2020 Conference Schedule

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

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

7:00a–9:00a	Registration Desk	Badge Pick Up
7:30a–8:30a	Caribbean AB	Gourmet Hot Breakfast Buffet
8:30a–9:30a	Caribbean AB	Welcome, intros and shuffle
9:30a–10:30a	Caribbean AB	L.E.S.S. is More: Campus Employee Shooting Leads to New Communication Plan Adrian Andrews Texas Christian University Assistant Vice Chancellor
10:45a–11:45p	Caribbean AB	Chief’s Panel
11:45p–1:15p	Caribbean AB	Lunch
1:15p–2:15p	Caribbean AB	Crisis Communication Panel
1:15p–2:15p	Caribbean C	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	Caribbean AB	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	Caribbean C	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	Caribbean AB	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	Caribbean AB	Announcements
5:00p–6:30p	Gilley’s	Complimentary after-hours cocktail reception with food, drinks, and music

Thursday, February 27, 2020

7:30a–8:25a	Caribbean AB	Gourmet Hot Breakfast Buffet
8:30a–9:30a	Caribbean AB	Collaborative Management of Back-to-Back Crises on Campus Raymund Aguirre Cal State Fullerton Chief of Police Scot Willey Cal State Fullerton Administrative Captain Marissa Garza Cal State Fullerton University Police Media Relations Susan Fisher Cal State Fullerton Emergency Management Coordinator
9:45a–10:45a	Caribbean AB	Clery/Title IX Panel
11:00a–12:00p	Caribbean AB	Integrating Safety and Security Initiatives into a Security Master Plan Jorge Escobar San Jose Evergreen Community College District Vice Chancellor Thomas Morales San Jose Evergreen Community College District Chief of Police
12:00a–1:30p	Caribbean AB	Lunch
1:30p-2:20p	Caribbean AB	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	Caribbean C	Ensuring Administrative Capacity to Address Clery Act Compliance: A Campus Example Shanieka Jones California State University, Monterey Bay Clery Director
2:30p–3:20p	Caribbean AB	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	Caribbean C	Tweets, Snaps, and Streaming: An Analysis of the Implications of Social Media in the Aftermath of the UT-Austin May 1, 2017 Stabbing Estrellita Longoria Concordia University – Texas Director of Residential Life
3:30p–4:20p	Caribbean AB	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 Buffie Stephens UNC Charlotte Director of External Media Relations and Issues Management Michelle McDermott CRA Inc. Partner
4:20p–4:30p	Caribbean AB	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 the Aftermath of the UT-Austin May 1, 2017 Stabbing

Navigating Myths and Misunderstandings about Crisis Communications and Response

Announcements

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