Local Hotels:
NOTE: The All Hazards Consortium has reserved a limited number of rooms for 2 nights (1/25 and 1/26) at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown until Friday December 30, 2016. Reservations: (215) 625-2900.
Local Airport & Train Station:
General Information:
You are invited to attend the 5th Annual Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group (FRWG) Meeting at PECO Headquarters in Philadelphia, PA on Wednesday, January 27, 2017 from 8:00am to 2:00pm ET.
About the Meeting:
This regional integrated planning meeting is the annual gathering of operations professionals in industry and government (local, state and federal) who use the All Hazards Consortium’s Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group(FRWG) as a trusted planning and information sharing framework to work together to address regional security, disaster and business continuity related operational issues.
From across the United State and Canada, operational leaders in the electric, food, fuel, finance, retail, telecommunications, transportation, chemical, medical and other lifeline sectors come together with local, state and federal disaster response professionals to review the past year’s progress on initiatives, work on current issues, review solutions under development and set new objectives for the coming year.
Jan 27 Topics:
This year's meeting will feature a luncheon keynote speaker, FRWG announcements, and several facilitated panel sessions with public and private sector professionals discussing four key topic areas:
Jan 27 Attendees:
Attendees for this meeting include public and private sector operations professionals who:
Jan 27 Meeting Schedule (more details to follow)
TIME |
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS |
7:30am |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION |
8:00am |
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Opening Remarks - Eric Helt, VP Electric Operations, PECO Energy, Exelon FRWG Welcome - John Shaner, Chair of Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group Why We Here? – Tom Moran, Executive Director, All Hazards Consortium |
8:30am |
Brief Out on FRWG / Fusion Center Meeting (Jan 25) followed by w/Networking Description: This session will provide a briefing from the results of the Jan 25, 2017 meeting between several regional fusion centers and the leadership of the FRWG regarding sensitive information sharing. Topics will cover both the public and private sector’s perspectives on the meeting, the information discussed, gaps & opportunities to better organize and sharing sensitive information during “disaster response” situations and general day-to-day threat reporting; the value to each group; and where they see this important initiative going in 2017. To learn more about Fusion Centers, visit https://nfcausa.org/ Speakers:
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9:00am |
POST HURRICANE MATTHEW DISCUSSION PANEL – PUBLIC SECTOR Description: This session will focus on the PUBLIC SECTOR’s lessons learned from Hurricane MATTHEW. Specifically, the panel will discuss challenges they faced internally within their organization and with other government entities and states within the region; the unexpected issues that arose and how they were addressed; any unique approaches or solutions that proved effective in the response effort; information sharing efforts with the private sector, other states and FEMA; and recommendation to the Fleet Response Working Group for possible enhancements or improvements. Moderator: Chas Eby, Branch Manager for External Outreach, Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Panelists:
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10:00am |
LIGHTNING ROUND – PROJECTS, INITIATIVES, & TECHNOLOGIES Description: This session will feature multiple 5 minute briefs following by a general break to allow for more detailed discussions with presenters. OPERATIONS: Drones/UAS Usage During Hurricane Matthew Tom Gwaltney, Florida Power & Light (FP&L) PLANNING/EXERCISE: Public/Private Exercises w/Critical Infrastructure Owners/Operators Dan Stoneking, Director, External Affairs, FEMA Region III INFORMATION SHARING: Improving Decision Making w/Better Data Erin Robinson, Earth Science Information Partnership Federation (ESIP) TECHNOLOGY: Visual Collaboration of Information w/ GeoCollaborate Technology Dave Jones, CEO, StormCenter Communications |
10:30am |
POST HURRICANE MATTHEW DISCUSSION PANEL – PRIVATE SECTOR Description: This session will focus on the PRIVATE SECTOR’s lessons learned from Hurricane MATTHEW. Specifically, the panel will discuss challenges they faced internally within their sector and with government; the unexpected issues that arose and how they were addressed; any unique solutions that proved effective; information sharing efforts with their supply chains and government; re-entry issues into impacted areas; and recommendation to the Fleet Response Working Group for possible enhancements or improvements. Moderator: Charissa Copper, Private Sector Liaison/NCR Planner, Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Panelists:
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11:30am |
Brief Out on 3DM (Data Driven Decision Making) Mtg (Jan 26) followed by w/Networking Description: This session will provide a briefing from the results of the Jan 25, 2017 meeting between several regional fusion centers and the leadership of the FRWG regarding sensitive information sharing. Topics will cover both the public and private sector’s perspectives on the meeting, the information discussed, gaps & opportunities to better organize and sharing sensitive information during “disaster response” situations and general day-to-day threat reporting; the value to each group; and where they see this important initiative going in 2017 Speakers:
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12:00pm |
LUNCH Overview: This session will provide a briefing on the public and private sector challenges, problems, and innovations associated with the security and management of the 2017 Presidential Inauguration in Washington, DC. An overview will be provided on the planning processes, the parties involved, the obstacles encountered, the challenges faced, the innovations creates to support this unique nationwide event. Guest Speakers:
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12:45pm |
LIGHTNING ROUND – PROJECTS, INITIATIVES, & TECHNOLOGIES Description: This session will feature multiple 5 minute briefs following by a general break to allow for more detailed discussions with presenters. OPERATIONS: Regional Mutual Assistance Group Update Glen Aichinger - National Grid / North Atlantic Regional Mutual Assistance Group PLANNING/EXERCISE: FEMA Ext Power Outage Annex Planning Matt Wiedermer, Planner, Power Outage Incident Annex (POIA), FEMA Region III INFORMATION SHARING: DHS IP National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) Challenge Grant Jay Robinson – DHS NPPD Infrastructure Protection TECHNOLOGY: The SISE (Sensitive Information Sharing Environment) Dashboard/Portal Tom Burgoon – Skyline Technology Solutions |
1:15pm |
FRWG ANNUAL SUMMARY/REPORT Annual Review & 2017 Objectives Description: This session will provide the attendees with discussion on the objective for the annual meeting; a recap of 2016; discussion/agreement of the 2017 goals and objectives; and new initiatives for the FRWG. |
1:30pm |
TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES / PROJECTS Description: This session will provide for a brief and discussion around the FRWG’s technologies and information sharing capabilities and services for 2017 as well as a peak into future offerings under development by the FRWG. |
1:45pm |
2017 WORK PLAN / NEXT STEPS |
2:00pm |
ADJOURN |
If you have any questions, please email us at info@fleetresponse.org.
We look forward to having you participate in this important event.
Sincerely,