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IAEM USA Region 2 Conference 2025 Program

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July 23-25, 2025

IAEM-USA Region 2 Conference

“Wicked Problems in Emergency Management”

Paul Smiths, New York 

Online registration is live!

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Wednesday – July 23, 2025
9:00 AM  AEM/CEM Certification Exam
Pre-Conference Activities
(Local opportunities and a Citizen Preparedness Event)
11:00 AM             Registration Opens
12:00 PM 

Lunch
(Lunch on your own/cafeteria options available onsite)
12:30 PM    Opening Ceremony
Welcoming  Remarks by IAEM Region 2 President Michael Prasad CEM® and a representative from Paul Smith’s College Leadership
1:00 PM  Keynote Panel featuring IAEM-USA Second Vice President Todd De Voe CEM® and Steuben County Director of Public Safety Tim Marshall CEM®
2:00 PM Break
TRAINING: AWR 310 Building Disaster Resilience for Community Leadership
(Separate registrations required in addition to registration as part of the conference)
  Training will be 4 hours, 2 PM – 6 PM
2:15 PM Breakout sessions
  2:15 PM - 3:15 PM: Managing Planned Events (2 concurrent sessions will be offered, titles coming soon)
  Break 3:15 – 3:30 PM
  3:30 – 4:30 PM: Extreme Weather Events (2 concurrent sessions will be offered, titles coming soon)
5:00 PM Evening Break
6:30 PM  Networking Event

Thursday – July 24, 2025
8:30 AM  Plenary Session: Event Security and Preparedness
9:00 AM  TRAINING: AWR 356 Community Planning Disaster Recovery (Separate registrations required in addition to registration as part of the conference)
9:30 AM Breakout Sessions
  9:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Unconventional EM (2 concurrent sessions will be offered, titles coming soon)
10:30 – 10:45 AM Break
  10:45 AM - 12:15 PM: Leadership in Emergency Management (2 concurrent sessions will be offered, titles coming soon)
12:15 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM  Breakout Sessions
  1:30 PM - 2:30 PM: Emergency Management Skillsets (2 sessions)
  Break 2:30 – 2:45 PM
  2:45 – 3:45 PM Unconventional EM (2 concurrent sessions will be offered, titles coming soon)
  Break 3:45 – 4:00 PM
  4:00 – 5:00 PM Event Management (2 concurrent sessions will be offered, titles coming soon)
4:00 PM  Student Showcase – Poster and Paper Panel
5:00 PM Evening Break
6:00 PM Networking Event – Social Crawl

Friday – July 25, 2025
8:30 AM Community Fair Opens
9:00 AM  Breakout Sessions
  9:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Unconventional EM (2 concurrent sessions will be offered, titles coming soon)
10:30 AM  Break
10:45 AM Keynote featuring Mary Schoenfeldt, PhD
11:45 AM Closing Ceremony
12:00 PM Closing Ceremony
Lunch
TBD Post-Conference Activities
Repeat Offerings of Selected Breakout Sessions