November 1, 2011
4:30pm-6:00pm
Register to Attend Live or by Webcast - http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/private-sector-innovation-for-emergency-communications
Co-Hosts - National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Panel Event - Private Sector Innovation for Emergency Communications
Congress and the Administration are working to create a national public safety broadband network. The network will provide interoperable voice and data communications for emergency responders nationwide. It provides the opportunity to leverage mission critical technologies such as geospatial and social media that will dramatically enhance the way public safety prepares for and responds to emergencies. Closing the gap between the emergency responders and private sector innovators is vital to achieving the full potential of the national public safety broadband network. To do so we need to ask the following questions:
- What new technologies and applications in both the commercial and public safety markets are currently being developed that could be leveraged through the deployment and adoption of a national public safety broadband network?
- What new technologies and applications are in the pipeline which 5-10 years from now might aid the public safety and homeland security community?
- How do we create public-private partnerships to make this critical leap, both in technology innovation and adoption, as a nation?
Panel Speakers
- Morgan Wright - Vice-President, Global Public Safety Segment - Alcatel-Lucent
- Bill Maheu - Senior Director - Qualcomm
- Bronwyn Agrios - Project Manager - Esri
- Rick Zak - Director, Justice & Public Safety - Microsoft
- Chris Essid - Director, Office of Emergency Communications - U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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