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Subject: FW: Va. NENA/APCO Spring Conference - UPDATE#2! -FINAL AGENDA
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Forwarded on behalf of the Virginia NENA/APCO conferences.
 
 

Dorothy A. Spears-Dean, M.B.A. 
Public Safety Communications Coordinator 
Integrated Services Program 
Virginia Information Technologies Agency 
11751 Meadowville Lane 
Chester, VA 23836 
(804) 416-6201 (voice) 
(804) 840-7260 (cell) 
(804) 416-6353 (fax) 

 

________________________________

From: Gentry, Rodney L. [mailto:rlgentry@co.hanover.va.us] 
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 9:15 AM
To: Spears-Dean, Dorothy
Subject: FW: Va. NENA/APCO Spring Conference - UPDATE#2! -FINAL AGENDA
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Please post, thank you!

 

Rodney Gentry, ENP

911 Support Division Manager

Hanover County, VA

(804) 365-6162   (804) 627-2607

www.co.hanover.va.us/communications/

 

________________________________

 

DON'T MISS OUT!!!! The Virginia NENA/APCO Chapters Spring Conference in
Va. Beach!!!!!! Rooms are going quick!!!!  There are only a few spaces
left for the NENA Courses!

 

 

Registration for the Spring Va. NENA/APCO Conference in Va. Beach is
open! Hotel registration deadline is March 30, 2008 in order to get the
Conference rates for rooms. Attached is the brochure; however you can
also download one from www.virginia-nena.org/ and www.virginia-apco.org
<http://www.virginia-apco.org/>  . 

 

Here is the (FINAL) agenda: (also available online shortly):

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008

8:30 AM                       Registration Pre-conference Training
Courses

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM      Leadership in the 911 Center (pre-registration
required)  lunch included

 
Sponsored by VITA!

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM      Introduction to Next Generation 911
(pre-registration required)  lunch included

 
Sponsored by INTRADO and Northrop Grumman! 

Time TBA                    Region 42 700 MHz Meeting 

Time TBA                    Region 42 800 MHz Meeting

5:00 PM                      Virginia NENA Executive Board Meeting

5:00 PM                      Virginia APCO Executive Board Meeting

6:00 PM                      NENA/APCO Executive Board Dinner 

8:00 - 11:00 PM          Hospitality & Registration

 

 

THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008

8:00 AM                       Registration/Breakfast (light breakfast
and coffee)

9:15 AM                       General Session- Welcome and Introductions

9:45 AM                       Break / coffee refresh

10:15 AM                     Breakout sessions

Session 1        NENA- Patrick Halley;  Government Affairs Overview


Session 2        MSAG - Brian Avery;  Is Your Data Slowing You Down?

Session 3        HREOC - Jim Junkins;  Interoperability-Don't Forget the
Communicator

11:30 AM                     Lunch (immediately followed by APCO
Telecommunicator Awards Ceremony)

 
Sponsored by MOTOROLA!

1:00 PM                      Breakout sessions

Session 1        Positron - Paul McLaren;  Hosted Solution for PSAPs - A
Building Block for NG911

            Session 2        Timmons - Russell Minich & Stefanie
McGuffin;  Automated Regional Data Integration and 

Distribution

Session 3        GEO-COM - Jon Greene;  More Than Just Mapping

2:00 PM                      Break

2:15 PM                      Breakout sessions

Session 1        VITA - Dorothy Spears-Dean;  State Grants  

Session 2        L. Robert Kimball- Michael Kearns;  Integrating GIS
into your 9-1-1 Database

Session 3        Fairfax County 911 - Alicia Dale;  General Wellness For
Communicators

3:15 PM                      Break

3:30 PM                      Breakout sessions

Session 1        Virginia-OEMS - Ken Crumpler;  EMD Accreditation for
the PSAP

Session 2        Intrado - Bob Currier;  NG911 - The Myth, The Legend,
The Reality       

Session 3        VSP - Jill Humphries;  Messenger Open Fox/Brady
Indicator

8:00 PM -11:00 PM     Entertainment "CINCO DE MAYO" (Music by the "Fat
Ammons Band")

- Sponsored by PLANT/CML!

 

FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008

8:30 AM                       Continental Breakfast /Buffet           

9:00 - 10:00 AM           Keynote Speaker - Jason Barbour, President -
National NENA 

(Breakfast continued) -  Sponsored by EMBARQ!

10:30 AM                     Virginia NENA Business Meeting (Business
Meeting, Election, and Swearing-In Officers)

11:15 AM                     Virginia APCO Business Meeting

12:00 PM                    Conference Adjourns

 

ALSO a Special thanks to CTA for their PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP!!!!!

 

 

It's going to be a blast!!!! We hope to see you there!

 

PS. Vendors who wish to help sponsor, it's not too late! Contact me as
soon as possible!!! Thank you!

 

 

Rodney Gentry, ENP

President

Virginia Chapter of NENA

(804)365-6162 (w)

(804)337-2046 (m)

www.virginia-nena.org