Sunday, December 4, 2011

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13:00-16:00   
Special Workshop: Social Media for Emergency Management – A “Hands On” Tutorial
PRESENTATION

Monday, December 5, 2011

08:30-08:45   
Opening Remarks
Chief Vern White, Ottawa Police Service – SPEAKING NOTES
Chief Anthony Di Monte, Ottawa Paramedic Service – SPEAKING NOTES
Chief John deHooge, Ottawa Fire Services – SPEAKING NOTES
Mr. Steve Palmer, Executive Director, Canadian Police Research Centre – SPEAKING NOTES

09:15-10:00   
Public Safety Interoperability in Ontario
Presenter
Mr. Dan Hefkey, Commissioner of Community Safety, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Ontario
PRESENTATION

12:00-12:15   
Special Presentation: CITIG National Awards for Public Safety Interoperability
PRESENTATION

13:30-14:30         
Major Land Mobile Radio Project Updates
Presenters   
Mr. Terry Canning, Provincial Interoperability Coordinator, Public Safety & Field Communications, Province of Nova Scotia
PRESENTATION #1
PRESENTATION #2
Mr. John  Leitch, Province of Saskatchewan
PRESENTATION

14:30-14:45   
Sponsor Session - Airwave Solutions Ltd.
Presenter
Mr. Euros Evans, Chief Technology Officer, Airwave Solutions Ltd.
PRESENTATION

15:15-16:15         
Regional Interoperability Strategic Planning
Presenters   
Chief Kai Liu, Gananoque Police Service
PRESENTATION
Mr. Harry Dunning, Manager of Administration & Emergency Preparedness, City of Guelph
PRESENTATION

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

08:00   
Opening Remarks (Ballroom)
Division Chief Michael Sullivan, Ottawa Fire Services
PRESENTATION

08:15-09:00   
Arctic & Remote Interoperability – Challenges and Opportunities
Presenters
Ms. Kellie Mitchell, Public Safety Canada
Major Tom Bachelder, Joint Task Force North Headquarters, National Defence
Mayor Madeleine Redfern, City of Iqaluit
PRESENTATION

09:00-10:00        
700 MHz for Mission Critical Public Safety Data: Why should I care?
Presenters
Superintendent Bill Moore, Halifax Regional Police
Superintendent Pascal Rodier, British Columbia Ambulance Service
Division Chief Michael Sullivan, Ottawa Fire Services
PRESENTATION
Councillor Berry Vrbanovic, City of Kitchener, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities
PRESENTATION

10:45-12:00   
Breakout 1 (Laurier Room)
Multi-Agency Situational Awareness System – Advancing on the Interoperability Continuum
Governance √, Technology √, Training/Exercises √ - Now we need 1st Responder-defined SOPs!
Presenters
Mr. Jack Pagotto, Head/Emergency Systems & Interoperability S&T, Public Security Technical Program, Centre for Security Science
Mr. Doug Allport, MASAS National Implementation Team,  Centre for Security Science
PRESENTATION
NOTES
   
10:45-12:00   
Breakout 2 (Ballroom)
700 MHz Broadband for Mission Critical Public Safety Data – A Technical Discussion
Presenters   
Mr. Claudio Lucente, Special Advisor, Public Safety 700MHz Broadband Project, Public Safety Canada
PRESENTATION
   
10:45-12:00   
Breakout 3 (Renaissance Room)
Public-Private Partnership for Communications Interoperability Projects: Making it Real
Presenters
Mr. Jamey Burr, Director, Business Development, P3 Canada
PRESENTATION
Mr. Massimiliano (Max) Claps, Gartner Government Research
PRESENTATION
Mr. David Guscott, President & CEO, E-Comm, Emergency Communications of British Columbia
PRESENTATION

13:00-13:45        
Communications Interoperability around the world – How Non-Governmental Organizations Manage
Presenters   
Major Rick Shirran, Territorial Emergency Disaster Services Director, Salvation Army
PRESENTATION

13:45-14:30   
Blue Force Tracking – Current and Future State
Presenters   
Mr. Robert Darts, GIS Coordinator, E-Comm
PRESENTATION

16:00-17:15   
Breakout 5 (Renaissance Room)
Networked/ Connected Vehicles – What it means to Public Safety Interoperability
Presenters
Mr. Claude Belisle, VP, Communications Research Centre
PRESENTATION
   
16:00-17:15   
Breakout 7 (Ballroom)
The P25 Standards Process - What does it look like and where are we now?
Presenters   
Mr. DJ Atkinson, Lead Project Engineer, Public Safety Communications Research 
Mr. Jeff Bratcher, Division Chief, Public Safety Communications Research
Mr. Robert J. Speidel, Esq., Chairman, Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Private Radio Section (PRS)
PRESENTATION

16:00-17:15   
Breakout 8 (Laurier Room)
Canadian Police Research Centre: Supporting police, fire fighter and paramedic services with knowledge, tools and technologies
Presenters
Chief Doug Socha, Hastings-Quinte EMS          
PRESENTATION

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

08:30   
Opening Remarks (Ballroom)
Mr. Trevor Maslyk, Executive Director of Alberta Health Services North
PRESENTATION

08:45-09:45         
Slave Lake Case Study
Presenters   
Deputy Chief Tom Sampson, Calgary Emergency Management Agency, The City of Calgary
PRESENTATION

09:45-10:30   
MASAS in the Mobile Environment
Presenters   
Chief Jeff Brooks, EMS, Lambton County, ON
Inspector Norm Hansen, Support Services Division, Sarnia Police Service
PRESENTATION

10:30-11:00   
Demonstrating NIEM Data Exchange between Canada, US and Mexico:  Moving Towards an Interoperable “Network” for Law Enforcement and Beyond
Presenters   
Superintendent Chris Kellett, CIO, Edmonton Police Service
PRESENTATION

11:00-11:45   
CITIG: Past, Present and Future
PRESENTATION

11:45-12:00   
Closing Remarks (Ballroom)
PRESENTATION