Community
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Evening Event (Optional) - Honolulu Elks Lodge No. 616
Activity
7:00 AM
Check-In/Registration
7:15 – 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Opening Ceremony/Opening Remarks: Josh Green, Governor, Hawaii (Invited)
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Keynote: Major General Stephen F. Logan, Adjutant General, State of Hawaii Department of Defense (Invited)
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Session 1: It's All Fun and Games (IAEM-USA Region 9 Vice President Troy Lutrick, CEM) Learn more
10:00 – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 – 11:30 AM
Session 2: State/Local EM Panel (IAEM-USA 2nd Vice President Todd DeVoe, CEM, MEMA Administrator Amos Lonokailua-Hewett, DEM Administrator Randy Collins, CEM, confirmed, and invited panelists: HIEMA Administrator James Barros, HCCDA Administrator Talmadge Mango, and KEMA Administrator Elton Ushio)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 3: Finding the Future of Emergency Management: How to Involve and Excite Students and the Next Generation of Emergency Managers (Ethan Scenters-Zapico) Learn more
12:00 – 12:45 PM
Lunch
12:45 – 1:30 PM
Session 4: Empowering Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Friends and Relatives Center (FRC)/Family Assistance Center (FAC) Operations and Planning Tools (Vanessa Flores, CEM) Learn more
1:30 – 2:15 PM
Session 5: Executing Complex EM Plans (Ted Halpin, CEM) Learn more
2:15 – 2:30 PM
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Session 6: Extension Services in Disaster (Liz Fischer) Learn more
3:00 – 3:45 PM
Session 7:Maximizing a Growing Resource Through the Implementation of an Adapted Teen CERT Program (Nancy Ooki) Learn more
3:45 – 4:00 PM
Day 1 Wrap-up/Closing Comments: IAEM-USA Region 9 President Jon Shear, CEM
5:00 – 7:00 PM
Evening Event (Optional)
Breakfast
Keynote: Understanding the evolving landscape of meeting HS and EM priorities in an environment of reduced funding and federal assistance (Frank Pace, Administrator, Hawaii Office of Homeland Security)
8:30 – 9:30 AM
Session 8: Black Swans, Grey Rhinos, and Dragon Kings: The Next Great Challenges for Emerency Management (Chris Godley, CEM) Learn more
9:30 – 10:00 AM
IAEM-USA Region 9 Board Update (IAEM-USA Region 9 President Jon Shear, CEM)
10:15 – 11:00 AM
Session 9: Hawaii's Homeland Security "Seam" Iniative: Civil Defense Modernized (Jimmie Collins) Learn more
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 10: Artificial Intelligence use by Federal Agencies and Connecting with the Community (Mary Ann Swendsen, CEM) Learn more
Session 11: Ransomware in Healthcare: An Emergency Manager's Response and Recovery Manual (Grant Madden) Learn more
Session 12: Extreme Weather Planning Strategies (David Blackberg) Learn more
2:15– 2:30 PM
2:30 – 3:15 PM
Session 13: PLOT TWIST: Adaptive Thinking in Emergency Management (Zuzette Bricker, CEM) Learn more
3:15 – 4:00 PM
Day 2 Wrap-up/Closing Comments: IAEM-USA Region 9 President Jon Shear, CEM
1:00 – 3:30 pm
Certification Exam