9-1-1 Goes to Washington Agenda*

Sunday, March 14

7:30 - 4:30 - Registration

8:00 – 4:00 - Pre-Conference Course: Introduction to Converging 9-1-1 Technologies

4:30 – 6:00 - PSAP Tour: Fairfax County, VA’s new, state-of-the-art PSAP

8:00 - 4:30 - Registration

9:30 – 9:45 - Welcome from Conference Hosts

9:45 – 12:00 - Special Workshop: NG9-1-1^(?) Transition Planning and Implementation: Resolving Technology and Policy Issues During the Transition

12:00 – 1:00 - Lunch on your own

1:00 – 4:30 - Homeland Security in a Next Generation World

Keynote Address: Janet Napolitano, Secretary, Dept. of Homeland Security (Invited)
DHS Office of Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) presentation
- Remarks from David G. Boyd, Ph.D., Director, Command, Control and Interoperability Division, Science and Technology Directorate
- Virtual USA demonstration featuring OIC staff and practitioners
DHS Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) presentation
- Remarks from Chris Essid, Director, Office of Emergency Communications
- Update on the National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) and other OEC activities

5:30 – 6:30 - Evening Reception

8:00 - 4:00 - Registration

9:00 – 9:10 - Welcome from Conference Hosts

9:10 – 9:30 - Congressional Keynote Address

9:30 – 10:45 - The 9-1-1 Legislative Agenda

11:00 – 12:00 - The National 9-1-1 Office: What It Is and How It Can Help You Do Your Job

12:00 – 1:00 - Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 2:15 - FCC Roundtable: Key Federal 9-1-1 and Emergency Communications Regulatory Activities

Remarks from FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Chief Jamie Barnett, Rear Admiral, Ret.
FCC updates and discussion of the National Broadband Plan, 9-1-1 location accuracy, non-initialized phone call blocking, 9-1-1 competition, emergency alerting, preparedness, and more

2:15 – 3:00 - 9-1-1 and the Full Emergency Response Enterprise