November 15, 2008
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More than 1,500 Emergency Managers to Gather in Kansas
Falls Church, Va. – More than 1,500 emergency managers from around the United States and the world will be in Kansas City (Overland Park), Kan., to attend the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) 56th Annual Conference to be held November 15-20, 2008 at the Overland Park Convention Center. The conference theme is Putting a new Spin on Emergency Management.
The event brings together members of the largest professional organization for emergency managers and homeland security officials to help leaders prepare for a disaster should one strike their communities. The sessions are designed to provide a forum for current trends and hot topics, as well as tools and technology in emergency management and homeland security. The program features a keynote presentation on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, by Chief David Paulison, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Following Chief Paulison’s keynote, he will participate in a media briefing to announce the Children in Disasters Initiative, which is a collaborative effort by FEMA, IAEM, Save the Children and the American Red Cross. The media briefing will be held in the Cottonwood Ballroom foyer in the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel and will begin at 10:45 a.m.
The Annual Conference will feature more than 50 presentations, including Keynotes, General Sessions, Breakout Sessions and Pre-Conference Training. Planned presentations include:
- Why Things Go Right (or Wrong) in Emergency Management (Gordon Graham)
- The Starfish and the Spider: New Organization and Leadership Models (Ori Brafman)
- Leadership: Building a Culture of Prepreparedness (Lt. General Russel L. Honoré)
- Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources (Edward Gabriel, MPA, EMT-P, CEM, CBCP)
- The Federal Reserve Responds: The Fed’s Role in Disasters (Andrea Davis)
- K-12 Preparedness Lessons Learned (Sara Strizzi and Bob Spears)
- Communicating in High Stress Events: Why the Rules Change (Tim Tinker, DrPH, MPH)
- The Role of Emergency Management in Rebuilding a Resilient Nation (Stephen Glynn, Ph.D.)
- When the Lights Went Out in Houston – Hurricane Ike (Sharon A. Nalls, CEM)
IAEM’s EMEX Exhibit is the show that brings together homeland security and disaster preparedness suppliers. More than 120 suppliers will exhibit the latest technologies available to local emergency managers.
The media is welcome to attend and the sessions and the EMEX exhibit. The conference schedule is available on the IAEM Web site at www.iaem.com. Please notify the communications manager of your attendance plans by email Shiley@iaem.com.
The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 4,000 emergency management professionals from local, state and federal governments, the military, private industry, and volunteer organizations worldwide. EM professionals perform the crucial function of coordinating and integrating the efforts at the local level to prepare for, mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from all types of disasters including terrorist attacks. IAEM has consistently promoted the goals of saving lives and protecting property during emergencies and disasters since its founding in 1952 as the U.S. Civil Defense Council. IAEM administers the Certified Emergency Manager® Program and the IAEM Scholarship Program. Find out more about IAEM at www.iaem.com.
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Contact: Dawn Shiley-Danziesen, IAEM Communications Director