Author: Ken Bradley, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Office of External Affairs
Join the Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) at the 2018 International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE). This year OEC is partnering with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Science and Technology at Exhibit Hall Booth #3345 or catch us at one of the many panel discussions we’ll be participating in at the IWCE with our public safety partners:
MONDAY, MARCH 5th
8:30 AM – 11:30 PM; Room N220F
- Gerald Jaskulski, Brian Fontes, Kelli Merriweather, Laurie Flaherty, Lisa Madden, Mark Buchholz, Stephen Verbil
How the Next Generation of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (SWICs) Can Help You
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM; Room N220D
- Adrienne Roughgarden, Ralph Barnett, Nikki Cassingham, Joe Galvin, David Soloos, John Miller
Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP): Updates, Upgrades, and Up Next
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM; Room N320GH
- James Downes, Michael Newburn, Rodger Strope, Sridhar Kowdley
Panelist for P25 User’s Perspective, Interoperability, and Customer Applications Update for 2018
2:30 PM – 5:30 PM; Room N320GH
- James Downes, Brad Stoddard, Allen J. Wonder, Cindy Cast, Del Smith, James Miller, John Richards, Keith LaPlant, Lorin Mock, Stephen Nichols, Tim Lewis
Preparing Communications for Disaster Operations
2:30 PM – 5:30 PM; Room N220F
- Pam Montanari, Ben Holycross
TUESDAY, MARCH 6th
Emergency Communications along the Northern and Southern Borders
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM; Room N220F
- Dusty Rhoads, Ted Lawson, Todd Early
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7th
Got Comms? Recognizing and Mitigating Interference (Electronic Jamming)
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM; Room N220E
- Brandon Smith, Brian LaFlure, Darin Douglass, Shridhar Kowdley
Project 25 Security: New Standards, Applications, Interoperability
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM; Room N220E
- James Downes, Jeremy Elder, Jim Holthaus, Richard (Allen) Massie, Stephen Nichols
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM; Room N220D
- Ron Hewitt, Niki Papazoglakis, Scott Edson, Shing H. Lin
THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
Strategic Planning for All Emergency Communications Technology
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM; IWCE Theater
- Ron Hewitt, Eric Runnels, Pam Montanari, Nikki Cassingham, Joe Galvin, Michael Marusich
Panelist for Preparing CSSI and ISSI
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM; Room N220D
- James Downes, Ed Boyer, Scott Wright, Steve Dyson, Stephen Divine
FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH
Emergency Communications during 2017 Hurricanes
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM; Room N220G
- Ron Hewitt, Pam Montanari, Wes Rodgers
Resilient Comms on the Fireground
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM; Room N220GH
- Dan Wills, Don Stabler, Kody Kerwin, Rick Smith
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council In-Person Meeting
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM; Room N320CD
- Ron Hewitt