FEMA Region 3 - 2023 Private Sector Readiness Day
This year’s Private Sector Readiness Day will discuss innovative ways to incorporate data into your decision-making process.
Date: August 23, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Virtual
Event Details
How does your organization make decisions during a crisis? Do you have trusted sources of information, dashboards, tools, etc. that you use to inform your decision making?
Join FEMA Region 3 on August 23 from 8:00-4:30, as we talk to federal, state, and private sector partners who are leading the pack when it comes to informed emergency management. We will talk innovations in crisis response communications, types of data that is out there, and how to put that information to work for your business.
This event will be an all-day virtual event that welcomes a variety of partners from both the public and private sectors to talk data driven initiatives, available tools and dashboards, and how data can inform decision making during a disaster. The day will feature presentations from the Census Bureau and Red Cross as well as panel discussions from our Region 3 State and Local partners and RBEOC members.
Event Details:
Virtual on Zoom (Zoom info provided after registration)
Audience: public and private sector partners (local emergency managers, businesses, associations, academia, etc.)
This year’s focus topic is data in emergency management and crisis response. Throughout the day we will hear from subject matter experts from FEMA Region 3, the U.S, Census Bureau, State and Local counterparts, the Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab at MIT, as well as several of our private sector partners including PSEMA, Disaster Tech, Go Fund Me, and Waze, the event will provide attendees with insights on how to access information, use tools and dashboards, and understand the importance of incorporating data into organizational planning and operational decisions.
Agenda:
- Opening Comments and Introductions - 8:00 - 8:15 (15 mins)
- MaryAnn Tierney – FEMA Region 3 Regional Administrator
- FEMA Mitigation Tools and Data - 8:15-8:45 (30 Minutes)
- Will Melville – FEMA Region 3 Mitigation - Data Section Supervisor
- Hailey Stern – FEMA Region 3 Mitigation - Partnerships Coordinator
- FEMA Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool (RAPT) - 8:45-9:15 (30 Minutes)
- Benjamin Rance – FEMA HQ Technical Assistance Branch - Management & Program Analyst
- U.S. Census Bureau – Census Data for Emergency Management - 9:15-10:15 (1 Hour)
- Community Resiliency Estimates, CRE
- Disaster.Census.gov
- Supply Chain Insights Platform
- Break - 10:15-10:30 (15 Minutes)
- DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency – S.N.A.P. Benefit Data - 10:30-10:45 (15 Minutes)
- Mark Scott – Critical Infrastructure Specialist – DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
- Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management – Supply Chain Data – 10:45 -11:00 (15 Minutes)
- Matthew Breidenstein – Regional Preparedness Program Manager – City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management
- DCHSEMA/Philly/ Baltimore – Mid Atlantic Working Group – 11:00-11:30 (30 Minutes)
- Mark Scott – Critical Infrastructure Specialist – DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
- Matthew Breidenstein – Regional Preparedness Program Manager – City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management
- Lunch – 11:30-12:00 (30 Minutes)
- PA Emergency Management Agency – Understanding Information Needs to Make Operational Decisions – 12:00-12:15 (15 Minutes)
- Molly Dougherty – Private Sector Liaison – PA Emergency Management Agency
- Melissa A. Frey – Private Sector Liaison – PA Emergency Management Agency
- Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Private Sector Integration Program - 12:15-12:30 (15 Minutes)
- Cory Edwards – Business Engagement Program Manager
- Virginia Department of Emergency Management – VA ENDEAVOR – 12:30-12:45 (15 Minutes)
- Jennifer Sharpe – Operational Coordination Division Director
- Region 3 State and Local Private Sector Liaison Panel – 12:45-1:15 (30 Minutes)
- Noel Witzke – Facilitator – FEMA Region 3 Private Sector Liaison
- Molly Dougherty – Private Sector Liaison – PA Emergency Management Agency
- Melissa A. Frey – Private Sector Liaison – PA Emergency Management Agency
- Cory Edwards – Business Engagement Program Manager
- Jennifer Sharpe – Operational Coordination Division Director
- Mark Scott – Critical Infrastructure Specialist – DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
- Tony Goodman – Legislative Affairs & Stakeholder Engagement SPM
- Matthew Breidenstein – Regional Preparedness Program Manager – City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management
- Break - 1:15-1:30 (15 Minutes)
- FEMA – 2023 Hurricane Season Look Ahead – 1:30-2:00 (30 Minutes)
- Mike Bilder – FEMA Region 3 Hurricane Team Lead
- MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab – Trusted Spaces for Supply Chain Information Sharing – 2:00-2:30 (30 Minutes)
- Lauren Finegan – Research Associate
- Private Sector Partner Panel – The Importance of Data for Businesses in Emergency Management/ Crisis Response - 2:30-3:30 (1 Hour)
- PSEMA, Disaster Tech, Go Fund Me, Waze
- Questions & Answers – 3:30-4:00 (30 Minutes)
- National Preparedness Month Upcoming Events - 4:00-4:15 (15 Minutes)
- Jacqueline Robinson – FEMA Region 3 Community Preparedness Officer
- Closing Comments – 4:15-4:30 (15 Minutes)
Event Contact
Noel Witzke | Private Sector Liaison |FEMA Region 3