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AHEPP Annual
Agenda
2025
Pre-Conference Sessions - February 24
Exhibits and Conference -
February 25 & 26, 2025
Orlando, FL
February 24, 2025
8:30 - 9:00
Pre-Conference Sessions Check-in
9:00am - 4:00pm
12:00- 4:00
Presented by: Kevin Arthur, Julianne Ehlers, & Scott Starkie
Presented by: Mark VanDyke
Exhibit Hall Set Up
AHEPP Annual
Conference
Day 1
Agenda
2025
Pre-Conference Sessions - February 24
Exhibits and Conference -February 25 & 26, 2025
Orlando, FL
February 25, 2025
8:00 - 8:30
8:30 - 9:45
Welcome, Announcements and Introductions
Presented by: Paul Biddinger, MD
AHEPP Professional Standard: Hazard, Vulnerability, Risk Management
9:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 11:15
11:20 - 12:10
12:10 - 1:30
1:30 - 2:00
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: How the Nation Prepares for Catastrophe
By Jeffrey Freeman, PhD, MPH & Lauren Sauer, MSc
AHEPP Professional
Standard:
TBD
I know a Guy – Leveraging Partnerships to Increase Resilience in Disasters
By Christopher Blomgren, RN, BS, MS, MEP
AHEPP Professional
Standard:
Coordination with Stakeholders
By Julie Bulson, DNP, MPA, RN, NE-BC, HcEM-M
AHEPP Professional
Standard:
Coordination with Stakeholders
When Things go Boom in the Basement
By Richard Howlett & Joshua Cook
AHEPP Professional
Standard:
Response Operations
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
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
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!)
Presented by: Eric Alberts and Nealon Joseph, MPA, FPEM, FMI
Moderated by: Mark VanDyke
AHEPP Professional Standard: Strategic Planning
Break & Networking with Vendors
An AED for your EM Program: Rebuilding an Emergency Management Program from the Ground Up
By Deb Teske, HcEM-M, CEM
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
Enhancing Objectivity of the HVA: Lessons Learned in HVA Strategy, Data Management, and Execution
By Leanna Molnar, MS & Caitlin Flynn, CHSP, CHPCP
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
AHEPP Annual
Conference
Day 2
Agenda
2025
Pre-Conference Sessions - February 24
Exhibits and Conference -
February 25 & 26, 2025
Orlando, FL
February 26, 2025
7:00 - 7:50
8:00 - 8:30
8:30 - 9:30
Presented by:
Lance Lynch &
Anthony DeGeorge
Sponsored by:
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Welcome, Announcements and Introductions
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:50
Break
Designing and Expanding a Business Continuity Program for a Healthcare System
By Julie Bulson, DNP, MPA, RN, NE-BC, HcEM-M
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Program Management & Governance
Violent Threats in Healthcare - A Multidisciplinary Response Team Approach
By Matt Van Voorhis, MBA, CHEP
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Hazard, Vulnerability, Risk Management
By Jacquelyn Marchand, PhD
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Social Determinants/Vulnerabilities
11:00 - 12:00
Presented by: Donald Denson, MS
AHEPP Professional Standard: Response Operations
12:00 - 1:30
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
Using Serious Safety Events Tabletop Exercises as a Tool for Decreasing Patient Safety Events
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By Elizabeth M. Garrasi, MS, CHEP, CEDP, HcEM-P
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Exercise Design and Development
Planning for the “Party” – Lessons Learned from the RNC
By Lisa M. Hass-Peters, RN, NHDP-C
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
Building a Resilient Future: Developing an Effective Emergency Management Program in Healthcare
By Adam Lee, MBA, MS, CEM,
AHEPP Professional Standard:
Leadership
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By Jennifer Shearer, MPH
AHEPP Professional Standard:
TBD
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By Brian Uridge, MPA, CHPA, CPP, CTM
AHEPP Professional Standard:
TBD
The 2025 AHEPP Annual Conference has been approved for 13 HcEM Re-Certification Continuing Education Units. The 2025 AHEPP Pre-Conference Sessions have been approved for 6 HcEM Re-Certification Continuing Education Units.
Conference registration includes breakfast and lunch on February 25 & 26, 2025.