WCDM - About the Conference

Please note: This is our preliminary Conference at a Glance Schedule

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Session Times	Real Events / Lessons Learned	Technical Issues/Threats	The Human Element	Research and Development	Future Trends	Practice and Principles	Pandemic	Extended Sessions 2	Extended Sessions 3
7:00 (EST)	Tradeshow Floor Opens
8:00 - 8:10 (EST)	Announcements
8:10 - 8:30 (EST)	Opening Address - Ted Buffington
8:30 - 9:30 (EST)	Plenary 03 - Regina Phelps Climate Change - What Should Disaster Management Professionals Be Planning For?
9:30 - 9:45 (EST)	Coffee Break on Tradeshow Floor
9:45 - 10:45 (EST)	Speaker TBA 500:California Wildfires	USA - Michael Sher 501:How NYC Implemented Emergency Communications to Prepare for Coastal Storms	USA - James Lukaszewski 502:How to Avoid Career Defining Moments in Crisis: Manage the Victim Dimension	SWE - Misse Wester 503:Fight or flight? Assumed Reactions of the Public in a Crisis Situation	UK - Neil Ellis 504:Riding the Elephant in the Room: The Renaissance of Resilience	CAN - Mike Soegtrop/Vaike Murusalu 505:Exploring the Upside of Managing Risk for an Organization	CAN - Linda Russell 506:Two Case Studies in Virtual Response - 1 - Health Agency 2- Municipality	USA - Barry Cardoza 507:Emerging International Guidelines: In Search of Best Practices (Practice & Principles)	CAN - Brian Kayes 508:Building Disaster Resilient Communities Through Community Partnerships Focused on Public Education (Practice & Principles)
10:45 - 11:45 (EST)	UK - Terry Standing 600:Dealing with a Catastrophic Event - Gloucestershire Flood Crisis 2007	USA - David Aylward 601:Enhancing Civil/Military Cooperation (CIMIC) for Emergency Response to Complex Humanitarian Disasters	USA - Jonathan Trapp/Sandra Campanella 602:Employee and Family Assistance: Taking Care of Employees During an Emergency	NZ - John Vargo/Erica Seville 603:Crisis Strategic Planning: Finding the Silver Lining	USA - Eric Holdeman 604:Formula for Regional Resilience	USA - Rich Schiesser 605:Conducting the Perfect Tabletop Exercise	TBA	USA - Kathryn Dornfeld 607:Perform in the Storm: Readiness, Response and Recovery in a Major Multi-National Corporation (Practice & Principles)	BELG - Maarten Plasschaert 608:Integrating Third Parties in BCM (Practice & Principles)
11:45 - 12:45 (EST)	Lunch 1 on Tradeshow Floor				Networking Opportunity & Delegate Ad Hoc Session	Networking Opportunity & Delegate Ad Hoc Session	CAN - Professor Amin Mawani 706: Pandemic Preparedness at the Corporate Level	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)	AUS - Mike Rothery 700: The Australian Approach to Business Resilience	USA - Andrew Levy 701:Stop! We Have an Emergency! Our Citizens Want to Help! (Future Trends)	USA - Barney Pelant 702: Streamlining the Business Impact Analysis Project (Practice & Principles)	USA - John Stagl 703:Business Continuity - What You Must Know to be Effective in the 21st Century (Future Trends)	Lunch 2 on Tradeshow Floor
1:45 - 2:45 (EST)	Plenary 04 - Peter Power Next Generation Business Continuity – Joining Up Individuals, Communities and Business
2:45 - 3:00 (EST)	Coffee Break on Tradeshow Floor
3:00 - 4:00 (EST)	USA - Jim Sideras 800:Meatpacking Plant Nightmare: Lessons Learned in a Winter Mass Casualty Incident	AUS - Peter Brouggy 801:Levels of Organizational Resilience Maturity	IND - Avinash Kadam 802:BCP for Personal Disaster Management	Speaker TBA	USA - Douglas Himberger/Stephen J. Krill, Jr. 804:When There is No Cavalry: The Megacommunity Concept for Emergency Management	USA - Richard van Pelt/Gavan Howe 805:Understanding and Dealing with Risk	Pandemic - TBA	CAN - Loretta Chandler/Dr. Louis Shallal 807:The Business Continuity Program, A Case Study in the Regional Municipality of York (Practice & Principles)	USA - Michael Anzis 808:A Different Approach to Risk Assessment and Business Continuity Planning Assumptions (Practice & Principles)
4:00 - 5:00 (EST)	Networking on the Tradeshow Floor