WCDM - About the Conference

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Session Times	Real Events / Lessons Learned	Technical Issues/Threats	The Human Element	Research and Development	Future Trends	Practice and Principles	Emergency Health	Extended Sessions 2	Extended Sessions 3
7:00 (EST)	Tradeshow Floor Opens
7:50 - 8:00 (EST)	Announcements
8:00 - 8:15 (EST)	Welcoming Remarks
8:15 - 8:30 (EST)	Sponsor Remarks - Jim Hall (Hoffmann-La Roche Limited)
8:30 - 9:30 (EST)	Plenary 01 - Carl Gibson Global Threats – Local Risks: Challenging Dearly Held Beliefs and Perception
9:30 - 9:45 (EST)	Coffee Break on Tradeshow Floor
9:45 - 10:45 (EST)	USA - David Barber 100:Psychological Considerations in Business Recovery	USA - Kevin Coleman 101:Preparing for the Coming Cyber War	USA - Gerald Lewis 102:Organizational Crisis Management: The Human Factor	UK - Kevin Brear 103:Isormorphic Learning in Business Continuity	AUS - David Parsons 104:Creating a Highly Resilient Organization	USA - Thomas Phelan 105:Emergency Management and Tactical Response Operations: Bridging the Gap	USA - Sandra Williams/Muntu Davis 106:Health Care: A Resilient Community During a Disaster	CAN - Alvaro Orrantia/Scott Crowley 107:Why Risk Assessments Should not be Checklists (Practice & Principles)	USA - Ted Buffington 108:Preparing to Bounce Back - Designing, Engineering, and Leading Resilient Teams (Human Element)
10:45 - 11:45 (EST)	NZ - Chris Webb 200:How to Encourage Communities to Participate in Their Own Recovery Following an Emergency - A Case Study	CAN - Sandy Gillis 201:Risky Business: Resilience in a Digital Age	USA - Edward Goldberg 202:Creating a Culture for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning	CAN - Tyson Macaulay 203:Critical Infrastructure Interdependency: How do We Measure it	USA - Michael Redmond 204:Resiliency - Individual, Community, Business	CAN - Bob Black 205:A Systems Approach to Emergency Program Development	AUS - Alex McGill 206:Cyclone Larry - A Health Perspective	SWITZ - Terry Jeggle 207: International Developments in Disaster and Risk Management Education (Practice & Principles)	USA - Karen Dye 208:An Integrated Approach to Enterprise Resiliency Measurement (Practice & Principles)
11:45 - 12:45 (EST)	Lunch 1 on Tradeshow Floor					Networking Opportunity & Delegate Ad Hoc Session	UK - Dr. Richard Coker 306: TBA	Networking Opportunity & Delegate Ad Hoc Session	Networking Opportunity & Delegate Ad Hoc Session
12:45 - 1:45 (EST)	Extended Sessions 1					Lunch 2 on Tradeshow Floor
12:45 - 1:45 (EST)	UK - David Kaye 300:Managing Risk and Resilience in the Supply Chain (Practice & Principles)	CAN - Jim Stanton 301:The Death of News: How the e-world is Killing Traditional News Gathering Methods (Practice & Principles)	USA - Karen Scott-Martinet 302:Beyond the Sea (Level) (Future Trends)	AUS - Mike Tarrant 303: People, Our Most Precious Resource: Critical Role for Recovery and Opportunities to Build Resilience in Communities (The Human Element)	UK - Peter Power/ NZ - Erica Seville 304:Creating Global Resilience: Pushing the Boundaries - From Both Ends of the World	Lunch 2 on Tradeshow Floor
1:45 - 2:45 (EST)	Plenary 02 - Scot Phelps The Triangle of Preparedness: The Need for a Global Concept of Preparedness
2:45 - 3:00 (EST)	Coffee Break on Tradeshow Floor
3:00 - 4:00 (EST)	USA - Sidney Skjei/Gwen Wood/ Cynthis Jackson 400:This Is Not A Test - Lessons Learned in Preparing for and Surviving Real Events	USA - Lesia Dickson/Cynthia Zanelli 401:Texas Special Needs Evacuee Tracking System	CAN - Linda Pickard 402:Confidence, Charisma and Creativity: How Necessary are All Three for Leaders in Emergency Management?	NZ - Michele Daly 403:Assessing Auckland's Capacity and Capability to Prepare for and Respond to a Disaster	CAN - Alain Normand/Benjamin Pantin 404:The Brampton Experience: Achieving Community and Business Resiliency in One Project	AUS - Gavin Love 405:Is it Resilience or Reliance We Are Searching For?	USA - K.C. Rondello 406:An Emergency Manager’s Guide to Establishing Alternate Care Facilities	UK - Tim Marjason 407:Command and Control & Communication Business Continuity - The Metropolitan Police Service Approach (Practice & Principles)	CAN - Norm Keith 408:Understanding the Law of Emergency Management and Response (Practice & Principles)
4:00 - 6:30 (EST)	Opening Reception on the Tradeshow Floor