ICTP Advanced Workshops Speaker Presentations San Francisco, CA
September 19-21, 2006

September 19: Kick-off Training Presentations

• Setting the Stage: What is Communications Interoperability: Dan M. Hawkins, Director, SEARCH Public Safety Programs (ppt)
• Technology Challenges and 10 Critical Success Factors: Bill Romesburg, Law Enforcement IT Specialist, SEARCH (ppt)
• Foundations: First Steps in Interagency Projects: Jim Reutlinger, Public Safety Technology Specialist, SEARCH (ppt)
• Interagency Foundations: Dana Hansen, Manager of Wireless Services, City and County of Denver, Colorado (ppt)
• From Vision to Implementation: Interoperability in the Silicon Valley: Sheryl A. Contois, Director, Police Technical Services, Palo Alto Police Department, California (ppt)
• "Operationalizing" Your Interoperability Project: Dan M. Hawkins, Director, SEARCH Public Safety Programs (ppt)
• Project Planning: Managing the Triple Constraints: Ben Krauss, Public Safety Technology Specialist, SEARCH (ppt)

—Cost Breakdown (pdf)
—Project Overview Statement (pdf)
—Scope and Work Breakdown Structure (pdf)

• Grants Management: Bernard Williams, Grant Program Specialist, and Mike Dame, Assistant Director, COPS Office (ppt)

September 20: Day One

• Welcome and Introductions: Dan M. Hawkins, Director, SEARCH Public Safety Programs, and Mike Dame, Assistant Director, COPS Office (ppt)
• Interagency Governance: Putting it on Paper: Dana Hansen, Manager of Wireless Services, City and County of Denver, Colorado (ppt)
• First Steps in Governing Interoperability in Southern Nevada: Dennis Cobb, Deputy Chief, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada (ppt)
• Establishing Successful Vendor Relationships: Bill Romesburg, Law Enforcement IT Specialist, SEARCH (ppt)
• Interagency Procurement and Contracting Revisited: Bill Romesburg, Law Enforcement IT Specialist, SEARCH (ppt)
• Interagency Operations: Standard Operating Procedures: Jim Reutlinger, Public Safety Technology Specialist, SEARCH (ppt)

September 21: Day Two

• Interagency Operations: NIMS ICS and Communications: Dan M. Hawkins, Director, SEARCH Public Safety Programs (ppt)
• Interagency Operations: Training and Exercises: Ben Krauss, Public Safety Technology Specialist, SEARCH (ppt)
• Interoperability Technology: High-speed Mobile Data, Minneapolis-St. Paul Regional Initiative: Roger R. Laurence, Hennepin County Communications Manager, Minnesota (ppt)
• Interoperability Technology Gateways: Lieutenant Steve Webb, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, California (ppt)
• Interoperability Technology Regional P25 Shared Radio Systems: Joe Noce (ret.), Mesa Police Department (Arizona)