Government Emergency Response
Effectively Managing Interagency Response
Conference: September 16 and 17, 2008
Optional Workshop: September 18, 2008
Vancouver, British Columbia
Conference Program Agenda - Day One
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
| 8:00 - 9:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:00 - 9:00 |
9:00 - 9:10
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
Bertram Cowan, Partner, Competitive Insights Inc.; former Deputy Director General, Analysis and Production Branch, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS); former National Coordinator - Counter Terrorism, RCMP
9:10 - 10:00
Government of Canada as Leader in Corporate Security and Emergency Management
Michel Boulet, Acting Director, International Industrial Security Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada
- Government Security Policy as a leading foundation in corporate security and emergency management
- Events of 9/11 and its impacts on Government Management of its internal security
- Securing an Open Society: Canadian National Security Policy (April 2004)
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Networking Break |
10:00 - 10:15 |
10:15 - 12:30
Mitigating Unspeakable Disaster: Operations, Buildup, and Planning by Lead Federal Agencies
Cpl. Manon Chouinard, Community Relations Coordinator, Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit, RCMP
CBSA, Representative
Col. David Barr, former Commander CANSOFCOM, Chair, Canadian Forces 2010 Security
This three-part presentation will feature insights from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian Border Service Agency and the Canadian Forces on planning and security and response operations for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Topics will include
- Identifying priorities and key areas
- Developing a comprehensive plan
- Assigning responsibilities and managing roles
(Ten-minute networking breaks occur between each presentation)
| 12:30 - 1:45 |
Luncheon Break |
12:30 - 1:45 |
1:45 - 2:45
Communicating during a Crisis
Nicola Lambrechts, Vice-President, National Public Relations
Zdenka Buric, Partner, National Public Relations
- Identifying issues that could trigger a crisis
- Crisis planning and management
- Managing the crisis with communications
- The role of the media in a crisis
- Managing your reputation and (re)building trust
| 2:45 - 3:00 |
Networking Break |
2:45 - 3:00 |
3:00 - 4:00
Preparing for Pandemics and Infectious Disease
Dr. Babak Pourbohloul, Director, Division of Mathematical Modeling, BC Centre for Disease Control
- Applying mathematical modeling to emerging infectious disease
- Integrating these tools into health policy design
- Making these models part of your emergency preparedness plan
4:00 - 5:00
Public Alerts: Solving One of Canada's Top Three National Public Safety Challenges
Doug Allport, Project Manager, Canadian Association for Public Alerting and Notification
- Meeting modern public demands for information: what we want, when we want, where we want, and how we can receive it
- Making content relevant to people by taking a geospatial approach to the challenge
- Collection, aggregation, authentication, validation, and distribution of information: meeting the needs of communications companies that support public alerting
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