Reconnection…Resilience…ResCon
All concurrent sessions will be recorded in advance and available to attendees on-demand over the course of the conference.
Updated Plenary Session Topics:
- State Response to COVID-19 So Far: Best Practices & Lessons Learned
- Cybersecurity & Election Security
- Chief Resiliency Officer Panel
- Business Continuity & Insurance
- “Ask the Expert” – A Look to the Future, Featuring Former FEMA Administrators
Updated Breakout Sessions:
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Lessons Learned on Critical Infrastructure Protection (Click for More Information)
- Carl Amritt, Senior Policy Analyst, Homeland Security & Public Safety, National Governors Association
- Jake Varn, Policy Analyst, Energy, Infrastructure, & Environment, National Governors Association
- Tom Osborne, Deputy Director of Homeland Security, CA Governor’s Office of Emergency Preparedness
- Tom Ducker, Supervisor, Critical Infrastructure Protection, CA Governor’s Office of Emergency Preparedness
- Liesel Eichler Clark, Director, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
- Gregory Mays, Director of Homeland Security, TN Department of Safety and Homeland Security
- Takeaways Today to Leverage Risk Reduction Funding Tomorow (Click for More Information)
- Chas Eby, Deputy Executive Director, Maryland Emergency Management Agency
- Kyle Overly, Disaster Risk Reduction Directorate, Maryland Emergency Management Agency
- JaLeesa Tate, Hazard Mitigation Branch Manager/State Hazard Mitigation, Maryland Emergency Management Agency
- Introduction to the LA Watershed Initiative (Click for More Information)
- Monique Boulet, CEO, Acadiana Planning Commission
- Alexandra Carter, Resiliency Planning Manager, Office of Community, State of Louisiana
- Pat Forbes, Executive Director, Louisiana Office of Community Development
- Emad Habib, Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- James Waskom, Director, Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
- Cultural Resilience Principles and Practice: From storm water remediation to food sovereignty to cultural programming (Click for More Information)
- Brandon Jones, Cultural Resilience Program Director, Enterprise Community Partners
- Emily Roush-Elliott, Social Impact Architect and Co-Founder, Delta Design Build
- Nick Satterfield, Community Design Project Manager, New Orleans Redevelopment Authority
- Meghan Venable-Thomas, Cultural Resilience Program Director, Enterprise Community Partners
- Nella Young, Sr. Program Director for Culture and Creativity, Enterprise Community Partners
- Out of Harm’s Way: Community Resettlement as Climate Resilience (Click for More Information)
- Pat Forbes, Executive Director of the Office of Community Development, State of Louisiana
- David Lessinger, Senior Advisor, Resilience Practice, CSRS
- Risa Mueller, Vice President, Franklin Associates
- Marla Nelson, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Planning, University of New Orleans
- Housing Affordability, Resilience and Equity
- Ryan Colker, Vice President, Innovation, International Code Council
- Jacqueline Patterson, Senior Director Environmental and Climate Justice Program, NAACP
- Laurie Schoeman, Senior National Program Director- Resilience and Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Community Partners
- The Perfect Storm- Managing the Chain Reactions Created by a Global Pandemic (Click for More Information)
- Keely Thibodeaux, AIA, PMP, Principal, Landmark Consulting, LLCf
- Jerry DeLoach, City of Atlanta, Director of Office of Enterprise Risk Management
- Felipe Den Brok, City of Atlanta, Executive Director of Emergency Preparedness
- Rose Gill, Principal, Bloomberg Associates
- Amy L. Kurland, Manager, Bloomberg Associates
- It’s All About the Data: Lessons Learned at the Speed of COVID
- Michael Dosset, Director, Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
- Robert Greenberg, CEO & Founder of G&H International Services
- Dr. Robert Griffin, Professor and Founding Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cyber Security (CEHC), State University of New York, And former (Acting) Undersecretary Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology
- Brad Richy, Director, Idaho Office of Emergency Management
- Children: The Forgotten Disaster Preparedness Super Heroes
- Heather Beal, President & CEO, BLOCKS
- Hurricane Preparedness in a Pandemic: The Importance of Environmental Health
- Stephen Murphy, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
*All listed topics and hosts are subject to change