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Seminar Theaters are some of the most prominent features of The Natural Disaster Expo. With over 200 seminars expected to be delivered at the event, attendees can discover valuable insights and industry knowledge on what’s been happening in disaster prep, management, and recovery to advance their professional capabilities.
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Monday
10.15 - 10.45
Brittany Zajic
Planet LabsHow Planet Imagery Aids Local, State and Federal Emergency Management
From flooding to wildfires, and drought to landslides, Planet’s daily, global monitoring serves as a critical information source, enabling emergency management professionals to act precisely and quickly. To help mitigate these ever-present disasters, federal, state, and local government agencies are turning to new technologies, including high-frequency and high-resolution data from Planet’s constellations of satellites.
11.00 - 11.30
Shaun J. Stirland
Lion EnergyHow to have power where and when you need it.
Before, during and after a disaster, power is essential for survival and wellbeing. It’s needed for providing the essentials: communications, lights, heat, security and even comfort. So, how do you ensure you have adequate power where and when you need it? We’ll discuss solutions from small handheld power devices, to portable solar generators, and whole home and company energy storage systems. Don’t get caught without power.
11.45 - 12.15
Ryan Rossi
FoldumRapidly Deployable Housing
Our vision to build a strategic housing supply network for disasters, available to insurance companies, governments, and individuals.
12.30 - 13.00
Ed Carroll
Tomorrow.ioA Good Forecast Isn’t Enough: The Power of Weather Intelligence
Over the last decade weather models have made incremental improvements in accuracy. The question now becomes, can the age of AI, Machine Learning, and IoT harness the chaos of the atmosphere to vastly improve outcomes? You will learn how Tomorrow.io is focusing its research and development on earth and in space to create better operational decision making tools at a hyper-local level, in real time, and at scale.
13.15 - 13.45
Harvey V. Cohen, Esq.
Cohen Law GroupKnow Your Property Owner Rights Before a Natural Disaster Strikes
Learn proven strategies and gain legal insights that will insure success in restoring your communities when Natural Disaster strikes to maximize recovery. Discuss the vital elements necessary to navigate the filing and proper management of an insurance claim. Provide proven process to overcome tactics that maybe used to stall, underpay or deny your claims. Review your coverage; your rights; your contractors; your legal counsel; your role in successfully executing a recovery for your community.
14.00 - 14.30
Sam Bates
UltraTech International, Inc.Sandless Sandbags: Traditional Sandbag Capability without the Traditional Sandbag Hassle.
See a demonstration of a sandless sandbag and learn the advantages of using them instead of standard sandbags or other traditional flood control measures.
14.45 - 15.15
Dan Stout
Tactical Medical SolutionsPreparing Your Community for Mass Casualty Incidents
Whether it’s an active shooter scenario or a devastatingly powerful hurricane that sweeps across an entire state, medical resources in your community can quickly become overwhelmed when large amounts of casualties are present at once. By developing an integrated emergency response strategy through equipment resources and training, you can help empower local civilians, first responders, and medical professionals to become immediate responders during mass casualty scenarios to minimize loss.
15.30 - 16.00
Larry J. Bond
WrapRoofSecuring Projects When Materials Are Not Available
With material shortages and delays, it is important to quickly secure properties with a solution that works. In this seminar, we will show the quickest and most effective ways to secure projects while waiting for materials to arrive.
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Tuesday
10.15 - 10.45
Richard W. Hoffmann, Sr.
HFT Fire and Rescue Tech. and Equip., LLC.Fight FIRE! …not the HOSE! – Technology to Take the HEAT!™
An inquiry into how http://ToMakeADifferenceForOthers.org: To re-evaluate hose deployment methodologies to ensure crews can protect themselves with their attack lines; within feet of their apparatus; within seconds; with NO KINKS EVER! To teach any driver/operator how to calculate TOTAL (Wildland Fire) Engine Pressure to “produce an effective fire stream” “at the rated flow of the nozzle” and consider how homeowners and business owners can exponentially improve both firefighter and http://FireAndLifeSafety.org.
11.00 - 11.30
Don Berchoff
TruWeather Solutions, IncUAS Weather Resiliency and Predictability in Support of Natural Disasters
Current weather products do not adequately capture cloud heights, visibility, and wind above-ground-level. Building a disciplined weather culture will ensure readiness when BVLOS operations become more routine. This presentation will provide insight into what you should consider in future budget planning and in developing a weather resilient UAS program. Better pre-staged drone assets before a natural disaster will enable more efficient and effective mission accomplishment.
11.45 - 12.15
Dion Luzzi
Servpro of Lower East Side Downtown ManhattanThe In’s-And-Out’s of Flood Prevention and Restoration
Here at Servpro we provide professional recovery & clean up services in a variety of scenarios including; fire damage; burst pipes/internal flooding; natural disasters, man-made disasters, aging/rot/structurally unsound structures and more!
12.30 - 13.00
Daniella Gruenthal
Domes for HumanityThinking Outside The Box: Going Beyond Shelter to Enable Resilient Communities
Design can either hurt or heal. Frequent and massive natural disasters are happening globally, increasing infrastructure problems for communities that lack sustainable housing and shelter solutions. Daniella will share how post-disaster reconstruction for climate adaptation is not only about building safer homes and shelters, but how working together with affected communities themselves will improve local capacities and economies long-term– creating true sustainability for survivors and mitigating loss of lives and livelihoods.
13.15 - 13.45
Mark Hodgson
Kersia, Inc.Safe Drinking Water In a Natural Disaster
In almost any natural disaster the availability of safe drinking water is curtailed, water is either unavailable or unsafe. This talk will look at some of the ways that drinking water can be provided to survivors without the need to ship large volumes of bottled water over long distances.
14.00 - 14.30
Jonathan D. Washko
Oxygenium LtdProviding Oxygen in Austere Environments – Challenge Accepted
Access to large quantities of high-flow, medical-grade oxygen in austere environments, such as natural disaster sites, is a well-known problem in the world of emergency medicine. Since traditional oxygen cylinders are combustible and have limited quantity, and concentrators have massive power requirements and provide only low-flow oxygen, there has yet to be a good solution. Oxygenium, however, fills in the gaps where traditional products fail.
14.45 - 15.15
Steve Lee
AstrosatSustainable Concepts for HADR – Is it Possible?
Is it possible to provide commercially sustained HADR solutions? Founder and CEO of space solutions pioneer Astrosat, will share his company’s experience at the forefront of delivering innovation in this field. Steve will also share a concept of sustainability with the aim of solving a major challenge that many relief endeavors are still facing.
15.30 - 16.00
Tom Spalj
DRIPS, LLC/BigBagsUSARapid Deployed Barrier Systems – Advantages/Disadvantages of Various Commercial Products in Today’s Market.
A comparison of widely used temporary barriers used for shoreline stabilization. Flood protection, water diversions & perimeter protection from high water events & storm surge.
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