Presentations – October 2019

Tuesday, October 8
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. Welcome & Introduction
8:35 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Keynote Address
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Achieving Next Generation 9-1-1 Nationwide
Jay English, Chief Technology Officer, APCO International; Jeff Cohen, Chief Counsel and Director of Government Relations, APCO International
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 9-1-1 Practitioner Perspectives
Moderated by Jeff Cohen, Chief Counsel and Director of Government Relations, APCO International; Speakers: Athena Butler, Director, 9-1-1, City & County of Denver; Jerry Del Valle, 911 Director, Summit County 911 Center; Joel Estes Sr., Executive Director, Adams County Communications Center; Bruce Romero, Executive Director, Arapahoe County E9-1-1 Emergency Communications Service Authority
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. Verizon’s Commitment to Public Safety Broadband
Bob DeRosa, Verizon Wireless, Public Safety Manager
1:50 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. ASAP-to-PSAP, Driving ECC Efficiencies with Alarm Monitoring Industry
Jay Hauhn, The Monitoring Association
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Tech Talks (2)
Cybersecurity of Tomorrow – From Detection to Prediction
Eyal Elyashiv, Founder, Cynamics
DDoS and TDoS – Defending Against the Great Threats
Dan Zeiler, Director of Cyber Security, Motorola Solutions
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Updates From the Public Safety Communications Research Program
Dereck Orr, Division Chief, Public Safety Communications Research Program
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Closing remarks
Wednesday, October 9
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Welcome & Introduction
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Cybersecurity Risks, Case Studies and Options for Public Safety Communications
Jay English, Chief Technology Officer, APCO International
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Tech Talks (2)
How Connected Devices With LTE Can Improve Situational Awareness for the First Responder
Mark Tesh, Director of Product Management, L3Harris
Emergency Preparedness, Response & Situational Awareness
Ryan Fields-Spack, Director of Strategy and Policy, AT&T FirstNet Program
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Launching a New 9-1-1 Center
Athena Butler, Director, 9-1-1, City & County of Denver
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Tech Talks (2)
Beyond Location: Creating the Internet of Life-Saving Things
Tom Guthrie, VP of Public Safety Operations, RapidSOS
IoT and Other Non-traditional Calls Into 9-1-1
John Snapp, VP Technology, Intrado
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. The Latest on FirstNet’s Efforts to Improve Public Safety Communications
Kim Coleman-Madsen, Senior Public Safety Advisor, FirstNet;
Daryl Branson, State 911 Program Manager, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies; Jennifer L. Harder, Senior Director, Product, FirstNet; Jennifer Kirkland, 911 Operations Administrator, Vail Public Safety Communications Center
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. The FirstNet Lab and Experience Center
Jeff Bratcher, Chief Technology and Operations Officer, FirstNet
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Legislative and Regulatory Developments Impacting 9-1-1
Jeff Cohen, Chief Counsel and Director of Government Relations, APCO International
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Conference Wrap-up