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Agenda/Itinerary THE CENTRE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND COUNCIL ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Executive Study Tour: Building Resilience Learning from Hurricane Harvey Agenda/Itinerary Tour Objectives: LEARN how the Houston and various stakeholders responded to Hurricane Harvey. UNDERSTAND the progress being made at all levels of government in responding to catastrophic hurricanes. EXPERIENCE how emergency management practitioners, government officials at all levels, communities, volunteers, and critical infrastructure operators responded to this event. DISCUSS the implications of lessons identified during the study tour for Canada. NETWORK and learn with peers – share new approaches, insights and challenges and exchange experiences and ideas with leading world experts. MONDAY, APRIL 22ND HOUSTON Participant Arrival Individuals will be arriving into Houston Accommodation: Le Méridien Houston Downtown 1121 Walker St., Houston, TX (713) 222-7777 (approximate 30-minute drive from the airport You should know: Check in time is after 3 p.m. and check out is at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Room service is available 24 hours with limited service after 11:00 a.m. Fitness Centre is located on the 23rd floor and is available 24 hours – there is no pool Business Centre is located on the second floor (located near the front desk) and is available 24 hours Restaurant: Zutro is located on the main floor – open from 6:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. (breakfast, lunch and dinner) Coffee: Starbucks, 914 Dallas St. (6 minute walk from hotel) 6:00 p.m. Casual Networking Dinner For those of you available that want to meet for a casual dinner, let’s meet in the lobby for 6:00 p.m. and we’ll find a local restaurant to go to. Note that this is a non-sponsored dinner. The reservation will be under the name The Conference Board of Canada. 2 TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD GOVERNMENT RESPONSE Houston Office of Emergency Management Dress: Business Casual Houston Office of Emergency Management 5320 North Shepherd Dr., Houston, TX 7:15 a.m. Depart Le Méridien Houston Downtown for Houston Office of Emergency Management 5320 North Shepherd Dr., Houston, TX (approximately 40 minutes travel) Light refreshments will be available – if you are looking for something more substantial, please have breakfast at the hotel before departure. 8:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks/Tour Briefing and Roundtable Introductions Michael Burt, Executive Director The Conference Board of Canada 8:30 a.m. Case Study: Houston OEM’s Response to Hurricane Harvey Chief Rick Flanagan, Emergency Management Coordinator City of Houston Office of Emergency Management Rick Flanagan was appointed as Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Houston in 2014. In his role, Mr. Flanagan oversees the emergency management program for the nation’s fourth-largest city, which includes the coordination of disaster mitigation, planning, response, and recovery. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Flanagan served in the Houston Fire Department (HFD) for over 34 years, retiring as Executive Assistant Chief for Support. In this role, he oversaw HFD's Information Technology infrastructure, Human Resources and Member Support; providing wellness and family support to Firefighters and their families. Throughout his tenure with HFD, Flanagan served in a variety of command positions, including management of logistics, community outreach, public information, communications, training, fleet operations and others. He has played an active and key role in many emergency responses throughout his career, including acting as Deputy Area Commander for the Hurricanes Katrina & Rita Rescue Task Forces in 2005. Working at the Reliant Astrodome, he represented the City of Houston's efforts to provide on-site medical screening, find housing, jobs, clothing, schooling, transportation, and restoration of family units for more than 40,000 evacuees. 10:00 a.m. Break 3 10:20 a.m. Presentation and Discussion: Alert Houston Cory Stottlemyer, Public Information Officer City of Huston Office of Emergency Management 11:10 a.m. Presentation: Response and Lessons Learned from the State of Texas Chief Nim Kidd, Texas Division of Emergency Management State of Texas Since 2004, Kidd has served as director of San Antonio's Homeland Security department, where he manages the Homeland Security Grant Program and chairs the Urban Area Security Initiative Working Group. Since 1993, he has served in a number of ranks with the San Antonio Fire Department, including charges as firefighter, fire apparatus operator, lieutenant, captain and district fire chief. 12:30 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Tour of EOC 1:45 p.m. Presentation: Federal Government Response Paul Morris, Director, Texas Recovery Office FEMA Region 6 The Texas Recovery Office was formed to manage the recovery of Hurricane Harvey. FEMA and has partnered with the State of Texas and other federal agencies to help Harvey survivors on their road to recovery. Since Harvey struck the Gulf Coast in 2017, FEMA has provided more than $1.64 billion in assistance for individuals and households and more than $1.3 billion to state and local governments and eligible non-profits to reimburse for infrastructure repair and emergency measures taken during and after the storm. 2:45 p.m. Break 3:00 p.m. Presentation and Discussion: Walmart Jason Jackson, Senior Director, Global Emergency Management Walmart Walmart’s global footprint makes it no stranger to the handling of complex, large-scale crisis events. Hurricane Harvey was no different and presented unique challenges to the hundreds of Walmart locations and thousands of associates in the State of Texas. This session covers a unique private sector perspective through story telling across the timeline from early identification of the hazard through pre- landfall preparation to post impact response and recovery from a workforce, operational capability, and community support standpoint. In addition to the focus on Hurricane Harvey, the session will cover a brief contrast and comparison across other major crises to highlight key focus areas. 4:15 p.m. Wrap Up and Debrief of the Day 4 4:30 p.m. Depart Houston OEM for Le Méridien Houston Downtown (approximately 40 minutes travel) 6:00 p.m. Dinner and Keynote Presentation (approximate 5 minute walk) Pappas Bros 1200 McKinney St., Houston, TX 713-658-1995 (4 minute walk from hotel) Keynote Presentation Ed Emmett, Senior Fellow and Professor in Practice, Rice University Former County Judge of Harris County, Texas Former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett was a strong leader in the face of difficult challenges. As county judge, he organized the county’s response to two historic disasters – Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Harvey. As Ike made landfall, Emmett famously told county residents to “hunker down.” As rain waters began to swell from Harvey, Emmett called on boat owners around the region to come to the rescue. During this presentation, Ed will share his experience from these two events. MAY 28TH, 2014Wedn Wednesday, April 24th PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONSE TransCanada Pipelines Dress: Casual Dress – flat comfortable shoes TransCanada Pipelines (Bank of America Building) 700 Louisiana St., Houston, TX Room 14.122 – located on the 14th floor 7:45 a.m. Meet in the lobby for group walk to TransCanada Pipelines (approximate 10 minute walk) 700 Louisiana St. (Bank of America Building) Houston, TX Light refreshments will be available – if you are looking for something more substantial, please have breakfast at the hotel before departure. 8:15 a.m. Welcome and Review of Previous Day Michael Burt, Executive Director The Conference Board of Canada 8:30 a.m. Presentation and Discussion: Operational and Individual Response Considerations – Are you Putting your Employees in Danger? 5 Rex Anderson, Senior Emergency Management Specialist TransCanada During the 2017 Hurricane Harvey event, TransCanada exercised its Operational Business Restoration Plans, as well as its Incident Support Teams to manage US Gas Control operations and corporate facility response. While operations performed flawlessly and delivered both management and business critical functions throughout the event, the impact to many of the Houston employees was significant, even though office facilities were shut down for the duration. Examples of how remotely managing the company’s response to the event by keeping employee safety and accountability at the forefront, while still delivering a best in class Operational model will be discussed. 9:30 a.m. Presentation and Discussion: Resilient and Ready Robert Lazaro, Communications Officer Harris County Flood Control District 10:30 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. Presentation and Discussion: Verizon Kent Kildow, Director, Business Continuity and Event Management Verizon Verizon's robust approach to Business Continuity Planning & Emergency Management supported an effective response to Hurricane Harvey. The presentation will include an overview of Verizon's approach to resilience, preparation and response to major events. Applying lessons learned from major events and Verizon's commitment to supporting public safety will also be addressed. 12:00 p.m. Lunch 12:45 p.m. Departure for Port of Houston Authority (approximate travel time 45 minutes) (Casual dress – flat comfortable shoes) 1:30 p.m. Arrival at Port of Houston Authority 1:45 p.m. Tour/Discussion: Port of Houston Authority Marcus Woodring, Chief Port Security and Emergency Operations Officer Port of Houston Authority Houston’s port is the country’s second-busiest by tonnage after the Port of South Louisiana, and plays a key role in the US’s oil, gas, petroleum, and chemical industries. It is also handles more foreign shipping, by weight, than any other US port. The port’s governing body estimates it contributes over $600 billion to US economic activity a year. The massive port closed from Friday, August 25th until September 1st. During this session participants will depart the Barbours Cut Container Terminal on a Port of Houston Authority fireboat. The fireboat will transit the upper 25 miles of the Houston Ship Channel over the course of 3 hours, ending up at the Turning Basin Terminal.
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