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IAEM-USA Region 7 Conference - Program

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July 19-20, 2023

IAEM-USA Region 7 Conference

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, Kansas

July 19, 2023
1:00-3:30 p.m. IAEM Certification Exam (Preregistration required)
4:00-6:00 p.m. Networking Event sponsored by JEO Consulting
Appetizers, snacks and drinks provided / Check-in for conference.

July 20, 2023
7:30-8:00 a.m. Registration / Check-in (Breakfast)
8:00-8:10 a.m. Welcome Remarks (IAEM-USA Region 7 President Chet Hunter, CEM, and Jay Van Der Werff, Ph.D., FEMA Region 7 Acting Recovery Division Director)
8:15-9:15 a.m. March 5, 2022 Madison County, Iowa EF-4 Tornado Response (Diogenes Ayala, Madison County EMA) 
9:25-10:25 a.m. June 27, 2022 Mendon, MO Amtrak Train Derailment Panel (Joe Coons, Lifeflight; Dr. Josh Stilley, University of Missouri-Columbia; Jeff Alton, SEMA; and Battalion Chief Todd Covington, KCFD) 
<10:25-10:35 a.m.  Break / Networking
10:35-11:15 a.m.  “Call Me When the Lights Go Out” - How to Keep the Lights and Water On When the River Stops Running (Tonya Ngotel, Omaha Public Power District) 
11:15-11:30 a.m. Break / Networking
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.  Lunch / Witt O'Brien's Presentation (Jason Sirney and Matt Hanson)
12:40-1:40 p.m. Data Analytics in Emergency Management (Jeff Stevens, iParametrics)
1:40-1:50 p.m. Break / Networking
1:50-2:50 p.m. Salient Sanctuary: An Overview of the Evolution, Expectations, Capabilities, and Criticalities of Healthcare Emergency Management with a Blueprint for Whole-of-Community Collaboration (Jason Campbell, CEM, BJC Healthcare)
2:50-3:00 p.m.  Break / Networking
3:00-4:00 p.m. Not All Project Managers Are Emergency Managers, but All Emergency Managers Are Project Manager: Lessons in Integrating Project and Emergency Management (Justin Kates, CEM, FEMA National Advisory Council and IAEM-USA 1st Vice President)
4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks - <>IAEM-USA Region 7 President Chet Hunter, CEM