FCC Workshop on Critical Info During Disasters

Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

Federal Communications Committee

Friday, April 13, 2018 - 2:00pm to 7:00pm

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview

  • Justin Cain, Deputy Chief, Operations and Emergency Management Division, PSHSB

9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks

  • FCC Chairman Ajit Pai

9:30 a.m. Roundtable 1: Federal Information Requirements

Moderator: Jeff Goldthorp, Associate Bureau Chief, PSHSB

Participants

  • Christopher Alexander, Deputy Chief of Priority Services, DHS Office of Emergency Communications
  • Gregory Boren, Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator, FEMA Region VI
  • Jarrett Devine, Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator, FEMA Region I
  • Dr. Jeffrey Glick, Chief, Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Cybersecurity & Communications
  • Scott Jackson, Office of Spectrum Management / Emergency Response Team, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
  • Jeremy Johnson, Coordinator, Department of Homeland Security Office of Cybersecurity and Communications
  • John O'Connor, Director, U.S. Department of Homeland Security National Coordinating Center for Communications
  • Christopher Tuttle, Emergency Communications Coordinator, Region 2, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Roundtable 2: State/Local/Territorial Critical Information Requirements

Moderator: Justin Cain, Deputy Chief, Operations and Emergency Management Division, PSHSB

Participants

  • Carlos Acevedo Caballero, Director, Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency (by conference bridge)
  • Gerald "Jay" English, Chief Technology Officer, APCO International
  • Alexandria Fernández-Nevarro, Commissioner, Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board
  • Danette McBride, Communications Engineer, Florida Department of Management Services (by conference bridge)
  • Captain Robert J. Landolfi Jr., Chief Future Operations for Coast Guard Atlantic Area, United States Coast Guard
  • Todd Spencer, Program Coordinator / Response, Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Sandra E. Torres-López, Chairwoman, Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board

11:45 a.m. Lunch Break

12:30 p.m. Roundtable 3: Consumer Information Requirements

Co-Moderators: Lauren Kravetz, Chief of Staff, PSHSB Jeff Goldthorp, Associate Chief, PSHSB Justin Cain, Deputy Chief, Operations and Emergency Mgt, PSHSB

Participants

  • Cristina Martin Firvida, Director of Financial Security and Consumer Affairs, AARP
  • Lisa Montalvo, President, Latino Deaf and Hard of Hearing Association in Metropolitan Area of DC
  • Howard Rosenblum, CEO, National Association of the Deaf  Dr. Carmen Delia Sánchez Salgado, Puerto Rico Ombudsman for the Elderly (by conference bridge)
  • Tony Stephens, Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs, the American Council of the Blind
  • Mace Thornton, Executive Director of Communications, American Farm Bureau Federation

2:00 p.m. Concluding Remarks and Adjournment

  • Lisa Fowlkes, Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau


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