7:00AM - 9:00AM COFFEE *Available to those who elected catered 

registration*

6:00AM - 8:00AM Check-In

8:00AM - 8:20AM Welcome & Kick Off

8:20AM - 9:10AM Keynote Address:

 Sue Swenson, Chairwoman of FirstNet Board

 Chief Brian Fennessy, Fire Chief for Orange 

County Fire Authority

9:10AM - 9:45AM Public Safety Communications Research Division Program 

Update

 Dereck Orr, Division Chief, NIST PSCR

9:45AM - 10:00AM BREAK

10:00AM - 11:00AM Unmanned Aerial Systems Payload and Flight Time Prize 

Challenge Review

 Craig Connelly, NIST PSCR

Terese Manley, NIST PSCR

Kamel Saidi, NIST PSCR 

Top Challenge Participants

11:00AM - 12:00PM International Public Safety Panel

 Barbara Held, Head of Directorate Operations at BDBOS

 Joe Fournier, DRDC RDDC

 Geoff Spring, Center for Disaster Management & Public Safety

 Jason Kahn, NIST PSCR

12:00PM - 1:30PM LUNCH BREAK *Please note that lunch will not be provided*

1:30PM - 2:30PM Public Safety Technology Alliance Panel

 TJ Kennedy

2:30PM - 4:30PM COFFEE *Available to those who elected catered registration*

2:30PM - 2:40PM Introduction to Conference Tracks

2:40PM - 3:00PM BREAK

3:00PM - 3:50PM Concurrent Sessions:

 

4:00PM - 5:00PM NETWORKING HOUR

Public Safety 

Broadband Stakeholder Meeting

San Diego Convention Center

DAY 1

AGENDA

Tuesday, June 5

#PSCR2018

pscr.gov

LEGEND FOR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

Mission Critical Voice

Resilient Systems

Location-Based Services Security

Public Safety Analytics

User Interface / User Experience

ROOM 29ABCD ROOM 30A ROOM 30B ROOM 30C

MCV Portfolio 

Overview 

Don Bradshaw, 

NIST PSCR

Jason Kahn, NIST 

PSCR

LBS Portfolio 

Overview

Jeb Benson, 

NIST PSCR

Public Safety Analytics 

Portfolio Overview 

John Garofolo, NIST ITL

UI/UX Program 

Overview 

Scott Ledgerwood, 

NIST PSCR, 

Kevin Mangold, NIST

Margaret Pinson, NTIA

Plenary sessions will occur in room 29ABCD

DHS Analytics
Public Safety 

Broadband Stakeholder Meeting

San Diego Convention Center

pscr.gov

DAY 2

AGENDA

Wednesday, June 6

#PSCR2018

ROOM 29ABCD ROOM 30A ROOM 30B ROOM 30C

End-to-End Mission 

Critical Push-to-Talk: 

Sonim

Coverage, Capacity, 

& Resilience 

Enhancement in 

Limited Public 

Safety Networks: 

George Washington 

University

Public Safety 

Proximity Services: 

Harris

Modeling, 

Simulation, & 

Performance 

Evaluation: University 

of Washington

Situational Awareness 

for Emergencies 

through Network 

Enabled Technologies: 

Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology

An Infrastructure-Free 

Localization System for 

Firefighters: Carnegie 

Mellon University

Ultimate Navigation Chip: 

University of California, 

Irvine

Decimeter Accurate, 

Long Range Non-Line-ofSight Radio Frequency 

Localization Solution: 

University of Michigan

SAFE-NET: An Integrated 

Connected Vehicle & 

Computing Platform: 

Southern Methodist 

University

Public Safety Operations 

Video and Network 

Traffic Dataset: New 

Jersey Office of Homeland 

Security and Preparedness

Real-time Open Source 

Data Analytics & 

Visualization Platform: 

Prominent Edge

Real-time Video 

Analytics for Situation 

Awareness: Carnegie 

Mellon University 

Resilient Systems 

Program Overview 

Emergency Edge 

Supercloud: Cornell 

University

Heterogeneous Fog 

Communications & 

Computing: Spectronn

Resilient Systems 

Solutions for Data 

Sharing: Michigan 

Technological University 

8:30AM-9:20AM

9:30AM-10:20AM

10:30-11:20AM

11:30AM-12:20PM

Robert Escalle, 

Jose Oscar Fajardo

Hyeong-Ah Choi, 

Amrinder Arora

Dr. Thomas Henderson, 

Collin Brady

Dan Ericson Andrei M. Shkel

Hun-Seok Kim

Alex Hauptmann, 

Junwei Liang

Nancy HF French, 

Martin Swany, 

Micah Beck

Tyler Garner

R. Chandramouli

Anthony Rowe

Andrew Weinert

Moe Win

Khaled Abdelghany, 

May Yuan, 

Michael Hahsler

Eric Anderson, NIST PSCR

Steve Wicker, 

Hakim Weatherspoon

8:00AM - 10:00AM COFFEE *Available to those who elected catered registration*

LEGEND FOR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

Mission Critical Voice Resilient Systems

Location-Based Services

Security DHS Analytics

Public Safety Analytics User Interface / User Experience
Public Safety 

Broadband Stakeholder Meeting

San Diego Convention Center

pscr.gov

DAY 2

AGENDA

Wednesday, June 6

#PSCR2018

ROOM 29ABCD ROOM 30A ROOM 30B ROOM 30C

12:30PM-2:00PM

Mission Critical 

Voice - Quality 

of Experience, 

Key Performance 

Indicators

End-to-End 

Research Platform 

for Public Safety 

Millimeter Wave 

Communications:

New York University

Indoor Mapping and 

Localization Using 

Compressive Sensing

First Responder Location 

& Mapping Services: TRX 

Systems, Inc.

Unified Analysis 

Framework & Data 

Comparison Center: 

Western Fire Chiefs 

Association

Cognitive Assistant 

Systems for Emergency 

Response: University of 

Virginia

DistressNet-NG: Resilient 

Platform for Public 

Safety Millimeter Wave 

Communications: 

Texas A&M Engineering 

Experiments Station

RESPONS: Reliable 

Environments for Secure 

Police Operations 

and Nets: University of 

Colorado

5:00PM-6:00PM

2:00PM-2:50PM

3:00PM-3:50PM

4:00PM-5:00PM NETWORKING HOUR

SAFECOM 

Committee 

Meeting: 29ABCD

Don Bradshaw, NIST PSCR, 

Tim Thompson, NIST PSCR,

Fabio da Silva, NIST PML

Marco Mezzavilla

Carol Politi, 

Jeff Kunst Homa Alemzadeh

Sangtae Ha

David Blankinship, 

David Van Ballegooijen Radu Stoleru

LUNCH BREAK *Please note that lunch will not be provided*

2:30PM - 4:30PM COFFEE *Available to those who elected catered registration*

LEGEND FOR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

Resilient Systems Security

Public Safety Analytics User Interface / User Experience

Mission Critical Voice

Location-Based Services

DHS Analytics
Public Safety 

Broadband Stakeholder Meeting

San Diego Convention Center

pscr.gov

DAY 3

AGENDA

Thursday, June 7

#PSCR2018

ROOM 29ABCD ROOM 30A ROOM 30B ROOM 30C

Open First: Software 

Radio Systems

Quality of Service, 

Priority, and 

Preemption (QPP) 

in Support of 

Mission Critical 

Communication

Propagation 

Channel Models 

& System 

Performance: 

University of Southern 

California

Device-to-Device 

System for Public 

Safety: Vencore Labs

First Responder Indoor 

Location Using LTE 

Direct Mode: University of 

Cincinnati 

Pervasive, Accurate, and 

Reliable Location- Based 

Services: University of 

Oxford

PerfLoc Prize Competition 

for Development of 

Smartphone Indoor 

Localization Applications

Hyper-Reality Helmet for 

Mapping and Visualizing 

Public Safety Data: 

Carnegie Mellon University

Body-Worn Camera 

Analytics in Public 

Safety: University of 

Michigan

Information-Driven 

Video Communication 

for Public Safety 

Networks: University of 

Cincinnati

Multi-tiered Video 

Analysis for Abnormality 

Detection & Alerting: 

University of Houston

ETA: Extensive Tools 

for Analytics in Public 

Safety: VOXEL 51

Prioritizing Your 

Technology 

Development: What First 

Responders Say They 

Want

PSIAP - User Interface 

Project Presentations

PSIAP - User Interface 

Project Presentations

Mobile Application 

Security

8:30AM-9:20AM

9:30AM-10:20AM

10:30AM-11:20AM

11:30AM-12:20PM

Paul Sutton

Richard Rouil, NIST WND, 

Antonio Izquierdo 

Manzanares, NIST WND

Niki Trigoni

Seun Sangodoyin, 

Andreas F. Molisch

Richard C. Lau,

William H. Johnson, 

Heechang Kim, 

Eric Beck

Nader Moayeri, NIST ITL

Ruizhi Chen

Dr. Yang Cai

Shishir Shah, 

Hinrich Schidt

Julie Stroup

Scott Ledgerwood, NIST PSCR

2018 PSIAP Award Recipients

Scott Ledgerwood, NIST PSCR

2018 PSIAP Award Recipients

Jason Corso, 

Brian Moore

Bill Fisher, NIST NCCoE, 

Michael Ogata, NIST ITL

Rui (April) Dai

Howard Fan Jason Corso

Mary Theofanos, NIST Usability,

Yee-Yin Choong, NIST Usability, 

Shaneé Dawkins, NIST Usability,

Kristen Greene, NIST Usability, 

Sandra Spickard-Prettyman, 

NIST Usability

8:00AM - 10:00AM COFFEE *Available to those who elected catered registration*

LEGEND FOR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

Resilient Systems Security

Public Safety Analytics User Interface / User Experience

Mission Critical Voice

Location-Based Services

DHS Analytics
12:30PM-2:00PM

Public Safety 

Broadband Stakeholder Meeting

San Diego Convention Center

DAY 3

AGENDA

Thursday, June 7

#PSCR2018

ROOM 29ABCD ROOM 30A ROOM 30B ROOM 30C

LEGEND FOR CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

Resilient Systems Security

Public Safety Analytics User Interface / User Experience

Off-Network Mission 

Critical Push-to-Talk 

Evaluation: Factors 

Impacting Access 

Time

Mission Critical 

Open Platform: 

Universidad Del Pais 

Vasco

Highly Mobile Deployed 

Networks, Deployables 

Modeling and 

Development of Resilient 

Communication for First 

Responders: University of 

California, Riverside

Educational Seminar on 

Artificial Intelligence: 

Carnegie Mellon University

Personal Area 

Networking and the 

Internet of Things

Securing Devices 

Security of the Future 

Public Safety Broadband 

Network 

2:00PM-2:50PM

3:00PM-3:50PM

Yishen Sun, NIST WND, 

Wesley Garey, NIST WND

Fidel Liberal, 

Jani Lyrintzis, 

Terry Costa

K. K. Ramakrishnan, 

Murat Yuksel, 

Hulya Seferoglu, 

Jiachen Chen

Alison Kahn, NIST PSCR John Beltz, NIST PSCR, 

Sheila Frankel, NIST ITL, 

Don Harriss, NIST PSCR, 

Bill Fisher, NIST NCCoE

Maxwell Maurice, NIST PSCR, 

Hien Nguyen, NIST PSCR Alex Hauptmann, 

Zinru Yang

Michael Bartock, NIST ITL, 

Gema Howell, NIST ITL

pscr.gov

4:00PM-5:00PM NETWORKING HOUR

LUNCH BREAK *Please note that lunch will not be provided*

2:30PM - 4:30PM COFFEE *Available to those who elected catered registration*

Mission Critical Voice

Location-Based Services

DHS Analytics
8:00AM - 10:00AM COFFEE *Available to those who elected catered 

registration*

8:30AM - 9:00AM Keynote Address:

 Mike Poth, CEO at FirstNet

9:00AM - 10:00AM FirstNet AT&T Collaborative Panel

 David Buchanan

 Tracy McElvaney

Jeffrey Carl

Jared Vandenheuvel

 

10:30AM - 11:30AM LIVE Virtual Reality Heads-Up Display Challenge 

Results

 Dereck Orr, Division Chief, NIST PSCR 

Ellen Ryan, Deputy Division Chief, NIST PSCR

 Terese Manley, NIST PSCR

 Craig Connelly, NIST PSCR

11:30AM - 1:00PM LUNCH BREAK *Please note that lunch 

will not be provided*

1:00PM - 5:00PM Live demonstrations located in rooms 

22, 23BC, & 30ABC

2:30PM - 4:30PM COFFEE *Available to those who elected catered 

registration*

 

Public Safety 

Broadband Stakeholder Meeting

San Diego Convention Center

DAY 4

AGENDA

Friday, June 8

Plenary sessions will occur in 

room 29ABCD

#PSCR2018

pscr.gov