**FEMA**

**11^th^ Annual All-Hazards Emergency Management Higher Education
Conference**

**E392**

**June 2--5, 2008**

**THEME -- FRAMING THE FUTURE**

**Emergency Management Institute**

**Emmitsburg, MD**

**Federal Emergency Management Agency/DHS**

[**June 2, 2008 (Monday)** -- **Pre-Conference Workshops** (Open Only to
Conference Participants)]{.underline}

**(1) GIS in Emergency Management (Half-Day Workshop \-- To be Repeated
in Afternoon)**

> **8:30 a.m.--12:00 p.m., Computer Lab \-- M100A 1:00--5:00 p.m.,
> Computer Lab \-- M100A**
>
> (1^st^ 34 Registered) (1^st^ 34 Registered)

**Presenters: Dr. Jamie D. Mitchem** Mitchem@cup.edu

> Project Leader
>
> 3 Rivers HAZUS User Group (3RiversHUG)
>
> Co-advisor for B.A. in Geography, GIS and Emergency Management
> Concentration
>
> Department of Earth Sciences
>
> California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
>
> **Dr. Thomas R. Mueller** Mueller@cup.edu
>
> Director of California University Crime Mapping Center
>
> Department of Earth Sciences
>
> California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA

**Description:** Many practicing emergency managers have recognized the
potential of spatial

technologies as tools that can support hazard mitigation, response, and
recovery activities, and they have begun to integrate these technologies
into their workflow. Higher education institutions are well positioned
to respond to this need through the integration of spatial technology
education into programs that provide instruction in the principles and
tools associated with emergency management as well as in their research
and community outreach activities. This workshop will explore a variety
of desktop and Web-based spatial data exploration tools as well as data
sources. Examples will range from simple viewing tools through
sophisticated applications such as 3-D modeling, temporal analysis, and
others. No previous experience with GIS or other spatial technologies is
required in order to attend this workshop.

[**June 2, 2008 (Monday)** -- **Pre-Conference Workshops**
**(Continued)**]{.underline}

**(2) Fundamentals of ArcGIS for Emergency Management (Half-Day Workshop
-- To be Repeated in Afternoon)**

> **8:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m., Computer Lab \-- M201** **1:00--5:00 p.m.,
> Computer Lab \-- M201**

**Presenter: Kevin J. Mickey**

> Director, Professional Education and Outreach
>
> The Polis Center

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

> Indianapolis, IN
>
> kmickey@iupui.edu

**Description:** This ½-day workshop will provide participants with an
introduction to using ArcGIS for emergency management. The workshop will
be presented with a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and
instructor-led exercises. The workshop will begin with an overview of
GIS concepts and terminology. It will then provide hands-on exposure to
a series of key ArcGIS tools that empower users with the ability to
perform fundamental, but powerful, GIS tasks. These include symbolizing
existing spatial information such as the distribution of population
within a county of land use by category; asking questions such as 'how
many structures are located in a floodplain' or 'what is the total
population exposed to an earthquake'; and creating new spatial
information such as roads, floodplains, or buildings that can then be
mapped and analyzed to answer a question or explain a concept. It is
anticipated that at the conclusion of this segment of the workshop,
participants will have the necessary skills to begin constructing
meaningful exercises that can be used in their classrooms.

The workshop will conclude with a brief discussion of how the analytical
abilities of GIS can support the complex needs of the emergency
management community which requires moving beyond the question of where
is a problem to identifying what can be done to address the problem.
During this part of the workshop, participants will be introduced to the
capabilities of HAZUS-MH, a powerful free GIS application available from
the Federal Emergency Management Agency that can help identify risk as
well as appropriate mitigation actions that can lead to the reduction of
loss of life and property from floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes.
Finally, the workshop will end with a discussion of how GIS can be
applied in a higher education environment. This will involve a brief
discussion of research and teaching applications as well as resources
that are available to support these areas.

Workshop 1

8:00--8:15 -- Introduction

8:15--9:45 -- ArcGIS Fundamentals (ArcGIS Basics, Symbolizing Data)

9:45--10:00 -- Break

10:00--11:00 -- ArcGIS Fundamentals (Queries, Data Creation, and
Editing)

11:00--11:30 -- Spatial Analysis

11:30--Noon -- GIS in Higher Education--Opportunities and Resources

Workshop 2

1:00--1:15 -- Introduction

1:15--2:45 -- ArcGIS Fundamentals (ArcGIS Basics, Symbolizing Data)

2:45--3:00 -- Break

3:00--4:00 -- ArcGIS Fundamentals (Queries, Data Creation, and Editing)

4:00--4:30 -- Spatial Analysis

4:30--5:00 -- GIS in Higher Education--Opportunities and Resources

[**June 2, 2008 (Monday)** -- **Pre-Conference Workshops
(Continued)**]{.underline}

**(3) Homeland Security Planning for Campus Executives (Half-Day
Workshop -- To be Repeated in Afternoon)**

> **8:30 a.m.--12:00 p.m. 1:00--5:00**

**Presenter: Jodi L. Van Horne, MPA, MEP**

Emergency Response Specialist

VMC^®^/Homeland Security Programs

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

jodi.vanhorne@mail.wvu.edu

**Description:** This workshop provides an opportunity to bring together
individuals who do not have experience in security planning and are
responsible for their campus's homeland security plan with individuals
who do not have planning experience. The workshop provides a basic
overview for those institutions attempting to develop an approach to
solving homeland security planning, and it provides useful resources and
tools. The workshop was developed for the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security.

**(4) National Incident Management System (NIMS)**

**1:00--5:00 p.m. -- Room \#**

**Presenter: Kevin J. Molloy,** MEP

> Senior Project Officer
>
> National Integration Center
>
> Incident Management Systems Integration Division
>
> National Emergency Training Center
>
> Emmitsburg, MD

**Description:** The Incident Management Systems Integration Division of
the National Integration Center will be providing information regarding
the change from a National Response Plan to the National Response
Framework, and the most current information on the National Incident
Management System (NIMS) program. In addition to explaining the changes
to the newly revised NIMS, an in-depth look at all aspects of the NIMS
training program will be provided.

[**June 2, 2008 (Monday)** -- **Pre-Conference Workshops
(Continued)**]{.underline}

**(5) How to Teach Emergency Management: Thoughts for Those New to the
Disaster Field**

> **8:30 a.m.--12:00 p.m.**

**Presenter: David A. McEntire,** Ph.D.

Coordinator, Ph.D. Program in Public Administration and Management

Department of Public Administration

University of North Texas

Denton, TX

**Description:** Are you new to the disaster, emergency, and homeland
security fields? Do you desire additional knowledge about the
fundamental concepts, issues, and literature for your courses in
emergency management? If so, this workshop is for you! "How to Teach
Emergency Management" will trace the evolution of emergency management
research and discuss important disaster case studies. The workshop will
also identify significant debates in emergency management, novel
teaching techniques, and future projections in this growing profession.

**(6) Exercising Emergency Plans: It Could Have Been Your Campus**

> **8:30 a.m.--12:00 p.m.**

**Presenter: Richard Sexton**

Training and Exercise Specialist

Integrated Emergency Management Section

Emergency Management Institute

Emmitsburg, MD

**Description:** Every time a major event on a campus makes the
headlines, administrations look to review emergency plans. If this is
your campus, it may be too late. This workshop will talk about events
around the United States and how to utilize comprehensive emergency
management applications on a college campus. Constantly integrating
current threats as well as utilizing an all-hazards, comprehensive
approach to emergency management on your campus is a crucial part of
being prepared. This workshop shows how exercising these plans will
promote campus responders to implement and practice these plans
effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and
recover from incidents.

[**June 2, 2008 (Monday)** -- **Pre-Conference Workshops
(Continued)**]{.underline}

**(7) Writer's Workshop (Full-Day Workshop)**

> **8:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m.**

**Presenters: Robert D. Jaffin**

> Assistant Professor
>
> American Public University System
>
> Adjunct Faculty
>
> U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Global Management and Transportation
> School

**Courtney Rankin**

Assistant Professor

American Public University System

Charles Town, WV

Adjunct Faculty

Fort Hays State University

Hays, KS

**Andrew Lubin**

Senior Editor

Morrisville, PA

**Richard A. DeVito, Jr.**

Publisher

Journal of Emergency Management/American Journal of Disaster Medicine

**Lucien G. Canton**

> Retired

San Francisco Office of Emergency Services

San Francisco, CA

**Mark Listewnik**

Senior Editor

CRC Press/Taylor & Francis

Westborough, MA

[**June 2, 2008 (Monday)** -- **Pre-Conference Workshops
(Continued)**]{.underline}

**(7) Writer's Workshop (Full-Day Workshop) (Continued)**

**Presenters:** **Janet E. Maker**

Product Development Manager/Acquisitions Editor

Delmar Cengage Learning

**Claire B. Rubin**

Managing Editor

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Arlington, VA

**Moderator:** **Carolyn Russell**

**Description:** This workshop starts with a Refresher English class
designed to help prospective authors prepare for publication. The
workshop will include representatives from periodical and book
publishing houses who will address their unique needs and expectations.
They, in turn, will be ready to address a wide range of prospective
author questions. Every presenter has direct knowledge of the emergency
management field and/or the higher education programs offering such
degrees and certificates. Those interested in attending this workshop
are encouraged to bring a piece they are currently working on, an
abstract of what they are working on, or their ideas for upcoming
projects. If you are willing to have your work discussed in open forum,
please feel free to submit directly to Bob Jaffin at
hazmatgo@metrocast.net. All such submissions need to arrive in Mr.
Jaffin's inbox by May 20, 2008. If time permits and the panelists are
willing, we will try to select at least one work/idea for each of the
three moderated sessions as a practical starting point.

**≈5:00--5:30 -- Wine and Cheese Social -- Room K308**

[**Tuesday,** **June 3, 2008** -- **Morning Plenary -- E
Auditorium**]{.underline}

**7:00--8:15 *Conference Registration***

**8:15--8:45 *Introduction, Welcome, and EMI Update***

> **Vilma Schifano-Milmoe**
>
> Acting Superintendent
>
> Emergency Management Institute
>
> Federal Emergency Management Agency/DHS
>
> Emmitsburg, MD

***The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs)***

**Leonard L. Haynes III,** Ph.D.

Executive Director

White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Washington, DC

**8:45--9:10 *Welcoming Remarks from National Preparedness Directorate
Administrator***

> **Vilma Schifano-Milmoe (for Dennis Schrader)**
>
> Acting Superintendent
>
> Federal Emergency Management Agency/DHS
>
> Emmitsburg, MD

**9:10--9:30 *FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Update***

> [**B. Wayne Blanchard**, Ph.D.,
> CEM](../presentation/Blanchard%20-%20FEMA%20EM%20Hi%20Ed%20Project%20Update.ppt)
>
> Emergency Management Higher Education Project Manager
>
> Emergency Management Institute
>
> Federal Emergency Management Agency/DHS
>
> Emmitsburg, MD
>
> wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov

**9:30--9:50 Break**

**9:50--10:45 *Emergency Management and Homeland Security: A Long-Term
Marriage or a Short-Term Fling?***

**P.J. Crowley**

Senior Fellow and Director of Homeland Security

Center for American Progress

Washington, DC

[**Tuesday,** **June 3, 2008** -- **Morning Plenary -- E Auditorium
(Continued)**]{.underline}

**10:45--11:00 *EM Focus Group Update***

**Michael D. Selves,** CEM, CPM

Principal

MDS -- EM Consulting and Advocacy

Past President of the International Association of Emergency Managers

Topeka, KS

**11:00--11:55 *Public Hazards Education***

[**Dennis Mileti,**
Ph.D.](../presentation/Mileti%20-%20Changing%20People's%20Readiness%20Behavior.ppt)

Professor Emeritus

University of Colorado, Boulder

Boulder, CO

**11:55--12:00 -- Breakout Session Room Announcements**

**12:00--1:00 Lunch---K-Building Cafeteria**

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions]{.underline}**

**(1) Teaching Improved Approaches Better Outcomes for Vulnerability
Populations**

**Description:** Based on recent disaster experience and the potential
for increasing impacts of natural and human-caused hazards, emergency
management and homeland security students need the ability to assimilate
comprehensive hazard and threat information and translate it into
protective measures that effectively reach all segments of a community,
particularly the most vulnerable populations. This session will explore
approaches to teaching social vulnerability concepts and proposed
research work using those concepts, application of geographic
information systems, and the experiences of local emergency management
practitioners and vulnerable residents to distill key practices,
challenges, and areas for improvement.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenters:** [**Emily Bentley,** J.D., Assistant
Professor](../presentation/Bentley%20and%20Rukmana%20-%20Teaching%20Improved%20Approaches%20for%20Bette.ppt)

Director, Homeland Security and Emergency Management Program

Savannah State University

Savannah, GA

**[Deden
Rukmana,](../presentation/Bentley%20and%20Rukmana%20-%20Teaching%20Improved%20Approaches%20for%20Bette.ppt)**
Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Graduate Coordinator of Master of Science in Urban Studies Program

Savannah State University

Savannah, GA

**Reporter: Lawrence Coonfare, Jr.,** lawrencecoonfarejr@adelphi.edu

Emergency Management Certificate Program

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

**(2) Improving Your Associate's Level Emergency Management Program**

**Description: TBD**

**Moderator: Carolyn Richmond Teich**

Senior Program Associate

American Association of Community Colleges

Washington, DC

**Presenters: Dorothy L. Miller**

Emergency Management Coordinator

> The University of Texas at Dallas
>
> Dallas, TX
>
> **[Steve
> Glassey](../presentation/Glassey%20-%20Improving%20Your%20Associate's%20Level%20EM%20Program.pdf)**
>
> Chief Executive

Emergency Management Academy of New Zealand

**Reporter: [Mary
Kelly](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Kelly - Improving Associates Level EM program.doc),**
mary798@yahoo.com

Emergency Management Certificate Program

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(3) Improving Your Bachelor's Level Emergency Management Program**

**Description:** This session discusses bachelor's programs in emergency
management and examines various methods of recruiting students,
curriculum issues, and overall management of EM Programs. Some of the
issues include what makes programs successful along with strategies that
failed. Following case study presentations, the floor is open for
questions and discussion to exchange ideas.

**Moderator: Robert M. Schwartz,** Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Emergency Management

Department of Public Service Technology

The University of Akron

Akron, OH

**Presenters: Stacy Willett**

The University of Akron

Akron, OH

**Michael J. O'Connor, Jr.,** Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Emergency and Disaster Management

The Department of Public Service

> The State University of New York--Canton College of Technology
>
> Canton, NY

**Malcolm MacGregor,** Ph.D.

Professor

Marine Safety & Environmental Protection Department

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA

[**Bill W.
Newmann**](../presentation/Newmann%20-%20BA%20in%20HS%20and%20Emergency%20Preparedness.ppt)

> Associate Professor
>
> Undergraduate Coordinator, Homeland Security and Emergency
> Preparedness Program
>
> L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
>
> Virginia Commonwealth University
>
> Richmond, VA

**Reporter:** [**Jodi
DiGennaro**](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/DiGennaro - Improving you Bachelor Level Emergency Managment  Program)**,**
digennar@adelphi.edu

Emergency Management Certificate Program

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(4) Improving Your Graduate Emergency Management Program: Thoughts
from Directors and Coordinators from Around the Nation**

**Description:** This session discusses the administration of graduate
programs in emergency management and examines innovative ways to attract
students, organize curriculum, and teach courses on disasters. Research
activities with masters and doctoral students are also covered. In
addition to presentations from well-known faculty members, this session
will permit the exchange of ideas as well as time for questions and
answers.

**Moderator: David A. McEntire,** Ph.D.

Coordinator, Ph.D. Program in Public Administration and Management

> Department of Public Administration
>
> University of North Texas
>
> Denton, TX

**Presenters:** [**John C. Pine,**
Ed.D.](../presentation/Pine%20-%20enhancing%20graduate%20disaster%20programs.doc)

> Director

Disaster Science and Management

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA

[**Jack L. Rozdilsky,**
Ph.D.](../presentation/Rozdilsky%20-%20Engaging%20Graduate%20Students%20in%20Disaster%20Field%20Res.ppt)

Assistant Professor of Emergency Administration and Planning

Department of Public Administration

University of North Texas

Denton, TX

[**Naim Kapucu,**
Ph.D.](../presentation/Kapucu%20-%20Improving%20Your%20Grad%20EM%20Program.pdf)

Faculty Member

Department of Public Administration

College of Health and Public Affairs

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

[**Carol Cwiak,**
J.D.](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Cwiak - Improving Your Graduate EM Program - Educational Mod.ppt)

Faculty/Internship Coordinator

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**Reporter: [Ameya
Pawar](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Pawar - Improving EM Grad Program (2).doc),**
<mpawara@uchicago.edu>

Master of Science in Threat and Response Management

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(5) Public Warnings That Foster Protective Actions**

**Description:** This session will review risk communication practices
that foster public preparedness. A thorough examination of the way in
which known and unknown risks are communicated enables officials to
tailor messages and their channels of delivery, thus promoting
protective action amongst the public in the face of hazards.

**Moderator: Steve Borth**

Training Specialist

Readiness Section

Emergency Management Institute

Emmitsburg, MD

**Presenter: Dennis Mileti,** Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

University of Colorado, Boulder

Boulder, CO

**Reporter: [Eduardo
Fuentecilla](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Fuentecilla - Public Warnings that Foster Protective Actions.doc),**
eduardo.fuentecilla@va.gov

M.S. in Disaster Medicine and Management

Philadelphia University

Philadelphia, PA

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(6) Striving for Resilient Communities: A Strategy Session on
Long-Term Recovery in FEMA Region I**

**Description:** How can communities create opportunities out of a
disaster? How can FEMA assist impacted communities in becoming more
resilient? Over the past 2 years, long-term recovery in Region I has
undergone an important paradigm shift. The new strategy focuses on
assisting communities in establishing a locally driven recovery process
grounded in a public participation model in which the recovery outcome
is determined by the public rather than prescribed by FEMA. This process
is integrated into the response and recovery phase of the National
Response Framework that is employed after a disaster through the Joint
Field Office.

This session will provide an overview of how long-term recovery has
evolved in Region I and will ask for your assistance in refining the new
strategy as it prepares to be tested in the field. Your feedback, ideas,
and experience are essential to this collaborative strategy session!
Your participation in this session will help you gain an important
understanding of the roadblocks that need to be overcome for effective
recovery and will give you an opportunity to have input into a new way
of doing government business.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenters: Joshua Anchors**

Community Planner

FEMA Region I

Boston, MA

**Ivy Frances**

Chief

> Floodplain Management and Insurance Branch

FEMA Region I

Boston, MA

**Reporter:** **[Nicholas
Labruna](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/LaBruna - STRIVING FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.doc),**
nicholaslabruna@adelphi.edu

Emergency Management Certificate Program

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

**2:40--3:00 -- Break**

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions]{.underline}**

**(1) Geospatial Technology for Emergency Management**

**Description:** Geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, and remote sensing)
are becoming increasingly important for emergency management. This
session will illustrate some successful strategies for implementing
these technological tools during each phase of emergency management and
for service and service-learning projects. Topics to be discussed will
include costs, benefits, data issues, and future trends in geospatial
technology's infusion in emergency management. The goal of this session
is to illustrate the analytical power and efficiency of this technology,
and to spark discussion about its application to decision making and
management of emergency situations. (Participants are encouraged, but
NOT required, to attend the Pre-Conference Workshop on this subject.)

**Moderators: Jamie D. Mitchem,** Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Earth Sciences

California University of Pennsylvania

California, PA

**Thomas R. Mueller,** Ph.D., GISP

Director

Crime Mapping Center

California University of Pennsylvania

California, PA

**Panelists:** [**John C. Pine,**
Ed.D.](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Pine - Using Remote Sensing in Damage Assessments .ppt)

Director

Disaster Science and Management

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA

**Malcolm A. MacGregor,** Ph.D.

Professor

Marine Safety & Environmental Protection Department

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA

[**Kevin J. Mickey,**
GISP](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Mickey - Polis Center-HS Projects.ppt)

Director, Professional Education and Outreach

The Polis Center

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

**Reporter: [Scott
Simon](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Simon - Geospatial Technology for Emergency Management.doc),
<mss1273@gmail.com>**

Master of Science in Threat and Response Management

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(2) Emergency Management Graduate Student Research Projects**

**Moderator: Daniel J. Klenow,** Ph.D.

Professor and Chair

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**Presenter:** [**Jane Rovins,** MPH, CEM,
FPEM](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Rovins - Effective Hazard Mitigation.ppt)

Consultant

All About Training, Inc.

**Topic:** ***Effective Hazard Mitigation: Are Local Mitigation
Strategies Getting the Job Done?***

**Description:** With the advent of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
and its emphasis on mitigation planning, it is important to understand
if it is effective in reducing disaster damage and life losses. Ms.
Rovins' research reviews the Local Mitigation Strategies in Florida over
25 Presidentially declared events over a 10-year period to determine the
effectiveness of mitigation planning as a tool to reduce disaster
damage.

**Presenter: [Alex
Cole-Corde](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Cole-Corde - Social Distancing in Pandemic Influenza Planning.ppt)**

Ph.D. Student and Graduate Assistant, Emergency Management Program

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**Topic: *Social Distancing in Pandemic Influenza Planning: Meeting the
Needs of Vulnerable Populations***

**Description:** Gap analyses of community pandemic influenza planning
efforts have the opportunity to identify and assess strengths and
weaknesses of planning efforts and provide solution-driven
recommendations that will address planning deficiencies and propose
mitigatory actions to minimize the negative effects of social distancing
on vulnerable populations.

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**Emergency Management Graduate Student Research Projects (Continued)**

**Presenter: [Vicki L.
Miller](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Miller, V - EMAC.ppt)**

Doctoral Student, Emergency Management Program

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**Topic: *Emergency Management Assistance Compact Strategic Plan***

**Description:** Ms. Miller's research is focused on the Emergency
Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) and the EMAC Strategic Plan:
2007--2012. She will engage in both qualitative and quantitative studies
involving the goals, objectives, and performance measures with the EMAC
response efforts of Hurricane Katrina.

**Presenter: [Daniel Martin, MA, CEM,
CFM](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Martin - Bridging Emergency Management.pptx)**

Doctoral Student, Emergency Management Program

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**Topic 1:** [**Bridging Emergency Management---Incorporating the
Engineering Discipline in Emergency
Management**](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Martin - Bridging Emergency Management.pptx)

**Description:** It is recognized that the profession of emergency
management involves and incorporates numerous professional disciplines.
The analytical skills and scientific tools of the engineering profession
are a valued resource for the emergency management profession. This need
will increase as our local, regional, national, and global
infrastructures become increasingly interconnected, complex, and
critical to our functioning society. For this reason, the engineering
profession will play an important role for tomorrow's emergency manager.
The American Society of Civil Engineers' Committee on Critical
Infrastructure is playing a proactive role in bridging the disciplines
of engineering and emergency management.

**Topic 2: [Trends in Emergency Planning: Constraints, Limitations, and
Challenges of Comprehensive Emergency
Planning](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Martin - Principles of EM.doc)**

**Description:** This exploratory research project identified and
investigated the factors that contribute to the challenges for local
government to develop emergency planning doctrine that can be
operationalized and ultimately reduce a community's steady-state of
readiness.

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**Emergency Management Graduate Student Research Projects (Continued)**

**Presenter: Dennis C. Wood,** BS, NREMT-P

Battalion Chief

Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department

Largo, MD

**Topic: *Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Medical Services System
Status***

**Description:** The techniques of system status management seek to
match the provision of service with the demand for that service. In
emergency medical services, the ability to provide service to the sick
and injured will be severely overtaxed to better anticipate service
demands for an urban emergency medical service system. The application
of this tool is the cornerstone for various planning interventions to
increase service or reduce demand to meet the needs of the community.

**Presenter:** **Ameya Pawar**

Graduate Student

> Threat and Response Management Program
>
> University of Chicago
>
> Chicago, Illinois

**Topic: *Resiliency and Financial Independence: Expanding the
Definition of Disaster Mitigation***

**Description:** When disaster strikes, the working poor are often
displaced and most adversely impacted because of the inability to
evacuate, relocate, or create a sustainable existence elsewhere because
of a lack of access to formal banking institutions and credit
instruments. Increasing the resiliency of individuals via financial
independence will decrease initial outlay of funds after a disaster. One
can visit any low-income neighborhood and observe the many pawn shops,
payday advance centers, and currency exchanges that give individuals
access to financial instruments that formal banking denies them. Our
research outlines the need for more low-income credit unions which allow
easier access to formal banking and credit instruments. This study will
examine the proliferation of these "financial" service centers and
examine what services they provide in order to create a sustainable
model that does not rely on predatory practices and creates a system in
which people can migrate into formal banking institutions. The data
suggests that the ability of pawn shops, payday advance centers, and
currency exchanges to quickly proliferate enables quicker access to
these markets. We conclude that if the definition of mitigation is
expanded to include increasing the resiliency of the working poor, then
local, State, and Federal agencies tasked with emergency response can
focus on other special needs populations.

**Reporter: [Nicholas
Labruna](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/LaBruna - EM Grad student research projects.doc),**
nicholaslabruna@adelphi.edu

Emergency Management Certificate Program

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(3) Catastrophe Readiness and Response Course Development**

**Description:** This breakout session will provide participants an
opportunity to learn more about the Catastrophe Readiness and Response
course that is currently under development, and will invite substantive
and critical input in a collegial and informal environment.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenters: Richard A. Bissell,** Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director

University of Maryland--Baltimore County Department of Emergency Health
Services

Baltimore, MD

**Drew K. Bumbak,** Ph.D.

Director

Center for Emergency Education and Disaster Research

University of Maryland--Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

**Title: *Disaster Management Handbook* and *Homeland Security
Handbook***

**Presenter: Jack Pinkowski,** Ph.D.

H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship

> Nova Southeastern University
>
> Fort Lauderdale, FL

**Reporter: Amy Gallozzi,** amygedrn@carolina.rr.com

Certificate in Emergency Management

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(4) An All-Hazards Approach to Accidents in the Chemical Industry**

**Description:** The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
(CSB) is an independent Federal agency whose mission is to ensure the
safety of workers, the public, and the environment by investigating and
preventing chemical accidents. The agency is governed by five Board
Members appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by
the Senate. The CSB is not a regulatory agency, but is responsible for
determining the root and contributing causes of chemical industry
accidents. Based upon its investigations, the CSB makes safety
recommendations to the chemical/petrochemical industries, industry
associations, labor organizations, standards organizations, and Federal,
State, and local government. An element of each CSB investigation
involves a review of the emergency response to an incident, particularly
when it requires evacuation or sheltering in place of off-site
populations. The presentation will include discussion of completed and
current investigations of the CSB and lessons learned pertaining to
emergency response and disaster management.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenter: William B. Wark**

Board Member

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB)

Washington, DC

**Reporter: [Stacy
Peerbolte](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Peerbolte - An All-Hazards Approach To Accidents In The Chemical Indus.doc),**
stacy_peerbolte@cap-police.senate.gov

Public Policy and Administration

Walden University

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Tuesday, June 3^rd^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(5) University Pandemic Planning: The Perils, Problems, and
Possibilities**

**Description:** As the World Health Organization warns of a possible
pandemic, institutions of higher learning are adding pandemic planning
to their emergency response procedures. The speakers will provide an
update on the current threat of H5N1 (avian influenza) and will identify
the specific threats to a campus community. We will also explore the
effects of pandemic-related closure on myriad University activities,
such as student and employee healthcare, sponsored research, animal
care, hospital affairs, academic continuity, and overall financial
stability. This case study will share how the University of North
Carolina began preparing, what has been successful, and what still needs
to be done to prepare fully. We will also discuss the benefits of
pandemic planning for university growth and overall preparedness, and
offer strategies that any university can institute.

**Moderator: Lillian Virgil**

Chief

Mitigation Section

Emergency Management Institute

Emmitsburg, MD

**Presenters: Mary Parrish**

Business Continuity Officer

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

**John Covely**

Communications

Department of Environmental, Health and Safety

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

**Reporter: [Morgan
Taylor](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Taylor - University Pandemic Planning - Perils Problems Possibilities),**
mktaylor@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Certificate in Community Preparedness and Disaster Management

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

**5:30--7:00 -- Log Cabin Cookout**

[**Wednesday, June 4, 2008** -- **Morning Plenary -- E
Auditorium**]{.underline}

**8:30--9:30 *A Role Play of the 2008 Presidential Candidates Explaining
Their Positions on Emergency Management and Homeland Security***

**Richard Sylves,** Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Political Science

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

**9:30--9:50 Break**

**9:50--10:55 *Survey of Collegiate Emergency Management Programs***

[**Carol L. Cwiak,**
J.D.](../prelim_papers/2008%20EM%20Higher%20Ed%20Program%20Report.doc)

Faculty/Internship Coordinator

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**10:55--11:55 *Why Won't They Listen? The Challenge of Communicating
Risk to Decision Makers and the Public***

Emergency managers are well aware of the hazards and associated risks
that face their communities, yet in many cases they find it difficult to
convince their leaders and the public at large that "bad events" do
happen, that they can cause severe consequences, and that they must be
prepared to deal with these events. What can professionals in the
natural hazard field do to meet this challenge and bring their
stakeholders into the world of reality?

**Brigadier General Gerald E. Galloway, Jr.,** P.E., Ph.D.

Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Maryland

College Park, MD

**11:55--12:00 -- Breakout Session Room Announcements**

**12:00--1:00 Lunch---K-Building Cafeteria**

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions]{.underline}**

**(1) National Incident Management System (NIMS)**

**Description:** The NIMS Breakout Session will include presentations
from a mix of both practitioners and academics on the current state of
NIMS in emergency management. Presentations will be given reporting the
results of recent research on perceptions of and implementation of NIMS.
The presentations will also discuss the implications of research
findings for the national emergency management system.

**Moderator: George Haddow**

Principal

Bullock & Haddow LLC

Washington, DC

**Presenters: David M. Neal,** Ph.D.

Director

Department of Political Science

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK

**Jessica Leifeld**

Doctoral Student

Emergency Management Program

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**Jeffery A. Hartle,** CFPS, MIFireE

Coordinator, Disaster and Emergency Management Emphasis

> Master of Public Affairs Degree
>
> Hauptmann School for Public Affairs
>
> Park University
>
> Kansas City, MO
>
> **Kyle W. Blackman**
>
> Chief, Resource Management Branch
>
> Incident Management Systems Integration Division
>
> National Integration Center
>
> National Preparedness Directorate
>
> Federal Emergency Management Agency
>
> Department of Homeland Security
>
> Washington, DC

**Reporter: [Ryan
Chandler](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Chandler - National Incident Management System.NIMS.doc),**
rjc27@uakron.edu

Master of Public Administration

University of Akron

Akron, OH

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(2) Emergency Management Theory: Perspectives on an Emerging Field**

**Description:** This session will explore the theoretical foundations
of emergency management from a variety of perspectives. The theoretical
contributions of specific disciplines will be considered as well as
distinctive threads within the emerging field. Challenges to theoretical
integration and clarity will also be discussed.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenters: Daniel J. Klenow,** Ph.D.

Professor and Chair

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**George A. Youngs,** Ph.D.

Professor

> Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**Reporter: [Eric
Hodges](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Hodges - EM theory Perspective on Emerging Field.doc),**
ebhodge@ilstu.edu

Emergency and Disaster Management

American Public University System

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(3) Emergency Management Focus Group Update**

**Description: TBD**

Moderator: F. Marion Cain III

> Senior Policy Analyst/Training Specialist
>
> Emergency Management Institute
>
> Emmitsburg, Maryland

**Presenters: Michael D. Selves,** CEM, CPM

Principal

MDS -- EM Consulting & Advocacy

Topeka, KS

**Carol L. Cwiak,** J.D.

Faculty/Internship Coordinator

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

> **Lee Newsome,** CEM, FPEM
>
> NFPA 1600 Committee

**Lucien G. Canton**

Retired

San Francisco Office of Emergency Services

San Francisco, CA

**Eric Sorchik**

Deputy

Plumsted Office of Emergency Management

New Egypt, NJ

**Kay C. Goss,** CEM

Director of Emergency Management and Crisis Communications

SRA International

Fairfax, VA

and

President

Foundation of Higher Education Accreditation

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(3) Emergency Management Focus Group Update (Continued)**

**David A. McEntire,** Ph.D.

Coordinator

Department of Public Administration

University of North Texas

Denton, TX

**William L. Waugh, Jr.,** Ph.D.

Professor, Public Administration, Urban Studies, and Political Science

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA

**James E. Turner III**

Director

Delaware Emergency Management Agency

Smyrna, DE

**Reporter: Daniel Martin,** dwmartin75@aol.com

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(4) The Changing Landscape of Emergency Planning for Special Needs
Populations**

**Description:** Emergency planning can be hampered by uncertainties
about how to identify special needs populations and how to address
distinct needs for additional assistance throughout a community.
However, adopting a function-based approach to planning for special
needs populations allows planners to allocate response resources on the
basis of common functional areas including maintaining independence,
communication, transportation, supervision, and medical care. This
approach enables a greater number of individuals with special needs to
receive assistance within the general population response and recovery
structures, freeing up assets to assist individuals with more critical
needs. It also aligns the response and recovery efforts with the
requirements of civil rights statutes.

The session will introduce the Emergency Management Planning Guide for
Special Needs Populations, a function-based approach to emergency
planning. Group discussion will explore opportunities for inclusion of
these concepts into higher education emergency management curriculum
development.

**Moderator: John Hoyle**

Disaster Operations and Recovery Section

Emergency Management Institute

Emmitsburg, MD

**Presenters: Debbie Fulmer,** M.A.

Emergency Management Planning Specialist

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Washington, DC

**Claudia L. Gordon,** Esq.

Senior Policy Advisor

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Washington, DC

**Reporter: [Beth
Schweriner](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Schweriner - The Changing Landscape of EM Planning for SP Needs Pop),
<mbethrncrrn@aol.com>**

Disaster Medicine and Management

Philadelphia University

Philadelphia, PA

**[1:00--2:40 1^st^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(5) The Study of Disaster Resilience in Academic Programs: From
Infusive to Comprehensive**

**Description:** This breakout session will focus on how universities
have incorporated the concept of disaster resilience into their
curricula. From a separate, stand-alone resilience program to a
cross-curriculum inclusion of disaster resilience content into
traditional programs, universities are offering content that contributes
to community, regional, and national disaster resiliency. The panelists
will discuss how students in disaster management programs can benefit
greatly from involvement in research, service learning, and
post-disaster reconnaissance. These experiences give students a chance
to apply lessons learned in the classroom and can help them appreciate
real-life complexities that are difficult to convey through lectures and
class assignments. At Western Washington University, several disaster
reduction and emergency management courses have incorporated
undergraduates in research and contemporary local risk policy processes.
The affiliated Institute for Global and Community Resilience has also
initiated field research by utilizing undergraduate volunteers. During
this session, we will discuss the opportunities and challenges of
undergraduate research as both tools for learning and advancing
knowledge in the field. The University of New Orleans' (UNO) experience
will be used to describe the process used to leverage UNO's existing
faculty expertise into a multidisciplinary approach to creating disaster
resilience. Public administration programs stress the creation of
resilient societies, biologists offer content in resilient ecosystems,
engineers stress resilient infrastructure, urban planners focus on land
use and zoning for resilience, etc. The result is a cross-curricula
disaster resilience emphasis that has enjoyed broad infusion in UNO's
academic programs, effectively serving the region by producing graduates
sensitized to the need to create disaster resilience in their
communities, organizations, and society.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenters: Gigi Berardi,** Ph.D.

Chair, Environmental Studies

Interim Director, Institute for Global and Community Resilience

Huxley College of the Environment

Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA

**Rebekah Green,** Ph.D.

Institute for Global and Community Resilience

Huxley College of the Environment

Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA

**John J. Kiefer,** Ph.D.

> Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Political Science
>
> University of New Orleans
>
> New Orleans, LA

**Reporter: [Barbara
Hinke](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Hinke - Study of Disaster Resilience in Academic Programs.doc),**
bahinke@sbcglobal.net

Masters of Public Administration with Concurrent Graduate Certificate in

> Emergency Management Homeland Security
>
> American Military University

**2:40--3:00 -- Break**

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions]{.underline}**

**(1) Principles of Emergency Management College Course Development**

**Description:** This session will examine the syllabus for *The
Principles of Emergency Management* currently under development. The
authors will discuss the sessions in terms of the use of case studies
and student exercises. The audience will be invited to suggest content
for the course and readings, as well as to help develop learning
objectives for the sessions.

The Principles project began in early 2007, and the Emergency Management
Roundtable has produced a one-page description of the principles,
including a definition of emergency management, a vision, and a mission
statement. This session will afford Conference attendees the opportunity
to comment on the principles, definition, vision, mission, and the
documents that will be the core readings in the course.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenters: William L. Waugh, Jr.,** Ph.D.

Professor, Public Administration, Urban Studies, and Political Science

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA

**David A. McEntire,** Ph.D.

Coordinator

Department of Public Administration

University of North Texas

Denton, TX

**Lucien G. Canton**

Retired

San Francisco Office of Emergency Services

San Francisco, CA

**Michael D. Selves,** CEM, CPM

Principal

MDS -- EM Consulting & Advocacy

Topeka, KS

**Reporter: [Daniel
Martin](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Martin - Principles of Emergency Management College Course.doc.docx),
CEM,** Daniel.W.Martin@ndsu.edu

Graduate Student

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(2)** **Bringing Social Problems Perspectives into Emergency
Management Collegiate Curricula**

**Description:** This session will explore alternative theoretical
approaches needed to enhance the quality of emergency management
curricula. Following brief summary presentations by the panelists, the
audience will be encouraged to pose questions and discuss relevant
topics.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenter: Thomas E. Drabek,** Ph.D.

John Evans Professor Emeritus

University of Denver

Denver, CO

**Topic: Climate Signals and the Application of Science in Hazards
Policy**

**Description:** We are working on a project that investigates the use
of climate signals by emergency managers. We will use that project as a
jumping-off point for discussion about several topics of interest to
emergency managers: what risks are appropriate considerations for
emergency management and homeland security; the state of climate signals
science; how emergency managers can and should translate science into
decision-making tools such as risk assessments; and the difficulty of
translating science into information useful for politicians and the
public.

We will brainstorm about ways in which emergency managers might better
use climate signals and other environmental information in planning and
resource allocation.

**Presenters: Patrick S. Roberts**

Assistant Professor

Center for Public Administration and Policy

Virginia Tech University

Blacksburg, VA

**Matthew Dull**

Assistant Professor

Center for Public Administration and Policy

Virginia Tech, Alexandria Center

Alexandria, VA

**Kris Wernstedt**

Associate Professor

Virginia Tech, Alexandria Center

Alexandria, VA

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**Topic: Critical Analysis and Social Responsibility: The Human Response
to**

> **Disaster and Disease**

**Presenter: John C. Pine,** Ed.D.

> Director

Disaster Science and Management

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA

**Description:** The Honors 2000 course will foster critical thinking
about the universal and particular aspects of human response to crises
as well as the choices that individuals and governments make that turn
natural disasters into man-made catastrophes. The course will
investigate Hurricane Katrina, coastal erosion, the bubonic plague of
the late 14th-century, and the AIDS epidemic. Course discussion will
link current and historical events to ethical considerations about
citizenship and individual responsibility.

**Reporter: [Jane
Rovins](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Rovins - Bringing Social Problems Perspectives Into EM Collegiate Cur),**
jane.rovins@gmail.com

International Development

Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

**(3) Incident Command System (ICS) for Educators**

**Description:** There are currently ICS courses for
Healthcare/Hospitals, Law Enforcement, Schools, and Public Works
Personnel. Is it time for a new course called ICS for College, or can we
create an amalgam that reflects the needs of the post-secondary teaching
environment? This program will identify key ICS principles, and
participants will be asked to recommend if another specialized course is
indicated.

**Moderator: Philip Politano**

Training Specialist

Disaster Operations and Recovery Section

Emergency Management Institute

Emmitsburg, MD

**Presenter:** **Martin H. Singer**

Training Specialist

Disaster Operations and Recovery Section

Emergency Management Institute

Emmitsburg, MD

**Reporter: [Daryl
Doering](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Doering - ICS Principles for Educators.doc),**
doering1895@philau.edu

Masters in Disaster Medicine and Disaster Management

Philadelphia University

Philadelphia, PA

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(4) Reports**

***On the Line and On the Air: Communications in a Fast-Moving
Wildfire***

**Description:** Veteran broadcaster LaDona Harvey spent up to 11 hours
at a time, live on 7 radio stations, doing wall-to-wall coverage of the
wildfires that devastated San Diego, California, in both 2003 and 2007.
She fielded calls from panicked listeners and information from county
officials. There were marked differences in the ability to tell people
what was happening during both fires, as major communication
improvements were made in time for the 2007 fires. She will outline
efforts to let residents know when to evacuate and how to evacuate
during both fires. She will outline the communication snafus during the
2003 fires and how major improvements likely saved lives in 2007. She
will talk about the firefighting efforts in both; and how officials were
better able to monitor the paths of the fires, and better fight them.
Ms. Harvey will show slides of the largest evacuation in American
history as well as actual photos of the fires as they roared through San
Diego County. She will outline how California and San Diego County are
trying to mitigate the potential for devastating fire in the coming
years. While the improvements were vast, wildfires are still
unpredictable. She will outline a case where fire watchers thought they
knew where a fire was headed. They did, but another fire roared through
a neighborhood, killing one couple and trapping another in their
backyard pool.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenter: LaDona Harvey**

Radio News Anchor

KOGO

San Diego, CA

***Emergency Managers as Change Agents***

**Description:** Since 2001, FEMA and others have been defining and
refining competencies for emergency management professionals. In so
doing, they have addressed directly and indirectly the qualities of
leaders. We know that leadership is not a person or a position. It is a
complex relationship between people, based on trust, obligation,
commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good. We also know that
transformational or change-based leadership has become an organizational
necessity given the fact that emergency management as a profession is
just now coming into its own and emergency management jobs are not
traditional in terms of the how, where, what is being done, and by whom.
Today, we see an emerging new breed of emergency managers and they can
best be defined as *change agents*. They are in formal leadership
positions as well as functional specialties and all are doing things in
radically new ways toward a common vision. They are certainly not
traditional public managers. After surveying 300 leaders from the
Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, State and
Local Emergency Management Departments as well as Police, Fire and
Sheriff Departments, my research shows these leaders know how to enact
innovative ideas by working within existing bureaucratic hierarchies and
by injecting a sense of passion and purpose that brings along the more
risk averse. Respondents were asked 7 questions and 50 of the
respondents were actually interviewed so as to allow them to clarify and
discuss more fully their answers to the 7 survey questions.

**Presenter: Christine G. Springer,** Ph.D.

Director, Executive Master of Science in Crisis and Emergency Management

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

**Reporter: [Tim
Dutcher](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Dutcher - REPORTS.doc),
<mtimothy.dutcher@ndsu.edu>**

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Mangement

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(5) Catastrophic Disaster Planning Initiative**

**Description:** There appears to be agreement throughout the emergency
management community that existing plans, policies, procedures, and
resources are not fully adequate or appropriate to address the
destruction caused by a catastrophic natural disaster or a weapon of
mass destruction terrorist attack. Catastrophes are orders of magnitude
above disasters and community emergencies challenging local, State, and
Federal communities, organizations, and society. Therefore, catastrophes
have different planning requirements vs. disasters and community
emergencies.

Catastrophes require imagination and different strategies of planning
and management far above that required for garden varieties of
emergencies and disasters. The Department of Homeland Security has
attempted to categorize all-hazard planning on the basis of 15 national
planning scenarios. The FEMA Disaster Operations Directorate has
initiated Catastrophic Disaster Response Planning to address 2 of the 15
scenarios, based upon a comparison of notice vs. no-notice response
operations. The two FEMA-funded Catastrophic Disaster Response Planning
initiatives: a notice Category 5 hurricane impacting South Florida; and
a no-notice New Madrid Seismic Zone earthquake impacting the eight
Central U.S. States of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. What unique challenges are placed
upon the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident
Command System (ICS) in response to a catastrophic disaster?

**Moderator: Clair K. Blong,** Ph.D.

DHS/FEMA Senior Representative to NORAD and US NORTHCOM

Peterson Air Force Base

Colorado Springs, CO

**Presenters: Michel S. Pawlowski,** CEM

> Chief
>
> Catastrophic Disaster Planning Branch
>
> Disaster Operations Directorate
>
> FEMA Headquarters
>
> Washington, DC

**Carla J. Boyce**

> Preparedness Section and Plans Chief
>
> State of Florida Division of Emergency Management
>
> Tallahassee, FL
>
> **Jon Bushnell,** Ph.D.
>
> Lead Planner
>
> New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Earthquake Disaster Response
> Planning Project
>
> FEMA Headquarters
>
> Washington, DC
>
> **Robert A. Smith,** Ph.D.
>
> Program Manager
>
> [Catastrophic Disaster Planning
> Initiatives](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/prelim_papers/Catastrophic Planning.doc)
>
> FEMA Headquarters
>
> Washington, DC

**Reporter: [Stacy
Peerbolte](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Peerbolte - Catastrophic Disaster Planning Initiative.doc),**
Stacy_Peerbolte@cap-police.senate.gov

Public Policy and Administration

Walden University

**[3:00--5:00 2^nd^ Round of Wednesday, June 4^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(6) The Power of Community Preparedness through Government and
Non-Government Collaboration**

**Description:** This session will discuss how leaders in education can
play a role in achieving comprehensive community preparedness including:
how to engage emergency service providers and educational entities in
multi-sector emergency planning through FEMA's Citizen Corps Program.
The presentation will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss
ways to work with government, non-government, and education to support
citizen preparedness and volunteer surge capacity. Come discuss how the
Citizen Corps model can help emergency managers bring community members
and organizations, including leaders in higher education, to the table
for multi-sector planning.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenter: Brock D. Bierman**

Small State and Rural Advocate and Director

Community Preparedness Division

National Preparedness Directorate

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Washington, DC

**Reporter:** **[Lori
Burt](../prelim_papers/Power%20of%20Community%20Preparedness.doc),**
ljburt@bellsouth.net

Jacksonville State University Emergency Management

Jacksonville, AL

**\*There will be karaoke in the Pub (Building B) at 8 p.m.**

[**Thursday, June 5, 2008** -- **Morning Plenary -- E
Auditorium**]{.underline}

**8:15--9:00 *IAEM Student Region President Presentation***

**Brian Silva**

President, Student Council

International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

***IAEM President Presentation***

**Larry J. Gispert**

President

International Association of Emergency Managers

**9:00--9:30 *The Foundation of Higher Education Accreditation: An
Update***

**Kay C. Goss,** CEM

Director of Emergency Management and Crisis Communications

SRA International

Fairfax, VA

and

President

Foundation of Higher Education Accreditation

**Dorothy Miller**

Emergency Management Coordinator

University of Texas, Dallas

Dallas, TX

**Daryl Spiewak,** CEM, TEM, TCFM

Emergency, Safety, and Compliance Programs Manager and Security Officer

Brazos River Authority

Waco, TX

**Valerie Lucus,** CEM, CBCP

Emergency/Continuity Manager

University of California--Davis

Davis, CA

**Micheal Kemp,** CEM

> Associate Professor
>
> American Military University
>
> Charles Town, WV

[**Thursday, June 5, 2008** -- **Morning Plenary -- E Auditorium
(Continued)**]{.underline}

**9:30--10:00 *Building Statewide Emergency Management Training and
Education Capacity: The California Community College Experience***

**Linda Morin**

Coast Community College District

Costa Mesa, CA

**10:00--10:20 Break**

**10:20--11:10 *Collaboration in a Non-Collaborative Environment***

**Rocky Lopes,** Ph.D.

Homeland Security Manager

National Association of Counties

Washington, DC

**Kathleen G. Henning,** MA, CEM

President

KGHenning & Associates, LLC

Germantown, MD

**11:10--11:55 *Leadership***

**Cortez Lawrence,** Ph.D.

Superintendent

Emergency Management Institute

Emmitsburg, MD

**11:55--12:00 -- Breakout Session Room Announcements**

**12:00--1:00 Lunch---K-Building Cafeteria**

**[1:00--2:15 1^st^ Round of Thursday, June 5^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions]{.underline}**

**(1) Collaboration and Integration: Innovative Approaches for
Strengthening Preparedness**

**Description:** Leaders are becoming increasingly aware that the
challenges we face---global competitiveness, healthcare reform,
environmental risks, energy security, antiquated infrastructures---can
no longer be solved by acting alone. As evidenced by the tragic events
of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, and as government institutions have
planned for the potential threat of a global pandemic, this same rule
applies to national and international preparedness and response
activities. Elected officials and emergency managers at all levels hear
the call for greater collaboration across the public sector, the private
sector, and civil society (e.g., non-governmental organizations,
charitable organizations, grassroots or community groups).

But how can this collaborative model be most effectively implemented?
Our firm recently published a book entitled *Megacommunity* that
outlines a new approach to problem-solving, one that focuses on
collaboration that transcends traditional jurisdictional boundaries;
networked governance where the decision rights, risks, rewards, and
responsibilities of the public sector, industry, and civil society are
shared; and defining the overlapping vital interests of these three
sectors that empower them to work collaboratively toward effective
solutions.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenters: Douglas E. Himberger,** Ph.D.

Vice President

Booz Allen Hamilton

McLean, VA

> **David Sulek**

Principal

Booz Allen Hamilton

Herndon, VA

**Stephen Krill, Jr.**

Senior Associate

Booz Allen Hamilton

McLean, VA

**Reporter: [Robert W.
Ellis](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Ellis - Collaboration and Mission Integration-Innovative Approaches.doc),**
B1Ellis@hotmail.com

Masters of Public Administration with Concurrent Graduate Certificate in

Emergency Management

American Military University

**[1:00--2:15 1^st^ Round of Thursday, June 5^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(2) [Fake It Till You Make It: Emergency Management Higher Education's
Struggle for Internal and External
Validity](../prelim_papers/Fake%20It%20Till%20You%20Make%20It.doc)**

**Moderator:** **TBD**

**Description:** Emergency management higher education programs have
faced a number of challenges as they have grown over the years.
Questions about emergency management's identity and its status as a
discipline and profession coupled with organizational and structural
changes at the Federal level have created a push both in the academic
and practitioner community for solidarity. Steps have been taken to move
toward a stronger identity in emergency management, but are these steps
enough to address the internal and external validity issues facing
emergency management? This session address the validity issues, the
steps taken, and recommendations to increase both internal and external
validity.

**Presenters: Carol L. Cwiak,** J.D.

Faculty/Internship Coordinator

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

**Stacy Willett**

The University of Akron

Akron, OH

**Reporters: [Amy E. Gallozzi, RN,
BSN](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Gallozzi - Fake It Till You Make It-EM Ed.doc)**

> amygedrn@carolina.rr.com

Emergency Management Certificate Student

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

**(3) Integrating Terrorism and Homeland Security into Emergency
Management**

> **Course Development**

**Description:** This breakout session will examine terrorism and
homeland security issues and case studies that can be used in existing
emergency management courses. Participants will have an opportunity to
learn about goals, objectives, and learning outcomes that currently
include terrorism and homeland security in emergency management courses.
Specific terrorist case studies will be discussed and recent lessons
learned by the presenters that educators can use in emergency management
course development will be discussed.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenter: Marian E. Mosser,** Ph.D.

State of Florida Division of Emergency Management

Adjunct Professor, Upper Iowa University

Region 4 Coordinator

Tallahassee, FL

**Paula D. Gordon,** Ph.D.

> Educator, Writer, Analyst, and Consultant

Washington, DC

**Reporter: [John
Andersen](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Andersen - Importance of Int  Terrorism and HS courses into EM.DOC),
<CARDINALJ@aol.com>**

Homeland Security Management Institute

Long Island University

Brookville, NY

**[1:00--2:15 1^st^ Round of Thursday, June 5^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(4) Western Illinois University Emergency Planning: Coordinating
Between the Planner, Emergency Management Faculty, and Union University
Lessons Learned**

**Description:** Western Illinois University (WIU) has developed a
highly successful planning process for emergency operations planning and
implementation. The process benefits from several approaches and sources
of input involving an investment in training, intra- and
inter-university coordination, and priority support from university
administration. The WIU process includes a planning coordinator from
within the University's administration, a cohesive multidisciplinary
planning team, assistance from the academic emergency management
program, and coordination with other universities sharing the same
hazards, some having experienced major disaster. Communication between
universities sharing the same threats from hazards is extremely
valuable. Hazard and emergency professionals with experience in school
emergencies provide valuable information on lessons learned. This
presentation focuses on multiple input planning sources for tornado
hazard but represents a model for interactions for all hazards.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenters: Fred E. May,** Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Emergency Management

Emergency Management Program

Health Sciences Department

Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

**Dana Biernbaum**

Associate Vice President for Administrative Services

Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

**Bill Young**

Director of Public Safety

Union University

Jackson, TN

**Nick DiGrino,** Ph.D.

Associate Dean

College of Education and Human Services

Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

**Peter Webb**

Battalion Chief

Dothan Fire Department

Dothan, AL

**Reporter: [Ezra
Boyd](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Boyd - WIU Emergency Planning.doc),**
ezra@hurricane.lsu.edu

Disaster Science

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA

**[1:00--2:15 1^st^ Round of Thursday, June 5^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(5) Standards on Emergency Management**

**Description:** The presenters in this session will discuss the current
status of the EM standards and the effect on academia, both from the
perspective of curriculum and the effect on campus safety and
preparedness.

**Moderator: Tom Gilboy**

Training Specialist

Readiness Section

Emergency Management Institute

Emmitsburg, MD

**Presenter: Dean R. Larson,** Ph.D., CEM

> Purdue University Calumet
>
> Hammond, IN
>
> **Russell J. Decker,** MS, CEM
>
> First Vice President
>
> International Association of Emergency Managers
>
> **Kay Goss,** CEM
>
> Director of Emergency Management and Crisis Communications

SRA International

Fairfax, VA

and

President

Foundation of Higher Education Accreditation

> **Lee Newsome,** CEM, FPEM
>
> NFPA 1600 Committee

**Reporter: [Debra
Timm](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Timm - Standards on Emergency Management.doc),**
DebraTimm@aol.com

Emergency and Disaster Management

American Military University

**2:15--2:30 -- Break**

**[2:30--4:15 2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 5^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions]{.underline}**

**(1) From a Painful Past to an Uncertain Future**

**Description:** Drs. Robert Ward and Gary Wamsley will discuss their
recently published book chapter "From a Painful Past to an Uncertain
Future" which appears in *Emergency Management: The American Experience
1900--2005* edited by Claire Rubin and published by the Public Entity
Risk Institute. The authors will discuss their findings related to
policy making and organizational structuring within the emergency
management field, and the implications these findings have on the
development of curriculum within higher education related to emergency
management.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenters: Robert C. Ward,** Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA

**Gary Wamsley,** Ph.D.

Professor

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Blacksburg, VA

**Reporter: [Ryan
Chandler](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Chandler - Painful Past UncertainFuture.doc),**
rjc27@uakron.edu

Master of Public Administration

University of Akron

Akron, OH

**[2:30--4:15 2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 5^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(2)** **Core Courses in Emergency Management Higher Education**

**Description:** A comparative analysis of emergency management core
courses taught in five universities'/colleges' bachelor of science
degree programs demonstrates an effort to address critical knowledge
areas in applied emergency management. Many academic disciplines arrive
at coherent core curricula taught from university to university. The
concept that applied emergency management represents a coherent body of
knowledge suggests that a standardized core curriculum may be possible
and worthy of discussion.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenters: Fred E. May,** Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Emergency Management

Emergency Management Program

Health Sciences Department

Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

**Stephen L. Guillot, Jr.**

Director

National Center for Emergency Preparedness

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

**Reporter: [L.V. Pokey
Harris](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Harris - EM Core Course Considerations.doc),**
pokey.harris@vita.virginia.gov

Masters in Public Administration with Concentration in Emergency
Management

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, AL

**[2:30--4:15 2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 5^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(3)** **New Emergency Management and Related Books and Materials**

**Moderator: TBD**

**Panel: *Introduction to Homeland Security: Understanding Terrorism
with an Emergency Management Perspective***

> **David A. McEntire,** Ph.D., Associate Professor, Emergency
> Administration and Planning, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
>
> ***Implementing NFPA 1600: National Preparedness Standard***
>
> **Dean R. Larson,** Ph.D., CEM, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN
>
> ***Disaster Policy and Politics***
>
> **Rick Sylves,** Ph.D., Professor, Department of Political Science,
> University of Delaware, Newark, DE

***Emergency Management Professionals -- Body of Knowledge Survey
2008***

> **Carol Cwiak,** J.D., Faculty/Internship Coordinator, North Dakota
> State University, Fargo, ND

***ICMA Principles and Practices of Emergency Management Greenbook***

> **William L. Waugh, Jr.,** Ph.D., Professor, Public Administration,
> Urban Studies, and Political Science, Andrew Young School of Policy
> Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

**Reporter: [Steven
Zurlo](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Zurlo - New EM and Related Books and Materials.doc),**
zurlo6023@philau.edu

Master of Science in Disaster Medicine and Management

Philadelphia University

Philadelphia, PA

**[2:30--4:15 2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 5^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(4) National Homeland Security Consortium White Paper**

**Description:** The National Homeland Security Consortium believes the
Nation is at a crossroads in its efforts to secure the homeland. In its
white paper Protecting Americans in the 21^st^ Century: Imperatives for
the Homeland, the Consortium calls for acknowledgement that homeland
security is a shared responsibility between all levels of government,
the private sector, and citizens, and they should be equal partners with
the Federal government in setting national goals and their supporting
policies and procedures. The white paper represents an unprecedented
effort by various disciplines and professions to come together and
acknowledge that national security cannot be performed in isolation or
by a single entity. The evolving challenges of homeland security require
a new model of collaboration for the new century.

**Moderator:** **TBD**

**Presenters:** **Elizabeth Kellar**

Deputy Executive Director

International City/County Management Association

Washington, DC

**Stephen Curren**

Senior Director for Public Health Preparedness

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Arlington, VA

**Reporter:** **[Margaret
D'Orazio](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Dorazio - Homeland Security Consortium White Paper.doc),**
maggiedorazio@sympatico.ca

Emergency Management Program, Center for Continuous Learning

George Brown College

Toronto, Ontario

Canada

**[2:30--4:15 2^nd^ Round of Thursday, June 5^th^ Afternoon Breakout
Sessions (Continued)]{.underline}**

**(5) Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP):
Standardizing Exercise Design, Development, Conduct, and Evaluation**

**Description:** The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
(HSEEP) is a capabilities and performance-based exercise program that
provides a standardized policy, methodology, and terminology for
exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement
planning. Adherence to HSEEP ensures that exercise programs across the
Nation conform to established best practices, and helps provide unity
and consistency of effort for exercises at all levels of government.

**Moderator: TBD**

**Presenter: Albert H. Fluman**

Supervisory Senior Exercise Program Specialist

Emergency Management Institute

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Emmitsburg, MD

**Reporter: [Janusz
Wasiolek](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/08conf/presentation/Wasiolek - HSEEP Standardizing Exercise Design.doc),**
jwasiolek@gmail.com

Masters of Science in Engineering Management and Systems Administration

George Washington University

Washington, DC

**4:15--4:30 -- Break**

**4:30--5:00 -- Conference Wrap-Up**