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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

	MONDAY OCTOBER 26, 2009
17:30 - 19:30	Registration Opening cocktail and exhibition area tour, a great networking activity Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté

	TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, 2009 CONTEXT, STRATEGIES AND LESSONS LEARNED
	Master of ceremony Dr. Guy Vézina , Director General Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier (DRDC Valcartier) Department of National Defence (DND)
07:30 - 08:20	Registration Networking breakfast, exhibition zone tour Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
Salle	Krieghoff-Borduas
08:20 - 08:30	Official Opening Mr. Pierre Bélanger, President of the Technopole Defence and Security Board of Directors
	STRATEGIC ISSUES
08:30 - 09:10	Dr. Theodore Kuschak, Director of Networks Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network National Microbiology Laboratory Infectious Disease and Emergency Preparedness Branch Public Health Agency of Canada
09:10 - 09:50	Canada Command Brigadier General J.R.M.G. Laroche, OMM, MSC, CD Commander, Land Force Quebec Area and Joint Task Force (East) Department of National Defence (DND)
09:50 - 10:05	Break Exhibition zone tour Rooms : Foyer and Suzor-Côté
10h05 - 10h45	René Larose, MSc, Chief of Staff (S&T) Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Department of National Defence (DND)
10:45 - 11:15	Dr. Michel Doré, Associate Deputy Minister, direction générale de la sécurité civile et de la sécurité incendie Ministère de la sécurité publique du Québec Québec, Canada
11:15 - 11:45	Design and Delivery of Integrated Emergency Exercises Robert Walker, Public Safety Exercise Designer Emergency Management Division of the Justice Institute of British Columbia Canada
11:45 - 13:10	Lunch Buffet Exhibition zone tour Rooms : Foyer and Suzor-Côté
	LESSONS LEARNED
13:10	Afternoon Program Introduction
13:20 - 14:00	Jonathan Pirkey, Deputy Director of the National Response Coordination Center Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Washington, USA
14:00 - 14:40	Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium : Accelerating Netcentricity Terry Morgan, Chairman Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) Virginia, USA
14:40 - 15:20	Rakesh Bharania, Eng., Network Consultant, Tactical Operations CISCO Systems San Jose, California, USA
15:20 - 15:45	Break Exhibition zone tour Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
15:50 - 16:20	Rapid Detection, Response and Mitigation of International and Non-International Public Health Emergencies Dr. Amin Kabani, Ph D, Senior Medical Advisor National Microbiology Laboratory Public Health Agency of Canada
16:20 - 16:50	Dr. Richard Davies Ottawa Hospital Ontario, Canada
16:50 - 17:20	CPNI - An Overview Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) representative London, United Kingdom
17:20 - 17:30	Closing remarks
17:30	Cocktail Exhibition zone tour Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
19:00	Banquet Dinner Room: Krieghoff-Borduas

	WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28, 2009 FROM SIMULATION TO REALITY - 3 concurrent sessions for your selection
07:30 - 08:30	Networking breakfast Exhibition area tour Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
Subtheme	PREPARATION AND TRAINING	INFORMATION MANAGEMENT	INTEROPERABILITY
	Master of ceremony Michel Lizotte, M. Sc., Group Leader, Simulation & Comprehension of Complex Situations System of Systems Section, DRDC Valcartier, DND	Master of ceremony Dr. Jean-Marc Garneau, Section Head Spectral and Geospatial Exploitation DRDC Valcartier, DND	Master of ceremony LCol Gerald Fraser, ing. CD, Military and Program Advisor, Commanding Officer DRDC Valcartier, DND
Salles	Krieghoff	Borduas	Montcalm
08:30 - 09:30	Opening Some Lessons Learned from Collective and Integrated Training and Exercising Dr. Adel Guitouni, Defence Scientist C2 Domain Lead, Major Events Coordinated Security Solutions C2 Decision Support System Section DRDC Valcartier, DND	Opening Bridging Information Management and Public Security Technologies Dr. Len Goodman, Defence Scientist Individual Readiness Section DRDC Toronto, DND	Opening Ernest MacGillivray, Director Emergency Services Public Safety, New Brunswick
09:30 - 10:05	Army Game and Simulation Development Maj Jeremy MacDonald Army Learning Support Center (ALSC), DND	Current and Future Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Technology within Canadian Policing Marc Sharpe, Identification Constable Kenora Ontario Provincial Police Forensic Identification Unit	Critical DHS Interoperability Initiatives Dr. David Boyd, Director Interoperability Department of Homeland Security, USA
10h05 - 10h35	Break Exhibition area tour Rooms : Foyer and Suzor-Côté
10:35 - 11:10	Immersive Virtual Environments for Safety, Resiliency and Trauma Treatment Dr. Josh Spitalnick, Director of Research and Clinical Services Virtually Better, Inc. / Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University School of Medicine Georgia, USA	State-of-the-Art Applications of biometrics technologies Terry Hartmann, Vice President and Global Solution Manager Identification & Credentialing Unisys Virginia, USA	Brigadier General J.R.M.G. Laroche, OMM, MSC, CD General Commandant, Land Forces Quebec Area and Joint Task Force East, DND
11:15 - 11:50	Managing Combat Stress by Training in Immersive Virtual Environments Dr. François Bernier, Defence Scientist DRDC Valcartier, DND	Canada/US Collaboration on Visual Analytics for Command, Control and Interoperability Brian Fisher, Associate Professor School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University Surrey British Columbia, Canada	Improving Public Safety Interoperability: A Strategic Risk Management Issue Lance Valcour, Inspector Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group (CITIG) Canadian Police Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
11:55 - 12:30	Use of Virtual Environment in Support of Basic Submarine Qualification Guy Boulet, Instructional designer Navy e-Learning Center of Excellence, DND	Networks for Emergency Management Dr. Howard Schwartz, P. Eng., Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Interoperability Gilbert Coutu, Eng., Directeur des services de communications mobiles Direction générale des réseaux de télécommunications, Centre de services partagés du Québec Québec, Canada
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch Buffet Exhibition area tour Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
13:30 - 14:05	Multi-Agency Planning and Training; Leveraging Modelling and Simulation Chris DeJager, Manager of Programs Global Business Synergy CAE Professional Services Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	CBRNE Hazard Detection, Scene Mapping and Visualisation for First Response Dr. Piotr Jasiobedzki, Scientist MDA Space Missions Brampton, Ontario, Canada	Network Centric Operations Based on Standardized Model-Driven Architecture Dr. Richard Soley , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director Object Management Group, Inc / SOA Consortium Needham, Massachusetts, USA
14:10 - 14:45	An Analysis of Terrorism Risk Perception and Individual Response in the Canadian Context Jennifer Lee, E.C., Defence Scientist Center for Operational Research and Analysis (CORA), DRDC, DND	Information Management and Decision Support within a Joint Multi-National Multi-Agency Defense and Security Environment Dr. Éloi Bossé, Section Head C2 Decision Support System Section DRDC Valcartier, DND	Use of Open Standards to Deliver Information Interoperability and Protection Mike Abramson, President and CEO Advanced Systems Management Group (ASMG) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
14:50 - 15:25	The CrowdMAGS Project: Multi-Agent Geo-Simulation of Crowd and Control Forces in Conflict Situations Dr. Bernard Moulin, Full Professor Computer and software engineering Department Université Laval Québec, Canada	Interoperability more than Technology Gilles Clairoux , Senior Advisor, Project Management DMR, a Fujitsu Consulting Company (Canada) Inc. Montréal, Québec, Canada	Operation Intersect Susan O'Sullivan, Deputy Chief of Police Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
15:25 - 15:55	Break Exhibition area tour Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
15:55 - 16:30	CBRNE Defeat - Exercises and Lessons Learned Ted Sykes, Head of CBRNE S&T Chemical, Biological, Radiological-Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI) DRDC, DND	Chicoutimi River - Early Flood Warning System - Innovative technology and Constraints Michel Arès, Chief Executive Éconova Québec, Québec, Canada	Sharing Critical Information During Emergencies Don Williams, Vice President - Sales Black Coral Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

	THURSDAY OCTOBER 29, 2009 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
	Master of ceremony Dr. Guy Vézina, Director General DRDC Valcartier, DND
07:30 - 08:15	Networking breakfast Exhibition zone tour Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
Salle	Krieghoff-Borduas
08:15 - 08:45	Building a Strong Defence and Security Foundation: Government-Industry Relationship Dr. Robert Walker , Assistant Deputy Minister (Science and Technology) of the Department of National Defence and Chief Executive Officer of Defence R&D Canada, DND
08:45 - 09:15	CCTV System in the Metro of Mexico City Ivan Durán Zenil, Technical Coordinator Institutional Security Management of Mexico Public Transport System (Metro) Mexico
09:15 - 09:45	Cometitive Cluster Systém@tic Paris-Région: missions and activities of Security Defense Working Group Jean-Marc Suchier, Vice President System@tic Paris Direction R&T, Business Development SAGEM Sécurité France
09:45 - 10:15	Break Exhibition zone tour Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
Salles	Krieghoff	Borduas
	Master of Ceremony Alain Fecteau, Chief Executive Officer Technopôle Defence and Security	Master of ceremony Richard Delagrave, Deputy Director General DRDC Valcartier, DND
10h15 - 10h45	Optimizing Industry Participation in Public Security S & T Dr. Mark Williamson, Deputy Director General Center for Security Science (CSS), DRDC, DND	Opportunities to Employ Technology in Business Resiliency Bill Hastings, Elliot Consulting Services Inc. Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Specialists Florida, USA
10:45 - 11:15	New Challenges and Solutions in Combating Today's Wildfire Threats Theresa "Tracy" Jarman, retired Fire Chief San Diego Fire-Rescue Department California, USA	Soldier Systems Technology Roadmap LCol Mike Bodner, Director Science & Technology (Land) 2 DRDC Geoffrey Nimmo, Senior Innovation Adv and Team Leader, Industrial Competitiveness Policy Directorate, Industry Canada
11:15 - 11:45	Adventures in US Government Contracting Eric Jenkusky, Program Director - Disaster/Counter-Terrorism Preparedness Special Projects Special Applications (SPSA) Tactical & Survival Specialties, Inc. Virginia, USA	Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) Marc Quintin, PEng., Industrial Technology Advisor National Research Council Canada (NRC-IRAP)
11:45 - 12:15	The Technology Integration Centre: a Strategic Solution to Enhance Security Capabilities Alain Fecteau, Chief Executive Officer Technopôle Defence and Security	ISTC - A Driver of Innovation and Partenering in Russia, Georgia and Commonwealth of Independent States Leo Owsiacki, Deputy Executive Director (Canada) International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Global Security and Strategic Planning Department Moscow, Russia
Salle	Montcalm
12:15 - 14:00	The Next Generation of Defense Games: Some Thoughts... Ben Sawyer, Co-founder of Digitalmill, a games consulting firm Portland, Maine, USA

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Program

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Registration

Master of ceremony

Registration

Official Opening

STRATEGIC ISSUES

Break

Lunch Buffet

LESSONS LEARNED

Break

Cocktail

Banquet Dinner

PREPARATION AND TRAINING

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

INTEROPERABILITY

Master of ceremony

Master of ceremony

Master of ceremony

Opening

Opening

Opening

Break

Lunch Buffet

Break

Master of ceremony

Networking breakfast

Break

Master of Ceremony

Master of ceremony