*Agenda is subject to change

Thursday, April 4th

7:00am: Check-in and Breakfast Buffet Opens
7:50am: Welcome and Opening Remarks with Conference Chair, Ted Buehner
and Northwest Healthcare Response Network’s Onora Lien, Ready America’s Trevyn Reese,
and Midland Radio’s Bruce Jones
8:15am: Keynote Presentation, Chris Leonard
9:00am: Breakfast Buffet Closes
9:25am-10:25am: Session One Breakouts
10:30am-11:00am: Vendor Break (Check out our amazing exhibitors!)
10:45am-11:45am: Session Two Breakouts
11:50am-12:50pm: Session Three Breakouts
12:50pm-2:00pm: Lunch Served
1:00pm-2:00pm: Trivia in the Ballroom!

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8:15am Keynote

Emergency Communication – Lessons Learned in Hawaii
Chris Leonard

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9:25 -10:25am Session One Breakout

“I Am Safe” Welfare Messages – Harnessing Community Power to Lighten the Load
Cindi Barker & David Wilma
Union Room

Reopening and Resuming Operations
Rick Hoaglund
Pt Defiance

Hope Inspired Leadership
Jon Tunheim
Commencement Room

Collaborating in Crisis: Media and Emergency Management Partnerships
Charlie Harger
Proctor Room

Wildfire In-Home Education: New Red Cross Program coming to your backyard
Hannah Christen
Stadium Room

Planning for Migrant Arrivals
Brendan McCluskey & Kenneth Neafcy
Tacoma Room

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10:45am – 11:45am Session Two Breakout

Crisis and Collaboration: Responding to the 2020 Early Warning Siren Incident at South Fork Tolt Dam
Edan Edmonson
Union Room

Delivering Virtual Personal Preparedness Campaigns
Carly Pacekonis & Amy Haining
Pt Defiance

AlertMe – Bringing IPAWS Emergency Alerts to the Windows Desktop – Key Learnings, Opportunities, and Challenges
Paul Hall & Lewis Curtis
Commencement Room

Harmonizing Hazard Mitigation: Perspectives from Across Government
Derrick Hiebert
Proctor Room

Creating a Culture of Safety in Pierce County
Jacquelyn Meier, Emily Cunningham & Katie Gillespie
Stadium Room

Protecting Washington Schools from Damaging Earthquakes
Gabriel Lotto & Bill Steele
Tacoma Room

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11:50am – 12:50pm Session Three Breakout

EPIC-EM (East Pierce Interlocal Coalition for Emergency Management): Three Years Strong!
Kirstin Hofmann & Andy McCurdy
Union Room

Teenagers in Emergency Management
Samantha Robinson, Viswa Karthic, & Suniti Srinivasan
Pt Defiance

Donations Management, How to Prevent the Second Disaster
Larry Mays
Commencement Room

Public Health & Emergency Management – Intersections of Collective Impact
Julie de Losada & Gabby Hadley
Proctor Room

Burned Out on How to Manage Wildfire Debris? Lessons Learned and Tips from Industry Experts.
Rob Ray & Jason Haynie
Stadium Room

Moulage: What is it and Why you need it
Laurell Sprague
Tacoma Room

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1:00 pm – Trivia with host, Ken Carson

Chambers Ballroom