An unprecedented look at best practices and innovative ideas for navigating challenges across mission areas. Top thinkers and writers from Route Fifty convened in five cities throughout 2017 for a festival of conversations, workshops, live events, networking and more.
The challenges our first responders face in an emergency are daunting--and the landscape is rapidly changing. Decades of increased urban density, mobility, and technology are all fundamentally changing disaster response. Pair this with external factors like climate change, as well as political and cultural factors like increasing gun violence and threats of terrorism, and you have a profession that looks entirely different than it did just a decade ago. In New Orleans, we explored the people, policies, tools, and technology that are fundamentally changing how our nation responds to disasters--and what they see happening next.
Agenda
3:30 - 3:35pm
Opening Remarks
3:35 - 4:00pm
Opening Keynote
Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu, New Orleans
4:00 - 4:35pm
The State of Emergency Management
Lee Smithson, Executive Director, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
Ken Graham, Meteorologist-in-Charge, National Weather Service, New Orleans/Baton Rouge
Richard Butgereit, Chief Information Officer, Florida Division of Emergency Management
Mitch Herckis (Moderator), Senior Director of Programs, Route Fifty
4:35 - 4:50pm
Underwriter Session Presented by VMware
Chris Reed, EUC Technical Strategist, Office of the CTO, VMware
4:50 - 5:25pm
FirstNet and the Future of Emergency Communication
Aaron Miller, Director, New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Chris Guilbeaux, Deputy Director, Preparedness +Response + Interoperability, Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
Ed Parkinson, Director of Government Affairs, FirstNet
Mitch Herckis (Moderator), Senior Director of Programs, Route Fifty
5:25 - 5:30pm
Closing Remarks
Speakers
Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu
New Orleans
Lee Smithson
Executive Director Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
Chris Guilbeaux
Deputy Director Preparedness +Response + Interoperability Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
Ken Graham
Meteorologist-in-Charge National Weather Service, New Orleans/Baton Rouge
Aaron Miller
Director New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Richard Butgereit
Chief Information Officer Florida Division of Emergency Management
Mitch Herckis
Senior Director of Programs Route Fifty
Exclusive Underwriter
Elite Underwriter
Resources
For any questions or comments on our Route Fifty Roadshow program, please contact kconnelly@govexec.com.
