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THE 9-1-1 INDUSTRY ALLIANCE
NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON 9-1-1 OVERLOAD

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October 4-5, 2011
Georgetown University Hotel & Conference Center
Washington, D.C.

Presentations

TUESDAY, October 4, 2011

6:00 pm - Reception
7:00 pm - Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Lt. General Russel L. Honoré, US Army (Ret), was widely hailed by the media as the "Category 5 General" who led Task Force Katrina in the aftermath of the devastating hurricanes that struck the Gulf Coast in the summer of 2005.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011

7:00 am - Hosted Breakfast (Faculty Club)

8:15 am   - Presentation of Colors – Fairfax Co., VA Public Safety Communications Color Guard

Welcome - George S. Rice, Jr., Executive Director, 9-1-1 Industry Alliance (9IA)

8:30 am - Defining the Problem & Objectives
  • Research Findings
  • Agency Experiences –
  • Moderator: Kevin Murray, President & CEO, Mission Critical Partners, Chair, 9IA
    • Blair Sutherland, Director of Communications, Massachusetts State
      Police
    • Liz Graeber, 9-1-1 Administrator, City of Phoenix
    • Teddy Kavaleri, Acting Director, Washington DC Office of Unified Communications (9-1-1, 3-1-1)
    • Matt Rechkemmer, E-911 Program Manager, Lee County, FL
9:30 am   - Presentations on Consumer Experiences

10:10 am - Coffee Break

10:30 am - Brainstorming – Group Discussion for Solutions
Moderator:  Joel McCamley, Senior Vice President, L. Robert Kimball & Associates

11:15 am - Keynote Speaker: James Arden Barnett, Jr., Rear Admiral (Ret.), Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.
Introduced by George Heinrichs, President, Intrado Inc, Past Chairman, 9-1-1 Industry Alliance

12:00 pm - Lunch (Faculty Club)

1:00 pm - Policy Panel Discussion -
Moderator: Paul Fahey, Director, Business Development, Cassidian Communications

  • John Healy, FCC, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
  • Jerry Eisner, ENP, Group Director, Public Safety, Red Sky Technologies
  • Chip Yarborough, Director, Heartland Communications Facility Authority; Western Regional Director, NENA
  • Representatives from the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Emergency Communications
2:00 pm -Wireless Industry Panel:
Increased Call Volumes & Non-Initialized Mobile Phones and Telematics
Moderator:  Dan Sawicki, Director, Applications Product Strategy, Motorola Solutions Inc

3:00 pm - Coffee Break

3:20 pm - Operations / First Responder Panel Discussion
Moderator: John Melcher, President and CEO, The Melcher Group
  • Gregg Riddle, Executive Director WSCDC (Ret.), President, APCO International
  • Stephen J. Gordon, ENP. Executive Director, Orleans Parish Communication District
  • Steve Souder, Director, Department of Public Safety Communications, Fairfax County, Virginia

4:30 pm - Workshop Summary and Next Steps
Bill Campbell, Senior Vice President, Security, Government & Infrastructure
Intergraph Corporation

 

  5:00 pm - Close of Meeting


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