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AHEPP Annual 
Conference
Day 1

Agenda

2025

Pre-Conference Sessions - February 24
Exhibits and Conference -February 25 & 26, 2025
Orlando, FL

February 25, 2025
7:00 - 7:50
8:00 - 8:30
8:30 - 9:45
9:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 11:15
11:20 - 12:10
12:10 - 1:30
1:30 - 2:00
2:05 - 3:05
3:05 - 3:30
3:30 - 4:20
4:25 - 5:15
5:30 - ??

(Don't stay up too late! We have programs again tomorrow!)

​TBA - Sponsored Program
​TBA - Sponsored Program
Welcome, Announcements and Introductions
Presented by: Paul Biddinger, MD
 
AHEPP Professional Standard: Hazard, Vulnerability, Risk Management
Break
Collaborate with Colleagues

A Unique Networking Experience
Meet new people and learn from your peers! This session will get you energized and working toward new goals in your career and your preparedness overall. 

AHEPP Professional Standard: Communication

Building on the Fly by Design 

By Jeffrey Freeman, PhD, MPH & Lauren Sauer, MSc 

AHEPP Professional
Standard:
TBD
AHEPP Professional
Standard:
Coordination with Stakeholders
AHEPP Professional
Standard:
Coordination with Stakeholders

Critical Infrastructure Failure:  When Standing Water Brings Surgeries to a Standstill 

By Donald L. Grubb III, BSPH, PN, CHEP & Elizabeth M. Garrasi, HcEM-P 

AHEPP Professional
Standard:
Response Operations

When Things go Boom in the Basement 

By Richard Howlett & Joshua Cook 

AHEPP Professional
Standard:
Response Operations
Lunch and Networking

An EF-4 Tornado and the Resolve of a Critical Access Hospital 

By Erica McAllister, MPH, CHSP, CHEP, CHFM, CLSS-HC & Megan Stephens, RN, BSN 

AHEPP Professional Standard:
Response Operations

Armed Intruder Spot Drills: A beneficial way to engage front line workers 

By Kim Eischeid, MPA, CHEP, RRT-ACCS, CCP-C & Joel Haman, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator  

AHEPP Professional Standard:
Exercise Design & Execution

Limited Resource Healthcare Facility Considerations for Disaster Preparedness 

By Caren Herring, DNP, MSN, RN, NHDP-BC & Joel Evans 

AHEPP Professional Standard:
Supply Chain Continutity
Managing Population Influx: Emergency Preparedness and Response in High-Traffic Destinations
Presented by: Eric Alberts, and Keila Walker 
Moderated by: Mark VanDyke
AHEPP Professional Standard:  Strategic Planning
Break & Networking with Vendors
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Program Management & Governance
Mass Casualty Incident Response Planning Consideration Workshop 

By Paul A. Mikita II, HcEM-M, MA-EDM, RN, CEN, CEM 
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Strategic Planning

Minimizing the RISC to your Healthcare Facility 

By Rachel Lehman, Acting Director of ASPR TRACIE & CDR Thomas Christl, Director of the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection 

AHEPP Professional Standard:
Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
Collaborate with Colleagues
Please make an effort to have dinner and congregate with new and old friends and colleagues. Meals are on your own. 
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Response Operations
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AHEPP Annual 
Conference
Day 2

Agenda

2025

Pre-Conference Sessions - February 24
Exhibits and Conference -
February 25 & 26, 2025
Orlando, FL

February 26, 2025
8:00 - 8:30
8:30 - 9:30
Welcome, Announcements and Introductions
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:50
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 1:30
Break
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Program Management & Governance
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Hazard, Vulnerability, Risk Management
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Social Determinants/Vulnerabilities
Lunch and Networking
1:30 - 2:30

Presented by: Kyesha L. Turner, MPA, AEM

 Manager, Emergency Management, Emory University Hospital 

2:40 - 3:00
Final Announcements & Prizes
3:05 - 3:55
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Exercise Design and Development
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Strategic Planning

Cyber Crisis Rx: Tools for Healthcare Resilience 

 

By Nicole Ziogas, MPH & Andrew Dahl, Vice president, Emergency Preparedness and response 

AHEPP Professional Standard:
Tools to Facilitate Planning, Response, Recovery, Communications
4:00 - 4:50
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Leadership

The 2025 AHEPP Annual Conference has been approved for 12 HcEM Re-Certification Continuing Education Units. 

Conference registration includes breakfast and lunch on February 25 & 26, 2025. 

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