9:00 am - 12:30 pmRCPGP TTX
Seaside Conference Room 4Shore Counties and Baltimore Urban Area Security Initiative Jurisdictions Only
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
IAEM Testing
Seaside Conference Room 51:00 pm - 5:00 pmLeading Across Boundaries
Seaside Conference Room 4Building Teams That Deliver When It Matters Most: McCrystal Group
2:30 pm - 4:00 pmMaryland Qualification System Workshop
Seaside Conference Room 2Technical Assistance Workshop presented by MDEM
3:00 pm - 7:00 pmRegistration OPEN
1st Floor AtriumSign In is Required Each Day of Attendance
5:00 pm - 7:00 pmVendor Welcome Reception
Tideline BallroomDrink Tickets Accepted + Heavy Hors d'oeuvres + Vendor Booths
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Registration OPEN
1st Floor Atrium7:30 am - 9:00 amBreakfast
Tideline BallroomVendor Booths + Silent Auction
9:00 am - 9:15 amWelcome / Opening Remarks
Atlantic BallroomEmily Wesselhoff (President) & Russ Strickland (Secretary)
9:15 am - 10:00 amKeynote Presentation
Atlantic BallroomDivision Chief Jeremy Knighton, Asheville Fire Dept
10:00 am - 10:15 am: Coffee & Water (Tideline Ballroom)
10:15 am - 11:00 amPlenary Session A
Atlantic BallroomPanel: Family Assistant Centers After Transportation Disasters
11:00 am - 11:45 amPlenary Session B
Atlantic BallroomPanel: Cyber Incident Coordination is a "People Product"
11:45 am - 1:00 pmLunch
Tideline BallroomIAEM Sponsored Lunch + Vendor Booths + Silent Auction
12:30 pm - 1:00 pmMDStorm Ready Board Meeting
Atlantic BallroomChris Strong, NWS, and invited individuals only
AtlanticOne-Stop-Shop for Outbreak Response
Seaside Conference Room 1Advancing State and Local Dam Safety
Seaside Conference Room 2Virtual JIC: No Budget, No Problem
Seaside Conference Room 3From Mandate to Mission: Building Strategy
Seaside Conference Room 5Disaster Volunteers: Force Multiplier
Seaside Conference Room 6Maryland's Roadmap to Resilience
AtlanticIntel Sharing During Law Enforcement Events
Seaside Conference Room 1FEMA's RAPT: Community Snapshots
Seaside Conference Room 2Resilience Debt in EM
Seaside Conference Room 3Taking the Heat Off 911 (Howard Co)
Seaside Conference Room 5Healthcare Communication Restoration
AtlanticReining in AI FOMO!
Seaside Conference Room 1Recovering Without Federal Resources
Seaside Conference Room 2Daily Operations Branch in Incident Management
Seaside Conference Room 3EM for Campus Leaders
Seaside Conference Room 5AI Transformations in NWS
3:45 pm: Coffee & 40th Anniversary Cake (Tideline Ballroom)
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
MDEMA Meeting & Elections
Atlantic Ballroom6:00 pm - 9:00 pmEvening Activity: Cornhole
Shore DeckHeavy Hors d'oeuvres + Beverages
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Registration OPEN
1st Floor Atrium7:30 am - 9:00 amBreakfast
Tideline BallroomVendor Booths + Silent Auction
9:00 am - 9:45 amAwards Ceremony
Atlantic BallroomMDEMA Awards & MD PEMP Certificates
9:45 am - 10:00 am: Break / Photo Opportunity
10:00 am - 11:00 amPlenary Session C
Atlantic BallroomNavigating FEMA Reform
11:00 am - 12:00 pmPlenary Session D
Atlantic BallroomPanel: May 2025 Flooding in Western MD
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch (Silent Auction Ends at 1pm)
Tideline Ballroom12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Shore Planners Meeting
Atlantic BallroomAtlanticOptimizing Damage Assessment
Seaside Conference Room 1Heat Mitigation in Baltimore
Seaside Conference Room 2Data-Driven Activation Tracking
Seaside Conference Room 3Flooding and Water Quality
Seaside Conference Room 5Strengthening CERT Programs
Seaside Conference Room 6Local Government CIKR Planning
AtlanticCIKR Protection Fundamentals
Seaside Conference Room 1Embracing the Whole Community
Seaside Conference Room 2COOP, COG, and EOP Overlap
Seaside Conference Room 3Huddling for Safety (Emperor Penguins)
Seaside Conference Room 52026 MD Threat Update
AtlanticPlanning in Pictures
Seaside Conference Room 1Frederick County Transition Support
Seaside Conference Room 2Heat Illness Mass Notification
Seaside Conference Room 3The Quiet Crisis in Safety Training
Seaside Conference Room 5Resilience Complexity
4:00 pm - 5:00 pmEM Directors Meeting
Atlantic BallroomSecretary Strickland and Local Directors
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Association Mixer & Trivia
Tideline Ballroom8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration OPEN
Terrace Lobby9:00 am - 10:30 am
Farewell Brunch
Atlantic Ballroom & Seaside Conference Room 2/310:30 am - 11:15 am
Plenary E: Best of Show
Atlantic Ballroom11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Plenary F: AI Disinformation
Atlantic Ballroom12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Closing Remarks & Adjourn
12:30 pm
Board Transition Meeting
TBD
