IAEM Think Tanks

Based on the idea behind FEMA Think Tanks, IAEM launched a medium to engage our partners, promote innovation, and facilitate discussions in the field of emergency management.

Access to these recordings of IAEM Think Tank events are an IAEM member benefit. Click on the links to view the Think Tank recordings.

Event Recordings

2020

• The Future and Challenges in Emergency Management for 2020 and Beyond, with FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor, CEM, and New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) Commissioner Deanne Criswell (Mar. 4, 2020)

2019

• An Open Conversation with Pete Gaynor, FEMA Administrator (July 23, 2019)

2018

• Smart Cities – How New Technology, Including Nanotechnology, Can Enhance All Phases of Emergency Management (25 Sept 2018)
• We Have We Been, Where We Are Going: Lessons Learned from 2017 (30 May 2018)

2017

• Large Event Crisis Planning – A Private Sector Perspective (18 July 2017)
• Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) – the How, the Why, and the Future (20 Apr 2017)
• FirstNet – What You Need to Know (31 Jan 2017)

2016

• Active Shooter/Threat: The Emergency Management Perspective (17 Oct 2016)
• Countering Violent Extremism: What Emergency Managers Need to Know (07 Sept 2016)

2015

• Integrated Public Alert Warning System (IPAWS) (15 Dec 2015)
• Special Events from the Emergency Management Perspective (17 Nov 2015)
• Tech for Good (16 Sept 2015)
• Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) Aiding Emergency Managers Across the Nation (25 Aug 2015)
• Ebola and Infectious Diseases (23 Apr 2015)
• 2013 Colorado Flooding (18 Feb 2015)