6 Week Storm Response Accelerator
Sponsored by STORM School....A Trade School For Crisis Managers
for Utilities & Contractors Dealing with Hurricanes & Storms
How to leverage 200+ collective years of former electric sector “storm boss” experience, expertise, and observations into actionable insights and steps you can take in the next storm or disaster.
Storm Preparedness
Interactive Leadership Training
WHY ATTEND?
The All Hazards Consortium (AHC) invites you to participate in the 2021 Storm School Virtual Workshop on July 29, 2021.
Presented by the AHC's newly formed Applied Operational Research Institute (ACHi), this overarching leadership training has been designed by experienced, nationally recognized operational leaders in the electric sector to help new and emerging leaders in industry and government master the art of disaster management.
Topics will include:
1) Equipping New Leaders: Becoming Better Able to Collaborate and Execute During Disasters
1) Equipping New Leaders: Becoming Better Able to Collaborate and Execute During Disasters
2) Emergency Management 101: How Do We Prepare?
3) Navigating Crisis Logistics: Using Strategic Flexibility to Increase Productivity, Confidence, and Safety During Disasters
4) Managing Storm Expenses: Don’t Let Un-Reimbursed Storm Dollars Destroy Your Bottom Line
5) Predictive Impacts and Pro-active Planning: Using Data From the Past to Predict The Future
6) Cross-Sector Communications & Coordination: Developing operational partners in industry and government to coordinate actions and create trust
Storm School is the first in a series of training and educational initiatives of the All Hazards Consortium and its operational partners in the private sector who have collectively responded to 1,000+ storms and disasters over the past 30+years.
The Storm Response Accelerator is a rapid, results-focused series of six, closed-door workshops, each lasting 60 minutes, and designed to coach and/or partner with your company on issues you select.
SIX LIVE COACHING SESSIONS
PROBLEM-SOLVING FOCUS
YOU SELECT SUBJECTS
A real-world, operations-focused experience in a safe, closed-door environment where over SIX (6) weeks, you get the totality of knowledge and experience of our storm professionals on how to better prepare for, respond to, and recover from storms of any type in a more organized and streamlined manner, reduce costs, and improves communication and expectation management with government and your customers.
Structured sessions will focus on your issues and turn ideas and instructor experiences into actions almost in real-time, so your people don't just leave with a bunch of notes and "good ideas" but instead leave with the most valuable asset any utility can have - new and actionable strategies and steps you can implement immediately along with access to seasoned professionals that can assist you when needed!
The STORM School "Storm Response Accelerator" program surrounds your company with the most experienced storm professionals in the country and helps you work together to solve problems and increase your organizational peace of mind through connection to exclusive relationships with our instructors.
Impacts your team will experience a newfound sense of confidence and excitement working with our seasoned storm instructors who have been through 1,000+ storms and incidents over their 40+ year careers, made mistakes that they will show you how to avoid, and provide live coaching and approaches that your team can implement immediately.
What's included:
- Discovery call to identify your operational issues and prioritize the top three
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Development of customized agenda for each workshop
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Participation in six 60-minute live virtual workshops with instructors
- Secure access to the full recording of all sessions
- Access to all slides, materials & transcripts of all sessions
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Contact information of each instructor
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And More!
Sample Problems To Consider:
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How to determine your company's "current capabilities" using a simple "capability math equation" to help educate your executives on additional resource needs
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Building closer, more trusted relationships w/state/local governments through education and exercises
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Identifying gaps in your storm operations process and showing you how to correct them quickly
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Understanding how to work with regulators as partners to reduce misunderstandings and comparisons between larger and smaller utilities
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Using "blue sky" day planning/meetings properly to build trust and community with internal and external customers
- Enhancing your storm preparedness to become more predictive, less reactive
- How to determine minimum/maximum staffing needs to handle the various size events your company encounters
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How to benchmark your company with your "peer" utilities
- Where to find the best sources of information for situational awareness
- Using After Action Reviews (AARs) effectively to identify gaps in your operation, build trust with internal and external customers, and streamline processes to save money and improve safety when you have many storms
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And More!
- Discovery Call to identify your operational issues and prioritize the top three
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Development of customized agenda for each workshop
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Participation in six 60-minute live virtual workshop with instructors
- Secure access to the full recording of all sessions
- Access to all slides, materials & transcripts of all sessions
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Contact information of each instructor
- Strategies and tactics the electric sector pros have used for decades to streamline their storm preparedness processes
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Checklists: Develop & update operational checklists that can be used in any type of small, medium, or large-scale storm
- Understand the Incident Command System structure and how to implement parts of it to avoid overlap and wasted time & money
- Quickly determine the scope, scale & response of a potential event so that you can recover faster.
- Develop customized action plans for your company or organization that are actionable at moments notice.
- Communication strategies with your external customers, partners, regulators, and media based.
- Manage expectations with your internal executives, team members, contractors, finance and logistics teams, customers and workers in the field
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Industry Secret: Connecting your preparedness efforts to your mitigation efforts to avoid repeating the same mistakes every year.
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And More!
- Strategies and tactics the electric sector pros have used for decades to streamline their storm preparedness processes, predict potential storm scope and scale, improve their action plans, control costs, and manage expectations by communicating more effectively with their internal and external customers
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Quickly identify the most important areas to concentrate on first...so you don’t waste time or money chasing loose ends or low-priority issues that will cost you money, risk safety, or just waste time during a response
- Understand the Incident Command System structure and how to implement parts of it to better coordinate with your partners and contractors to avoid overlap, waste time, and waste money
- Quickly determine the scope and scale of a potential event so that you can more accurately predict the resources you will need and the steps she will take to better prepare for a storm so that you can recover faster
- Develop effective action plans for your company or organization that is customized to you, your geography, your customers, and your resources that are available at the present moment
- Communication strategies with your external customers, partners, regulators, and media based on the 40+ years of experience of the workshop instructors
- Manage expectations with your internal executives, team members, contractors, finance and logistics teams, and most importantly your customers and workers in the field
- Understand how to effectively develop and update operational checklists that can be used in any type of small, medium, or large-scale storm
- Learn the secret of connecting your preparedness efforts to your mitigation efforts so that your storm response capabilities continue to grow and develop over time instead of repeating the same mistakes every year
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And More!
Module 5 – Virtual TableTop Exercise – Storm’s A’Coming!
- Learn How To Access Create increased awareness of cross-sector vulnerabilities and inter-dependencies in supply chains to ensure the security and reliability of our nation's critical functions and systems.
- Understanding key risk considerations and risk reduction strategies to protect your employees, contractors, customers, supply chains and communities.\
- Learn How To Access The Collaboration & Problem Solving Community
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Learn How To Leverage Future Federal Investments, Research and Data
Storm School Workshop: July 29, 2021
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An Interactive Training for Crisis Managers
How many years have you been working in emergency preparedness or related field?
What are you looking to get out of the Advisory Services?
What’s your biggest challenge when involved in storm preparedness?
At The New Lower Cost
Workshop Agenda
DAY 1: October 18, 2022: 12:00PM – 5:00PM EST
Focus: Strategy
Welcome and Attendee Introductions
Opening Remarks and Agenda Review by STORM School Chair
Module 1 – Definition of The Prepare Phase
Module 2 – Strategic Objectives
• The importance of the ICS (Incident Command System) framework
• Determining Scope and Scale of a Potential Event
• Developing an Effective Action Plan
• Managing Expectations & Communication
Open Discussion with the Instructors
Module 1 – Definition of The Prepare Phase
Module 2 – Strategic Objectives
• The importance of the ICS (Incident Command System) framework
• Determining Scope and Scale of a Potential Event
• Developing an Effective Action Plan
• Managing Expectations & Communication
Open Discussion with the Instructors
DAY 2: October 20, 2022: 12:00PM – 5:00PM EST
Focus: Tactical
Module 3 – Tactical and Execution
• Internal and IT Systems
• Needed Materials and Equipment
• Property Needs (Facilities, Field Locations, Staging Areas, etc.)
• Employees and Stakeholder Readiness
• Communications Strategy & Messaging
Module 4 – Top 6 Things to Remember When Preparing
Open Discussion with the Instructors
Module 3 – Tactical and Execution
• Internal and IT Systems
• Needed Materials and Equipment
• Property Needs (Facilities, Field Locations, Staging Areas, etc.)
• Employees and Stakeholder Readiness
• Communications Strategy & Messaging
Module 4 – Top 6 Things to Remember When Preparing
Open Discussion with the Instructors
What Past Clients Have Said
Bruce G., Emergency Planner
"Great module! Please emphasis multiple elements of IT (Data Center OPS, INFOSEC, Client Services, etc.) engagement with ICS planning/training & exercising/operations within an organization. Also, emphasis the value of conducting a through 360 degree 3rd party vendor assessment process.” ★★★★★ 5
Siddharth M., Sr. Emergency Management Analyst
"Great answers and information as a high-level with just enough case application examples. Possibly have additional example checklists available for participants (snow, flood, heat, power out, hurricane, etc.)." ★★★★★ 5
Chris T., Digital Resiliency Product Offering Manager
"Great discussion on setting incident priorities and objectives. From a state government / private sector liaison point of view, loved to hear brought up the importance of relationships with private sector state trade associations.." ★★★★★ 5
Matthew W., Director - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
"Great module! Please continue to emphasis unified and tiered messaging with PIO/Strategic Communications internal stakeholders engagement." ★★★★★ 5
Persia P., Private Sector Manager/BEOC Coordinator
"Content was specifically relevant to my current position. I would have loved it to go deeper into impacts to IT and how to mitigate and operate when these systems are affected." ★★★★★ 5
Storm Preparedness Workshop
An Interactive Training for Crisis Managers In Any Sector
Earn up to eight (8) hours of continued learning.
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Held On:
Date: May 3 and May 5, 2022 Time: Noon to 4:30pm EST
Location: Virtual
WHY ATTEND
The All Hazards Consortium (AHC) invites you to participate in the 2021 Storm School Virtual Workshop on July 29, 2021.
Presented by the AHC's newly formed Applied Operational Research Institute (ACHi), this overarching leadership training has been designed by experienced, nationally recognized operational leaders in the electric sector to help new and emerging leaders in industry and government master the art of disaster management.
Topics will include:
1) Equipping New Leaders: Becoming Better Able to Collaborate and Execute During Disasters
1) Equipping New Leaders: Becoming Better Able to Collaborate and Execute During Disasters
2) Emergency Management 101: How Do We Prepare?
3) Navigating Crisis Logistics: Using Strategic Flexibility to Increase Productivity, Confidence, and Safety During Disasters
4) Managing Storm Expenses: Don’t Let Un-Reimbursed Storm Dollars Destroy Your Bottom Line
5) Predictive Impacts and Pro-active Planning: Using Data From the Past to Predict The Future
6) Cross-Sector Communications & Coordination: Developing operational partners in industry and government to coordinate actions and create trust
Storm School is the first in a series of training and educational initiatives of the All Hazards Consortium and its operational partners in the private sector who have collectively responded to 1,000+ storms and disasters over the past 30+years.
The Storm Preparedness Workshop provides you with a step-by-step approach that will make it easier and quicker for you to prepare for any storm, avoid costly mistakes, improve safety, reduce your “anxiety of the unknown” issues that only the experienced pros know about, improve your competencies/skills, and help keep your business open after a storm.
Identifying and training the next generation of leaders in crisis management is critical to our nation's future. Based on decades of experience and lessons learned in all stages of and aspects of a storm, the Storm Preparedness Workshop is a high-level operations-focused, training program that focuses on the preparation stage. This workshop will help you build a stronger foundation for success when faced with a pending storm, and is designed for emerging crisis management leader
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- The processes that the electric sector uses during the preparedness phase and how to integrate them into your own planning efforts
- The strategic objectives in the preparedness phase and the tactical activities required to accomplish them
- What to consider in your action plan (i.e. EOC readiness, continuity plans, leadership availability, fleet size, etc.)
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How to ready your team and how big your team should be
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What resources you’ll need and where to place them
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What you can expect regarding financial implications
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What you should be communicating, and to whom
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How to leverage situational awareness by understanding what neighboring industries are most likely doing to prepare, and when to ask for help
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What data and systems you should be checking (i.e. traffic data)
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And More!
Module 5 – Virtual TableTop Exercise – Storm’s A’Coming!
- Learn How To Access Create increased awareness of cross-sector vulnerabilities and inter-dependencies in supply chains to ensure the security and reliability of our nation's critical functions and systems.
- Understanding key risk considerations and risk reduction strategies to protect your employees, contractors, customers, supply chains and communities.\
- Learn How To Access The Collaboration & Problem Solving Community
-
Learn How To Leverage Future Federal Investments, Research and Data
Storm School Workshop: July 29, 2021
Storm Preparedness Workshop
An Interactive Training for Crisis Managers
At The New Lower Cost
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4.97 based on 27 reviews
100% 14-Day Money Back Guarantee
After your purchase, you have 14 days to ensure the resource is valuable for you. If you're not completely satisfied and don't find enough value in it, we will refund your payment, guaranteed!
HOW IT WORKS
Workshop Benefits:
1
Checklist
Builder
Allowing your people to develop killer storm checklists within a few hours without needing decades of experience.
2
Reputation
Builder
Training from electric sector professionals on how to better communicate & manage expectations of all your stakeholders.
3
Storm CostsManagement
Strategies to help you scale, respond and track costs effectively to avoid costly mistakes or omissions that will ruin your company bottom line.
Simple to Use.
Perfect for Small Teams.
Proven Results.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- The processes that the investor owned electric utilities use during the preparedness phase and how to integrate them into your own planning efforts
- The strategic objectives in the preparedness phase and the tactical activities required to accomplish them
- What to consider in your action plan (i.e. EOC readiness, continuity plans, leadership availability, fleet size, etc.)
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How to ready your team and know how big your team should be
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What you can expect regarding financial implications of your decisions
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What you should be communicating, and to whom
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How to leverage situational awareness by understanding what neighboring utilities and industries are most likely doing to prepare, and when to ask for help
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What data and systems you should be checking (i.e. weather data, traffic data, special events, etc..)
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And More!
Agenda
Conducted:
DAY 1: May 3, 2022: 12:00PM – 4:30PM EST
Focus: Strategy
Focus: Strategy
Welcome and Attendee Introductions
Opening Remarks and Agenda Review by STORM School Chair
Module 1 – Definition of The Prepare Phase
Module 2 – Strategic Objectives
• The importance of the ICS (Incident Command System) framework
• Determining Scope and Scale of a Potential Event
• Developing an Effective Action Plan
• Managing Expectations & Communication
Consult with the Experts
Conducted:
DAY 2: May 5, 2022: 12:00PM – 4:30PM EST
Focus: Tactical
Module 3 – Tactical and Execution
• Internal and IT Systems
• Needed Materials and Equipment
• Property Needs (Facilities, Field Locations, Staging Areas, etc.)
• Employees and Stakeholder Readiness
• Communications Strategy & Messaging
Module 4 – Top 6 Things to Remember When Preparing
Consult with the Experts
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4.97 based on 27 reviews
100% 14-Day Money Back Guarantee
After your purchase, you have 14 days to ensure the resource is valuable for you. If you're not completely satisfied and don't find enough value in it, we will refund your payment, guaranteed!
YOUR Advisors
Developed by former utility operations professionals with over 200 years of experience, the Storm Response accelerator will immerse you and your team into a private virtual session.
Tom Moran
Executive Director,
All Hazards Consortium (AHC)
John Molnar
Director, Program Management Office
All Hazards Consortium
Laura Johnson
Director of Conferences & Events,
All Hazards Consortium
Would you like to be a speaker at this event, please contact Laura Johnson at
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This workshop is built for emerging leaders, mid-level managers, policy analysts, and anyone who has full or part-time emergency management responsibilities, whether they are new to the field, or looking for a refresher. Some industries that will benefit include:
• Energy
(Electric, Gas & Oil, etc..)
• Communications
• Transportation
• Food
• Fuel
• Water
• Retails
• Supply Chains
• Transportation
• Insurance
• Finance
• Students/Academia
• State / Local Government
• Federal Government
• Consulting
• Trade Associations
• Research groups
BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING
- Proven & Reliable - Experienced instructors, 40+ years of storm experience that you can trust and rely upon
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High Value - normally $10,000/day, a single idea from these instructors can save you from $million mistakes
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Certificates - Receive a Course Attendance Certificate upon completion of the workshop
- Consulting - Get free consulting (30 minutes at the end of each workshop day.)
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Tools and Resources - Get access to handouts and resources that will help you better prepare
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Sample Checklist - Receive a SAMPLE Checklist of things to consider in your planning
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Expert Advice - Receive valuable advice of do’s and don’ts
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And more!
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Authenticate Your Skills
COMPLETION CERTIFICATE
Earn a digital certificate that certifies your completion of the workshop, and demonstrates your exposure to the concepts and understanding of the basic skills presented.
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One-Click Post to LinkedIn: Post your certificate to your LinkedIn account to enhance your professional reputation
- Personal Development: Show current and future employers that you are developing your skills and peer-to-peer network
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Resume Builder: Build your resume by including your completed training certificate.
* 1-click Add to Linkedin
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4.97 based on 23 reviews
100% 14-Day Money Back Guarantee
After your purchase, you have 14 days to ensure the resource is valuable for you. If you're not completely satisfied and don't find enough value in it, we will refund your payment, guaranteed!
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
AHC supports the education of rising emergency managers by offering up to 5 scholarships to this Workshop to undergraduate and graduate students.
These scholarships are aimed towards those who would not otherwise have an opportunity to attend and who would benefit greatly by implementing lessons learned to their communities and careers.
Applications are now closed. Congratulations to the 6 scholarship recipients attending the Storm Preparedness Workshop!
To be considered for future scholarship opportunities, conatact Laura.Johnson@ahcusa.org
WHAT IS STORM SCHOOL?
STORM School is part of a training initiative of the All Hazards Consortium's Applied Operational Research Institute (AHCi) designed to provide "operations-based" instruction and consultation to help crisis managers better prepare, and respond to any type of crisis.
STORM School provides you with an online learning environment, initiated by the private sector, to help you learn the principles of crisis management faster and how to apply them from instructors who bring real-world experience from the past 35+ years.
STORM School will include access to courses online, virtual and in-person workshops, and customized instructor instruction and consultation for specific organizations and companies.
Workshop Sponsorship Opportunities
Learn about our unique offer for Sponsors
- Learn more about our sponsorship program:
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(240) 285-9743
About AHC
All Hazards Consortium, a 501(c)(3) organization, fosters an environment where industry and government can collaborate on cross-sector issues, explore interdependencies, broaden situational awareness, lower operational risks, prioritize investments and enhance infrastructure security and resilience via public/private planning, training, exercises and research.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
As with all disasters, any information is subject to change without notice. The All Hazards Consortium, its working groups and partners, and industry and government stakeholders expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever, for any usage of this information by its recipient(s). Recipient’s usage of this data constitutes a waiver of any claim it may have with respect to its use of the data. Please consider all information operationally confidential.
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STRATEGIC BENEFITS:
Gain from the experience of professionals with 30+ years of operational stories and lessons learned so you can understand the essential skills and capabilities to develop your next group of leaders.
OPERATIONAL BENEFITS:
Discover new processes and shortcuts to enhance your operational communications, internal and external messaging, and reduce your overall financial, safety, and brand risks.
TACTICAL BENEFITS:
TACTICAL BENEFITS:
Learn how to deploy simple processes that can instantly help you plan and share information better; build trust with your internal and external partners; better manage storm-related resources and vendors, and enhance your overall management of growing storm-related costs.
The All Hazards Consortium (AHC) invites you to participate in the 2021 National ResilienceEXCH (Exchange) Virtual Summit on January 26-28, 2021.
Over the course of three half-days, several hundred participants will learn, network, and collaborate with private sector critical infrastructure partners, state emergency managers, DHS/CISA, DHS/FEMA, trade associations, academia, industry, and research groups.
STRATEGIES - Day 1 will focus on resilience issues in industry and government and strategies to address them.
INITIATIVES - Day 2 will focus on resilience initiatives and projects
TRAINING - Day 3 will focus on training and education for resilience-related solutions, innovations, and research.
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At The New Lower Cost
Our virtual price is lower than our In-person price, plus…
● You don’t have to commute!
● No parking fees
● Don’t have to dress up (or even shower!)
● No waiting in line to check in
Tuition includes:
● Access to all sessions and breakout groups
● Access to sponsored chat session
● Access to all available training materials
Fees:
Private Sector: $245 ( regular $295 )
Government Employees: Complimentary
*** Early Bird Pricing Ends: December 15, 2020 ***
Government Employees: Complimentary
Why Attend
This unique, one-of-a-kind cross-sector forum is designed by experts, each with 30+ years of experience, to help participants better understand and prioritize their thoughts and actions on important topics:
● Leadership:
■ Equip new or emerging leaders in emergency response with long-term strategies
■ Understand and overcome common fears and myths that they will face in the future
■ How to prioritize actions prior to, during, and after an incident
■ Understand what information is really needed to maintain situational awareness
■ Case studies from actual storms and hurricanes
● Planning:
■ Learn the most important factors to restoration efficiencies
■ How to leverage the experiences of others
■ Understand the art of building teams
■ Overcoming internal myths and objections towards preplanning
■ How to write a comprehensive strategy for restoration
■ How to work with government more effectively
■ Case studies and examples from past major storms
● Logistics:
■ How to streamline your logistics planning to avoid common mistakes and increase efficiencies and safety
■ How to choose vendors more effectively
■ Tricks and tactics in developing a communication strategy
■ Knowing what to plan for and when
■ Key partnerships you should develop
■ Tricks to avoid logistics scrambling and loss of money
■ The best ways to create safety and wellness for your workforce
■ Case studies and examples from past major storms
● Technical:
■ How to use data from the past to predict future impacts and support proactive planning for the future
■ Addressing common myths and misunderstanding about how to use data planning and response to Storms
■ Examples of how data-driven decision making can work
■ How to develop standard operating procedures and perform meaningful after-action reviews
■ How to create a simple and operational governance structure to oversee information and partners
■ Steps to increase trust with your internal & external partners via data to better communicate with the public and Executives
■ Case studies from actual storms and samples data-driven decision-making solutions in use today
● Finances:
■ Learn several unique strategies to better manage storm response and restoration expenses
■ Common miscommunications to avoid
■ Understanding the importance of situational awareness upon finances
■ Post-storm accounting to help recoup potentially millions and cost recovery
■ Understand what factors drive up costs
■ Understand the key factors that provide customer satisfaction and shareholder value
■ Case studies from past storms
● Communications:
■ Learn who needs to be involved in any given storm or disaster scenario
■ Forming communications plans and strategies for effectively building trust
■ What partnerships make disaster response more effective
■ How to develop operational partners
■ Creating effective training and onboarding processes for new employees and contractors
■ Overcoming obstacles to good communications and trust-building
■ How to work effectively with government and cross-sector partners
■ How to resolve conflicts, create a positive environment within a storm response effort
■ Case studies from past storms and Puerto Rico power restoration initiative
Registrants Include:
● Alabama Emergency Management Agency
● American Logistics Aid Network
● American Red Cross
● AmerisourceBergen Corporation
● Automated Reports & Consolidated Ordering System
● Bent Ear Solutions LLC
● California Resiliency Alliance
● City and County of Denver
● County of Chester
● Currituck County
● District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
● Department of Homeland Security
● Department of Emergency and Customer Communications (DECC)
● Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
● District Department of Transportation
● District of Columbia Department of Public Works
● District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
● Duke Energy
● Edison Electric Institute
● Energy Marketers Association of America
● Federal Emergency Management Agency
● Governor Kay Ivey's Cabinet
● Healthcare Ready
● Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
● Honolulu Board of Water Supply
● Idaho National Laboratory
● Indiana Department of Homeland Security
● King County Emergency Management
● Law Enforcement Coordination Center (Department of Justice)
● Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
● Maryland Department of Transportation
● Maryland Department of the Environment
● Maryland Emergency Management Agency
● Maryland State Highway Administration
● Michigan Department of Transportation
● The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
● Edison Electric Institute
● North Carolina Emergency Management
● North Carolina Emergency Management Association
● North Carolina Emergency Management
● North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
● Pennsylvania Department of Health-Bureau of Emergency Preparedness and Response
● Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Management Association
● Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
● Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
● South Central Pennsylvania Task Force
● StormCenter Communications, Inc.
● The Food Industry Association
● Transportation Security Administration
● United States Navy
● University of Nebraska at Omaha
● Virginia Department of Emergency Management
● Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services
Why a Virtual Workshop?
Our virtual workshops provide many benefits:
1) Increased participation and inclusivity from around the U.S.
2) More cost effective to attend (no airfare and hotel expenses)
3) Ease of sharing information via record-able and shareable content
4) Future on-demand access for busy leaders Through our virtual platform and nationwide relationships, the AHC can connect you to more people and information faster than in the past, and accommodate the various schedules of busy leaders and subject matter experts.
How it Works – Before the Workshop
- Register for the Workshop at https://pro.ahcusa.org/storm-school-register, receive a confirmation email and add the event to your calendar invite.
- Bookmark this website (https://pro.ahcusa.org/storm-school-register) to keep updated on the 2021 Storm School Workshop agenda sessions and speakers.
- Send an email to Laura.Johnson@AHCUSA.org with any questions about the Workshop.
- Receive an email shortly before the event with access link information.
How it Works – During the Workshop
- Be ready to use ZOOM as the platform. We encourage you to log in with a camera-enabled device if you would like to take advantage of the interactive sessions.
- Connect by asking questions, answering live polls, and chatting with presenters and other participants.
- Complete the Post Workshop survey with your feedback.
- All registrants will have an opportunity to purchase access to session recordings to view at a later date via an All Access Pass offer.
Agenda At-A-Glance
Tuesday, June 29, 20211:00PM – 5:00PM EST
Take-charge leaders are who you want around in a crisis, these employees excel in leadership and blaze the way in the day-to-day business roles and disaster management.
What happens when they retire?
What happens when these integral leaders move on to new chapters of their lives?
Take-charge leaders are who you want around in a crisis, these employees excel in leadership and blaze the way in the day-to-day business roles and disaster management.
What happens when they retire?
What happens when these integral leaders move on to new chapters of their lives?
Tuesday, June 29, 20211:00PM – 5:00PM EST
- Priorities for Enhancing Cross Sector Coordination
- What are the Resilience Strategies for the ISACs Going Forward?
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Cross Sector Practitioners–Resiliency Challenges During COVID-19
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State Perspectives on Regional, Cross-Sector Resilience Panel
- Strategies for Federal, State and Industry Coordination
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And More!
1:00 - 1:15 PM - Welcome & Opening Remarks & Scenario for the Workshop
Laura Johnson, Director of Conferences, All Hazards Consortium
Kelly McKinney, Senior Director, Emergency Management & Enterprise Resilience, NYU Langone Health, AHC Board Member
1:15 - 1:50 PM - Equipping New Leaders: Becoming Better Able to Collaborate and Execute During Disasters
Mike Zappone: Managing Partner at Consult Mike Z, LLC, (retired operations executive in electric sector for 30+ years)
This session will discuss strategies and shortcuts on how to better prepare new disaster management leaders by understanding the what you organizations needs to equipment them with confidence, how to be prepared, and how to develop a seamless transition to new leaders dealing with any type of crisis. Topics will include: overcoming common myths; how to prioritize actions prior to, during, and after an incident; steps needed to activate a team; leveraging mentors; dealing with mistakes; and steps to leading efficiently to avoid pitfalls.
3:55-4:00 PM - Virtual Break
DAY 2 – Wednesday, January 27, 202112:30PM – 6:00PM EST
What’s being done (projects and initiatives) to strengthen resiliency?
12:30-12:40 PM - Virtual Welcome, Opening Remarks & Resiliency Scenario for the Day
Mike Zapponne, Chair, Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group
Learn about the DHS CISA Integrated Operations Center (IOC), what is does, how it aggregates critical infrastructure threats and information, and how it benefits industry.
12:40-1:10 PM - Day Two Keynote Presentation: Integrated Operations Center
Rick Driggers, Assistant Director, Integrated Operations Division, DHS CISA
Learn about the DHS CISA IOC and how it benefits industry
1:10-2:10 PM - Public/Private Partnerships for Regional Cyber Resilience - Best Practices from the Pacific Northwest
Moderator: Matt Morrison, CEO, Pacific Northwest Economic Region
Panelists Include:
- Mike Hamilton, CISSP, CISO, President, and Founder of CI Security
- Eric Holdeman, Director, Center for Regional Disaster Resilience
- Alisha King, CEM, Emergency Manager, Washington Technology Solutions
2:10-2:15 PM - Virtual Break
2:15-3:15 PM - Public-Private Operational Partnerships for Power Restoration - Combating All Hazards Threats
Moderator: Laura Schepis, Senior Director, National Security, Edison Electric Institute
Panelists Include:
- Adrienne Lotto, Senior Director, Energy Security & Resilience Programs, New York Power Authority
- Sam Rozenberg, Senior Director, Security and Resilience, American Public Power Association (APPA)
- Steve Swick, Vice President & Chief Security Officer, American Electric Power
- David Terry, Executive Director, National Association of State Energy Officials
Over the past 20 years, the electricity sub-sector has strengthened its partnerships with federal and state governments to increase coordination and counter an expanding array of threats. Experts from diverse backgrounds will share insights into how the sub sector and its government partners can build upon these successes going forward.
3:15-3:50 PM - Promoting Information-Sharing with Process Transparency: COVID-19 & SolarWinds
Brian Tishuk, Executive Director, Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council
A transparent, repeatable incident response process facilitates information-sharing, and resilience. Learn the approach taken by the financial sector approach to address the pandemic and supply chain compromise.
3:50-4:00 PM - Virtual Break
4:00-4:55 PM - Breakouts Begin
6:00-6:30 PM - Optional Virtual Networking Reception / End of Day Two
- Next Steps Towards Public/Private Sector Resiliency
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State and Industry Partnerships to Combat All Hazards Threats
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COVID-19: Cyber Awareness, Preparedness and Response
- Cross-Sector Information Sharing for Planning, Preparing, and Responding to Wildfires and PSPS in a COVID-19 Environment – Lessons from 2020
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Benefits and Initiatives of State BEOC Programs
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Using DHS' ESF#14 for Private Sector Coordination
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Introduction to Operational Readiness Level Standards (ORLS)
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Law Enforcement’s Role in Resiliency
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Participant Exchange Breakout Session
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And More!
DAY 3 – Thursday, January 28, 202112:30PM – 6:00PM EST
How can you learn from the available solutions (or those that are being produced?)
How can you address resiliency challenges moving forward?
How can you learn from the available solutions (or those that are being produced?)
12:30-2:15 PM - Breakout Sessions
- Commercial Routing Assistance App for Vehicle Movement
- Integrating with the Sensitive Information Sharing Environment (SISE)
- Logistics and Supply Chain Resilience
- How to Securely Collaborate Your Data with the SISE?
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INL Cyber Security Training
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COVID Impacts on State Operations Policy
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Regional Economic Recovery
- Health Sector Guide with State Health Agencies
- Resilience in Electricity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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And More!
1:50 - 2:25 PM - Emergency Management 101: How Do We Prepare?
This session will discuss how a broader disaster education can save your business. Topics will include understanding the current environment with mass retirements; the importance of networking and how to do it; overcoming common myths and obstacles to planning and exercises; how to be acting instead of reacting; strategies for planning; coordinating with government; how to maintain your plans annually.
Anthony Hurley - Consultant, Utilities and Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Management & Physical Security Professional, (retired operations executive in electric sector for 30+ years)
2:25 - 2:35 PM - Virtual Break
2:35 - 3:10 PM : Navigating Crisis Logistics : Using Strategic Flexibility to Increase Productivity, Confidence, and Safety During Disasters
Aaron Strickland - Director of Business Development, Utilicon, (retired operations executive in electric sector for 30+ years)
This session will help participants learn how to better manage logistics dollars and your personnel safe through flexible logistics strategies during varying storm conditions. Topics will include understanding what safety and wellness of workers is worth to your company; how to develop contingencies in planning; planning considerations "blue sky" days; internal and external communications; managing expectations, working with your vendors; mutual assistance strategies, and networking with logistics experts.
3:10 - 3:45 PM - Managing Storm Expenses : Don’t Let Un-Reimbursed Storm Dollars Destroy Your Bottom Line
Jim Nowak - Sr. Director, Operations, Products & Services, ARCOS, (retired operations executive in electric sector for 30+ years)
This session will help you understand to high level concepts on how to identify, manage, and recover the millions of disaster dollars being left on the table including: Avoid bottle-necking through back office staffing; managing resources better, recognize financial waste before it happens, and knowing what really matters most in storm cost management.
3:45 - 3:55 PM - Virtual Break
3:55 - 4:30 PM - Predictive Impacts and Pro-active Planning: Using Data From the Past to Predict The Future
David Vanderbloemen - Principal Consultant at DV Consulting, LLC & Retired, (retired operations executive in electric sector for 30+ years)
This session will discuss how to use data and innovative technology to help raise credibility and trust when it matters most to your key internal and external stakeholders. Topics will touch upon how to leverage past storm related data and technologies to help predict future impacts; how to build
credibility and trust with internal and external stakeholders; how to ensuring senior leadership is in-sync; understanding the real connection between weather and your operations desk; developing simple Standard Operating Procedures; creating and adhering to a governance process, performing meaningful after action reviews to inform future disasters; and the financial, operational, branding, and customer satisfaction incentives for doing this.
2:30 - 3:30 PM - Cross Sector Communications & Coordination : Creating and Maintaining Mutually Beneficial Partnerships.
Carlos D. Torres - Independent Consultant/Experienced Utility-Emergency Management Executive
Learn how to Save Time, Resources, and Lives by Forging Advanced Partnerships
Laura Johnson, Director of Conferences, All Hazards Consortium
Tom Moran, Executive Director, All Hazards Consortium
2:25-4:45 PM - Breakout Sessions
4:45-4:50 PM - Virtual Break
4:50-5:50 PM - Breakout Sessions
5:50-6:00 PM - Closing Remarks and Virtual Conference Adjourn/ End of Day Three
5:00 - 5:30 PM - Optional Virtual Networking Reception
*Agenda is subject to change.
Track One
4:00-4:55 PM - Cross-Sector Information Sharing for Planning, Preparing, and Responding to Wildfires and PSPS in a COVID-19 Environment – Lessons from 2020
Monika Stoeffl, Executive Director, California Resiliency Alliance (CRA)
Abby Browning, Chief of Private Sector & NGO Coordination, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
This presentation will highlight insights and lessons in information sharing from the early days of the pandemic through the wildfires to the Public Safety Power Shutoffs in the final days of 2020. It will explore questions such as how did the pandemic change what information was shared, what were some of the challenges faced, and what worked and is being brought forward into 2021 to be applied to future events.
Track Two
4:00-4:55 PM - Introduction to Operational Readiness Level Standards (ORLS)
Kent Kildow, Chair, SISE GIS Working Group, Director, Business Continuity & Emergency Management at Verizon
Kari Hicks, Chair, SISE GIS Working Group and Senior GIS Analyst, Duke Energy Corporation
Chris McIntosh, CO-CHair, SISE GIS Working Group, CEO, Bent Ear Solutions, LLC
Learn how a new data confidence standard can increase your confidence in data products and accelerate your decision-making during disasters.
Learn how a new data confidence standard can increase your confidence in data products and accelerate your decision-making during disasters.
Track One
4:55-5:30 PM - Benefits of State Business Emergency Operation (BEOC) Programs
Persia Payne-Hurley, Private Sector Manager & BEOC Coordinator, North Carolina Emergency Management
Molly Dougherty, External Affairs & Private Sector Liaison, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Learn how States work "operationally" with the private sector to enhance resilience.
Track Two
4:55-5:30 PM - A New Approach in Cybersecurity for Collective Defense
Tripp Hardy, CEO, Reprivata
In an environment where adversaries are increasingly using machine learning to continuously scan organizations and their third parties for vulnerabilities, implementing "Zero Trust" policies and micro-segmentation is needed to ensure protection of critical assets, and actionable information sharing is needed to stay ahead of rapidly evolving attacks. In this session, attendees will learn about a "new approach" to cybersecurity that will secure every device, every network, everywhere - even third parties.
Track One
5:30-6:00 PM - Using DHS' ESF#14 for Private Sector Coordination
Rob Glenn, Director, Office of Business, Industry, and Infrastructure Integration, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Dana Ahrens, Emergency Response Operations Branch, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Learn how the new ESF#14 policy directive is helping to organize government and improve operational coordination with the private sector during major disasters or incidents.
Track Two
5:30-6:00 PM - Current Cyber Threats and Mitigation Techniques for Frontline Employees
Sean Stajkowski, Intelligence Analyst, Pennsylvania State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation
This session will provide an overview of current cyber threats, which have affected critical infrastructure in the past few months, the basis behind proper cyber hygiene, and mitigation strategies for frontline workers to reduce the likelihood of a successful attack.
Break-Out Room One
1:30 - 2:30 PM - Equipping New Leaders: Improving Collaboration & Execution During Disasters
Mike Zappone: SISE WG Chair, Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group
This session will discuss how to provide Preparedness, Confidence, and a Seamless Transition to New Leaders
Dealing with Crisis
2:30 - 3:30 PM - Managing Storm Expenses : Don’t Let Un-reimbursed Storm Dollars Destroy Your Bottom Line
Jim Nowak - Sr. Director, Operations, Products & Services, ARCOS
This session will discuss how to ID, Manage, and Recover the Millions of Disaster Dollars Being Left on the Table
Break-Out Room Two
1:30 - 2:30 PM - Panel: Navigating Crisis Logistics : Using Strategic Flexibility to Increase Productivity, Confidence, and Safety During Disasters
Aaron Strickland - Director of Business Development, Utilicon
Learn how to Keep Dollars and Personnel Safe Through Flexible Strategy During Variant Conditions
2:30 - 3:30 PM - Cross Sector Communications & Coordination : Creating and Maintaining Mutually Beneficial Partnerships.
Carlos D. Torres - Independent Consultant/Experienced Utility-Emergency Management Executive
Learn how to Save Time, Resources, and Lives by Forging Advanced Partnerships
Break-Out Room Three
1:30 - 2:30 PM - Emergency Management 101: How Do We Prepare?
Anthony Hurley - Consultant, Utilities and Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Management & Physical Security Professional
Panelists:
This session will discuss how Disaster Education Can Save Your Business
2:30 - 3:30 PM - Predictive Impacts and Planning: Raise Credibility and Trust When it Matters Most
Anthony Hurley - Consultant, Utilities and Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Management & Physical Security Professional
Panelists:
This session will discuss how to Never Be Caught Off-Guard by Improving Efficiency and Leveraging Data
Track One - CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION - Moderated by Anthony Hurley, Consultant, Utilities and Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Management & Physical Security Professional
1:15-2:15 PM - Powering Through - Building Critical Infrastruture Resilience
Mary Lasky, Chair, InfraGard National Disaster Resilience Council and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Richard Krieg, Editor, Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy
David Winks, Chief Science Officer, Renewable Energy Aggregators
In this session, you'll learn more about InfraGard's findings on what are the effects on critical infrastructure if electric power was not available for at least 30 days, how infrastructure can help to restore and recover electric power and what companies can do now to be more resilient. A special emphasis will be made on hospitals and communications.
Track Two - INDUSTRY TOOLS - Moderated by George Giangi, Chair, Business, Industry & Infrastructure, South Central PA Task Force
1:15-2:15 PM - Commercial Routing Assistance App for Vehicle Movement
Gregory C. McShane, Integrated Operations Division - Strategy, Policy, & Resources, CISA/DHS
Timothy R. Klett, Infrastructure Assurance and Analysis, Idaho National Laboratory
Ollie Gagnon III, Chief Strategist and Relationship Manager, Idaho National Laboratory
Learn how you can use the Commercial Routing Assistance (CRA) app which provides the latest information relevant to commercial organizations and drivers, state transportation officials and regulators, federal transportation officials, and trade associations who rely upon continuous vehicle movement to meet their mission.
Track Three - GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR RESILIENCE- Moderated by Kari Hicks, Senior GIS Analyst, Duke Energy Corporation
1:15-2:15 PM - Virtual Exercise: Using the New ORL Data Confidence Standard in the Real World
Kari Hicks, Chair, SISE GIS Working Group and Senior GIS Analyst, Duke Energy Corporation
Dave Vanderbloemen, CEO, DV Consulting, Former Dominion Energy Operational Executive
This session will provide participants with an overview of a new technology that allows the secure collaboration of data between disparate systems by providing a unique on/off capability so that data connections are not left always on or open to hackers or other types of cyber attacks.
Track One - CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION - Moderated by Anthony Hurley, Consultant, Utilities and Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Management & Physical Security Professional
2:25-3:10 PM - Demand Oriented Decision Making in Supply Constrained Environments
Kathy Fulton, Executive Director, American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN)
Philip J. Palin, Supply Chain Resilience Expert
Jarrod Goentzel, Director, MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab
Join leading supply chain resilience experts for a conversation on demand oriented decision making. Learn how differentiated targeting of demand is critical especially in a supply constrained environment. Examples from PPE, grocery, and vaccine supply chains will provide the background for this session.
Track Two - INDUSTRY TOOLS - Moderated by George Giangi, Chair, Business, Industry & Infrastructure, South Central PA Task Force
2:25-3:10 PM - Fleet Movement App for Transportation Planners and Decision Makers
Carrie Tropasso, GIS Manager, Bent Ear Solutions, LLC
Bethany Elliott, State Private Sector Liaison, Alabama Emergency Management Agency
In this session, you'll learn about how a new app that was tested during the 2020 hurricane season by the AHC, private sector-led SISE (Sensitive Information Sharing Environmnet) efforts to expedite the movement of private sector repair fleets, resources and supply chains across multiple state borders following disasters.
Track Three - GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR RESILIENCE- Moderated by Kari Hicks, Senior GIS Analyst, Duke Energy Corporation
2:25-3:10 PM - A State Model for Private Sector Information-Sharing - North Carolina's WebEOC Platform Training and Demo
Persia Payne-Hurley, Private Sector Manager and BEOC Coordinator, North Carolina Emergency Management
Participants in this session will learn how North Carolina Emergency Management has leveraged their WebEOC software and innovative business rules to create 7 unique applications to support private sector members and county partners with more organized information and streamlined processes during disaters. Participants will learn how it works, how the private sector benefits from access to this information, and how to enhance operational coordination and resilience during disasters.
Track One - CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION - Moderated by Anthony Hurley, Consultant, Utilities and Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Management & Physical Security Professional
3:10-4:00 PM - Resilience in Energy during the Pandemic
Hailey Siple, Manager, National Security Policy, Edison Electric Institute
Anna Ballance, Advisor, Policy and Partnerships at Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Channing Spencer, Cyber and Infrastructure Security Assistant, Edison Electric Institute
Amanda Sramek, Manager, Security,
American Gas Association
Join a discussion of the energy sector’s quick and collaborative response in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and explore how a diverse cross-section of the industry came together to share experiences and recommend adaptable strategies to keep essential workers safe and ensure reliability in an unprecedented operating environment.
Track Two - INDUSTRY TOOLS - Moderated by George Giangi, Chair, Business, Industry & Infrastructure, South Central PA Task Force
3:10-4:00 PM - Using the Endeavor Model for Information Exchange
Molly Dougherty, External Affairs & Private Sector Liaison, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Patrick T. Shull, Director, Security and Risk Assessment, Harrisburg Properties
Carmela Hinderaker, Sr. Director, Business Continuity & Customer Support, C&S Family of Companies
This session will focus on the private sector perspective on how Pennsylvania's ENDEAVOR Working Group Model has helped businesses work with each other and with State Office of Emergency Management to solve operation problems in transportation, COVID-19, supply chain, and information-sharing.
Track Three - GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR RESILIENCE- Moderated by Kari Hicks, Senior GIS Analyst, Duke Energy Corporation
3:10-4:00 PM - Secure Information Sharing with SISE-net
Tom Moran, Executive Director, All Hazards Consortium
Gregory C. McShane, Integrated Operations Division - Strategy, Policy, & Resources, CISA/DHS
SISE-net is a new, secure private information-sharing network that connects operations centers in government and industry. In this session, participants will learn the operational value SISE-net will bring to state and private sector, the operational coordination on specific topics, how information is shared and protected, and how to engage SISE-net for their organization.
Track One - CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION - Moderated by Anthony Hurley, Consultant, Utilities and Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Management & Physical Security Professional
4:00-4:45 PM - Coordinating Donations: COVID-19
Nicolette Louissant, Executive Director, Healthcare Ready
Sarah Baker, Programs Director, Healthcare Ready
The presentation will provide an overview of the supply chain and donations coordination work undertaken by Healthcare Ready during the COVID-19 pandemic, in partnership with private sector and NGO partners. The session will provide a review of the actions and strategies used to right size donation coordination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Track Two - INDUSTRY TOOLS - Moderated by George Giangi, Chair, Business, Industry & Infrastructure, South Central PA Task Force
4:00-4:45 PM - The National Vetted PPE Exchange
John Molnar, Director, Program Management Office, All Hazards Consortium
Learn about a new sourcing model for PPE that was developed jointly by State, federal and industry stakeholders to address the PPE shortage issues nationwide. This session will include training on how it was developed, its current state, future resources to be added, and how you can leverage it for your organization.
Track Three - GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR RESILIENCE- Moderated by Kari Hicks, Senior GIS Analyst, Duke Energy Corporation
4:00-4:45 PM - How GIS and Data is Helping FEMA Decision-Making
Chris Vaughan, Geospatial Information Officer, FEMA
This session will teach participants about how FEMA's GIS platform is being developed to help increase situational awareness within the lifeline sectors during disasters. Topics include how the platform is being developed, the current data available, and future plans for the platform.
Track One - CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION - Moderated by Anthony Hurley, Consultant, Utilities and Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Management & Physical Security Professional
4:50-5:50 PM - 5-1-1 Initiative
Michael Overton, Geospatial Technology Development Lead, Idaho National Lab
Timely, accurate, and actionable national traffic and road closure information is difficult to come by. Services by 3rd party data providers are hard to validate, or come from unofficial sources making it difficult for decision-makers to trust. In partnership with AHC and DHS, Idaho National Lab has researched, built, and aggregated transportation data from state 511 traffic information systems to synchronize and standardize a single database that can be used by transportation planners, drivers, researchers and analytic groups. This session will provide an overview of this initiative, what information is provided within this dataset, and how to utilize and access it. You'll also get a live demonstration of the data displayed in an ESRI Web Map.
Track Two - INDUSTRY TOOLS - Moderated by George Giangi, Chair, Business, Industry & Infrastructure, South Central PA Task Force
4:50-5:50 PM - Cyber-CHAMP: A Tool for Organizational Cybersecurity Workforce Development
Ralph F. Ley, Department Manager, Workforce Development and Training, Idaho National Laboratory
Dr. Shane D. Stailey, DCS-IA, Senior Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Professional, Training Opportunities and Strategy Lead, Idaho National Laboratory
Learn about Idaho National Laboratory's innovative cybersecurity workforce development model, Cyber-CHAMP, which engages industry, government, and academia to provide direct and practical solutions to help solve our nation's security/cybersecurity workforce development dilemma and provides an ROI model that can justify your training investment.
Track Three - GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR RESILIENCE- Moderated by Kari Hicks, Senior GIS Analyst, Duke Energy Corporation
4:50-5:50 PM - Using GIS for Situational Awareness - Training Session
Chris McIntosh, CEO, Bent Ear Solutions, LLC
Carrie Tropasso, GIS Manager, Bent Ear Solutions, LLC
In this training session you'll review basic situational awareness concepts and how to translate your needs to geospatial requirements. You'll learn how to make a map to provide you with greater situational awareness and be able to turn that map into a dashboard that you can use as a visual tool for faster-decision making.
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2021 Summit Executive Steering Committee
Tom Moran
Executive Director,
All Hazards Consortium
John Molnar
Director, Program Management Office
All Hazards Consortium
Laura Johnson
Director of Conferences & Events,
All Hazards Consortium
Mike Zappone
SISE WG Chair, Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group
David Vanderbloemen
Principal Consultant at DV Consulting, LLC & Retired, Electric Sector
Carlos D. Torres
Independent Consultant/Experienced Utility-Emergency Management Executive
Jim Nowak
Sr. Director, Operations, Products & Services, ARCOS
Aaron Strickland
Director of Business Development, Utilicon
Anthony Hurley
Consultant, Utilities and Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Management & Physical Security Professional
Monika Stoeffl
Executive Director,
California Resiliency Alliance
Chris Geldart
Director,
DC Department of Public Works
Abby Browning
Chief, Office of Private Sector / NGO Coordination, Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Jeffrey A. Thomas
Executive Deputy Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Association
Doug Baker
Vice President, Industry Relations,
The Food Industry Association (FMI)
Gregory McShane, CBCP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Integrated Operations Division at the Department of Homeland Security
Hailey Siple
Manager, National Security Policy
Edison Electric Institute
Chris McIntosh
Chief Executive Officer,
Bent Ear Solutions LLC
Kathy Fulton
Executive Director,
American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN)
Chris Vaughn
Geospatial Information Officer,
Federal Emergency Management Association
Tim Klett
Control Systems Security Specialist,
Idaho National Laboratory
Brian Hastings
Director,
Governor Kay Ivey's Cabinet
George Giangi
Chair, Business, Industry & Infrastructure,
South Central Pennsylvania Task Force
Kari Hicks
Sr. Geographic Information System
Analyst, Duke Energy
Carmela Hinderaker
Sr. Director, Business Continuity & Customer Support, C&S Family of Companies
Kelly McKinney
Emergency Manager,
NYU Langone Health
Michael Overton
Geospatial Technology Development Lead,
Idaho National Lab
Denise Anderson
President and CEO, Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Patrick T. Shull
Director, Safety, Security and Risk Assessment Harrisburg Property Services LLC
Mike Sprayberry
Director, North Carolina Emergency Management
Mary Lasky
Program Manager, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Steve Swick
Chief Security Officer,
American Electric Power
Joe Viens
Communications, Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Sarah Bigham
Research and Education ISAC
Sam Visner
Board Member, Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Andrew Dolan
Multi-State ISAC
Tom Fanning
President & CEO,
Southern Company
Tom Farmer
Assistant Vice President - Security, Association of American Railroads
Ralph F. Ley
Department Manager, Workforce Development and Training, Idaho National Laboratory
Dr. Shane D. Stailey
Senior Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Professional, Idaho National Laboratory
Richard Krieg
Editor, Journal,
Critical Infrastructure Policy
David Winks
Chief Science Officer,
Renewable Energy Aggregators
Adrienne Lotto
Senior Director, Energy Security & Resilience Programs, New York Power Authority
Ollie Gagnon
Chief Strategist and Relationship Manager, Idaho National Laboratory
Bob Kolasky
Director, National Risk Management Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Sam Rozenberg
Sr. Director, Security and Resilience, American Public Power Association
Matt Morrison
CEO, Pacific Northwest
Economic Region
Mike Hamilton
CISSP, CISO, President, and Founder of CI Security
Eric Holdeman
Director, Center for Regional Disaster Resilience
David Terry
Executive Director, National Association of State Energy Officials
Anthony Hurley
Consultant, Utilities and Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Management & Physical Security Professional
Bill Nelson
Chair and CEO,
Global Resilience Federation
Alisha King
Emergency Manager, Washington Technology Solutions
Brian Tishuk
Executive Director, Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council
Dave Vanderbloemen
CEO, DV Consulting, Former Dominion Energy Operational Executive
Mike Zapponne
Chair,
Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group
Rick Driggers
Assistant Director,
Integrated Operations Division, DHS CISA
Amanda Sramek
Manager, Security,
American Gas Association
Sean Stajkowski
Intelligence Analyst, Pennsylvania State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Bethany Eliott
State Private Sector Liaison,
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
Carrie Trapasso
GIS Manager,
Bent Ear Solutions LLC
John Molnar
Director, Program Management Office
All Hazards Consortium
Channing Spencer
Cyber and Infrastructure Security Assistant, Edison Electric Institute
Philip J. Palin
Supply Chain Resilience, Catastrophe Preparedness, Private-Public Relationships
Jarrod Goentzel
Director, MIT Humanitarian Supply
Chain Lab
Sarah Baker
Programs Director,
Healthcare Ready
Kent Kildow
Director, Business Continuity & Emergency Management at Verizon & SISE Working Group Chair
Dana Ahrens
Emergency Response Operations Branch, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Tripp Hardy
CEO,
Reprivata
Kent Kildow
Director, Business Continuity & Emergency Management at Verizon & SISE Working Group Chair
Marvin Goldberg
President and CEO, Independence Group Holdings and Associates Inc.
Chad Ross
Manager, Industry Relations & Total Store Collaboration, The Food Industry Association
Kari Hicks
Sr. Geographic Information System Analyst,
Duke Energy Corporation
Bethany Elliott
Program Support Specialist, Alabama State Private Sector Liaison
Molly Dougherty
External Affairs & Private Sector Liaison, Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Management Association
Mike Sprayberry
Director, North Carolina Emergency Management
Persia Payne-Hurley
Private Sector Manager & BEOC Coordinator, North Carolina
Department of Emergency Management Association
Greg McShane
Program Management Analyst, Integrated Operations Division, DHS CISA