Homeland Defense Training Conference®:

Medical Aspects of Consequence Management:

"Managing the Un-thinkable in the Era of Asymmetrical Threats”
Preparing Healthcare Professionals for New Challenges in the Medical Arena


February 24-25, 2005
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC

Conference will be held as scheduled regardless of inclement weather.

On-line registrations for this conference are now closed.
There are still a few seats available. To register, please bring the completed registration form and payment on-site to the registration desk.
(Please note that lunch is not available for on-site registrations).

Federal, state, local and private providers of medical services must now plan for their role in the consequence management mission, a mission where success will be heavily dependent on the ability of the medical community to create a seamless architecture of response and support across the operational continuum.The Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and Defense have taken a leadership role in the development of planning strategies to deal with a variety threats now facing our Nation, including those capable of producing catastrophic casualty events (CCEs).

Presented by leading experts through plenary sessions and three separate tracks, The Medical Aspects of Consequence Management Conference will bring together the leading experts in the field of medical planning and consequence management in order to help Federal, state, local and private stakeholders become better informed, and ultimately help shape their organization’s role in the medical consequence management mission.

The tracks are:

• Medical Management of Biological Casualties
• Medical Management of Chemical Casualties
• Medical Management of Radiological/Nuclear Casualties

• ABC Medical Reserve Corp, Physician
• American Medical Response, Executive Vice President of Government & National Services
• Aramsco, Sales Manager
• Area Health Education Center of SW Oregon, Regional Preparedness Coordinator
• Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Executive Medical Director, Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine
• Ben Taub General Hospital, Trauma Outcome Manager
• Biotech Systems, Inc., Marketing Assistant
• Booz Allen Hamilton, Associate
• California Department of Homeland Security, Chief of Epidemiology & Evaluation Section
• California State Emergency Medical Services Authority, Medical Doctor
• Centers for Disease Control, ORISE Fellow
• Center for Domestic Preparedness, WMD Instructor
• Christus St. Mary Hospital, Deputy Director of Emergency Response
• CIMERC, Chief Operating Officer
• DAIDP FDA, Director
• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Radiation Safety Officer
• DEEM (Division of Environmental & Emergency Management), MMRS Coordinator
• Department of Defense, Commander, 78th Medical Group
• Department of Health & Human Services, Chief of Diversity Branch
• Department of Health & Senior Services, Hospital Preparedness Coordinator
• Department of Labor/OSHA, Medical Officer
• EADS Germany, Medical Systems Specialist
• EAI Corporation, Executive Director
• EMS/TEW L.A. County EMS, Disaster Analyst
• FEMA/DHS, Acting Director of the Preparedness Division
• Fisher Safety, Marketing Manager
• Florida Department of Health, Director of Emergency Operations
• Force Health Protection, U.S. Air Force, Lt. Colonel & Chief
• Grayson County Health Department, Director
• Hartford Hospital, Regional Planning Coordinator
• HRSA/HSB/DHP, Senior Public Health Analyst
• ILC Dover, Homeland Security Manager
• Indiana Rural Health Association, Bioterrorism Coordinator
• Joint Requirements Office, Colonel, Medical Integrator
• Kentucky Department of Health, State Dental Director
• Kern Medical Center, Director of Pharmacy Services
• Los Alamos National Laboratory, Deputy Group Leader
• Maryland Department of the Environment, Radiological Health Program, Health Physicist
• Meridian Medical Technologies, Vice President of Homeland Security Pharmaceuticals
• Metro Public Health Department, Toxicologist
• NASA-JSC, Flight Surgeon
• NASA , Admin. Deputy for the Chief Health & Medical Officer
• Navy Drug Screening Laboratory, Lieutenant
• NBH PP HRSA/HSB/DHP, Chief
• NCIPC, Public Health Advisor-Mass Trauma, Emergency Preparedness
• New York State Department of Health, Assistant Director, Hospital Bioterrorism Program
• Noesis, Inc., Program Manager
• NORAD/USNORTHCOM, Commander
• North Atlantic Regional Medical, Homeland Security Coordinator
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Operations Planner II
• Office of Attending Physician, U.S. Capitol, Chemical & Biological Coordinator
• Oregon State University, Associate Professor of Public Health
• OshKosh Truck Corporation, Manager of Government & Homeland Security
• Pierce Manufacturing, VP of Sales, Government & Homeland Security
• Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs & Performance Improvement
• Safety Watch, Inc., President
• Sentara Healthcare, Manager of Emergency Department
• 16th Street Community Health, Chief Executive Officer
• St. Joseph Hospital, Emergency Department Medical Director and Chairman
• SUNY Upstate Medical University, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
• 3M, Business Development Manager
• Uniformed Services University, Chief of Academic Support Branch
• University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center of for Biopreparedness, Director of First Responder Education
• University of Puerto Rico, Professor of Health Sciences
• University of Tennessee, College of Nursing, Associate Professor
• U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine, Lieutenant Colonel
• U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Major
• U.S. Naval Medical Information Management Center, Executive Officer
• U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms, Executive Manager for Emergency Preparedness
• Virginia Department of Health, Medical Consultant
• Virus Defense Force, LLC, Director of Business Development
• and more!
  

Executive Steering Committee

The Executive Steering Committee develops the overall training conference strategy, provides guidance on key topics and speakers and provides overall advice with respect to the technology and its application in a management/decision-making environment.  The Executive Steering Committee for this conference includes:

• Robert Blitzer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• CDR Stewart Smith, MSC, USN, Chief of the Joint Regional Medical Planners, NORAD-USNORTHCOM
• CDR Pietro Marghella, MSC, USN, Director of Medical Contingency Operations, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• Dr. Nancy Mock, Program Director for the Complex Emergency and Disaster Management (CE/DM) Program, Tulane University School of Public Health
• Fadi Essmaeel M.D. CEM, Homeland Security Director, U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's Staff

Day One

7:30am-8:25am	Registration and Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
8:25am-8:35am	Opening Remarks by CDR Pietro Marghella, MSC, USN, Senior Medical Planner, Office of the Secretary of Defense * Introduction by Don W. Dickson, President, Market*Access International / Homeland Defense Journal
8:35am-9:30am	Keynote Presentation - Robert B. Stephan, Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security “Domestic Incident Management”
9:30am-10:15am	General Session - Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, Director of Health and Biodefense, The White House "The Role of the Federal Government in Catastrophic Mass Casualty Care" * Executive Introduction by Adam Christmann, Director, Consequence Management and Security, L-3 Government Services Inc.
10:15am-10:45am	Coffee Break in Exhibit Area
10:45am-11:30am	General Session - David Garratt, Acting Director, Preparedness Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA/DHS) “The Catastrophic Incident Supplement of the National Response Plan” * Executive Introduction by Adam Christmann, Director, Consequence Management and Security, L-3 Government Services Inc.
11:30am-12:15pm	General Session - CDR Stewart Smith, MSC, USN, Chief of the Joint Regional Medical Planners, NORAD-USNORTHCOM “USNORTHCOM’s Role in Domestic Medical Consequence Management Support” * Executive Introduction by Adam Christmann, Director, Consequence Management and Security, L-3 Government Services Inc.
12:15pm-1:30pm	Networking Lunch, Sponsored by Homeland Defense Journal
1:30pm-4:30pm *includes 15 min break	3 Concurrent Track Sessions:
		TRACK A - Medical Management of Biological Casualties Presenters Include:: Dr. Edward Eitzen, COL, MC, USA (Ret.), Senior Medical Advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, "Introduction to the Threat of Bioterrorism" Dr. Robert Darling, MC, USN, Director, Navy Medicine Office of Homeland Security Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, "Medical Management of Key Biological Threat Agents - Anthrax, Smallpox, Botulinum toxins, and Plague"   Dr. Randy Culpepper, MC (FS), USN, Senior Preventive Medicine Consultant, The Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center (AFMIC), Defense Intelligence Agency, "Bioterrorism - Putting it All Together - Case Presentations and Discussion"
		TRACK B - Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Moderated by: Dr. Charles G. Hurst, COL (ret.), Chief, Chemical Casualty Care Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) Guest Speakers Include: COL James M. Madsen, MC, Scientific Advisor, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)     COL Jonathan Newmark, MC, Chief of Operations, Chemical Casualty Care Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)
		TRACK C - Medical Management of Nuclear/Radiological Casualties Moderated by: Dr. David G. Jarrett, COL, MC, USA, Director, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI)   Guest Speakers Include: C. Norman Coleman, MD, Radiation Oncology Sciences Program, National Cancer Institute, Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services     Albert Wiley, MD, PhD, Director, Radiation Emergency Assistance Training Center (REACTS)

Day Two

7:30am-8:00am	Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
8:00am-8:45am	General Session - Dr. Nancy Mock, Program Director for the Complex Emergency and Disaster Management (CE/DM) Program, Tulane University School of Public Health and Dr. Leonard H. Friedman, M.P.H., Associate Professor of Public Health and Coordinator of the Health Care Administration Programs at Oregon State University “Requirements for Complex Emergency & Disaster Management Programs in Academia.”
8:45am-9:30am	General Session - Chief Richard Serino, Director of Emergency Medical Services, City of Boston “The Democratic National Convention: A Case Study in Emergency Medical Preparedness for a National Special Security Event”
9:30am-10:00am	Coffee Break in Exhibit Area
10:00am-10:45am	General Session - Dr. Leonard Marcus, Director, Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Harvard School of Public Health "New Models for Preparedness Leadership: Meta-Leadership and the Harvard National Preparedness Leadership Initiative"
10:45am-12:00pm	General Session - CDR Pietro Marghella, MSC, USN, Senior Medical Planner, Office of the Secretary of Defense “Health Service Support Considerations in Complex Crisis Operations: A National Preparedness Initiative"
12:00pm-12:45pm	Concluding Keynote Address: Robert Blitzer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Health and Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services “Department of Health and Human Services Regional Task Forces”	*Matt Payne Presentation for download (in zip format)
12:45pm-1:00pm	Closing Comments & Adjourn

agenda is subject to change

Corporate Sponsors:

Idaho Technology, Inc. is a privately held biotech company pioneering technology in pathogen identification devices. Their R.A.P.I.D.® System (Ruggedized Advanced Pathogen Identification Device) is a field-hardened portable laboratory armed with the most sophisticated technology for bioidentification detection and reporting. Their RAZOR™ instrument provides a hand-held, battery operated solution enabling users to bring pathogen detection closer to the crisis.

L3 Government Services, Inc., Corporate Sponsor & Notepad Break Sponsor

L-3 Government Services, Inc. is a division of L-3 Communications Corporation, a $6.8B company. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA, L-3 GSI’s core capabilities include information technology, integrated electronic security systems, C4ISR, program support, engineering and scientific services for DoD, DHS, and state and local governments and U.S. intelligence and civilian agencies.

Make every clinician an alert clinician. VisualDx, a product of Logical Images, Inc., is an innovative point-of-care diagnostic software system, and the only solution where daily use for diagnosing common conditions includes Chem/Bio/Rad information as part of the differential. Clients include U.S. Army, Washington DC, NYC, Mississippi, New York State, etc. VisualDx meets CDC/ HRSA bioterrorism preparedness guidelines.

ARAMSCO is a distributor of Environmental Safety & Homeland Security Products including chemical & biological personal protective equipment; gas detection equipment; respirators including gas masks and SCBA; decontamination products including systems approved mass casualty decon, customized hospital trailers and rapid deployable portable and inflatable shelters.

Base-X expedition shelters offer the mobility and flexibility to provide shelter for command and control operations and civil/military Major Incident Response (MIR) situations. Battle-tested and military tough, Base-X Shelters are proven to offer superior strength and speed; our easy and quick set up enables a rapid response to any situation.

Physician Preparedness for Acts of Water Terrorism is a free on-line reference guide that addresses the medical and public health challenges resulting from intentional contamination of water supplies and is accessible at www.WaterHealthConnection.org. This medical website was developed to assist the medical and public health community as well as disaster management and emergency response professionals who may be faced with recognizing, managing, and preventing water-related disease resulting from intentional acts of water terrorism in their communities.

METI’s Emergency Care Simulator (ECS), a computer controlled life-size mannequin, provides emergency medical educators a cost-effective educational tool that trains first responders to assess and respond quickly and accurately to any trauma situation. This highly portable lifelike and human physiology-driven simulation system also allows fire, police and EMT units to teach life saving skills in schools and businesses.

Tulane School of Public Health

Organizational Sponsors:

Medical Planning Resources, Inc. provides consultative services for medically managing the threats associated with complex emergencies, natural and man-made disasters and asymmetrical events. Medical Planning Resources is dedicated to the mission of providing expert medical advice to help Prepare, Respond, and Recover from Complex Emergencies, Disasters, and Asymmetrical Threats…Worldwide.

INPUT is the essential market intelligence resource for companies doing business with government. INPUT provides market development services, advisory services, and software solutions to help clients secure new business, address new markets, and manage business development. For more information about INPUT, visit www.input.com or call (703) 707-3500.

Founded in 1988, the Wireless Communications Association, International (WCA) is the principal non-profit trade association representing the wireless broadband industry. WCA membership, which includes the industry's leading carriers, vendors and consultants, has grown to over 530 member companies spanning six continents.

The WCA organizes the world's largest annual business conference and exhibition devoted exclusively to wireless broadband. This conference and exhibition annually convenes experts from around the world to discuss market strategies, emerging technologies, new applications and financing/regulatory options.

Grants Office makes municipalities, nonprofits, and industry more successful in identifying and obtaining grant funds from government, corporate, and foundation sources.

The VC ~ Angel Roundtable, is an invitation-only event organized by Silicon Valley Global, LLC that facilitates regular interaction between early, expansion and late stage venture investors for the educational, social, and financial betterment of all groups.

Become a Sponsor or Exhibitor

If you would like to become a sponsor or exhibitor at this event, please download and complete our set of sponsorship forms.  (Forms require Acrobat Reader.)  For more information on exhibitor or sponsor arrangements, please contact Cara Lombardi, (703) 807-2743 or Diane Morris, (703) 807-2748.

Registration Fee

• Industry: $695 per person
• Small Business: $595 per person
• Government: $495 per person
  

On-line registrations for this conference are now closed. There are still a few seats available. To register, please bring the completed registration form and payment on-site to the registration desk.
(Please note that lunch is not available for on-site registrations)..

Registration form requires Acrobat Reader.

Registrations are payable by credit card, check or government purchase order.

CANCELLATION POLICY: You may designate a substitute in writing any time before the conference. If you need to cancel your registration, you must send your notice in writing and will be subject to a $50 processing fee. No refunds are given for cancellations received 48 hours prior to the conference start date or later.

Contact Us

• For registration information, contact Pamela Greenstein, (703) 807-2758
• For information on exhibitor or sponsor arrangements, contact Cara Lombardi, (703) 807-2743 or Diane Morris, (703) 807-2748
• For speaker or agenda information, contact Laura Johnson, (703) 807-2747
  
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Conference Location/Nearby Hotel Accommodations

The conference will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW Washington DC 20008. The hotel is one block from the Woodley Park Metro stop on the red line.

Map and directions to the conference location

Please note the Omni Hotel has a few sleeping rooms available at the rate of $239 + tax. To secure a room, you must contact the Omni at (202) 234-0700 and mention this conference to get the rate. If you are looking for government perdiem, you may want to try the Days Inn on Connecticut Avenue at (202) 244-5600 which is 2 miles away, and 2 short metro stops from the conference location.

Market*Access International, Inc.
4301 Wilson Boulevard
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