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Technology in Support of Emergency Response Gulf Coast 2008 Summit
“Connecting Beyond Borders”
Gulf States Interoperable Communications Cooperative
December 10th and 11th, 2008
Riverview Hotel, Mobile, Alabama
Summit Agenda
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
4:00pm - 7:00pm Early Registration/Vendor Registration and Setup
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
6:30am - 8:30am Registration
8:30am – 9:00am Welcome – Opening Remarks
• Daphne Levenson, Director, GSRCPI
• John Oliphant, Supervisory Senior Policy Analyst, COPS Office
• Alabama Host Speakers
9:00am – 11:30am First General Session
Topic: Setting the Stage – State of 700MHz Implementation Updates from the Gulf Coast States on:
a. 700MHz P25
b. Short Range 1-2 year Voice/Data Plan
c. Long Range 5 year Voice/Data Plan
d. Meeting the National Response Plan Goals
9:00am – 9:45am Mississippi - Bill Roach
9:45am – 10:30am Alabama - Eric Linsley
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am – 11:30am Louisiana - Brant Mitchell
11:30am – 1:00pm Lunch Provided by Tusa Consulting
What the Transition Authority (TA) Doesn't Tell You About Rebanding
Gil Stock, Tusa Consulting
Developing and Implementing a Regional P-25 Radio Network
J. Dean Hart, Tusa Consulting
Radio Network Procurement
J. Dean Hart, Nick Tusa, Tusa Consulting
1:00pm - 2:30pm Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session 1:
Facilitated Joint Meeting of 3 State Chairs, Voice and Data System Managers and DHS
2:30pm – 2:45pm Break provided by Thales Communications
2:45pm – 4:00pm
Continuation of Facilitated Joint Meeting of 3 State Chairs, Voice and Data System Managers and DHS
Breakout Session 2 (All Other Summit Participants):
1:00pm - 2:30pm
DHS/FEMA Office of Disaster Emergency Communications Division
Charles Hoffman, Chief, Disaster Emergency Communications Programs
2:30pm - 2:45pm Break
2:45pm – 4:00pm
Breakout Session 3 (All Other Summit Participants)
GETS/WPS National Communications System – Government Emergency Telecommunications Service/Wireless Priority Service
John Dinneen- Michael Burney, Outreach Coordinators, Region 6, DHS/NCS
5:00pm -7:00pm Evening Reception - Open Bar and Heavy Hors d'ouvres hosted by Motorola
Thursday, December 11, 2008
7:00am – 8:00am Breakfast Buffet Provided by Raytheon
8:00am – 9:30am Second General Session
Topic:
Alabama Data Model Presentation - Norvan Goddard, Assistant Director for IT, Alabama DHS
Virtual Louisiana - Brant Mitchell, Deputy Director for Interoperability, LA OHSEP
09:30am – 10:30am Third General Session
Panel Discussion, Representatives from NIJ, OEC, BJA:
Data- What is the future direction?
Need for Broadband speed
Bandwith for images, video, GIS
How can we achieve the necessary bandwith
High Performance/Speed RF
Public Network Aircards
802.11 Mesh Networks
802.16 WiMax Technology -LTE
10:30am -10:45am Break
10:45am – Noon Fourth General Session
National Test and Evaluation Demonstration Projects
Ed Vea, Program Manager, NLETC Center of Excellence
Noon-1:30pm Working Lunch provided by Tyco Electronics
National Implementation Strategy for Interoperability
Taylor Heard, Deputy Director, DHS Office of Emergency Communications
1:30pm - 2:45pm - Fourth General Session
National Interoperability Information Exchange (NIIX)
National Public-Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC)
Matt McCreary, NPSTC NIIX Program
2:45pm-3:00pm Break Provided by Alcatel-Lucent
3:00pm-4:30pm Fifth General Session:Status of Funding for Interoperability Projects
DHS - Taylor Heard
COPS - John Oliphant
BJA - Chris Traver
4:30pm –5:00pm Closing Remarks, Challenges for the Future
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