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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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Wednesday
11.00 - 11.30
Álvaro Velasco
SkyAlertHow to start integrating Earthquake Early Warning into our lives?
Earthquake Early Warning can save lives and reduce injuries; it also protects infrastructure by triggering automated actions, such as slowing trains, opening gates for first responders, closing gas valves, among many indispensable use cases. But with so many critical possibilities, WHERE TO START? We will teach how to assess your own earthquake risk, and how to integrate EEW to maximize the benefits of this life-saving technology into your life, business, and community.
11.45 - 12.15
David J. Furtado
Furtado Law PCNavigating Natural Disasters As The New Normal Through the Lens of Litigation
As catastrophic occurrences become the new normal, insurance companies are canceling policies, dropping coverage and denying more claims than ever before. The landscape of insurance claims and insurance litigation is changing, leaving property owners, contractors and businesses more vulnerable and unprotected in collecting on insurance claims than ever before. Is your company ready to navigate the changes and uncertainty that lie ahead?
12.30 - 13.00
Jamil Soucar - Day 1 Seminar
Arc & Line, LLCHow to avoid Construction claims and litigation
99% of construction projects will have disputes. The difference is how to handle them and avoid them. Having 39 years experience in managing construction projects and as an expert witness to construction attorneys, I have noticed that costly litigation could have been avoided. Join us to learn about the most common mistakes that lead to litigation and how to avoid them.
13.15 - 13.45
Geo Murickan
Pioneer Power Mobilitye-Boost Provides Off-Grid Emergency Charging & Back-Up Power
Government agencies and utilities are more concerned than ever about the adverse impacts of weather on the grid. During blackouts, or brownouts, e-Boost can provide emergency charging independent of the grid providing the back-up power to keep essential services running. e-Boost provides continuity in operations, and fast charging for the increasing numbers of e-Vehicles. By off-loading these services, communities and utilities can focus on the highest priorities during disaster recovery.
14.00 - 14.30
Lee Feliciano
New Use Energy Solutions, IncUsing Solar Generators for Emergency Management
Solar panel and battery technology have evolved to the point where mobile solar systems are viable replacements for traditional gas and diesel generators. Learn about the pros/ cons and case studies on how solar generators are used in disaster relief and recovery operations.
14.45 - 15.15
Trevor Malecha
Innovative Power TechnologiesNatural Disaster Relief Mobile Waste to Energy System
Natural Disaster Relief Response Readiness is essential for our ability to react, recover, and resume following a catastrophic event. Answering the call to cleanup debris, provide energy, rebuild infrastructure, and mitigate immediate and long-term negative impact following the event are essential to a full recovery. Learn how The CN2020 Natural Disaster Relief Mobile Waste-to-Energy System answers that call, providing instant solutions for those recovering from these events.
15.30 - 16.00
Bryce Jones
Flash ForestPost-W ldfire Rapid Response: Drone Reforestation with Flash Forest
Wildfires are increasing in size and severity, yet tree planting is limited to manpower, bags and shovels. Flash Forest, a Canadian drone-reforestation company, brings scalable solutions to reforestation using UAVs, automation and AI. Flash Forest is a rapid post-wildfire responder and they’re bringing their solution to the Pacific Northwest.
16.15 - 16.45
Deepa Srinivasan
Vision Planning and ConsultingSmart Knowledge Management Systems – A futuristic approach to Emergency Management
Emergency Management and other departments face several organizational obstacles in effectively integrating plans and managing documents. Through a futuristic approach, this presentation demonstrates a Smart Emergency Management application to address organizational barriers by exploring: Knowledge management - an alternative to file management, a Custom-built Emergency Management taxonomy or database, and Improving efficiency through workflow assignments, leaving Planners and Emergency Managers with more time each day to effectively do their jobs.
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Thursday
11.00 - 11.30
Chris Roller
Genasys, Inc.Alerting and Planning: Technology Today
The Seminar will discuss the latest technologies available providing first responders the capability to simplify/unify tools to plan, train and execute evacuations. The seminar will briefly touch on the issues and solution regarding the last mile of communication from the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004, the 3/11 Japan Tsunami and fast forward to today how unifying technologies can be used for all hazards that include fires, floods and current man-made risks both domestic and international. A use case will be provided from 2022 regarding how quickly an emergency manager implemented a phased evacuation in Southern California and what are emergency managers buying today.
11.45 - 12.15
John Olin
FirestadFirestad - Putting out the fire before it starts
Firestad is seeking contracts from insurance companies, government agencies and homebuilders to install our system on both homes and commercial buildings. Firestad is patent pending and we want to raise awareness about how our system can protect and save homes, it’s like having a fireman onsite 24/7. We are looking to expand by putting Firestad on all homes in new communities along with homes that have been destroyed by wildfires.
12.30 - 13.00
Sri Ramaswamy
Charlee.aiFoundational A.I. for Better Disaster Claims Management
This seminar is co-hosted by John Standish Artificial intelligence is everywhere in our lives. For example, the next generation of A.I. solutions will bring an intelligent machine into the business process to mitigate severity and litigation and manage workflows. Time and data insights are everything to reduce severity and litigation! We will present a use case illustrating the advancement of A.I., machine learning, and natural language processing.
12.30 - 13.00
John Standish
Charlee.aiFoundational A.I. for Better Disaster Claims Management
This seminar is co-hosted by Sri Ramaswamy Artificial intelligence is everywhere in our lives. For example, the next generation of A.I. solutions will bring an intelligent machine into the business process to mitigate severity and litigation and manage workflows. Time and data insights are everything to reduce severity and litigation! We will present a use case illustrating the advancement of A.I., machine learning, and natural language processing.
13.15 - 13.45
Jason Kass
Toilets for PeopleResilient Toilets for Natural Disaster Situations
In the wake of a natural disaster, we focus on providing survivors with basic needs first - on top of this list are water, food and shelter. A conspicuous need, not on this list, is access to a safe, hygienic toilet. In this presentation, we will discuss what are some off-the-shelf, resilient toilet options that can be stockpiled and rapidly deployed for use by first responders as well as survivors.
14.00 - 14.30
Paul Wilcox
Creative Tent InternationalProven tactical solutions transition to emergency response.
Discussion will include how large span structures currently in use by the US military can be beneficial for emergency preparedness/response. The atmospheric water generator (AWG), low energy solution that provides safe drinking water in emergency situations when logistics are a heavy burden or not possible. General short/long term tactical solutions that would provide life sustaining capability during an emergency. Solutions such as, showers, laundry, and a dry environment for sleeping.
14.45 - 15.15
Joffrey Starcher
TEXA USAImpacts of predictive diagnostics and downtime reduction when disaster strikes
We will review how predictive diagnostics can prepare the most diverse fleets to be ready for emergency response. TEXA IDC5 software handles all vehicles deployed when an emergency calls. With one tool, coverage extends to passenger cars, heavy-duty trucks, off-highway, ATVs/UTVs, industrial engines, generators, and marine. Reduce downtime featuring numerous bi-directional and remote capabilities.
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