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  • Wednesday, May 27, 2026
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Advancing Wildlife Resiliency Along the Texas Gulf Coast
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    AI for Emergency Management
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Implementation of CERT programs in urban jurisdictions
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Oncor’s Wildfire Mitigation Efforts & Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Alerts and Warnings: Minimizing Message Fatigue
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Assessing Regional Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in South Texas Between 2020 and 2025
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Automated Drone Image Analysis
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    From Activation to Impact: Incident Support Task Force in Local Disaster Response
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    From Sanctuary to Ground Zero- Agile Response Planning to a Hospital Targeted Attack
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    How Bad is Bad
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Legal Issues that Arise after Disasters and How Legal Aid Providers in Texas Can Help Disaster Survivors
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Scaling Preparedness How Different-Sized Jurisdictions and Educational Facilities Approach CERT
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    STAT 2.0
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Texas A&M Task Force 1: Search and Rescue in Texas
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    The Texas Critical Infrastructure Security Workshop Series: Exercising Public-Private Coordination
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Understanding the RPA Process - And Ensuring Proper Documentation
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST
    Death By Tabletop: A fresh look at tabletop exercises for the next generation of adult learners.
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST
    Evacuation Triage Team
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST
    Facing Your Fear: Intro to Public Speaking for Emergency Managers
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Hazardous Chemical 9-1-1
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Life is Better Outdoors - Texas State Parks Emergency Management
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Manufacturing Triage
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Railroad Incident and Safety Course "RISC": Firefighter
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Base Level Engineering (BLE) 101
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Beyond the Command Post: Community Response and Recovery 101
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Development and Implementation of a Modern Outdoor Warning System for the City of Lubbock, Texas
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Doing More with Less: Leveraging Technology to Transform Emergency Management
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Embedding SAR Capabilities in your Agency- Capitalizing On Benefits, Developing Requirements and Developing a Plan
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    From Chaos to Cleanup: A Guide to FEMA Eligible Debris Removal
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Individual Disaster Preparedness: Why & How; Get Home Bag demonstration
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Lessons from the Field: Best Practices in Procurement and Updates to 2 CFR 200
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    MetroX: Full-Scale Exercise for Large-Scale Regional Events
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Strategic Threats to Texas and the Federal Response, Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Utilizing Prescribed Fire for Habitat Management and Wildfire Risk Reduction in Urban Natural Areas
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    When Reimbursements Go Wrong - Top Reasons for Unreimburseable Claims
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    LinnESync Emergency Response Platform
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    MyPI Texas Youth Preparedness Initiative
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Partnerships, communities, and the lessons learned piloting flood detection systems across New Orleans and the Great Lakes
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM CST
    Defense Support to Civil Authorities and the Defense Coordinating Element
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM CST
    From After Action to Annex: Turning Lessons Learned into Playbooks that Actually Work
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Beginning, Revamping, and Leading a Successful CERT Program
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Beyond FEMA IA: Building a Survivor-Centered, State-Level Individual Assistance Model for Texas
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    BlackStarTX 2025: Overview & Lessons Learned
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Bridging the Gap Between Plans and Practice: A Cascading Impacts Approach to Workforce Preparedness
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Data Under Pressure: What the Kerrville Flood Taught Us About Tech in Crisis
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Emergency Management planning for Agriculture Infrastructure and Biosecurity
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Enhancing Emergency Response and Recovery: How the Texas State Medical Operations Center Uses Quickbase to Track ESF-8 Public Health and Medical Incident Resources, Costs and Other Incident Metrics
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Fusion Center Integration into EOC’s: A review of the NIMS Intelligence/Investigations Function Guidance and Field Operations Guide
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    GMS Integration: Building a Successful Grants Management, Accounting, and Compliance System
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Meeting FEMA's Disaster Declaration Thresholds - A City of Georgetown Case Study for Effective Damage Assessments
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Pyroterrorism Awareness & Fire as a Weapon: training for emergency managers and fusion centers to detect, deter, and respond to terrorist-initiated arson in the wildland-urban interface.
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Small Cities & Counties: Securing a Seat at the Table Post-Disaster
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    SNG, RNG, LNG, OMG!
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) Updates
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    The AI of the Storm: Machine Learning's Impact on Tropical Cyclone Forecasting and Emergency Management
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Why Reinvent the Wheel: Using School Standard Response Protocol in Government Buildings.
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Radiation Detection: Getting to Know Your Meter
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Closing Strong: Documentation & Monitoring Strategies for Success
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Emerging Special Hazard Threats in Texas: The Expanding Role of Local Emergency Planning Committees
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Last Mile Response: How to Save Lives and Dollars When Turn-by-Turn Navigation Ends
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    211 Texas Helpline: A Tool for your Toolkit
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    A Collaborative Approach to Life-Saving Fire Warnings During the February 2024 Panhandle Wildfires
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Beyond Locked Doors: Integrating Cross-Discipline Response and Reunification Planning for Schools
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Clearing the Way: Texas’ Debris Mission After the Hill Country Floods (DR‑4879)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Closeout Conflicts: Proving Public Assistance Eligibility through Arbitration
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Coordinated Response to a Pipeline Fire in La Porte and Deer Park: Lessons in Multi-Agency Collaboration
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Creative Strategies to Find Grants: Turning Project Concepts into High-Yield Search Terms
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Functional Exercise in coordination with DDEOC
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Harnessing AI & GIS: Transforming Emergency Preparedness with Emerging Technologies
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    How Can Emergency Managers Help the State Fire Marshal's Office?
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Project Management on the Go: Redefining Agility in Emergency Management
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Public Assistance Improved Projects and Alternate Projects
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Tier II Program Updates: BESS Reporting and SERC vs LEPC Report Submission Discrepancies
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Train for the Exercise, Exercise for the Disaster: Building a Culture of Real Preparedness
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Local Hazard Mitigation Plans, What are they, Why do you need one, and how to build one with some new free and cheap tools.
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Integrating Sensor-Equipped Multi-Mission Aircraft into Emergency Management Operations
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    When Emergency Training Fails: Turning Classroom Lessons into Real-World Response
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    Development of the Jurisdictional Evaluation Tool (JET): A comprehensive survey-based assessment framework aligned with Project Public Health Ready Criteria
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    La Salle County Sets the Collaboration Standard: Bridge4PS Across Schools, LE, Fire & State Agencies
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Above the 49th Parallel: Navigating EMAC Support in Alaska’s Unique Emergency Landscape
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Before the Dashboard: Building a Pre-Data Plan for Emergency Management
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Beyond the Plan: Standing Up a Pet-Friendly Disaster Shelter
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Burning Questions about FMAGs
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Debris Management at the County Level
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Effective Leadership Strategies
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Grants, Outreach, and Enforcement Updates, US DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Lessons Learned in Rural Jurisdiction Exercise Development
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Oil and Gas Spills, Releases and Incidents
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Posting With Purpose: Crafting Impactful Social Media for Emergency Preparedness
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Presentation of the Diverse Types of Radiation
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Substantial Damage and Substantial Improvement Basics
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    TCR: Disasters are complex — our management systems shouldn’t be.
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    To Enhance the National Economy - The Impact of NWS Onsite Support to Port and Marine Operations
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    What is This For? Reimbursement Documentation Overview
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Family Assistance Centers: High Stress Emergency Operations Collaboration after Catastrophic Mass Casualty Incidents