Emergency management and homeland security conference offering public presentations

The annual conference of the U.S. Chapter of the International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) will be held June 12–16 at the University of Maine.

The theme of this year’s meeting is emergency management, homeland security and computing. Throughout the five-day event, sponsored by the UMaine Cybersecurity Lab and the University of Maine System, U.S. and international experts will give presentations and tutorials that are open to the public.

No registration is needed to attend the free lectures and tutorials.

Costs are associated with meals, receptions and a field trip on Friday.

For more information, including biographies on the speakers and presenters, go to the event website. A UMaine news release about the conference also is online. To request a disability accommodation, call 581.3940.

Monday, June 12

D.P. Corbett Business Building, Room 107

Cybersecurity Tutorial, Part 1 — Cyberwarfare and Cybercrime
By George Markowsky
9–10:20 a.m.

Cybersecurity Tutorial, Part 2 — Cyberoffense and Cyberdefense
By George Markowsky
10:40 a.m.–noon

Virtual Reality Tutorial, Part 1
By Chuck Carter
1:30–2:50 p.m.

Virtual Reality Tutorial, Part 2
By Chuck Carter
3:10–4:30 p.m.

 

Tuesday, June 13

Neville Hall, Room 100

“The International Emergency Management Society: Focus on More Resilient Societies Worldwide”
By Harald Drager
9:25–10:10 a.m.

“The Future of Emergency Management: Technology, Training, Standards, Certifications and Accreditation”
By Kay Goss
10:30–11:15 a.m.

Lecture
By Vilma Schifano Milmoe
11:15 a.m.–noon

“The TIEMS Academy”
By George Markowsky
1:40–2:25 p.m.

“Terrorism, Active Shooter and Premises Liability Claims Resulting from Workplace Violence”
By Tony Enerva
2:25–3:10 p.m.

“Spatial Information and Emergency Management”
A panel discussion with Randall Berry, Matt Dube, Tony Enerva and Tora Johnson
3:30–5 p.m.

 

Wednesday, June 14

Neville Hall, Room 100

“Communicating with the Public During Emergencies: Old and New Challenges in the Digital Age”
By Tom Robertson
8:40–9:25 a.m.

“Technology, Opportunity and Emergency Management”
By Marc Glasser
9:25–10:10 a.m.

“Cybersecurity Challenges in the Public Sector”
By Ray Soucy
10:30–11:15 a.m.

“Overview of Crisis Management Software — Open-Source and Commercial”
11:15 a.m.–noon

“InfraGard: An Alliance to Improve Your Cyberdefenses and a Case Review”
By Frank Appunn
3:30–4:15 p.m.

“The Role of the Maine Information and Analysis Center in Responding to Emergent Events”
By Michael Johnston
4:15–5 p.m.

 

Thursday, June 15

Neville Hall, Room 100

“Improvise, Adapt and Overcome: One State’s Plan for Mutual Aid Coordination”
By Jeffrey Morrissette
8:40–9:25 a.m.

“Augmented Reality Applications and First Responders”
By Vince Quintana
9:25–10:10 a.m.

“Cyber Attacks on Power Grids”
By Troy Jordan
10:30–11:15 a.m.

“The Metric at the End of the Rainbow”
By George Markowsky
11:15 a.m.–noon

“Deception in Web Application Honeypots”
By Banyatsang Mphago
1:40–2:25 p.m.

“Tabletop Exercises Should be Interesting and Realistic?”
By Wayne Maines
2:25–3:10 p.m.