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NASBA, NAB Set EAS Agenda for Open Meeting

Feb 22, 2013 8:42 AM

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Washington - Feb 22, 2013 - The National Alliance of State Broadcasters Associations (NASBA) and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) have set the final agenda for the NASBA-NAB EAS Forum in Washington on March 4, 2013, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET at the Ritz Carlton, 1150 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC, Plaza Ballroom. The open session has limited seating, but the panel discussions will be streamed from 1 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. ET at www.ustream.tv/channel/nasba-eas.

1:00-1:05	Welcome and introductions Remarks from Matthew Straeb, GSS, program sponsor
1:05-2:00 Topics: ■ EAS System Security (30 minutes) ■ NWS Message Loads (15 minutes) ■ NCMEC Wireless AMBER Alerts (10 minutes)	Mopping Up from the Zombie Apocalypse, Averting Message Overload and the 2 a.m. Wakeup ■ Damon Penn, Assistant Administrator, National Continuity Programs, Federal Emergency Management Agency ■ David Turetsky, Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission ■ Craig Hodan, Chief, Dissemination System Branch, Office of Operational Systems, National Weather Service ■ Robert Hoever, Director, Special Programs, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ■ Moderated by Suzanne Goucher, Maine Assoc. of Broadcasters
2:00-2:20	"First Informer" State Legislation ■ Bob Fisher, Nevada Broadcasters Association ■ Dennis Lyle, Illinois Broadcasters Association ■ Moderated by Art Brooks, Arizona Broadcasters Association
2:20-2:30	Break
2:30-3:00	Rewriting your State EAS Plan: Best Practices Tom Beers, Chief, and Greg Cooke, Associate Chief, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
3:00-3:20	Accessible Emergency Information Ann Bobeck, Senior VP and Deputy General Counsel, and Kelly Williams, Senior Director, Engineering and Technology Policy, National Association of Broadcasters
3:20-4:00 Possible topics: IPAWS testing State EAS plan updates FEMA best practices CMAS messaging	Informal roundtable discussions Two groups led by: Tom Beers, FCC; Greg Cooke, FCC; Wade Witmer, FEMA; Antwane Johnson, FEMA; Mike Gerber, NOAA; Mike Szkil, NOAA

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