The Fox School of Business and Management

8:00 a.m. –11:45 a.m.

Registration, Claremont Hotel (Lanai I)

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Welcome and Introduction to the Program (Sonoma) 
Simon Hakim, Director, Center for Competitive Government,  
Fox School of Business, Temple University

 
Keynote: Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez 
U.S. House of Representatives

Lunch (Sonoma)

1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Opening General Session and Welcome (Grand Ballroom)

City of Oakland 
Hon.  Ronald V. Dellums, Mayor, Oakland, CA

Congresswoman Barbara Lee 
U.S. House of Representatives

1:45 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

Ports & their Cities: Providing Safety, Security & Economic Stability

Moderator :  
Sotiris Pagdadis, Managing Director, Transportation Infrastructure Practice,  McKenna Long and Aldridge

Panelists:  
Omar Benjamin, Executive Director Port of Oakland  
Ronald J. Boyd, Chief of Police, Port of LA   
Joseph M. Lawless, Director of Maritime and Port Security, Massport

2:40 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

Break

2:50 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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Department of Defense Support to Civilian Authorities

Introduction: Major General James M. (‘Mike’) Myatt,  United States Marine Corps (Ret)

Leveraging Technology in the Maritime Domain  
Rear Admiral Paul F. Zukunft,  Eleventh District Commander, U.S. Coast Guard

Randy Smith, Chief, Mission Assurance Branch, Security Division Headquarters US Marine Corps.

4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Weathering the Storm: Gulf State Cities Share Preparedness and Response Experience

Introduction: Patti Ringo, Director of Municipal Relations, West Region, Extenet Systems

Panelists: 
Hon. John Marks, Mayor, Tallahassee, FL 
Hon. Samuel Jones, Mayor,  Mobile, AL 
Hon. Julio Robaina, Mayor, Hialeah, FL

5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception, Dinner & Televised Presidential Debates 
Claremont Hotel (Horizon & Lanai II)

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast (Grand Ballroom)

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

Introduction: Steve Carlson, CTIA California Government Affairs Counsel and Member State of California Emergency Warning Task Force

Mr. Randel Zeller, Director Interagency Coordination, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S, Department of Homeland Security

Utilizing Technology in the Delaware Information & Analysis Center 
Secretary David Mitchell, Department of Homeland Security, State of Delaware

8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Break

9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Ensuring Economic Development Through Public Safety

Moderator: 
Xavier Williams, Senior Vice President, Government, Education and Medical, AT&T

Panelists: 
Hon. John Marks, Mayor, Tallahassee, FL 
Hon. Bob Whalen, Mayor, Clovis, CA  
Brian Fontes, CEO National Emergency Number Association  
Pat Thetford, Director of E911, Government, Education and Medical, AT&T

Torri  Spiegelhalter, Associate Director for Channel Marketing, AT&T

Tim Bonno, Lead Marketing Manager, AT&T

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 p.m.

Public/Private Partnerships for Safe Communities  
Hon. Graham Richard, (Former) Mayor,  Ft. Wayne, IN

11:15 a.m. – Noon

Wireless Communications in Times of Disaster  
Dana Taylor, Director Engineering Network Operations, T-Mobile

Noon – 12:40 p.m.

The Oakland Experience: Firestorms, Earthquakes and Recovery & Preparedness 

Introductions and Moderator: Ed Burns, President ,CIBER 

Hon.  Ronald V. Dellums, Mayor, Oakland, CA  
James Williams, Deputy Fire Chief, Oakland, CA

Kathleen Crawford, Assistant Emergency Services Manager,  Oakland, CA

Hon. Andy Katz, Director, East Bay Municipal Utilities District, CA

12:40 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.

Break

1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Transport to Chabot Space & Science Center

1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Lunch (Chabot)

2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

Welcome from Chabot (Megadome Theater)

2:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

Leveraging Technology to Create a Collaborative Model of Situational Awareness 
Thomas J. Wood, Assistant City Manager, Anaheim, CA

3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

Providing Voice, Interoperability, Data and Access to Federal and Homeland Security Markets 
Dana Hansen, Regional Sales Manager, Tyco Electronics

3:50 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Restoring Communities after Disaster

Moderator: Lewis Loeven, President, Loeven and Associates, LLC.

Panelists: 
Hon. Ray Nagin, Mayor, New Orleans, LA 
Greg Meffert, Former CIO New Orleans, LA

5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Cocktail Reception (Chabot)

6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Transport to Yoshi’s Jazz Club Via Lake Merritt and The Cathedral of Christ the Light

6:45 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.

A Special Evening at Yoshi’s Jazz Club

9:15 p.m.

Return to Hotel

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast (Grand Ballroom)

8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.

Public and Private Partnerships: Lessons from Mayors

Simon Hakim, Director, Center for Competitive Government, 
Fox School of Business, Temple University 

8:20 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.

Broadband Revolution - Most Significant Shift in Communications & Connections Since the Creation of Cellular Networks

Peter Hambuch, Solutions Architect,  Motorola

8:40 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

Holistic Business Continuity Planning: CIOs Speak Out for Preparedness

Introduction: Kieran Doorley, CIO CIBER

Moderator: Satish Ajmani, Deputy County Executive Officer & Chief Information Officer

Robert Glaze, Chief Technology Officer, Oakland, CA

Joseph Sanders, CIO Memphis, TN

9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

California State Initiatives

Introductions: Linda H. Vasta Director, West Coast Operations Interagency Coordination Department of Homeland Security - Science and Technology Directorate

Henry Renteria, Director of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

Rachelle Chong, Commissioner, California Public Utilities

10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

Super Urban Area Security Initiative (SUASI) Program

Laura Phillips, General Manager, Bay Area  Super Urban Area Security Initiative (SUASI) Program, San Francisco, CA

11:15 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.

Hon. Gavin Newsom, Mayor, San Francisco, CA

11:25 – 11:45

Closing 
Hon. Ronald V. Dellums, Mayor, Oakland, CA