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Join us at the Galveston Island Convention Center for the

16th Annual Healthcare Preparedness Symposium

#RHPC2025

10/15 – 10/17/25

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PRE-SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOP OCT 15: HPP CYBERSECURITY!
(Event is restricted to HPP Contractors and our government partners.)
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AGENDA

#RHPC2025 is a two and a half day event featuring esteemed guest speakers and panel discussions.

This year’s topics include healthcare, public health, EMS, public safety, trauma, and emergency management.

Healthcare

Public Health

EMS

Public Safety

Trauma

Emergency Management

Note! Agenda and speakers are subject to change.

Day 1: Wednesday, October 16, 2024

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7:15-8:00Registration & Breakfast – Sponsored by: Silver Partners
8:00-8:05
Posting of Colors, Pledge of Allegiance
Presented by: Ball High School		Ballroom
8:05 – 8:10
Welcome Address –Mayor Dr. Craig Brown, City of GalvestonBallroom
08:10-08:20Opening Session – Lori Upton, Chief Executive Officer Ballroom
8:20-8:45RHPC Award of ExcellenceBallroom
8:45-9:45The Future is Now: How AI can support Emergency
Management-Sloan 		Ballroom
9:45-10:15Break- Sponsored by: Bronze Partners
10:15-11:15
Navigating a New Frontier: Cyber Resilience in Healthcare-
Hagood, Dimpsey & Merritt		Ballroom
11:15-12:15
Bridging the Gap Between the FBI and Healthcare on WMD’s-
Young & Large		Ballroom
12:15-13:30
Lunch - Sponsored by: Silver Partners
13:30-14:30An Army Marches on its stomach: Don’t Forget the Food Unit
Safeguarding Healthcare: Cybersecurity
Disastrous Healthcare in Underdeveloped Countries
MCI Event at Matagorda Regional Medical Center
Infectious Education: Preparing for the Next Outbreak		Yacht
Harbor
Spinnaker
Clipper
Schooner
14:30-15:30Back From Deployment: NOW WHAT??
Preparedness in Senior Living: Navigating Laws & Emergency
Texas Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Guidance for Hospitals
If it can go wrong, it will. Identifying and reducing risk in EMS
Nuclear Disaster: Lesson Learned and Future Response		Yacht
Harbor
Spinnaker
Clipper
Schooner
15:30-15:45Break - Sponsored by: Bronze Partners
15:45-16:45CenterPoint Energy Critical Load - Stine
Ballroom
17:00-19:00Reception at Hilton Sponsored by: SLS HealthHilton Poolside

Day 2: Thursday, October 17, 2024

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7:15-8:00 Registration & Breakfast – Sponsored by: Silver Partners
8:00-8:15
Welcome Back and Announcements- Dr. David PersseBallroom
8:15-9:15
Firefighters Under Fire: The Tucson Experience-RyanBallroom
9:15-10:15"Revving Up for Rally Week: How Sturgis Ambulance Gears Up to
Serve —More Than Just an Emergency Response!" S. Fischer 		Ballroom
10:15-10:45Break- Sponsored by: Bronze Partners
10:45-11:45Front Line Insights: Lessons from the Trump Rally-
McLafferty/Lippert 		Ballroom
12:15-13:30Lunch - Sponsored by: Silver Partners
13:30-14:30
How to Build a Passionate HERT Team?
Boarding House Blues
LEPCs and Public Health Collaboration
Expanding Disaster Communication with AFN Populations
Promoting a Culture of Preparedness in Healthcare: Preparedness Week		Yacht
Harbor
Spinnaker
Clipper
Schooner
14:30-15:30Working with Healthcare Coalition Partners to Promote Health Equity
Talk Saves Lives
Hurricane Beryl-EMS Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Sutherland Springs and Uvalde
Real Resuscitation		Yacht
Harbor
Spinnaker
Clipper
Schooner
15:30-15:45Break - Sponsored by: Bronze Partners
15:45-16:45Smokehouse Creek Fire – Hunt/Heath Ballroom
18:00-23:00 Roof Top Reception – Sponsored by: HCA Houston Health Care

Day 3: Friday, October 18, 2024

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7:15-8:00Registration & Breakfast – Sponsored by: Silver Partners
8:00-8:15Welcome SETRAC and RHPC Leadership Ballroom
8:15-9:15
Redefining “Rescue”: Becoming Heroes for Victims of Violence
Declining Care-R. Fischer 		Ballroom
9:15-10:15 Just a friendly case of Cyanide Poisoning-TavatchaiBallroom
10:15-11:15Crisis Leadership-Hurst Ballroom
11:15-12:00Evaluations, Certificates, and Drawings Ballroom