Early Edition Speaker Series

Register by the Early Bird Deadline of October 6, 2023 to receive access to 8 bonus sessions offered via live webinar on the following dates.

Tuesday, October 10th
12:00pm – 1:00pm ET

Rethinking the Role of State Exercise Programs: One State’s Model for the Future of Preparedness through a Comprehensive Exercise Series

Thursday, October 12th
12:00pm – 1:00pm ET

Experiences of Implementing International Emergency Management Programs

Christopher Knobel, Emergency Management Coordinator, U.S. Forest Service International Programs

Tuesday, October 17th
12:00pm – 1:00pm ET

Preparing for Grid Fragility - An Emergency Management Summit and Initiative

Michael Lambert, Planner, Houston-Galveston Area Council

Thursday, October 19th
12:00pm – 1:00pm ET

Operationalizing Equity: Building a State-Wide Energy Resilience Program and Whole Community Energy Resilience Planning Process – From the Ground Up

Deborah Witmer, Energy Resilience & Mitigation Program Manager, Washington State Department of Commerce, Energy Division

Tuesday, October 24th
12:00pm – 1:00pm ET

Community Lifelines as an EOC Organizational Model

Meischa Jackson, CEM, Emergency Management Coordinator, Cape Coral Division of Emergency Management

Thursday, October 26th 
12:00pm – 1:00pm ET

How GIS is Being Used to Guide Response and Recovery Efforts for the Maui Wildfires

Jeff Baranyi, Lead Solution Engineer on the Public Safety Team for Emergency Management and Disaster Response,  Esri

Tuesday, October 31st
12:00pm – 1:00pm ET

What is Situational Awareness in Emergency Management? Do We Even Know?

Travis Cryan, CEM, Principal Consultant, Bent Ear Solutions, LLC

Thursday, November 2nd  
12:00pm – 1:00pm ET

Charlottesville to Grand Rapids: When Civil Unrest Becomes Your World

Allison Farole, CEM, Emergency Management Administrator, City of Grand Rapids