Wednesday
Feb. 29

Front Line

General Telecommunication

Supervision and Management

Technology

Special Interest



8:30 – 9:00

 

Opening Ceremonies

 



9:00-10:00

 

Keynote Address by Iditarod Champion Martin Buser

 



10:00-11:00

 

APCO Townhall Meeting – APCO International Executive Committee

 



11:00 – 1:00

 

Exhibit Floor Opening – Brown Bag Luncheon

Exclusive Vendor Time

 



1:00 – 2:00

 

Update From the Alaska Director of the Office of Emergency Communications – Bruce Richter

Alaska Statewide Interoperability Coordinator - Leon Morgan

 



2:15 – 3:15

 

Panel Discussion on LTE (Long Term Evolution) – Paul Fitzgerald, Rohit Bhanot, and Terry Hall

 




3:30 – 4:30

 

Officer Safety and the Telecommunicator – AK State Trooper Sgt. Odean Hall

 

National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) Current Events – David Buchanan

 

 

The Road to State Certification – Panel Discussion Christine Hodges, Cindra Dunaway, Ricky Rowell

 

New FCC Rules for Signal Boosters and How They Apply To You – Jack Daniel

 

Testing P25 Radios - Bill Nichols



5:00 -6:30

 

AGERO Sponsored Opening Reception on the Exhibit Floor

 



7:00 – 8:30

 

APCO Western Region Consortium Meeting – Captain Cook Hotel, Crows Nest Suite

 


 

 

Thursday
March 1

Front Line

General Telecommunication

Supervision and Management

Technology

Special Interest

 

 

 

9:15 – 10:15

 



The Missing Kids and 911 Readiness Project - Ricky Rowell

 



Communications Planning for the First 4 Hours Following a Disaster – Julie Stinson and Joe Quickel



**Note: this class starts at 09:00**

Verbal Judo - Effectively Dealing with Confrontational People - Greg Russell

 




P25 Standard – Basics and Overview - Ben Pearce

 

Getting NG911 Right:  Next Generation Incident Recording And Quality Assurance Best Practices – Jeff Visger

 

 

 

10:30 – 11:30

 

Crisis Intervention Team – Wendi Shackelford/APD

 

 
CallTakers/Dispatchers...

It all begins with You!

Steve Souder and Kimberly Burdick

 

 

Deployable Tactical Communication Solution Design  – Ben Pearce

 
Satellite Backhaul – the growing choice of many mission critical networks in operation today - Greg Heifner


 

12:00 – 2:00

 

Exclusive Vendor Time

 

 

 

2:00 - 3:00

 

Stress: The By-Product of Life – James Ferguson

 

 

Expanding the Emergency Communication Center – Designing for Growth and Change – Michael Smith

 

 

ADA Requirements: A Guide for Public Safety Supervisor and Managers – Cheryl Greathouse and Nancy Botts

 

Choosing the right RF Interconnects for In-Building and Wireless Markets - Tony Fedor

 

 


LTE for Public Safety -

Rohit Bhanot

 

 

 

3:15 – 4:15

 
 

CISM for Dispatchers - Cindra Dunaway

 


True P25 Interoperability: From Open Standard To Open Solution – Scott Skibness

 



Public Safety Grants – Evan Halperin

 


Mulitcouplers and Combiners- What the Technician needs to Know - Peter Craven

 

ASAP to the PSAP: Reducing 9-1-1 Processing Time by Minutes for Alarm Notifications Between Alarm Monitoring Companies & 9-1-1 PSAPs - Bill Hobgood


4:30-5:30



Business Meeting

 


 

Friday
March 2

Front Line

General

Telecommunication

Supervision and Management

Technology

Special Interest




9:15 – 10:15

 

Dispatch Danger Zones – Cheryl Greathouse and Nancy Botts

 


APSIN (Alaska Public Safety Information Network) –   Lisa Purinton

 

 

LTE Backhaul Options -

TBA

 

 

Planning for Your System’s Radio Coverage with Digital - Scott Skibness

 

 

Operational Continuity: Contingency Planning for Extreme Situations - Brian Davenport






10:30 – 11:30

 

Customer Service - Shedding a Positive Light on Your Agency -

Cindra Dunaway

 

 

9-1-1 in Alaska
John Rockwell


 

Training Marksmanship; Does Your Training Hit the Target? – Cheryl Greathouse and Nancy Botts


 

Recruitment and Retention of Communications Technicians – Doug Roberts

 


Locating Callers and Increasing Situational Awareness with Oblique Aerial Imagery -
Russ Michel & Scott Sherwood

  






1:00-2:00

 

Leveraging the Computer in Your Hand – Fighting Crime with Broadband and Smartphone Applications – Mel Samples

 

 



Satellite Communication
for Public Safety First Responders – Rich Nowakowski

 

 


Motivational
Leadership
Christine Hodges



 

Planning for NextGen   9-1-1, and Other Threats to Your Career – Curt Ghormley



 

The Communications Center of the Future – New Technology Trends - Juan Martinez




2:15-3:15

 
Radio Training for Real World Situations - Heather Handyside, John Brooks and Don Shumate

 

Where Have All the Bullies Gone – James Ferguson

 

Console Design and Advanced Planning – Julie Bell

 

Planning for Next Generation 911 – Lance Ahern

 

 

Multiband Radios - 

Dan Sullivan