2024 HEALTHCARE PREPAREDNESS SYMPOSIUM

2024 RHPC Excellence in Preparedness Award Winners

(coming soon)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Rachel
Fischer

Forensic Nursing Consulting & Education, LLC
Forensic Nurse

Shawn
Fischer

Sturgis Ambulance
Director

Howard
Heath

Panhandle Regional Advisory Council
Director of Operations

Rodney
Hunt

Panhandle Regional Advisory Council
EMTF-1 Coordinator

Robert
Hurst

Critical Leadership Founder

Col Tavatchai
Kanchanarin

Navaminthra Hospital
Chief of Surgery

Richard
Lippert

Public Health Management Corporation
Regional Manager

Robert
McLafferty

County of Butler, PA
911 Coordinator/ Deputy Director

Chuck
Ryan

Tucson Fire Department
Fire Chief

Mark
Sloan

Homeland Security & Emergency Management Coordinator at Harris County

Chad
Stine

CenterPoint Energy
Director, Strategic Business Engagement

AGENDA

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

SPONSORS

DIAMOND LEVEL SPONSOR

PLATINUM LEVEL SPONSOR

GOLD LEVEL SPONSOR

TECHNOLOGY SPONSORS

SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS

BRONZE LEVEL SPONSORS

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

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