EAS National Summit

National Alliance of State Broadcasters Associations
National Association of Broadcasters
Feb. 28-March 1, 2010

Draft agenda

Sunday, February 28, 2010
4:00-5:30 p.m. Meeting with FCC and FEMA Officials

  • Tom Beers, Chief, Policy Division, FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
  • Gregg Cooke, Associate Chief, Policy Division, FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
  • Antwane V. Johnson, Division Director and Program Manager of the IPAWS Division, FEMA's National Continuity Programs Directorate
  • Wade Witmer, Deputy Division Director of the IPAWS Division, FEMA's National Continuity Programs Directorate

Moderated by:

  • Ann Arnold, President & CEO, Texas Association of Broadcasters
  • Whit Adamson, President & CEO, Tennessee Association of Broadcasters
  • Ann Bobeck, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, NAB
  • Larry Walke, Associate General Counsel, NAB

Monday, March 1, 2010

8:00-8:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
The Honorable Gordon Smith, President & CEO, National Association of Broadcasters

8:15 -9:00a.m. A conversation with FEMA/FCC leadership
Rear Admiral (ret.) James Arden Barnett, Jr. ,Chief of the Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
Mr. Damon Penn, Assistant Administrator, National Continuity Programs (NCP) Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency

9:00-9:45 a.m. Panel: First "Informer" issues

Panelists:
Frank Adams, Director Nevada Sheriff's and Chiefs' Association
Leonard Charles, Director of Engineering Midwest
Division, Morgan Murphy Media

Moderated by: Bob Fisher, President & CEO, Nevada Broadcasters Association

9:45-10:45 a.m. Panel: Public Warning and Reliability issues

Panelists:
David Layer, Senior Director, Advanced Engineering, NAB
Clay Freinwald, SECC Chair, Washington State
Bryan Fisher, Director, Information Management Alert and Warning Systems, Alaska Division of Homeland Security

Moderated by Suzanne Goucher, President & CEO, Maine Association of Broadcasters

11:00-12:00 noon Panel: Congressional staff
Panelists:(invited)

  • Dana Litchenberg, Legislative Director, Congressman Bart Gordon (D-TN)
  • Stephen Vina, Counsel, Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response, Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Seamus Hughes, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senate
  • Mark LuDuc, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senate

Moderated by Mildred Webber, Senior Vice President,
Government Relations, NAB

2:00-3:00 p.m. EAS Stakeholders: Leaders and Beneficiaries
Panelists:

Pamela L'Heureux, President, International Association
of Emergency Managers

Robert Hoever, National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children

Mark Paese, Director, Office of Operational Systems
National Weather Service (invited)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Don Miller, State of Washington, Emergency
Management Agency (invited)
Moderated by Art Brooks, President

3:00-4:00 p.m. A conversation: The Congressional view point
The Honorable Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Chairman
Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global
Counterterrorism, Committee on Homeland Security,
U.S. House of Representatives

The Honorable Mike Rogers (R-AL) Ranking Member,
Subcommittee on Emergency Communications,
Preparedness, and Response, Committee on Homeland
Security, U.S. House of Representatives

Moderated by Sharon Tinsley, President, Alabama
Broadcasters Association

4:00-4:30 p.m. Closing remarks
Whit Adamson, President & CEO, Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, 2010 EAS Summit Co-Chair