Subject: Homeland Defense - LA, San Fran, Phila - April 03 New speakers R&D Opportunities

From: "David Dickson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:33:09 -0500

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Homeland Defense Training Conference

Forecast and Budget Outlook
And
Grants Workshops

With special tracks addressing...

* Forecast and Budget Outlook (All cities)
* Grants Workshop with expanded proposal tips and grants ID techniques (All cities)
* Bio-Terrorism (San Fran and Philadelphia)
* Corporate Risk Mitigation - Protecting the Directors and Officers (Los Angeles)
* R&D Business Opportunities (Los Angeles)

**** Speakers are listed below.  Call our Training Conference Hotline at 703-807-2027 for information about how to view the web site for this conference, on-line register and get additional information about other training conferences. ****

Dates and Locations:

April 3, 2003 - Omni Hotel, Los Angeles
April 8, 2003 - Hyatt Regency, San Francisco
April 10, 2003 - Philadelphia (Site to be announced)
 
Time: 7:00 AM Registration
Program Starts: 8:00 AM
Wrap-up: 5:00 PM
 
Continental Breakfast, Refreshments, Lunch included.
 
Conference Program will begin at 8:00 AM.

**** Hot line available:  To view the most current list of speakers, topics, hotel arrangements and how to register on-line, call our conference hot line at 703-807-2027.  This hot line is available 24 hours a day.

Budget and Outlook -- Morning Session

Federal agency and capital hill staff will present an overview of funding, budget, new legislation, plans for implementing homeland defense in 2003. Members of the new Department of Homeland Security have been invited. Names will be announced once confirmed.

Speakers include:

* FEMA
* EPA
* Department of Justice - FBI
* Department of Justice - Office of Domestic Preparedness
* National Guard - Civil Support Teams
* Army
* State Emergency Management Executives
* State Government Grants Managers
* Department of Health and Human Services
* Food and Drug Administration
* Department of Homeland Security - 
* Center for Disease Control

Grants Workshop -- Afternoon Session -- Track 1

The Grants Workshop will provide the attendee with important information about federal agency plans for over $3 billion in grants to first responders for training, communications and outfitting. Attendees will learn where the funding is located, how to obtain, win grants and how to survive the audit process.  Speakers will also address such subjects as writing grants, how grants are evaluated, key actions to undertake while preparing for release of the grant notice, how to prepare for the audit and compliance checks, and resources for tracking new grant releases.

All workshop attendees will be given a free copy of the Homeland Defense Grants Database -- a $395 value. 

Speakers include:

* First Responder Grants, FEMA 
* Justice Office of Domestic Preparedness Grants
* Michael Paddock, President, Grants Office LLC.  (Mr. Paddock will chair the Grants Workshop, proposal writing and grants opportunity identification workshop) 
* Stephen M. Sorett, Partner, Reed Smith, Washington, D.C. (Nationally recognized Grants law specialist) 
* Christopher L. Rissetto, Partner, Reed Smith, Washington, D.C. (Nationally recognized Grants law specialist)

Bio- Terrorism Response -- Afternoon Session -- Track 2  (San Francisco and Philadelphia only)

The speakers will represent DoD, federal and state agency personnel who will present agency plans, programs, new initiatives aimed at developing key technologies and products in support to homeland defense and homeland security as they relate to bio-terrorism. Opportunities to be covered include bio-technology, R&D and supporting technologies.  Case studies, best practices and lessons-learned will be featured.  Names will be posted at this web site when confirmed.  *** Call our Conference Information Hot Line at 703-807-2027 for more information.
 
Risk Minimization and Avoidance for Government and Corporate Executives -- Track Two  (Los Angeles)

This track will examine practical safeguards that should be considered by government and industry with respect to risk mitigation, continuity of operations, and business planning.  

Topics include:

* Vulnerability Assessments 
* Site Safety and Security 
* Facility Structural Evaluation 
* Blast, Explosion and Impact Analysis 
* Chemical, Biological and Radiological Threats 
* Facility Protection 
* Emergency Planning, Crisis Management and Crisis Recovery 
* Cyber Security 
 
About this conference

This administration will direct billions of dollars through federal and state agencies with the goal of improving America's ability to detect, respond, recover and reconstitute from terrorist attacks.  Many of these improvements will directly assist state and local leaders as they also respond to national disasters and major industrial accidents.

Funding will include pending funds from the First Responder Initiative now before congress.  This $3.5 billion dollar initiative will be focused at state and local needs for communications, emergency medical and first responders.  America's 3,000 counties and 18,000 cities all have varying needs and requirements based on infrastructure and threat.

This conference will examine the development of strategies, requirements, solutions and plans at the regional, state and local levels.  Federal agency support programs will also be examined.  

Other topics include:

* Report on federal and state grants to support homeland defense initiatives 
* Grants workshop with tips, tools, lessons-learned 
* Report from Capital Hill on pending legislation, funding and new programs 
* Federal agency reports on roles at regional, state and local levels 

Who Should Attend

* Regional, state and local emergency management executives and senior staff 
* Federal and DoD managers with an assigned mission in homeland defense 
* Industry executives with products and services that support homeland defense 
* Trainers and instructors in emergency response 
* State and local grants staff interested in updating their understanding of available grants and grants application techniques 

Exhibitors may include:

* IT security, command centers, database solutions, information sharing 
* Mobile communications 
* Perimeter security 
* Personnel security 
* Security planners and consultants 
* Outfitting emergency response teams 
* Federal systems integrators 
* Personal protective equipment 
* Bio-terrorism planning, response, and strategies
* ... and many others. 

What you will learn:

* What are the programs and funding sources and their outlook 
* New products in development and on the drawing boards 
* Special needs and requirements for outfitting 
* New initiatives being planned at the federal, state and local levels 
* The role of grants in funding local needs 
* Civil agency organization and planning 
* Legislative initiatives that are expected to determine new programs and funding sources 
* How to write your grants proposal 
* Strategies to prepare for grants audits and compliance checks. 

HEAR WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE TWO PREVIOUS TRAINING CONFERENCES IN THIS SERIES IN JAN AND FEB OF THIS YEAR...

-  Hi Don:  Your organization did a great job putting together the conference on Feb. 6 in Washington. 
J.S./Organizational and Grants Development
- Great job. Very substantive. High value. Thanks. (Federal agency division chief)
- MarketAccess has put together some of the best programs out there today. I found this Jan 2003 homeland conference substantive, diverse, and informative. (Pres. and CEO). 
- Networking opportunities were very useful. (County Admin. Officer) 
- A very well organized, professional program. (Vice president) 
- Excellent workshop. Diverse cross section of speakers. Workshop was organized in a very effective format. (County Sheriff )
- Filled with information that can be used by Sheriff's office. (Deputy Sheriff )
- Excellent staff and services. Presentations were clear and concise. Timetable kept very well. Excellent information presented on grants. (Chief of Police )
- Should be held annually. Very good information. (DoD Captain )
- Excellent conference. Met the objectives. (COO )
- Great location. Great job. Will recommend to others. (County IT Manager.)

About the Speakers

Michael Paddock
CEO
Grants Office, LLC

Michael Paddock has been in the business of grant seeking since 1993. A graduate of Syracuse University, he has consulted with dozens of organizations and municipalities in the Northeast US and the District of Columbia. He is an active member of the US Interagency Electronic Grants Committee's State and Local Subcommittee, and he helped found the New York State E-Grants Project, on which he serves as a convening member.

Christopher L. Rissetto

Partner, Government Contracts & Export Compliance Group

Christopher L. Rissetto practices in the areas of grants and infrastructure, including environmental law, government contracting, infrastructure development and appropriations legislation. His practice emphasizes the Clean Water Act, government contracts and other environmental law, such as Superfund, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and other public works legislation. Additionally, he counsels clients on transportation issues including the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1992 and other transportation grant programs, including the FAA.

Mr. Rissetto's practice involves representation of large and small municipal clients and private corporations. He is highly educated and informed in many areas, including Clean Water Act regulatory programs, including EPA construction grants audits, NPDES permit strategy, pretreatment, and enforcement defense, wetlands permitting by EPA and the Corps of Engineers, Superfund, hazardous waste cleanup contracting, and related procurement, bid protest, construction claims, suspension and debarment, legislation, and litigation. Mr. Rissetto also practices in grant programs of other agencies, including the U.S. Agriculture, Commerce and Justice Departments.
 
Stephen M. Sorett
Partner, Government Contracts Group

Stephen M. Sorett is an attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of Reed Smith who focuses on all phases of government contracting with an emphasis on outsourcing, privatization, and project finance transactions. For many years he has dealt with all aspects of the public contracting process at all levels of government, and his experience includes contract formation, administration, claims, and audit resolution; and in the past few years has worked extensively with companies and governments in the emerging field of electronic commerce including Business-to-Business and Business-to-Government transactions.

... Other speakers are being confirmed now.  Call our Conference Hot Line at 703-807-2027 to find out how to register on line, view the most current agenda and obtain information about the conference, hotel and topics.

SPONSORS

* The Law Firm of Reed Smith
* Symantec
* Alvarion Broadband Wireless
* Contingency Planning and Management On-Line
* Disaster Recovery Institute, International
* Homeland Defense Journal, Inc.
* INPUT
* Department of Transportation, TASC
* Wireless Communications Association, International 
* Grants Office, LLC
* NEXTEL
* Perseus Development Corporation
* Information Builders

***  Be a Sponsor -- Exhibitor to Showcase your Products and Services.  For information on how you can exhibit and participate as a sponsor, contact Cara Lombardi at 703-807-2743.

Registration Fee

* Industry Credit Card or Check in Advance $695
* Small business (Less than 100 people) $595
* Government Credit Card, Check, Training Form or Invoice $445 

Conference Registration Options

* Fax the Registration form at the end of this message to 703-807-2728.
* Call Parrish Knight at 703-807-2748
* Call our Training Conference Hot Line at 703-807-2027 and get instructions on how you can register on line, view the current list of speakers and agenda.

To request more information: Call 703-807-2748. 

Marketing, Conference Management and Production by:
Market*Access International, Inc.
(301) 455-5633

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Homeland Defense - Outlook and Grants Conference

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For more information about specific speakers and agendas, call our training conference hot line at 703-807-2027 or Parrish Knight at 703-807-2748.

*************** SPEAKER INFORMATION **************************

(All invited.  Most confirmed or confirming)

The (New) Department of Homeland Security, Wash. DC will send senior representative to speak at all conferences. (Confirmed)
The Department of Justice, Office of Domestic Preparedness, will have senior representative to speak at all conferences. (Confirmed)

April 3--Los Angeles 
Rear Admiral Stone, Director, J4 Logistics, NORTHCOM
John Carney, Manager, Pathogen Countermeasures Program, DARPA
Kate Henderson, Program Manager, ODP, US DOJ
Payton Smith, Manager, Public Sector Market Analysis Services, INPUT
Speaker TBD, Corning
Stan Z. Soloway, President, Professional Services Council
Speaker TBD, Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism
Rod Mateer, Partner, Deloitte & Touche
Jim D'Agostino, Reed Smith LLP
(R&D Keynote for Governement) Speakers TBD, Lawrence Livermore
Charles F. Cleland, Ph.D, Director, SBIR Program, USDA/CSREES
Clark Kelso, California State Chief Information Officer, Department of Finance, Technology Oversight & Security Unit 
Terry Hawkins, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Center For Homeland Security
Governor Gray Davis 
George Vinson, Special Advisor on California Security 
Senator Feinstein 
Congresswoman Jane Harman, Head of House Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security 
Speaker TBD, RISS
Nancy Ward, National Preparedness Director FEMA (Region 9
Steve Boranian, Reed Smith, Safety Act
Major Daniel Webber, Commander, 9th WMD CST
Larry Kessler, Head of FDA Labs, FDA
Alex Azar, DHHS
Laurene Mascola, Chief of Communicable Disease Control Program, County of LA Dept of Health Services
Franci Wise, Director of Acute Communicable Disease, Contra Costa County Dept of Public Health
Jayson Ahern, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, United States Customs
Bruce C. Thompson, Regional Administrator (Region IX), SBA
Dennis Pinkard, Assistant to the Director of Homeland Security at SPAWAR, Space and Naval Warfare Systems, U.S.
Alonza E. Cruse, District Director, Los Angeles District Office, FDA
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Michael Amado, Director of Emergency Services, Red Cross 
Bernard Wilson, Chief of Airport Police
* Other speakers being invited and confirmed... 

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April 8--San Francisco

Kathleen Steinle, Region X Program Manager , Office for Domestic Preparedness, US DOJ
Payton Smith, Manager, Public Sector Market Analysis Services, INPUT
Alan Chvotkin, Sr. VP./Counsel, Professional Services Council 
Speaker TBD, Speaker TBD, Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism 
Rod Mateer, Partner , Deloitte & Touche
Speaker TBD, Corning
Mayor Willie Brown, San Francisco
Jayson Ahern, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, United States Customs
Dennis Pinkard, Assistant to the Director of Homeland Security at SPAWAR, Space and Naval Warfare Systems, U.S.
Major Daniel Webber, Commander, 9th WMD CST 
Nancy Ward, National Preparedness Director, FEMA (Region 9)
Regional Administrator, FEMA (Region 9)
Dennis Linsley, District Director, San Francisco District Office , FDA
John Conte Director, Hospital and Infection Control, UCSF
* Other speakers being invited and confirmed...

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April 10--Philadelphia

Lt. Col Xavier Stewart, Commander, 3rd WMD CST, Pennsylvania National Guard
Mark Dozier, Program Manager, ODP, US DOJ
Speaker TBD, Office of Terrorism Preparedness & Emergency Response, Centers For Disease Control
Jay Keough, Vice President, Industrial Hygiene/Environmental Safety, BBL Inc.
Stan Soloway, President, Professional Services Council
Mr. Moshe Levy, Former Chief of Staff, Israeli Armed Froces, Safeguards Tech, Inc.
Dr. Harvey Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response, University of Pennsylvania
David Sanka, PA Emergency Management Agency
Jim D'Agostino, Reed Smith LLP
Rod Mateer, Partner, Deloitte & Touche
Mr. Sid Casperson, Director of the New Jersey Office of Counter-Terrorism 
The Honorable John Burzichelli, Assemblyman, Legislative District 3 of the State of New Jersey, Legislative Committee Member, Homeland Security & State Preparedness, Mayor of Paulsboro, New Jersey 
Dr. Penrose (Parney) Albright Assistant Director for Homeland and National Security in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Senior Director for Research and Development in the Office of Homeland Security of the Executive Office of the President 
Governor Edward G. Rendell 
Donald S. Welsh, Regional Administrator, Region 3, EPA
Mr. Jamie Turner, Director, Deleware Emergency Management
Patricia G. Arcuri, Acting Regional Director, FEMA, Region 3
Marilyn Cordell, NY State Office for Technology

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