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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

8:00am - 9:30am
Concurrent Sessions

Session 2A – Transportation Emergency Preparedness

Moderator: Ella McNeil, EM-63

Title: Southeast Transportation Corridor Pilot (SETCP) Program/Exercise Summary Brief (To request a copy of this presentation e-mail Louise Wyatt.)

Presenter: Michael Holden, DHS

Title: Radioactive Material Incident Response - Lessons Learned

Presenter: Captain John Lund, Idaho Falls Fire Rescue (IFFR)

Title: Exercise Planning and Development Requirements

Presenters: Rebecca Siceloff, DHS, and Josh Fishburn, Bridgeborn Government Solutions

Session 2B – Emergency Public Information

Moderator: Davey Matthews, NSTec

Title: Using Public Information and Public Education to Build Support for Your Site Emergency Management Program

Presenter: Steve Arnold, Theta Pro2Serve

Title: We’re Not That Scary: Bringing Consequence Assessment and Emergency Public Information Experts Together

Presenter: Erin Ritter, B&W Pantex

Title: Improving Emergency Communication Through Efficacy: Guidance From the Extended Parallel Process Model

Presenter : W. Timothy Coombs, Eastern Illinois University (EIU)

Session 2C – Consequence Assessment

Moderator: Jim Colson, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Title: Recent Improvements to HotSpot for the DOE Safety Software Toolbox

Presenters: Steve Homann and Aluzzi Fernando, LLNL

Title: Recent Advances in NARAC Consequence Assessment Modeling Tools and Services

Presenters: John Nasstrom and Maureen Alai, LLNL; Brenda Pobanz, National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center

Title: Technical Planning Basis Jeopardy: “I’ll take science-geek for $200, Alex.”

Presenter: Chuck Rives, B&W Pantex

9:30am - 11:30am

Biosafety Working Group Meeting

10:00am - 11:30am
Concurrent Sessions

Session 3A– Hazards Assessment

Moderator: Robert Gee, B&W Y-12

Title: Analyzing a Release of the Colonel’s Eleven Secret Herbs and Spices: Protecting the Flock Without Giving Up the Recipe

Presenter: Chuck Rives, B&W Pantex

Title: Hazards Assessments as Response Tools *

Presenter: Gerry Gibeault, INL

Title: Pantex EAL Format and Development: Street Smart Ideas Applied to EALs

Presenter: Chuck Rives, B&W Pantex

Session 3B– Performance Assurance

Moderator: Vince Hanson, B&W Pantex

Title: Performance Measurement – Measuring the Right Things Right in Emergency Management

Presenter: Marie Dunkle, MK Dunkle Consulting

Title: Review of Proposed Emergency Management Performance Indicators

Presenter: Tom Rotella, DOE NA-41

Title: Protecting Your Gold Through Continuous Improvements

Presenters: Teresa Lawlor and Terry Nore, B&W Y-12

Title: Corrective Action Review Board – Not Just Another Monthly Meeting

Presenter: Bruce Aycock, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS)

Session 3C– Exercises

Moderator: Gary Winner, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

Title: Distance Tabletop Exercising of Emergency Response Plans *

Presenter: Edward Tanzman, ANL

Title : Design and Approval Process of the DOE National Level Tier II Exercise Empire 2009

Presenter: Lori Thomas, DOE NA-41

Title : Interagency Lessons Learned from Exercise Diablo Bravo

Presenter : Dave Freshwater, DOE NA-41

11:30am - 1:00pm

TEEL Advisory Group Meeting

1:00pm – 2:30pm
Concurrent Sessions

Session 4A: Technology

Moderator : Sue Budden, National Renewal Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Title : The Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Consequence Assessment and Communications

Presenter : Daniel Dalton, NA-40

Title : SensorNet Architectures for Distributed Computing and Coordinated Response

Presenter : David Blanchard, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Title : The PolARES Decision Support System – Rapid Effective Decisions for DOE Emergency Decision-Makers

Presenter : Reed Hodgin, AlphaTRAC

Session 4B: Lessons Learned

Moderator: Davey Matthews, NSTec

Title: Lesson’s Learned: July 2008 Operational Emergency at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility

Presenter: Jeff Long, ORNL

Title: Dancing With the State: Choreography Lessons Learned During Hurricane / Tropical Storm Hanna

Presenter: Debra Foutch, SRNS

Title: Changing Contractors Doesn’t Have to Cause a Lot of Change

Presenter: Bennett Blue, SRNS

Session 4C: Continuity of Operations Planning / Emergency Operations Centers

Moderator: Jim Colson, INL

Title: What It May Take To Get Your Arms Around COOP

Presenter: Coni Young, SRNS

Title: Building a COOP Program with Zero Dollars and Zero Resources

Presenter: Jeff Morrison, NSTec

Title: Restructuring the LLNL EOC for Alignment with California's Implementation of the NIMS

Presenter: John Richards, LLNL

3:00pm – 4:30pm

Closing Session

Moderator: Richard Davis, LLNL

Closing Keynote Address: Lessons in Crisis Leadership: Avoiding Decision Bias in Times of Crisis

Presenter: Phillip Van Saun, Director – Continuity & Emergency Services
University of California, San Diego

Awards

Open Discussion

Adjournment

* The video that accompanied this presentation can be obtained by contacting Dorothy Cohen.

Updated 7/9/2009