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Networking Disaster Industry Professionals through a focus on

 

PREPARATION

 

RESPONSE

 

RECOVERY

 

REBUILDING!

 

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
JUNE 17 – 18, 2009

Morial Convention Center, NEW ORLEANS, LA

 

CONFERENCE AGENDA

 

NOTE: All times CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (New Orleans, LA Local)

 

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(Note: Schedule and Content Subject to Change)

 

 

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* WEDNESDAY KEY NOTE:

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8:45AM – 10:15AM: Assistant Administrator of Mitigation: Presented by the FEMA National Mitigation Directorate

 

The Mitigation Directorate manages the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and a range of programs designed to reduce future losses to homes, businesses, schools, public buildings and critical facilities from floods, earthquakes, tornadoes and other natural disasters.

Mitigation focuses on breaking the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage. Mitigation efforts provide value to the American people by creating safer communities and reducing loss of life and property. Mitigation includes such activities as:

* Complying with or exceeding NFIP floodplain management regulations.

 

* Enforcing stringent building codes, flood-proofing requirements, seismic design standards and
wind-bracing requirements for new construction or repairing existing buildings.

 

* Adopting zoning ordinances that steer development away from areas subject to flooding,
storm surge or coastal erosion.

 

* Retrofitting public buildings to withstand hurricane-strength winds or ground shaking.

 

* Acquiring damaged homes or businesses in flood-prone areas, relocating the structures, and
returning the property to open space, wetlands or recreational uses.

 

* Building community shelters and tornado safe rooms to help protect people in their homes,
public buildings and schools in hurricane- and tornado-prone areas.

 

* WEDNESDAY GENERAL SESSION:

LaLouisiane Ballroom - Adjacent to Exhibit Hall (egress to Exhibit Hall)

 

11:15AM - 12:00PM: Gov. Scott McCallum - President/CEO - AidMatrix Foundation

 

Governor Scott McCallum has more than 30 years of executive experience leading cross-functional divisions including operations planning, supply management, media and public relations, marketing and development, government relations and strategic partnerships. He served as Wisconsin Governor, with a career spanning more than a decade in public service office.

 

McCallum acts as President and CEO of the Aidmatrix Foundation, a nonprofit that uses advanced information technology to create efficiencies between donors and those in need.  As CEO, he has grown theAidmatrix Foundation to globally transact $1.5 billion annually with operations in six continents to 35,000 nonprofits. The work ranges from distribution of medical products for U.S. Free Clinics and international Non-Government Organizations (NGO) to program partnerships with global organizations like International Red Cross and the World Food Programme.  Most charitable food in the United States goes through Aidmatrix technologies for contribution and distribution. The Aidmatrix bundle of solution systems was recently designated as “the Network” to be used in preparedness for American disaster relief, with endorsements from federal branches and inter-state coalitions.

 

Aidmatrix information systems are now used by 65 counties for disaster response, and the Aidmatrix Disaster Relief Network covers 75% of the US population through systems used by FEMA and 35 U.S. States and Territories. The system was live recently for flooding in India, flooding in Honduras, and currently activated for fires in California.

 

* THURSDAY OPENING GENERAL SESSION:
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8:45AM –10:15AM: Col. Al Lee; Comander - US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

 

Col. Alvin B. “Al” Lee, the New Orleans District’s 60th commander and district engineer, took command on July 20, 2007. As district engineer, Lee is responsible for a district which, in tandem with the Hurricane Protection Office, is working on appropriations exceeding $7 billion for hurricane restoration.

 

The New Orleans District’s jurisdiction includes 2,800 miles of navigable waterways, 1,300 miles of levees and floodwalls eleven navigation locks, six major flood control structures, and other projects to create and protect coastal wetlands. Lee also serves as chairman of the federal-state Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Task Force, which oversees a $60 million annual program to protect and restore Louisiana’s coastal wetlands.

 

Lee’s previous assignment was as a fellow in the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellows Program, assigned to Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, Ill. He comes with district-command experience, as his assignment previous to Caterpillar was as the commander and district engineer of the Charleston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in Charleston, S.C.

 

Colonel Lee is a distinguished military graduate of Georgia Southern University and holds a masters degree in Engineering Management from St. Martins University. His military schooling includes the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College.

 

 

* THURSDAY SECOND GENERAL SESSIONS:
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11:15AM –12:00PM: DON MANGER (Executive Director - RIA) & PETE CONSIGLI (Development Advisor & Facilitator - RIA) - THE RESTORATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

 

Don Manger is the executive director of RIA (Formerly ASCR, International), a position he has held since September, 2005. Manger brings to RIA an extensive background in trade association management, where he has accumulated over nearly 30 years in the field. Manger has managed state, regional and national associations in areas ranging from commercial construction to corporate financial management with revenues ranging from $500,000 to $15 million. He has also held positions in sales and consulting. During his career he has helped association boards to transform the financial and service performance of their organizations.  In addition, Manger has been the principal executive in the turnaround management of multiple associations, including the Association of Financial Professionals, where revenues and membership grew 400 percent under his management.

 

 

Pete Consigli is an RIA Certified Restorer (CR), and Water Loss Specialist (WLS) and been a member of the Restoration Industry Association (formerly ASCR, International) since 1977. Involved with RIA’s/ASCR’s former Water Loss Institute (WLI) since its inception, Pete has played an integral role in the evolution of the WLS program. He was past education chair for the WLI and served as program facilitator for its annual conferences in the 1990s. In 2004, he was appointed course facilitator for the association’s prestigious Water Loss Specialist (WLS) program. Pete has been appointed to oversee RIA’s Donnybrook style moderated panel debates on the hot topics and important issues facing the industry today. In this role, tag lined the Commish; he will work with various segments of RIA’s membership to enable the presentation of differing viewpoints by developing and facilitating a process for meaningful engagement and debate.

 

Having ushered the Restoration Industry Association through recent transformations, Manger and Consigli will share their experiences and RIA’s role within the industry. RIA is a professional association comprising more than 1,300 member organizations, representing over 20,000 cleaning and restoration professionals.

 

* CONFERENCE SESSIONS

Morial New Orleans Convention Center Meeting Rooms 201 - 212 (adjacent/overlooking exhibit hall)

Wednesday & Thursday
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

 

* CONFERENCE TRACKS