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Emergency Management & Homeland Security/Defense Higher Education Conference

June 5-8, 2006

Emergency Management Institute

Emmitsburg MD

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

With NORTHCOM Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium

THEME – CATASTROPHE READINESS AND RESPONSE

June 9, 2006

June 5, 2006 (Monday) – Pre Conference Workshops (open to all conference participants):

(1) How to Design, Develop and Teach a College Course on Catastrophe Readiness & Response

8:30-5:00 -- K Building, 3rd Floor

Dr. Richard Bissell

Graduate Program Director

Emergency Health Services Graduate Program

University of Maryland Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

Email: Bissell@ndms.umbc.edu

(2) GIS in Emergency Management and Homeland Security (Two Half-Day Workshops)

8:00-12:00 1:00-5:00

Computer Lab Computer Lab

(1st 30 Registered -- FULL) (1st 30 Registered)

Kevin Mickey, Director

Professional Education and Outreach

The Polis Center

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN kmickey@iupui.edu

With:

Dr. Jamie D. Mitchem

Department of Earth Sciences

California University of Pennsylvania

California, PA Mitchem@cup.edu; and

Dr. Thomas R. Mueller

Director of California University Crime Mapping Center

Department of Earth Sciences

California University of Pennsylvania

California, PA

June 6, 2006 – Day One of Conference (Tuesday) – Morning Plenary – E Auditorium

7:00 - 8:30 -- Conference Registration

8:30 - 8:40 -- Conference Introduction & Welcome

Richard Callis

Deputy Superintendent

Emergency Management Institute

FEMA/DHS

Emmitsburg, MD

8:40 - 9:05 -- FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Update

Dr. Wayne Blanchard, CEM

Emergency Management Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

FEMA/DHS, Emmitsburg MD

9:05 - 9:30 – NORTHCOM Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium Update

Dr. Houston H. Polson

Deputy Division Chief

Training and Education

Chair, Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium (HS/DEC)

NORAD-USNORTHCOM J7

Peterson Air Force Base, CO

9:30 – 10:00 – Overview of Catastrophe Readiness and Response Pre-Conference Workshop

Dr. Richard Bissell

Graduate Program Director

Emergency Health Services Graduate Program

University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore MD

10:00 - 10:20 – Break

10:20 – 11:10 – Leadership in Disaster

Admiral Thad Allen

Word

Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC

11:10 – 12:00 – The DHS Preparedness Directorate and Catastrophe Readiness and Response

Robert Zitz

Deputy Under Secretary for Preparedness

Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch

1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of June 6, Tuesday, Day One, Afternoon Breakout Sessions

(1) Defense Support of Civil Authority.

Moderator: Dr. Houston H. Polson

Deputy Division Chief

Training and Education

Chair, Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium (HS/DEC)

NORAD-USNORTHCOM, J7

Peterson Air Force Base, CO

Presentations: U.S./Canada Bi-National Planning Group Final Report

Dr. Biff Baker

Science Applications International Corporation

Analyst, Bi-National Planning Group

NORAD-NORTHCOM

Peterson Air Force Base, CO

Captain Richard Bergeron

Director, Bi-National Planning Group

NORAD-NORTHCOM

Peterson Air Force Base, CO

USNORTHCOM and Catastrophic Response

Dr. Houston H. Polson

Deputy Division Chief

Training and Education

Chair, Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium (HS/DEC)

NORAD-USNORTHCOM, J7

Peterson Air Force Base, CO

1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of June 6, Tuesday, Day One, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Con’t)

(2) Highly Vulnerable Populations and Catastrophe.

Description: Topics will include the vulnerability of people, places and things (e.g., the disables, coastal buildings and infrastructure) to natural, technological or terrorist related catastrophes. The focus of the presentation should illustrate how societal vulnerability has been augmented and how it is leading to more deadly, destructive and disruptive events that go beyond routine emergencies and even rare disasters. Recommendations to reverse such trends are especially encouraged.

Moderator: J.R. Thomas

Emergency Management Certificate Program

Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH

Speakers: John Lindsay

Assistant Professor and Chair

Department of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies

Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada, lindsayj@brandonu.ca;

Dr. David McEntire

Emergency Administration & Planning Program, University of North Texas

Dr. John Pine

Chair, Department of Geography, Louisiana State University

(3) Analysis of NIMS (National Incident Management System) and NRP (National Response Plan) in Katrina Response.

Al Fluman

Acting Director

NIMS Integration Center, FEMA, DHS

(4) The Psychology of Avoiding Disaster Readiness Disasters

Dr. Robin Dillon-Merril and Cathy Tinsley

McDonough School of Business

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Abstract: In the brutal aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, people are questioning the readiness decisions made by individuals, government and first responder organizations. Poor decisions appear to have been made at every level, and tracing the roots of these poor decisions often leads to a discussion of how prior events shape perceptions. Our research examines how individuals, organizations, and communities cognitively interpret past events and currently available probability information. This seminar discusses the importance of integrating behavioral decision theory with disaster readiness and response in training to improve decision making.

2:50 – 3:10 – Break

3:10 – 5:00 – 2nd Round of Tuesday, June 6, Day One, Afternoon Breakout Sessions

(1) National Homeland Security Joint & Intergovernmental Education & Training Initiatives

Moderator: Dr. Stan Supinski

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA

Speakers: Dr. Stan Supinski, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA

Dr. Todd Stewart (Major General, USAF Ret.), Director

Program for International and Homeland Security, and

Executive Director

National Academic Consortium for Homeland Security

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Patrick N. Newman, JD.

Program Manager

Coast Guard Office of Strategic Analysis,

U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT

On: The DHS Strategic Studies Program Initiative, the Proposed DHS Academy, and Post-Katrina Education and Training Recommendations.

(2) Reports:

Moderator: Dr. Joanne Nigg

Disaster Research Center

University of Delaware

Newark DE

Emergency Management Curriculum -- Academic Goals and Aims:

Dr. Michael O’Connor

Adjunct Faculty

Tiffin University

Emergency Management Body of Knowledge 2006 Survey:

Carol Cwiak

Emergency Management Doctoral Student

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

Innovative Local Funding For Disaster:

Dr. James F. Smith

Professor of Environmental Studies

American Public University System

Floyd, VA

3:10 – 5:00 – 2nd Round of Tuesday, June 6, Day One, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (C’ont)

(3) How to Surge in Catastrophe.

Moderator : Dr. Sharon Stanley

Program Director

Center for Public Health Preparedness

School of Public Health

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

Presenters: Dr. Donna Barbisch (MG, ret.),

President, Global Deterrence Alternatives

Director

Institute for Global and Regional Readiness.

Ms. Lissa Westerman

Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management

George Washington University

Washington, DC

(4) Distance Learning Methodologies

Moderator: Jamie A. Wilke Corvin

Global Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Action

University of South Florida

Tampa, DL

Presenters: Dr. Wayne Westhoff -- From Pony Express to the Internet: What Next?

Global Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Action

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

Nicola Martinez

Director of Curriculum and Instructional Design

Center for Distance Learning

Empire State College, State University of New York

Saratoga Springs, NY

Dr. Bob Jaffin, Program Management

School of Military Studies and Public Law

American Public University System, Charles Town WV

Gene Carroll

Institute for Biosecurity

Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Dr. Barbara Audley, Executive Director

Extended Education and Summer Programs

Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA  98225

5:30 – 7:00 – Log Cabin Cookout

7:00 – 8:00 – Foundation of Higher Education Colloquia Social – Building K, Room 302

Craig Marks, CERP, CEM, Executive Director, Foundation of Higher Education

Kay C. Goss, CEM, Chair, Foundation of Higher Education

June 7, 2006, Wednesday, Day Two, Morning Plenary Session, E Auditorium

8:20 – 8:30 – Conference Welcome:

E.G. Pino, SES, DAFC

Director, Training and Exercises

NORAD-NORTHCOM J7

8:30 – 9:25 – Catastrophe Readiness and Response Perspectives -- Federal Coordinating Officers

Moderator: Richard Sexton

Disaster Operations & Recovery Section

Emergency Management Institute, FEMA/DHS

Emmitsburg, MD

Panelists: Scott Wells

Louis Botta

Michael Bolch

9:30 – 10:25 – The Emergency Management Assistance Compact & Catastrophe Readiness/Response

Moderator: John Peabody

EMI Readiness Section Chief

Emmitsburg, MD

Speaker: Leon Shaifer

Senior EMAC Advisor (Emergency Management Assistance Compact)

National Emergency Management Association

Brandon, MS

10:25-10:45 – Break

10:45-11:00 -- International Emergency Management Student Association (IEMSA) Survey Report:

Present Status and Future Trends Report.

Michael Kemp

IEMSA President

North Dakota State University.

Fargo, ND

11:00 – 12:00 – Leadership in Disaster Response

James Lee Witt

James Lee Witt Associates

Washington, DC

12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch

1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Wednesday, June 7, Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2nd Day

(1) The Emergency Management Assistance Compact & Catastrophe Readiness/Response

Leon Shaifer, Senior EMAC Advisor, National Emergency Management Association

(2) Challenges of Incorporating Current Events, Field Work, Research Projects and Service

Learning Into Emergency Management Program Curriculum.

Dr. Jennifer Wilson, Emergency Management Program Co-Director

North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

(3) Comparative Emergency Management

Moderators: John Lindsay, Assistant Professor and Chair

Department of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies

Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada

lindsayj@brandonu.ca; And

Dr. Chris Webb, Auckland University of Technology

Auckland, New Zealand

(4) Perspectives on Catastrophe Readiness and Response – Non Governmental Organizations.

Panelists will examine underlying assumptions and guiding principles related to the role of Non Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) in disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.  The premise is that a deeper understanding of what motivates NGO’s to work in the disaster field will help others, especially government sector personnel, understand how best to be partners, and build coalitions with NGOs to meet the common disaster mission.  The panel will also examine the strengths and challenges in disaster by detailing the wide scope of activities performed, the versatility, innovative problem solving, flexibility and other characteristics of NGO’s in the disaster cycle.  

Moderator: Ben Curran, FEMA Liaison

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

Panelists: Craig A. Nemitz, CEM

Disaster Services Coordinator

America’s Second Harvest

Rev. Gerald A. Collins

Director, Disaster Response

Catholic Charities USA

Alexandria, VA 

Peter C. Losi, Vice President

Response Government Operations

American Red Cross National Headquarters

Washington, DC

1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Wednesday, June 7, Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2nd Day (C’ont)

(5) Papers, Reports and Initiatives:

Moderator: Dr. Barbara Klingensmith

Fire and Emergency Services Program

Division of State Fire Marshal

Bureau of Fire Standards and Training

Florida State Fire College

University of Florida

Ocala, Florida

barbara.klingensmith@

Cultural Conflict in Homeland Security

Description: A great deal of criticism has been directed at the Department of Homeland Security for matters ranging from the Hurricane Katrina response to priorities for funding. This paper posits that an important source for less than optimal performance by the Department may rest with the cultural differences of the organizations that were brought together under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to create DHS. The paper describes the characteristics of some of the organizations and makes suggestions for improved mutual understanding.

William C. Nicholson

Department of Criminal Justice

North Carolina Central University

Durham, NC

And

Dr. Richard T. Sylves

Professor of Political Science

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

Local Government Managers’ Views of Homeland Security: Results from the 2005 ICMA Survey of City and County Managers

Description: This report presents results of the International City and County Management Association’s study of city and county managers’ views of homeland security in the spring and summer of 2005. It thus represents a pre-Katrina baseline for the perceptions of local managers on topics of management, funding, and training needs.

Dr. Carmine Scavo

Associate Professor & MPA Program Director

Coordinator, Graduate Certificate in Security Studies

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

2:50-3:10 – Break

3:10-5:00 – 2nd Round of Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2nd Day, Wednesday, June 7

(1) Maintaining & Growing Existing EM & HS/D Collegiate Programs – AD Level

Moderator: Carolyn Richmond Teich

Senior Program Associate, Economic Development

American Association of Community Colleges

Washington, DC 2003, CTEICH@aacc.nche.edu

(2) Maintaining & Growing Existing EM & HS/D Collegiate Programs – Upper Division

Undergraduate and Graduate Levels.

Moderators: Dr. Rob Schwartz, Head

Department of Emergency Administration and Management

Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AK; and

Drs. Jennifer Wilson and Arthur Oyola-Yemaiel

Emergency Management Program Co-Directors

North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

Panelists: Dr. David McEntire

Emergency Planning and Administration Program

University of North Texas

Denton, TX

Dr. David Neal

Fire and Emergency Management Program

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK

Dr. Joseph Barbera

Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Co-Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management

George Washington University

Washington DC

(3) Getting New Emergency Management & Homeland Security/Defense Programs Started

Moderators: Randy Egsegian

Durham Technical Community College

Durham, NC; and

J.D. Richardson

Chair

Protective Services Department

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

Email: jrichard@accd.edu

3:10-5:00 – 2nd Round of Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2nd Day, Wednesday, June 7 (Con’t)

(4) Non-Traditional Colleges and Emergency Management and Homeland Security Programs

Description: Adults already working in the fields of Emergency Disaster Management and Homeland Security are often unable to attend a traditional college to complete their degrees in their area of employment. There are several options now available at the undergraduate and graduate levels for adults to complete degrees. These options take into account location, time, cost, and work schedules in the development of methods used to earn credit. They recognize that college-level learning often takes place outside of the college classroom and can be recognized for college credit through carefully constructed programs of prior learning assessment. This panel will explore several models currently available.

Moderator: Dr. Judith Krom

Dean, Heavin School of Social and

Behavioral Sciences

Thomas Edison State College

Trenton, NJ

Panelists: Dr. Esther Taitsman

Associate Dean

Graduate Programs

Thomas Edison State College

Trenton, NJ

Al Lawrence, Director

Criminal Justice Programs

Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, NY

Robert Frederick

Assistant Director of Admissions

Charter Oak State College

New Britain, CT

6:00 – 7:30 Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium Membership Meeting – K 302

Dr. Houston H. Polson

Deputy Division Chief

Training and Education

Chair, Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium (HS/DEC)

NORAD-USNORTHCOM, J7

Peterson Air Force Base, CO

June 8, 2006, Thursday, Day Three, Morning Plenary Session – E Auditorium:

8:30-9:30 -- Local Emergency Management Perspectives on Catastrophe Readiness and Response

Moderator: Dr. Anthony E. Brown, Associate Professor and Coordinator

Fire & Emergency Management Program, Political Science Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Panelists: Marg Verbeek, Emergency Manager, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Canada

President, International Association of Emergency Managers

Mike Selves, Director of Johnson County Department of Emergency Management and

Homeland Security, Olathe, Kansas

President-Elect, International Association of Emergency Managers

Matthew McCracken, Director of Marion County Emergency Management Agency, Hamilton, AL

9:30–10:20 – FEMA Reengineering For Catastrophe Readiness and Response

Robert F. Shea, Acting Director of Operations, FEMA, Washington, DC

10:20-10:40 – Break

10:40-11:40 – Private Sector Perspectives on Catastrophe Readiness and Response Panel.

Moderator: Kay Goss, CEM

Vice President for Homeland Security, Emergency Management, Business Continuity

U.S. Government Solutions, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corporation, Herndon, VA

Presentations: How do we turn private sector preparedness into an investment rather than a cost of doing business?

Dr. Greg Shaw, Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, George Washington University, Washington, DC)

Public/Private Partnerships in Illinois For Homeland Security:

Margaret Larson, Illinois Governor’s Office

Seeking Standards for Public-Private Sector Emergency Management Collaboration Phil Padgett, Boeing, Chair, Private Sector Committee, Emergency Management Accreditation Program, National Emergency Management Association

11:40-12:00 – Foundation of Higher Education for Disaster/ Emergency Management/Homeland

Security, Inc.

Craig Marks, CEM,

Durham Technical Community College,

Durham, NC

June 8, 2006, Thursday, Day Three (Continued)

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

12:15-12:45 - Keynote Luncheon Speaker:

The Honorable James S. Gilmore III

Chairman

National Council on Readiness and Preparedness – Public/Private Partnerships to Strengthen Homeland Security

The ReadyAmerica Homeland Initiative

Moderator: Patrick N. Newman, JD.

Program Manager

Coast Guard Office of Strategic Analysis,

U. S. Coast Guard Academy

New London, CT

Background: The ReadyAmerica Homeland Initiative is a series of programs to educate and train the private sector and citizens on their role in community preparedness and response to terrorism. NCORP’s mission is to establish community-level programs and public/private partnerships that strengthen homeland security through education, training and communication between citizens, businesses, governments and responders/law enforcement and medical professionals.

Former Governor Jim Gilmore (Virginia) established NCORP to continue the work of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (known as the Gilmore Commission, 1999-2004) which issued a recommendation to develop a broad and central role for the citizen and private sector in homeland security.

NCORP has launched four programs that generally represent the various stakeholders in community readiness and preparedness: ResponderCorps, ReadyCorps, GuardianCorps and CitizenGuardian. These programs are developed by an institute that NCORP has established called the Institute for Community Preparedness and Response (ICPR), which works with academic and government organizations to identify and develop on-going action plans for each of these programs.

ICPR is developing the role and responsibilities of the Crisis Response Officer (CRO), a new corporate position with specific duties to integrate corporate assets and employees into community preparedness and readiness plans with the governmental and responder/law enforcement sectors. CROs will be a corporation’s internal and external coordinator preparing for, responding to and recovering from crisis. ICPR is also forming partnerships with academic & government organizations to develop regional Community Preparedness and Response Training Centers (CPRs) to train responders, community leaders and CROs in a joint program to improve the communication between the responder/law enforcement and corporate sectors, and increase the knowledge and understanding about the unique challenges, needs and capabilities of the other; and to create an exchange of information on products, methods, materials and procedures that could help the responder community perform their role in a cost efficient and effective way.

1:00-2:30 – 1st Round of Day Three, June 8th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions:

(1) Defense Coordinating Officers Point of View on Catastrophe Readiness/Response

Moderator: Dr. David H. McIntyre, Director, Integrative Center for Homeland Security

Texas A&M University, McIntyredh@tamu.edu

Panelists: Colonel Leverm “Bullet” Young

Defense Coordinating Officer, Katrina, Mississippi

Mr. John Olivar

Deputy for Training

Army of the North (ARNORTH) G7, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas

(2) Reports:

Moderator: Dr. James (Jim) V. Porto

Director, Executive Programs Health Policy and Administration

School of Public Health

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

FEMA Catastrophic Disaster Planning Initiative

Melvin Jones

FEMA Response Division

Washington, DC

Purdue Homeland Security Institute’s Inter-Disciplinary Area of Specialization

Tim Collins

Managing Director, Purdue Homeland Security Institute

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN

Dr. Dean Larson

Lecturer, Purdue Homeland Security Institute

Purdue University Calumet

Hammond, IN

(3) Command and Control versus Cooperation and Coordination Disaster Response Models.

Dr. David Neal

Director, Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events

Professor, Fire and Emergency Management Program, Department of Political Science

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK

2:30-2:45 – Break

2:45-4:15 – 2nd Round of Day Three, June 8th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions

(1) How to Design, Develop, Teach College Course on Catastrophe Readiness and Response

Moderator: Dr. Richard Bissell

University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

(2) Integration of Academic Emergency Mgmt. and Homeland Security Degree Programs.

Moderator: Dr. Arthur Oyola-Yemaiel

Emergency Management Program Co-Director

North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

Speakers: Dr. David Neal

Fire and Emergency Management Program

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Dr. Thomas Drabek (Professor, Emeritus)

Department of Sociology

University of Denver, Denver, CO

(3) Grantsmanship 101

Moderator: Kay Goss

Vice President for Homeland Security, Emergency Management and Business Continuity, EDS Corporation, Herndon, VA

Panelists: Julian Gilman

Director of Grants

Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Richmond, VA

Scott Kelvert

Technical Assistance Division Director

Office of Grants & Training, Preparedness Directorate

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

Dr. Craig Zachlod

Project Director

Northern California School Emergency Management and Crisis Response Program

(4) Pandemics, Bio-Hazards & Bio-Terrorism

Dr. Bill Stanhope

Associate Director for Special Projects

Institute of Biosecurity

St. Louis University

St. Louis, MO

4:30 – 5:00 – Conference Wrap-Up

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