First Biennial
Kansas Homeland Security Summit
Tuesday–Thursday • December 8–10, 2009
Hyatt Regency Wichita, Wichita, Kan.
Kansas Adjutant General Web Site
Sponsored by
The Adjutant General’s Department
Kansas Homeland Security
Kansas Highway Patrol
Department of Homeland Security, National Preparedness Directorate
In partnership with the University of Kansas Medical Center
"The First Biennial Kansas Homeland Security Summit is an exceptional opportunity for senior level decision makers to gain insight into disaster preparedness and response from the diverse perspectives of the many disciplines that partner together to ensure the safety and security of Kansans,"
Major General Tod Bunting,
Adjutant General, State of Kansas
This multidisciplinary summit is intended for executive- and senior-level leaders with command and decision authority who have responsibility/accountability for their organization's disaster preparedness planning and response.
The target audience includes: fire services, law enforcement, emergency medical services, hospitals, trauma and emergency medicine, emergency management, the National Guard and other ranking military officers, business and industry, elected officials, and local, state, and federal officials.
- This is a high-level, multidisciplinary working summit featuring a diverse team of seasoned presenters
- It is designed for executives and senior leaders accountable for, or whose sphere of influence includes, disaster preparedness and response
- A key focus is systems-level planning within the framework of integrated response, including:
- Understanding individual and agency roles in integrated planning/response
- Sharing diverse knowledge and capabilities across agencies
- Exploring critical interagency collaboration and communication
Benefits of attending
- Work with leaders from multiple agencies on real-life disasters that could occur in your community or region. Unannounced disaster scenarios will be interspersed throughout the agenda.
- Gain insight and knowledge from multiple perspectives, and receive practical strategies and tools for interagency planning to maximize your preparedness for disasters or public health emergencies.
- Receive up-to-date information on receiving Homeland Security funding for your community and region based on your capability assessment.
This summit provides a tremendous opportunity for Kansas leaders to gain knowledge and insight from each other and experienced presenters.
Selected topics
- Terrorists’ perspective on the U.S. and the Heartland from an international expert trained by Al Qaeda
- Vulnerabilities of the soft target from CEO of the Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies (retired FBI executive)
- Incident command from a retired assistant fire chief who served in a command capacity in responding to the Oklahoma City Bombing and the F5 Oklahoma tornado
- Kansas’ Adjutant General’s perspective on national and Kansas Homeland Security strategies and threat assessments
- The intelligence-gathering capabilities of the Fusion Center
- The role of the forensic pathologist by a pathologist/retired Air Force colonel
- Agroterrorism—preharvest disease threats
- Strategies and tools to overcomes barriers to effective interagency communication
- Unannounced disaster exercises and scenarios
Lodging
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Hotel Hyatt Regency Hotel 400 West Waterman, Wichita, KS 67202, (316) 293-1234 at the Government rate of $83 a night.
The room block expires on November 14, 2009. When making reservations, mention that you will be participating in The First Biennial Kansas Homeland Security Summit to ensure that you receive the Government rate.
Exhibits
1Commercial vendors are invited to exhibit at this meeting. Limited exhibit space will be available. Call Monya Floyd at 913-588-4478 or e-mail mfloyd2@kumc.edu for an application or more information.Please bookmark this page and visit again soon for updated conference information.
For questions, contact William Chornyak, at (785) 274-1500 or Dale Grube at (913) 588-4466.
