara Nelson
Training Specialist
Mitigation Branch
Emergency Management Institute
Emmitsburg, MD
Presenter: Brendan McCluskey, J.D., MPA, CEM
Executive Director, Emergency Management and Occupational Health and Safety
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Newark, NJ
Reporter: Les Welsh, lesleywelsh@mail.adelphi.edu
Adelphi University
(2) Preparation and Recovery – A Worst-Case Natural Disaster/The Disaster Press Conference: Form and Function
Moderator: Anne Garland, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Applied Research in Environmental Sciences Nonprofit, Inc. (ARIES)
DHS CREATE Center of Excellence, Working Together for a Safer Tomorrow Program (WTST)
Topic: Preparation and Recovery – A Worst-Case Natural Disaster
Description: Examine how to prepare and recover from a worst-case natural disaster. Review insurance policies and school Emergency Management Plans to ensure adequate levels of preparation. Learn what to expect from your insurance carriers, FEMA, your employees, your students, and the community following a worst-case natural disaster.
Presenter: Mary Jan Lantz
Director of Human Resources and Risk Management
Galveston College
Galveston, TX
3:00–5:00 2nd Round of Thursday, June 7th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
Topic: The Disaster Press Conference: Form and Function
Description: The study provides emergency personnel and public officials more information about the press conference process to be better prepared to meet the press. Most disaster press conferences follow a similar pattern with the same types of questions asked. Press conferences from major disasters during the past 10 years are examined to identify the pattern and types of questions. These are analyzed for themes and recommendations are developed.
Presenter: John Fisher, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Utah Valley University
Provo, UT
Reporter: Mandy Stanley, Mandy.Stanley@park.edu
Park University
(3) Foundation for Higher Education Accreditation (FFHEA) in Emergency Management/Designing, Developing, and Implementing State-Level Emergency Management and Homeland Security Education and Training Programs: Standards, Curriculum, Content, and Professional Development
Moderator: Carter Smith, J.D., Ph.D.
Department of Public Management and Criminal Justice
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN
Topic: Foundation for Higher Education Accreditation (FFHEA) in Emergency Management
Description: A report from the FFHEA officials on the activities of the past year and future plans; a forum for input for participants.
Presenters: Kay Goss, CEM
President
Daryl Spiewak, CEM
Vice President
Valerie Lucus-McEwen, CEM, CBCP
Director-Communications
Robert McCreight, Ph.D.
Assessor for Programs in Public Administration
3:00–5:00 2nd Round of Thursday, June 7th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
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