Conference Program

Tentative Program: 12/5/2007

Tentative Schedule of Panels
Thursday, January 10		Friday, January 11
8:50am - 9:30am	Staff Set-up	8:50am - 10:20am	Panels 7 and 8
9:30am -10:20am	Registration Opens	8:50am - 10:20am	Panels 7 and 8
10:30am - Noon	Panels 1 and 2	10:30am - Noon	Panels 9 and 10
12:10pm - 1:10pm	Lunch: Board of Directors Presentation	12:10pm - 1:10pm	Lunch: Demonstrations and Exercises
1:20pm - 2:50pm	Panels 3 and 4	1:20pm - 2:50pm	Panels 11 and 12
3:00pm - 4:30pm	Panels 5 and 6	3:00pm-4:00pm	Panel 13: Concluding panel
4:40pm - 5:30pm	Interest group meetings

Sessions on Thursday, January 10

Panel 1: [reserved for Thursday morning] Psychiatric Casualties of Disaster

Convener: University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Life Sciences

Panel is being assembled. Will focus on current concepts and treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder, and factors that interfere with the ability of health care providers and first responders to implement disaster protocols.

Panel 2: Border Security and Identification Systems

Convener: Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
University at Albany

Owen McShane, Director of Investigations, NYS Department of Motor Vehicles, and University at Albany, “The Impacts of Terrorism on Drivers License Issuance”
Clayton Kolb, New York State Office of Homeland Security and University at Albany, “The Real ID Act”
C.J. Chang, Special Agent, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; and Rutgers University, Newark, “Trade Facilitation and Border Security: NYC in Global Perspective”

Lunch: Report by ProtectNY Board, Speech by ProtectNY President or Special Guest

Panel 3, [Reserved for Thursday Afternoon] Bridging the Divide: Academic Institutions & Law Enforcement Agencies

Convener: Stony Brook University

Our nation faces significant challenges posed by terrorism, weapons proliferation, human trafficking, the narcotics trade, and transnational crime. Cybercriminals pose threats to computer networks. Intellectual property under development at university research centers is increasingly at risk. Meeting such threats requires closer ties between the academic and law enforcement communities, two cultures not always perceived to be natural partners. Can these cultures cooperate more effectively? Panelists will suggest ways in which we might begin to meet the challenge and engage in a discussion with audience participation.

Preston L. Felton, Acting Superintendent, New York State Police
Robert Stafford, Inspector, Stony Brook University Police
Thomas Mahlik, Section Chief, Domain Section, Counterintelligence Division, FBI Headquarters (invited)
Mark White, Deputy Chief, Suffolk County Police Department
Stony Brook University Forum on Global Security, Stony Brook University

Panel 4, Medical Surge Capacity during Disaster

Convener: Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Katherine Uraneck MD NYC Dept. of OHMH: “Overview of City Plan”
Brian Wright MD SUNY: “Emergency Medicine: Equipment Needs and Solutions”
Helen Stuz DO SUNY: "Critical Care Staffing Needs and Solutions”
Judith Ahronheim MD NYIAHP: “ Geriatric Needs and Solutions”
George Foltin MD New York University: “Pediatric Needs and Solutions”

Panel 5, Education and Training for All-Hazard Events

Convener: Schenectady County Community College

Metropolitan College of New York: “The Second Generation of Emergency Management Degree Programs: Professionalism and an Emerging Academic Discipline."
The College of Saint Rose, "The Role of Student Interns in Emergency Planning and Disaster Relief"
SUNY Schenectady County Community College: "Center for Excellence in Education - First Responder Safety Training (CEE-FiRST): Regionalizing Homeland Security and Public Safety Training in New York State"
New York State Association of Fire Chiefs: "Leveraging Need, Education, and Legislation: The Case Study of Volunteer Firefighters"
Jim Savitt, Empire State College, “Educating Emergency and Fire Managers: Where There’s Smoke, There’s More Than Fire”

Discussants:

Harry Buffardi, Schenectady County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff
Heidi DeBlock, St. Clare's Hospital, Emergency Medical Physician
Richard Kasko, Scotia Fire Department, Chief

Panel 6: [Reserved for afternoon, either Thursday or Friday]: Transportation Security in New York

Convener: University at Buffalo

New York State Department of Transportation: “Pedestrian Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management of Mass Evacuations on Foot: State-of-the-Art, and Best Practices”
Zhigang Zhu, City College of New York; Fan Yang, City College of New York; Cynthia Chen, City College of New York: “What Can We Do With an Airborne Camera for Security and Planning of Urban Transportation”
Harvey Molotch, New York University; Noah McClain, New York University: “The Promise and Pitfalls of Worker Vigilance in the Subway: Preliminary Findings”
Norman Groner, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Robert Till, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, “Designing Complex Subway Emergency Response Systems Using Desirable Systems States”
Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, Hunter College; Ann E. Wittig, City College of New York, “Transport and Dispersion of Threat Agents in a Scale Model of a Subway Station”
New York University, and Jeffrey S. Simonoff, New York University: “Transportation Density and Opportunities for Expediting Recovery to Promote Security”

Sessions on Friday, January 11

Panel 7: Ethical and Policy Issues in Disaster Preparedness

Convener: Division of Humanities in Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Center for Humans and Nature: “Disaster-Preparedness and Public Health”
University of Colorado at Denver and Justin Hollander, Tufts University: "Security Zones and Lower Manhattan's Shrinking Public Space"
Tentative—Invited and unconfirmed: Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University: Tentative: "Are We Ready?: Public Health since 9/11"
Division of Humanities in Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center; and Employee Assistance Program, SUNY Downstate Medical Center: "Professional Roles and Responsibilities of First Responders in the Era of Terrorism: Oral Histories of First Responders to the WTC on 9/11"

Panel 8: Security Technologies: Prospects, Possibilities, and Problems.

Convener: Farmingdale State College, SUNY

A technological evolution has led to the development of new sensors and systems that are capable of performing many previously unheard of protective functions. This panel will explore the technology, its applications as well as its effects on people, places, and things.

Tino Posillico, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, “Critical Convergence in New York Protection: Integration of Logical and Physical Security”
Matthew A. Hidek, Syracuse University, “ Networked Security in the City – A Call to Action for Planners”
John Kostanoski, TBA

Panel 9: Emergency Logistics

Convener: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University at Albany, Center for Technology in Government, Tentative title: “The Telecommunications Incident Response Framework in New York State.”
University at Buffalo [and Philip Hancock?]: "Hyper-Projects and Emergent Logistics: Characterizing the Managerial Challenges of Emergency Response"
(Presenting author), University at Buffalo, University at Buffalo: “New York City’s Healthcare Transportation During Disaster: A Preparedness Framework for a Wicked Problem”
and : “Emergency Logistics Issues Impacting the Response to Katrina: A Synthesis and Preliminary Suggestions for Improvement”
and : “An analysis of the temporal distribution of requests for critical supplies after Hurricane"

Panel 10: Radiation Emergencies: Threat, Response, and Consequences

Convener: Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate, Kings County Hospital Center

Scott Phelps, Emergency and Disaster Management Program, Metropolitan College of New York, Tentative: “Risks of a Dirty Bomb Attack on New York City/Threats to Indian Point/ Economic Consequences of a Dirty Bomb in New York City"
Joe DeFranco, Department of Health, Office of Radiological Health, Tentative: “Radiation Hot Spots in New York City/Radiation Detection and Response”
Steve Becker, Department of Environmental Health Science, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Tentative: “Psychosocial Effects of a Radiation Event, With Special Reference to Needs of Children”
Kate Uraneck, Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program, New York City Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene/ or Curt Dill, Emergency Medicine, VA New York Harbor Hospital System, “Hospital-based Preparedness for Radiation Emergencies”
Tentative: Chris Marshall, Radiology, Bellevue Hospital Center, NYU Medical Center, New York Harbor Hospital System, TBA
“Katrina"

Lunch
Presentations and Exercises

Deputy Director-Preparedness, New York State Emergency Management Office: “An Innovative State-wide Public Alerting System, in Partnership with SUNY”
University at Albany, National Center for Security and Preparedness: “A Campus Preparedness Exercise”

Panel 11: Behavioral Approaches to Security

Convener: University at Buffalo, Dept of Communication

University at Buffalo, Dept of Communication: “Detecting Deception and Emotion in Police Officers”
[Tentative] Massachusetts State Police: “Creating Airport Security”
University at Buffalo, Center for Uniform Biometrics and Sensors: “Biometrics and Behavior “
University at Buffalo, Dept of Communication: possible presentations:
- “Signs and Signals Associated with Hostile Intent “
- “Technological Approaches to Detecting Malfeasant Behaviors”
- “Training to Detect Subtle Signs of Hostile Intent”

Panel 12: [Reserved for either afternoon] Securing Critical Infrastructures in New York State: Directions for Research and Application

Convener: University at Buffalo

New York University: “Research Directions for Analytical Tools to Portray and Monitor Infrastructure Vulnerability for Resource Allocation”
Weidlinger and Associates: "Building Security: A Multi-Disciplinary Affair"
(Presenting Author), University of Delaware; William Wallace, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: “Restoration of Services in Interdependent Infrastructure Systems”
University at Buffalo: “Multi-hazard Resilience of Infrastructure”

Concluding Session Overview: New York Risks, Threats, and Policy Options/or Urban Terrorism: What's there to be Afraid Of?

Convener: Stony Brook University

[Tentative: ] Harvey Molotch, NYU
Stony Brook Univesity, TBA
School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville: “Terrorism’s Toll: The Open City and Its Spaces. “
University at Buffalo: “What is the Risk of Terrorism in New York City?”

Miscellaneous Proposals--Not Assigned to Any Panel

Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Program, Bureau of Communicable Diseases, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: “National Incident Management System (NIMS), Practical Solutions for Compliance” [emergency preparedness coordinators working directly in hospitals and/or nationally recognized experts who may be attracted to the conference. I have currently worked with Yale New Haven’s expert Jonathan Best and representatives from some GNYHA member hospitals. I may wish to have them speak again in this venue. Office: 212-788-4228, Cell: 917-709-1501]

working on his masters thesis [college unknown] proposes “Preparedness as Recovery: Transforming Current Paradigms in Post- Disaster Redevelopment Planning” Research has shown that after a disaster, emergency or catastrophe, rapid return to normalcy is most beneficial to the long-term recovery of the citizenry. With the large amount of trauma involved in these incidents, the additional trauma of attempting to alter a survivor’s environment (i.e. community improvement, mitigation, redevelopment, etc.) has been shown to have a negative overall effect – especially on the mental and physical health of survivors. Catastrophic redevelopment planning done before the event that is community initiated, approved and enforced can help to overcome the challenges of the recovery phase of the disaster cycle. Member, Protect New York, 178 W. Houston Street, #12, New York, NY, 10014, 562-897-6677