Disasters CDS Workshop at the NOAA Auditorium

Time

Activity

8:00 - 8:30

Registration at front entrance

8:30 - 8:45

Welcome - Mary Erickson, Deputy Director, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

8:45 - 9:00

OGC Initiative Program and Disaster Initiative - Luis Bermudez, Executive Director Innovation, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

9:00 - 9:25

Keynote Speaker - David Applegate, Associate Director for Natural Hazards, US Geological Survey (USGS)

9:25 - 10:35

Executive Panel - Disaster Resilience
Moderator - Luis Bermudez, Executive Director OGC Innovation Program, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

• Ivan DeLoatch, Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)

• Jacqueline Meszaros, Senior Policy Advisor and Assistant Director for Natural Disaster Resilience, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President

• Kshemendra Paul, Deputy Director, Mission and Strategy, Information Sharing and Services Office,  Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Mark Reichardt, President and Chief Executive Officer, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC)

• Kari Sheets, Geographic Information Systems Lead, Office of Dissemination, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• David Green, Program Manager for Disaster Applications, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• Lorant Czaran, Program Officer at United Nations, United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

10:35 - 10:50

Break

10:50 - 12:15

Panel 1 - Disasters Planning (Flooding, Hurricane, Fires, Earthquakes, Diseases)
Moderator - Luis Bermudez, Executive Director OGC Innovation Program, Open Geospatial Consortium

• Michael Blanpied, Associate Coordinator of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, USGS

• Christopher Penney, Program Manager National Hurricane Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• Paul Steblein - Wildland Fire Science Coordinator, USGS

• Leremy Colf, Director, Disaster Science, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• Julie Waters, Ph.D., Director, Enterprise Analytics Division, FEMA

• Philip Ashlock, Director of Data & Analytics, GSA Technology Transformation Services, General Services Administration

12:15 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 2:00

Keynote Speaker - Michael Hinson, Deputy Director Office of Emergency Management, Howard County, Maryland  and Phil Nichols, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer,  Howard County, Maryland

2:00 - 3:15

Panel 2 - Disasters Response/Recovery (Flooding, Hurricane, Fires, Earthquakes, Diseases)
Moderator - Chris Vaughn, Geospatial Information Officer, FEMA

• Norman Levine, Director of the South Carolina Earthquake Education and Preparedness Program, College of Charleston, SC

• Erin Sutton, Director, Office of Emergency Management, City of Virginia Beach, VA

• Tom Moran, Executive Director, All Hazards Consortium

• Christopher Algiere, Director, Federal and National Programs, First Responder Network Authority

• Tari Martin,  National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG), Baltimore, Maryland

• Kevin Dobbs, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

3:15 - 3:30

Break

3:30 - 4:45

Panel 3 - Disaster Capabilities and Services to Support Responses/Recovery
Moderator - Tod Dabolt, Geographic Information Officer, Department of Interior

• Marie Peppler - Acting Emergency Manager, USGS

• Sophia B Liu - Innovation Specialist and Crowdsourcing Coordinator, USGS

• Ryan Lanclos, Director of Public Safety Industries, Esri Houston, Texas

• Kumar Navulur, Director of Next Generation Products, DigitalGlobe

• Jeff Sloan, National Unmanned Aircraft Systems, USGS

• Kuo-Yu “Slayer” Chuang, GeoThings, the Humanitarian ICT

4:45 - 5:00

Day Summary and Wrap-up - Ivan DeLoatch, Executive Director, FGDC

Time

8:30 - 8:45

Registration

8:45 - 9:00

Day 2 Opening and Remarks - Julie Waters, Ph.D., Director, Enterprise Analytics Division, FEMA

9:00 - 9:30

Keynote Speaker - Ted Okada, Chief Technology Officer, FEMA

9:30 - 11:00

Panel 4 - Disasters Response/Recovery (Flooding, Hurricane, Fires, Earthquakes, Diseases)  Moderator - George Percivall, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Engineer, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC)

• Brian Solis, Transportation and Transit Planning Manager, City of Virginia Beach, VA

• Vivien Deparday, Disaster Risk Management, World Bank

• Walter Dykas, Program Manager for Energy Sector Situational Awareness, Department of Energy

• Joe Flasher, Open Geospatial Data Lead, Amazon Web Services

• Rob Agee, Vice President, Geospatial Intelligence Center, National Insurance Crime Bureau

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11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:15

Summary of panel discussions and feedback - Presented by Moderators

12:15 - 1:15

Lunch

1:15 - 1:40

Keynote Speaker -  Mark Reichardt, President and Chief Executive Officer, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC)

1:40 - 2:10

Disaster Grant Opportunity

Doug Lynott, Director, Economic Development Integration, U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA)

EDA has approximately $587 million in FY18 supplemental appropriations available for disaster recovery grants (see Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, P.L.115-123). Subject to the availability of funds.

Economic Development Agency will provide a special presentation regarding disaster supplemental funding, such as applicant eligibility, eligible activities, and application preparation and submission requirements.

2:10 - 3:00

OGC Presentation  - Terry Idol, PhD Director Innovation Program, OGC

Innovation program pilot process overview

• Pilot planning and discussion –– Informational & Q/A

  • Pilot Sponsorship

  • RFQ

3:00 - 3:30

Break

3:30 - 4:00

Workshop Feedback, Summary and Next steps - Terry Idol, PhD Director Innovation Program, OGC and  Eldrich “Rich” Frazier, Technical Advisor, FGDC

4:00 - 4:30

Workshop Closing Remarks -  Kshemendra Paul, Deputy Director, Mission and Strategy, Information Sharing and Services Office,  Department of Homeland Security (DHS)