Emergency Management Conference

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

8:30am-9:00am
Vendor Set-up

9:00am-11:00am
AEM/CEM Exam

Pre-Conference Activities (hike, canoeing, ax throwing, etc.)

Community Training—Citizen Preparedness Corps

11:00am-12:00pm
Registration Opens

12:00pm-12:30pm
Lunch on your own

12:30pm-1:00pm
Opening Ceremony

1:00pm-2:00pm
Keynote by Todd DeVoe, Tim Marshall, Jenna Peters

2:00pm-6:00pm
Community Training—AWR310: Building Disaster Resilience for Community Leadership

2:00pm-2:15pm
Break

2:15pm-3:15pm
Game Day Readiness: Emergency Management’s Critical Role in Pre-Planned Events – Patrick O’Brien

Executing Complex EM Plans – Ted Halpin, CEM®

3:15pm-3:30pm
Break

3:30pm-4:15pm
Winter Storm Cupid: Valentine’s Day Snowstorm Response in Oswego County – Tyler Peet

Building Emergency Management Skills Panel – Bradley Marmon, CEM® and Andrew Boyarsky

4:30pm-6:00pm
Vendor Happy Hour

6:00pm-8:00pm
Social Event

Thursday, July 24, 2025

8:30am-9:00am
Breakfast

8:30am-4:00pm
Student Showcase

9:00am-10:00am
Plenary: Then and Now: Olympic Security and Preparedness from 1980 to today Panel –
Chris Sheach, CEM®, Michael Ryan, Timothy Howard

10:00am-10:15am
Break

10:15am-11:00am
Do They Even Want Our Help: Lessons Learned as Recovery Volunteers – Paul Smith’s College IAEM Chapter

We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat: Lessons Learned from another 1-1000 year storm – Jason Casale

11:15am-11:30am
Break

11:30am-12:30pm
Tropical Storm Debby in Akwesasne – Nolan Ryan

Complex, Short-Duration School Shooting Responses Need An Adaptable ICS Structure – David Riedman

12:30pm-1:30pm
BBQ Lunch

1:30pm-3:00pm
A Conversation with Unified Command – Managing Large Events – Michael Ponticello, CEM®, Dale Currier, John Morrissey, Paul Cousins, David McBath

1:30pm-3:00pm
Emergency Management and the Female Mind Panel- Joanne Sullivan, CEM®, Kit Lee Demery, CEM®, and Siobhan Buchta, CEM®

3:00pm-3:15pm
Break

3:15pm-4:15pm
The Art of the Unexpected: Creative Problem-Solving for Emergencies – Luke Eckhert

The Building Department’s Role in Disaster Response and Recovery – Nathan Paquin, CEM®

4:15pm-5:00pm
Ice Cream Social – Sponsored by Simental Industries Ltd.

5:00pm-6:00pm
Planned and Sports Event Management Panel- Kenn Honig,CEM®, Anthony Mangeri, CEM®, Justin McCaffery

Attorneys at Your Family Assistance Center? – David H. Fischler

Student Paper Panel

6:00pm-8:00pm
Social Event

Friday, July 25, 2025

8:30am-9:00am
Breakfast

8:30am-12:00pm
Community Fair Opens

9:00am-10:30am
Region 2 “Publishing in EM” Author Panel – Michael Prasad, CEM®, Andrew Boyarsky, Anthony Mangeri, CEM®, Chris Sheach, CEM®

(Student Poster Panel & Paper Contest & Raffle Winners Announced)

9:00am-10:30am
Trauma-Informed Disaster Management: Building Resilient Communities Before, During, and After a Crisis – Michael Cassidy

10:30am-10:45am
Break

10:45am-11:45am
Keynote: When Crisis Comes to Town: What Do We Do and What Do We Need to Know? – Dr. Mary Schoenfeldt, CEM®

11:45am-12:00pm
Closing Ceremony

12:00pm-1:00pm
Lunch