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Full Schedule

  • Thursday, May 28, 2026
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Beyond the Forecast: Next-Gen Situational Awareness for Texas Extremes
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Building Resiliency Through Regional Water Reclamation: The Hidalgo County Delta Region Project
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Mitigation & Reallocation: Building Resilient Texas Communities
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    An Exploration of Cost-Effective Communications for Mission-Critical Operations
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Beyond the Certificate: Re-Centering Competency in Emergency Management
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Bridging ESF-6 and ESF-8: Whole Community Mass Care, Medical Sheltering, and Functional Needs Support in Texas
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Disaster Response in Action: A Panel Discussion with Local Jurisdictions and ISTF Members Deployed Across Texas
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Enhancing Emergency Preparedness with Onsite Power Generation Solutions
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    I survived... How to recognize the signs of human trafficking
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    PM for EMs: Turning Chaos into Coordination
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Private Property Debris Removal
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Procuring Smarter: Buying what you really need
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    State Department of Transportation Emergency Management Mutual Aid Initiative
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Supply Chains of the Future: Logistics, Warehousing, and Distribution to Manage Tomorrow’s Emergencies
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    The Flood Assessment System for TxDOT (FAST)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    The State Operations Center's Watch Overview - The 24/7 Manned Operations for TDEM
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    What's New: Navigating the Latest PAPPG Updates and Policy Changes *Category I
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    First-Time Through the Fire: Rural Communities Surviving (and winning) the FEMA PA Gauntlet
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Planning for Post-Disaster Housing Needs: Building Coordinated, Survivor-Centered Housing Strategies
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Flood Diagnostic Innovation Project
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Tier 2 Chemical Reporting Facility Planning & Response Job Aid
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Debris Recovery: Expectations vs. Reality
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Emotional Intelligence When Encountering Those Spicy First Responders
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Empowering Texas EMCs: Leveraging Mutual Aid for Faster, Smarter Recovery
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Feeding Hope: The Hidden Impact of Disaster Feeding
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    From Chaos to Compliance: A Playbook for Federal Grants and 2 CFR 200
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    From Concept to Chaos: Engineering Realism in CERT Simulations
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Harnessing the Power of Data: An Interactive Workshop on the Texas Disaster Information System (TDIS)
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Harnessing the Power of FirstNet for Disaster Planning, Response and Recovery
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Navigating Modern PA Decs - DR-4781, DR-4798, DR-4879 and Beyond
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Terroristic Use of Biological Agents
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    The Next Generation Emergency Manager: Leading Beyond the All-Hazards Mindset
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    The Texas A&M VET deployment to the July 4 Flood Event on the Guadalupe: Setting the standard for supporting working canines in the field
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Title: Enhancing Resilience & Coordinated Response Capabilities for Law Enforcement & Emergency Management Developing Viable, All‑Hazards Contingency Plans Objectives: Strengthen the operational readiness and resilience
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Understanding and Planning for Radiological Hazards, including SMRs
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Work Smarter Not Harder: How Incorporating GIS into Operations Can Augment Local Emergency Management Through all Phases
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Management
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Base Camps 101
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    NWS Challenges of Tornado Surveys in Rural, Unpopulated Locations
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Taking the Ick! Out of ICS - How to make it relevant, approachable, and easier to implement
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Building A Basic Exercise for Your Organization: Using Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Principles
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Comprehensive Disaster Preparedness: Protecting Animals, Staff, and Communities
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    From Plan to Practice: Building HSEEP-Compliant Exercises that Actually Improve Readiness
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    From Vision to Value: Demonstrating the Power of NWS Transformation
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Intro to Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) § 1206
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Mass Fatality Incident Response and the State of the Death Investigation System in Texas
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Planning for the Unplanned: A Practical Template for LEPC Hazardous Chemical Release Response
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Texas Statewide Interoperability Coordinator Updates
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    The Importance of Collaboration: Success Stories for Large Infrastructure Projects Following Hurricane Harvey
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Tracking the Future: Texas Emergency Managers’ Perceptions of Rail for Mass Logistics
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    SDRS Mutual Aid Reimbursement Process
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    Texas Law Enforcement Active Attack Incident Management
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    From Data to Decisions: Empowering Local Emergency Planners with Decision-Support Tools (RAMP and MATCH)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    TDEM 147: How-to and Best Practices
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Communicating the Threat by Improving the Delivery of Critical Information
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    From Humble Beginnings to Operational Success: Lessons in Building an Emergency Management and Business Continuity Program
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Hurricane Milton: An Analysis of Messaging and Its Impact on Community Response
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Mass Care: Catalyst for Response to Local Recovery
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Navigating the FEMA Appeals Process
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Procurement Guidance and Best Practices for Federal Grant Awards
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Texas CERT Instructor Track: Understanding G-427, G-428, and T-517
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    When “Normal” Becomes Dangerous: Normalization of Deviance in Emergency Management
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Youth in Emergency Preparedness and Management
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center Case Study: First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Requests for Information (across all stages of grant lifecycle)