2020 Conference Schedule

The conference area is on the second floor of Treasure Island Hotel and Resort.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

7:00a–12:00p	Registration Desk	Badge Pick Up
7:30a–8:30a	Treasure Island D/E	Gourmet Hot Breakfast Buffet
8:30a–8:45a	Treasure Island D/E	Welcome
8:45a–9:45a	Treasure Island D/E	L.E.S.S. is More: Campus Employee Shooting Leads to New Communication Plan Adrian Andrews Texas Christian University Vice Chancellor of Public Safety
10:00a–11:30a	Treasure Island D/E	Chief’s Panel Alice Cary (MODERATOR) University of Maryland, Baltimore Police Chief Mike Hill Swarthmore College Public Safety Director Ceaser Moore University of Houston AVC/Chief of Police Klay Peterson University of South Carolina Upstate Chief of Police
11:30a–11:45a	Treasure Island D/E	Department of the Year Award Ceremony
11:45a–1:15p	Treasure Island D/E	Lunch
1:15p–2:15p	Treasure Island D/E	Crisis Communication Panel Christopher Land (MODERATOR) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel Cindy Brown University of Nevada, Las Vegas Public Affairs Senior Director Alisa Giardinelli Swarthmore College Assistant Vice President of Communications Christy Jackson UNC Charlotte Director of Communications, Business Affairs Ellen Treanor Cal State Fullerton Associate Vice President of Strategic Communications
1:15p–2:15p	Treasure Island F	Busy Campus Busy Streets: How an Urban University Decreased Pedestrian Accidents by 42 Percent Bill Abston IUPUI Deputy Police Chief Margie Smith-Simmons IUPUI Chief of Staff
2:30p–3:30p	Treasure Island D/E	Communicating from the Front Lines of a Five-Alarm Fire: A Case Study Mary-Hope Vass James Madison University Media Relations Manager
2:30p–3:30p	Treasure Island F	Counter-Terrorism 2020: The Evolving Threat Landscape Daniel Piazza Oklahoma City Community College Chief of Police Brandon Davis Oklahoma City Community College Investigator
3:45p–4:45p	Treasure Island D/E	Hostage Situation on Campus: 28 Students and Professor Held in 8-Hour Standoff Gary MacNamara Sacred Heart University Exec. Dir Public Safety/ Gov’t Affairs
4:45p–4:50p	Treasure Island D/E	Announcements
5:00p–6:30p	Reception	Complimentary cocktail reception with food and drinks at the Golden Circle on the first floor of Treasure Island

Thursday, February 27, 2020

7:30a–8:25a	Caribbean AB	Gourmet Hot Breakfast Buffet
8:30a–9:30a	Treasure Island D/E	Collaborative Management of Back-to-Back Crises on Campus Raymund Aguirre Cal State Fullerton Chief of Police Ellen Treanor Cal State Fullerton Associate Vice President of Strategic Communications Scot Willey Cal State Fullerton Administrative Captain Marissa Garza Cal State Fullerton University Police Media Relations
9:45a–10:45a	Treasure Island D/E	Clery/Title IX Panel Elizabeth Caulkins (MODERATOR) The University of Texas at Tyler Title IX Investigator Shanieka Jones California State University, Monterey Bay Clery Director John McCandless Miami University Chief of Police Melinda Schwyn Adrian College Dean of Student Affairs
11:00a–12:00p	Treasure Island D/E	Integrating Safety and Security Initiatives into a Security Master Plan Terrance DeGray San Jose Evergreen Community College District Associate Vice Chancellor, Physical Plant Development and Operations Thomas Morales San Jose Evergreen Community College District Chief of Police
12:00a–1:30p	Treasure Island D/E	Lunch
1:30p-2:20p	Treasure Island D/E	Crisis Communication in Response to a Series of Campus Incidents Ceaser Moore University of Houston Associate Vice Chancellor/ Chief of Police Walter Lucas University of Houston Lieutenant, Criminal Investigations Division
1:30p–2:20p	Treasure Island F	Ensuring Administrative Capacity to Address Clery Act Compliance: A Campus Example Shanieka Jones California State University, Monterey Bay Clery Director
2:30p–3:20p	Treasure Island D/E	Use of Force Encounters on Campus: Investment in Training is the Key Cesar Gracia Lincoln Memorial University Dean of Campus Safety Operations
2:30p–3:20p	Treasure Island F	Tweets, Snaps, and Streaming: An Analysis of the Implications of Social Media in Campus-Wide Crises Estrellita Longoria Concordia University – Texas Director of Residential Life
3:30p–4:20p	Treasure Island D/E	Navigating Myths and Misunderstandings about Crisis Communications and Response Christy Jackson UNC Charlotte Director of Communications, Business Affairs Christopher Gonyar UNC Charlotte Director of Emergency Management
4:20p–4:30p	Treasure Island D/E	Announcements

Schedule subject to change.

Location

Treasure Island Resort
At the center of the Vegas Strip

Address (Google Map)
3300 Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Conference is on the SECOND FLOOR. From the main hotel floor, follow signs to “Meeting Rooms.”

Conference Dates

February 26-27, 2020

Wednesday (2/26)
7:30 a.m to 6:30 p.m.
Breakfast, lunch, and cocktail reception included

Thursday (2/27)
7:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch included

Who Should Attend?

University administrators in the following departments:

University police and safety
Student life
Emergency management
Communication / public relations
Risk management
Psychological counseling
Title IX
Women’s centers
Student housing / residence
Emergency-communication IT administrators
Emergency planning board members

Federal and state officials including:

Homeland Security, FBI, Department of Education and Department of Justice officials
State and federal emergency-management administrators
State and federal student safety administrators
Law enforcement association administrators and members

Non-profit administrators for organizations related to:

Sexual-assault prevention
Drug and alcohol abuse
Campus crime
Emergency planning and management

What universities attend?

Past attendees include:

MIT
Boston University
Caltech
Loyola
Tulane
Georgia State
Iowa State
Miami U.
Virgina State
DePaul
Wesleyan
University of San Francisco
University of Hawaii
University of California
California State U.
California Poly
DeVry Educational Group

Along with state and federal officials:

FBI
FEMA
Department of Education
Department of Justice
State Emergency Management Agencies

2020 Conference Schedule

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

L.E.S.S. is More: Campus Employee Shooting Leads to New Communication Plan

Chief’s Panel

Crisis Communication Panel

Busy Campus Busy Streets: How an Urban University Decreased Pedestrian Accidents by 42 Percent

Communicating from the Front Lines of a Five-Alarm Fire: A Case Study

Counter-Terrorism 2020: The Evolving Threat Landscape

Hostage Situation on Campus: 28 Students and Professor Held in 8-Hour Standoff

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Collaborative Management of Back-to-Back Crises on Campus

Clery/Title IX Panel

Integrating Safety and Security Initiatives into a Security Master Plan

Crisis Communication in Response to a Series of Campus Incidents

Ensuring Administrative Capacity to Address Clery Act Compliance: A Campus Example

Use of Force Encounters on Campus: Investment in Training is the Key

Tweets, Snaps, and Streaming: An Analysis of the Implications of Social Media in Campus-Wide Crises

Navigating Myths and Misunderstandings about Crisis Communications and Response

Announcements

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