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IAEM Virtual Conference 2025 Program

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The IAEM-USA Virtual Conference

May 9, 2025

Online Registration Open


Friday, May 9, 2025 (All times posted are in EDT.)

10:00-10:15 AM

Opening and Welcome
Carrie Speranza, CEM, IAEM-USA President

10:15-11:15 AM

Breakout Sessions

Upper Atmospherics and Amplified Climate Hazards Impacts to Emergency Management (Sunny Westcott) Learn More

Tag Me in That: Best Practices to Address Challenges in Social Media Crisis Communications (Heather Marshall and Jamie Biglow) Learn More

Fostering a Culture of Preparedness: 'Preparedness Week (Katie Linn and Ashley Simon) Learn More

11:15-11:30 AM

Break

11:30 AM-12:30 PM

Breakout Sessions

The Disasters That Define Us: The Disasters That Influenced Me and Their Lessons for All of Us (Daniel Kaniewski) Learn More

Human-AI Collaboration: Shaping the Future of Emergency Management (Steve Peterson, CEM and Kathleen Henning, CEM) Learn More

Quantifying Readiness: A Unique Way to Measure an Emergency Preparedness Program (Cullen Case Jr., CEM) Learn More

12:30-1:00 PM

Lunch Break

1:00-1:30 PM

IAEM-USA Community and Member Engagement Committee Update

1:30-2:30 PM

Breakout Sessions

Food Banks Rising: Pandemic Response and the Road Ahead (Holly Cuthbertson, CEM) Learn More

Perceptions of Warning Information Sources From a Global Dataset (George Karagiannis, CEM and Emma Pearlstone) Learn More

"What if it is Not a Crisis?" (Janet Kacskos) Learn More

2:30-2:45 PM

Break

2:45-3:45 PM

Breakout Sessions

Harnessing the Untapped: The Power of the Gut-Brain Axis (Tamiza Teja) Learn More

From AID to EM: What Domestic Emergency Management Can Learn from International Humanitarian Response (Rachel Sayre) Learn More

Public Assistance: Self Inflicted Wounds  (Mike Martinet, CEM) Learn More

3:45-4:00 PM

Break

4:00-5:00 PM

Breakout Sessions

Sustainable Post-storm Mitigation Efforts in Underserved Western Alaska Communities (Daryl Schaffer) Learn More

Today's Students in Emergency Management (Caitlyn Burghard) Learn More

Government Affairs Update

5:00 PM

Conclusion