Full Schedule

7:15 AM - 7:45 AM PST

IAEM Conference Committee Daily Meeting

7:15 AM - 2:00 PM PST

Registration

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM PST

Boots on the Ground Serving Veterans in their Communities

Speaker: – Veterans Healthcare Administration South Central VA healthcare Network

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PST

Legos, Cookies, and Whole Community

Speaker: – City of Henderson

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM PST

Installation of New IAEM-USA Officers

Speaker: – Saluda County Emergency Management Division

Co-Speaker: – City of Inglewood Office Of Emergency Services

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM PST

Morning Break in EMEX

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

All Hands on Deck - How NGO Partners Fast-Tracked School Recovery in the British Virgin Islands

Speaker: – British Virgin Islands Department of Disaster Management

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

Automating Compassion: Technology-Driven Wellness Checks for Vulnerable Populations

Speaker: – City of Richardson Office of Emergency Management

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

Avengers Assemble: Building Your Emergency Management Team

Speaker: – Macon-Bibb County Emergency Management Agency

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

Building Resiliency Under Pressure: Emergency Communication in the Age of Distrust

Speaker: – Hamilton County Public Health

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

Improved Preparedness: Seeing Vulnerability through Adaptive Capacity

Speaker: – Place Mosaic LLC

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

Inclusive Alerting: Building Resilient Communities through Accessible Warnings

Speaker: – World Institute on Disability

Co-Speaker: – World Institute on Disability

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

Lessons for Emergency Managers from Real-world Incidents at Water and Wastewater Utilities

Speaker: – WaterISAC

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

Owning Public Assistance: How Communities Protect FEMA Funding and Prevent Deobligations

Speaker: – SDR

Co-Speaker: – CohnReznick Advisory

Co-Speaker: – CohnReznick

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

Recovery without a Responser

Speaker: – Sedgwick County Emergency Management

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

When Sovereignty Shapes Emergency Management: Why Tribal Nations Operate Differently

Speaker: – Pechanga

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST

When the National Weather Service Moves In: Success in Embedding Meteorologists at the County Level

Speaker: – National Weather Service Duluth MN

Co-Speaker: – Elkhart County Emergency Management

Co-Speaker: – National Weather Service Northern Indiana

Co-Speaker: – National Weather Service Jacksonville, FL

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Behind the Command Post: Strengthening Mental Health Resilience in Emergency Management

Speaker: – Lowndes County EMA

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Beyond Compliance:Integrating AWIA Risk Assessments into Enterprise Resilience & Business Continuity

Speaker: – Jacobs Engineering

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Building Emergency Management Capacity for Heat Resilience: NOAA's Collaborative Approach

Speaker: – NOAA, Office of Emergency Management

Co-Speaker: – NOAA

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Emergency Planning with a Correctional Facility in your Community

Speaker: – National Institute of Corrections (NIC) / Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

Co-Speaker: – National Institute of Corrections/ Federal Bureau of Prisons

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Enhancing Tsunami Event Communication through NWS and CalOES Partnership

Speaker: – US DOC / NOAA / National Weather Service / National Tsunami Warning Center

Co-Speaker: – California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Mobilizing Community at Scale: GoFundMe, Airbnb.org and Nextdoor on Disaster Recovery Partnerships

Speaker: – GoFundMe

Co-Speaker: – Airbnb

Co-Speaker: – Nextdoor

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Preparing to Lead: Hard Won Lessons in Leading and Managing People in Blue Skies and Grey Skies

Co-Speaker: – IEM International

Speaker: – Bernalillo County Department of Emergency Management

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Reunifying Children after Disaster: Practical Strategies for Emergency Managers

Speaker: – Children's Mercy Kansas City

Co-Speaker: – SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Co-Speaker: – Boston Childrens Hospital

Co-Speaker: – Stanford School of Medicine

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Serious Simulation Gaming: A Smarter Way to Train for Real-World Emergencies

Speaker: – Center For Advanced Preparedness & Threat Response Simulation

Co-Speaker: – University of Hawaii

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Streamlining Insurance Claims with Open Imagery and Large Language Models: A Geospatial AI Assistant

Speaker: – Guidehouse

Co-Speaker: – Guidehouse

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

The Role of the Extension Disaster Education Network in Disasters

Speaker: – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PST

Wednesday Lunch in EMEX

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

Anchored in Resilience: Rapid Recovery and Lessons Learned from a University Campus Shooting

Speaker: – Crisis Management & Preparedness Department / University of New Mexico

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

Applying Behavioral Science to Emergency Management Practice

Speaker: – Greene County Emergency Services

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

Bricks in a Backpack Building- Resilient Emergency Mangers

Speaker: – AC Disaster Consulting

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

Building a Team Today to Face the Challenges of Tomorrow!

Speaker: – Macon-Bibb County Emergency Management Agency

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

ESF-11 and Community Resilience: Supporting Agriculture During Catastrophic Disruption

Speaker: – Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Co-Speaker: – Colorado Department of Agriculture

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

From Data to Dignity: Strengthening AFN Support in Disasters

Speaker: – Colorado DHSEM

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

Leadership Strategies for Building High-Functioning EM Volunteer Programs

Speaker: – Kane County Office of Emergency Management

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

Lessons Learned, Capabilities Applied: Regional Readiness for Global-Scale Events

Speaker: – City of Inglewood Office Of Emergency Services

Co-Speaker: – City of Pasadena Fire Department

Co-Speaker: – City of Los Angeles

Co-Speaker: – Constant Associates

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

Shelf to Shore: NOAA's National Ocean Service Resource Tools and Expertise for Coastal Communities

Speaker: – NOAA

Co-Speaker: – NOAA

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

Six Words, Big Impact: Elevating Your Emergency Management Story

Speaker: – City of Grand Rapids

Co-Speaker: – Loyola University

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST

When Communications Fail: PACE Planning for Operational Continuity

Speaker: – Skymira

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM PST

Certification Awards Banquet Rehearsal

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM PST

IAEM-USA Caucus & Committee Meetings

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM PST

IAEM Awards & Certification Banquet