IDCE is Proud to Announce the Notably Impressive Luncheon Panel Discussions!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Luncheon Panel Discussion – 12:30pm

LA GOHSEP presents: Military Support to Civil Authorities

•    Pat Santos (Moderator)
Governor's Office of Homeland Security / Emergency Preparedness Deputy Director
•    Joel R. Whitehead
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)
•    Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré (Retired) –
U.S. First Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia. (Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina; responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina-affected areas across the Gulf Coast.  2nd Infantry Division Commander while stationed in Korea.)
•    Maj. Gen. Glen H. Curtis
Adjutant General for the Louisiana National Guard
•    Maj. Gen. G Luis Visot
US Army Reserve

The Official IDCE Guide is now ready!

The program is set as the OFFICIAL SHOW GUIDE is now off to the printer. We are simply amazed at the program the Event Executive Committee was able to put together, and can't wait to share this with you. To see the entire program, view the show guide online:

http://www.internationaldisasterconference.com/pdfs/IDCE13_ShowGuide.pdf

As you can see from the show guide, the program in place for 2013 is absolutely amazing. We may have a couple of major additions on the horizon, but will make announcements as soon as developments warrant.

Exhibitor Spotlight: RIBS Rapid Installation Barrier System

RIBS™, the Rapid Installation Barrier System, requires just a fraction of the time and manpower needed to fill traditional sandbags – and are just as easy to remove.

Exhibitor Spotlight: Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc

Ferrara Fire Apparatus is a manufacturer of heavy duty, custom fire apparatus. The company is located in Holden Louisiana and operates a 300,000 square foot factory.  Ferrara offers a full line of emergency vehicles, including the Ultra, Inferno, Igniter, Ember & Intruder custom chassis; custom and commercial pumpers and tankers/tenders; wildland vehicles; light, medium and heavy rescues, as well as rear and mid-mount aerial ladders & platforms. Ferrara also builds specialty vehicles such as law enforcement, command vehicles, bomb squad trucks, and a line of vehicles built especially for refineries and chemical plants.  Ferrara supplies vehicles to all different types of agencies, ranging from small rural departments, medium size suburban and large metropolitan departments. Some of our larger customers include Fire Department of New York (FDNY), Houston, Indianapolis, San Diego County and San Diego Rural Fire Protection District, Knoxville and San Francisco. For more information, please go to our web site, www.ferrarafire.com.

Exhibitor Spotlight: ESL Power Systems, Inc.

ESL Power Systems, Inc. is an innovative leader in the design and manufacturing of manual transfer switches and generator docking stations for use in emergency power backup systems for commercial and industrial applications.  With safe and simple operations, your portable generator connections can be made in a matter of minutes; ensuring time without power is held to a minimum.

Speaker Bio: Rt Hon Baroness Neville-Jones

Rt Hon Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG is UK Special government representative to Business for Cyber Security “ an appointment by Prime Minister David Cameron that she has held from the time she stepped down in May 2011 from being Minister of State for Security and Counter Terrorism at the British Home Office with a permanent position on the newly created National Security Council. Prior to serving as a Minister in the Coalition government, with a seat on the House of Lords, she was David Cameron’s national security adviser while in opposition and the author of much of the Conservative party’s national security policy. She is patron of “Cyber Security Challenge” in the UK.

Pauline Neville-Jones was a career member of HM Diplomatic Service from 1963 to 1996, during which time she served in British Missions in Rhodesia, Singapore, Washington, DC  in Bonn and in the European Commission. From 1991 to 1994 she was Head of the Defence and Overseas Secretariat in the Cabinet Office and Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet. During 1993 and 1994 she was Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee. From 1994, until her retirement, she was Political Director in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in which capacity she led the British delegation to the Dayton negotiations on the Bosnia peace settlement.  As chairman of QinetiQ Group Plc, Pauline took the defence and security company to flotation as a FTSE 250 company in 2006.  She is a former Governor of the BBC.

IDCE Panelist Bios: Licamele, Dudgeon, Huang

Greg Licamele, Director of External Communications, Fairfax County [VA] Government

Greg Licamele has served as the public information officer and director of communications integration and engagement for the Fairfax County, Virginia for more than seven years, focusing on the county’s social media presence, county website and mobile technologies. During a Joint Information Center activation, he leads a six-person PIO staff in the county's Emergency Operations Center focusing on all aspects of communications including messaging, social media, multimedia, media relations, and coordination with field PIOs. Licamele has led responses to hurricanes, snowstorms, H1N1 flu vaccinations and other high profile issues. He works closely with county first responders such as police, fire and health departments to advocate, educate and implement social media and other digital tools.