2023 Schedule
| DAY | Time | Track | Event | Speaker |
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2023 | PRE-CONFERENCE | |||
| WED | 8:00am | REGISTRATION / Welcome Desk | ||
| WED | 8:30am - 4:00pm | PRE-CONFERENCE Sessions | ||
| WED | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 5-Day Workshops |
L-950: Incident Commander |
Steve Heil & Scott Holmquist |
| THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 | PRE-CONFERENCE | |||
| THUR | 8:00am | REGISTRATION / Welcome Desk | ||
| THUR | 8:30am - 4:00pm | PRE-CONFERENCE Sessions | ||
| THUR | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 5-Day Workshops |
L-950: Incident Commander |
Steve Heil & Scott Holmquist |
| THUR | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 4-Day Workshops |
L-967: Logistics Section Chief |
Scott Ashbach |
| FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2023 | PRE-CONFERENCE | |||
| FRI | 8:00am | REGISTRATION / Welcome Desk | ||
| FRI | 8:30am - 4:00pm | PRE-CONFERENCE Sessions | ||
| FRI | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 5-Day Workshops |
L-950: Incident Commander |
Steve Heil & Scott Holmquist |
| FRI | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 4-Day Workshops |
L-967: Logistics Section Chief |
Scott Ashbach |
| SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2023 | ||||
| SAT | 8:00am | REGISTRATION / Welcome Desk | ||
| SAT | 8:30am - 4:00pm | PRE-CONFERENCE Sessions | ||
| SAT | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 5-Day Workshops | L-950: Incident Commander |
Steve Heil & Scott Holmquist |
| SAT | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 4-Day Workshops |
L-967: Logistics Section Chief |
Scott Ashbach |
| SAT | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 8-Hour Workshop | Qualifications Entity Focus Group | Randal Collins |
| SAT | 8:30am - 12:30pm | 4-Hour Workshop | The Team Approach: Achieving Maximum Potential | Nathan Ellis |
| SAT | 1:00pm - 4:00pm | 4-Hour Workshop | Flawed Situational Awareness: A stealth killer of first responders. | David Mackenzie |
| SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2023 | ||||
| SUN | 8:00am | REGISTRATION / Welcome Desk | ||
| SUN | 8:30am - 4:00pm | PRE-CONFERENCE Sessions | ||
| SUN | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 5-Day Workshops | L-950: Incident Commander |
Steve Heil & Scott Holmquist |
| SUN | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 4-Day Workshops |
L-967: Logistics Section Chief |
Scott Ashbach |
| SUN | 8:30am - 4:00pm | 8-Hour Workshop | Team Awareness Kit for the IMT | Andreas Johansson |
| SUN | 8:30am - 12:30pm | 4-Hour Workshop | Psychology of Command | Gareth Black |
| SUN | 1:00am - 4:00pm | 4-Hour Workshop | Officer Down - Best Practices/Lessons Learned | Mark Hacherl |
| SUN | 10:00am - 12:00pm | AHIMTA Board Meeting | ||
| SUN | 1:00pm | IQS Committee Meeting | ||
| MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2023 | ||||
| MON | 10:00am-12:00pm | REGISTRATION / Welcome Desk | ||
| MON | 11:00am - 12:00pm | AHIMTA Law Enforcement Committee Meeting | ||
| MON | 11:00am - 12:00pm | AHIMTA ICS SECTION WORKING GROUPS | ||
| MON | 12:00pm - 1:45pm | OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION | Art delaCruz, Team Rubicon | |
| National Partner Updates | ||||
| MON | 1:45pm - 2:00pm | Coffee Break | ||
| MON | 2:00pm-4:00pm | National Partner Updates | ||
| MON | 4:00pm - 4:30pm | BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS | ||
| MON | 4:30pm-5:30pm | GENERAL SESSION: At the Convergence of Information & Communications: The Emergency Information Domain | Vincent DeLaurentis | |
| MON | 5:30pm-7:00pm | WELCOME RECEPTION WITH EXHIBITORS | ||
| TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2023 | ||||
| TUES | 7:00am | Welcome Desk | ||
| TUES | 8:00am - 9:00am | GENERAL SESSION: Inter-Agency Coordination through Relationship Building | Rich Sweeney | |
| TUES | 9:00am - 9:30am | State of the Association | ||
| TUES | 9:30am-10:00am | Coffee Break | ||
| TUES | 10:00am - 11:00am | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||
| TUES | 10:00am - 11:00am | Evolving the National Incident Management System (NIMS) to Protect Information and Manage Communications Technology | Wes Rogers & Panel | |
| TUES | 10:00am - 11:00am | Leadership & Organization | Adopting Excellence: Leadership Lessons for All Hazards | Jeremy Holmes |
| TUES | 10:00am - 11:00am | Lessons Learned | What's the Situation ? (Wildland SITL and All hazard incidents SITL) |
Rich De Prima |
| TUES | 10:00am - 11:00am | Complex Incident Management | Jesse Bender | |
| TUES | 10:00am - 11:00am | Intelligence & Investigations for the IMT | Ed Wolff | |
| TUES | 11:15am - 12:15pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||
| TUES | 11:15am - 12:15pm | Technology |
Verified Identity Solutions and Tech for AHIMTs: Humble Lessons Learned(ing) |
Lauren Bonica |
| TUES | 11:15am - 12:15pm | Specialty | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: How to Recognize, Reduce, and Respond | Dr. Mona Kumar |
| TUES | 11:15am - 12:15pm | Current Events: Incident Debrief | FDNY AHIMT Lessons learned from the All-Hazards Type 1 Unified Command deployment at Fort Myers Beach. |
Rich De Prima |
| TUES | 11:15am - 12:15pm | Technology | Information and Communications Technology within the National Incident Management System (NIMS) | Dan Wills & Panel |
| TUES | 11:15am - 12:15pm | TBA | ||
| TUES | 12:15pm - 1:15pm | LUNCH AND EXHIBITOR EXPO | ||
| TUES | 1:30pm - 2:30pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||
| TUES | 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Leadership & Organization | It's All About Relationships | Robert Bradley |
| TUES | 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Leadership & Organization | Just Trust Me! : Creating IMT Effectiveness Through Building Trust | Scott Cowan |
| TUES | 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Lessons Learned | Send More Than Four - How a Type 1 Incident Rekindled Kentucky's AHIMT Efforts | Drew Chandler & Dustin Heiser |
| TUES | 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Lessons Learned | Lessons Learned from a COVID Influenced PIO Shop | Stephen Rhine |
| TUES | 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Current Events: Incident Debrief | Trial by Fire & Water: CANTF2's Deployments to Canada's Biggest Disasters | Katherine Severson |
| TUES | 2:30pm-3:00pm | Coffee Break | ||
| TUES | 3:00pm - 3:30pm | AHIMTA ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING | ||
| TUES | 3:30pm - 4:30pm | GENERAL SESSION: Disabilities in Disaster Situations: How a rescuer handles what they encounter | Daryl Schaffer | |
| TUES | 4:45pm - 5:45pm | AHIMTA Regional Meetings | ||
| TUES | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Social Networking Event: Port of Long Beach Safety Tour | ||
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2023 | ||||
| WED | 7:30am | Welcome Desk | ||
| WED | 8:30am - 9:30am | CLOSING KEYNOTE SESSION: Epicenter Innovation | Christopher Tarantino | |
| WED | 9:45am - 10:45am | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||
| WED | 9:45am - 10:45am | Leadership & Organization | MORAL INJURY IS YOUR ORGANIZATION GUILTY? | John Todaro |
| WED | 9:45am - 10:45am | Lessons Learned | A Tale of Three Cities | Robert Bradley |
| WED | 9:45am - 10:45am | Planning & Ops | "P" is for Planning? An alternative approach to planning complex incidents. | Gabe Lavine |
| WED | 9:45am - 10:45am | Technology | Howdy from TEEX | Charlie Stumph |
| WED | 9:45am - 10:45am | Current Events: Incident Debrief | USFA Update | Steve Griffin |
| WED | 10:45am - 11:00am | Coffee Break | ||
| WED | 11:00am - 12:00pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||
| WED | 11:00am - 12:00pm | Leadership & Organization | INTELLIGENT DISOBEDIENCE: A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE | John Todaro |
| WED | 11:00am - 12:00pm | Lessons Learned | IMAT Logistics Support: Behind the Scenes | Lesley Buechler |
| WED | 11:00am - 12:00pm | Planning & Ops | Overview of the Incident Strategic Alignment Process | Russ Long with Zeph Cunningham & Travis Bailey |
| WED | 11:00am - 12:00pm | Specialty | The role of behavioral health in disaster response: innovation and collaboration | Brenda Dennis |
| WED | 11:00am - 12:00pm | Current Events: Incident Debrief | EMI Update - New Foundations in IMT Course | Bob Patrick |
| WED | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | ||
| WED | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | GENERAL SESSION: Finding Your Beat, the Rhythm of Life | Tim Eggebraaten | |
| WED | 2:15pm - 3:15pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||
| WED | 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Leadership & Organization | USING SIMULATION TO ENHANCE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | John Todaro |
| WED | 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Lessons Learned | Post-incident Analysis | Robert Bradley |
| WED | 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Leadership & Organization | Disaster Leadership, How to be Left of Failure | Chad Beam |
| WED | 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Specialty | ICS Training through hands on exercise | Richard O'Leary |
| WED | 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Current Events: Incident Debrief | TBA | |
| WED | 3:30pm - 4:30pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||
| WED | 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Leadership & Organization | NORMALIZATION OF DEVIANCE: AN EMS LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE | John Todaro |
| WED | 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Planning & Ops | Emergency Management vs Event Management vs Project Management: Lessons Learned and Best Practices | Robert Bradley |
| WED | 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Lessons Learned | Working the Process...Why it actually works! | Chad Beam |
| WED | 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Planning & Ops | Response First - Recovery Always | Scott Stoermer |
| WED | 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Current Events: Incident Debrief | TBA |
*schedule subject to change
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