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2024 Symposium

17th Annual EMAT Leadership Symposium |

The 17th Annual Leadership Symposium will be held on MARCH 3-6, 2024.

2024 Symposium Agenda

Sunday, March 3, 2024

11:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Registration	Registration Desk
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	G-191: ICS-EOC Interface (Chris Boyce)	San Marcos River Room B
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	G-557: Rapid Needs Assessment (Dr. Mark Chadwick)	San Marcos River Room A
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	EMAT Member Reception	Atrium Bar

Monday, March 4, 2024

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration		Registration Desk
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Exhibits Open		Prefunction Hallway
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Opening Ceremony / Plenary Session		Veramendi A, B, C, D
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	KEYNOTE	Anh Selissen	Veramendi A, B, C, D
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	KEYNOTE	Eddy Weiss	Veramendi A, B, C, D
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	BREAK
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	EMAT Awards Luncheon		Spring Lake Ballroom A & B
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	They Didn't Ask to be Cremated: Complexity of a Mortuary Services Fire	Jena Banda	Veramendi A, B
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Community Hazardous Materials Transportation Emergency Planning	Bradley, Tretz, TTI	Veramendi C, D
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Bridging the Gap: School Districts and Local EM (Panel)	Scott Hudson	Spring Lake Ballroom C
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	BREAK
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Planning for the FIFA World Cup 2026, the World's Biggest Sporting Event	Irish Hancock	Veramendi A, B
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Review of Southeast Harris County EF3 Tornado; Before, During, and After	Daniel Reilly (NWS) & Jamie Galloway (Deer Park EMC)	Veramendi C, D
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Enhancing Community Resilience Through Higher Education EM	T.J. Smith	Spring Lake Ballroom C
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	~~The Viral Algorithm: Can AI Help us Get Ahead?~~	~~Dr. Elizabeth Cuevas~~	Veramendi A, B
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Individual Assistance Data - Demystifying the Numbers to Bring Meaning to Emergency Management Officials	Chris Smith	Veramendi C, D
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Texas School Safety Center Updates	Nate Turner	Spring Lake Ballroom C
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM	President and Board of Directors Reception		Hays County BBQ

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration		Registration Desk
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Exhibits Open		Prefunction Hallway
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	What? My First Year as Jeff Davis County Judge	Hon. Curtis Evans	Veramendi A, B
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Assesing the Microclimate of an Outdoor Concert Pavilion to Mitigate Heat Stress	Lance Wood	Veramendi C, D
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Breaking Silos: Safeguarding our Future	Peter Perez	Spring Lake Ballroom C
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	BREAK
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	What's Next? Our Post-COVID World	Peggy Fonseca	Veramendi A, B
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Modernizing Planning through a Data-driven Approach	Benj Korson	Veramendi C, D
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Engaging Executive Leadership in Planning and Exercise Programs	Dr. Lorenzo Sanchez	Spring Lake Ballroom C
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM			Veramendi A, B
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Resilient Futures: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Management	Dr. Thomas W. Haas	Veramendi C, D
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Intersection Ahead: Risk Management and Emergency Management	Charles Hueter and Javier Cano	Spring Lake Ballroom C
11:30 AM - 1:00 AM	EMAT General Membership Meeting and Elections Luncheon		Spring Lake Ballroom A & B
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	The Deadliest Little Bundle: The Specter of Times Past Redux	Dr. Mitchell Moriber	Veramendi A, B
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Developing a Comprehensive Volunteer Program	Dr. Mark Chadwick	Veramendi C, D
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Preparing Together for the Unthinkable	Jennifer Henager	Spring Lake Ballroom C
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	TEM Workshop	PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED	San Marcos River Room
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	BREAK
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Keeping Your Finger on the Pulse of Emotional Health in Response	Dr. Mark Chadwick	Veramendi A, B
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	EM Impact Program: Harris County's Initiative to Inspire Young Women to the Field of Emergency Management	Mel Bartis	Veramendi C, D
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	The Human-Animal Bond: Mental Health Impacts	Kristie Franks	Spring Lake Ballroom C
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	TEM Proctored Exam	PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED	San Marcos River Room
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	~~Emergency Managers' Resiliency: Are you Balanced?~~	~~Brain Brockett~~	Veramendi A, B
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Private Sector Emergency Management - The Whataburger Way	Ron Derrick	Veramendi C, D
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Do You Even Lift, Bro? Leveraging Core Capabilities to Strengthen your EM Program	Olivia Hemby	Spring Lake Ballroom C

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Registration		Registration Desk
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Full Scale Exercise Time (You are in Charge - Now What and How)	LCDR Michael L. Griffin	Veramendi A, B
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Coordinating the Chaos: The Role of NWS Emergency Response Specialists in Recent Texas Weather Disasters	Melissa Huffman, NWS	Veramendi C, D
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Preparing Emergency Management/ Responder Facilities and Resources for Long-Duration, Widespread Power Outages	Michael Lambert	Spring Lake Ballroom C
9:30 AM - 10:00 PM	Plenary Session	Nim Kidd	Spring Lake Ballroom C
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Buxus™: Revolutionizing Emergency Response with Real-Time Pipeline Intelligence	Lindsay Sterling	Veramendi A, B
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Social Capital and Cohesion, The Currency Of Community Resiliency is its People	Max Dunlap	Veramendi C, D
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	A New Paradigm for CERT - Developing Rural CERT Programs to Build Community Capacity	Richard Hildreth	Spring Lake Ballroom C
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Symposium Adjourns
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM	Board of Directors Meeting

About EMAT

The Emergency Management Association of Texas is dedicated to the advancement of the field of emergency management both statewide and nationally. To that end, EMAT engages in an array of efforts to advance a statewide emergency management agenda and to promote the professional growth of the emergency management practitioner.

Contacts

ematinfotx@gmail.com
Address:
2502 Pace Bend Road South
Spicewood, TX 78669