Keynote Theater One | Disaster Expo Miami 2026

11:00 11:30

Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction to Address the Increasing Economic Cost of Disasters

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Nahuel Arenas Garcia, Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction of the Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean - United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
11:45 12:15

Infrastructure Resilience: Making a Communications Connection When it Matters Most.

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Vincent Delaurentis, Deputy Executive Assistant Director for Emergency Communications - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
12:30 13:00

Homeland Security Through Agricultural Security

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Michael Sharon, Chief, Emergency Programs Division - USDA
13:15 13:45

Incident Command: Best Practices in Disaster Response.

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Kevin Fetterman, Fire Division Chief - Orange County Fire Authority
14:00 14:30

CORE Connections: Building Collaborative Networks for Crisis Response

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Dr. Jesse Spearo, Assistant Director - Miami-Dade County Department of Emergency Management

Liana Aguilar, Public-Private Partnership Coordinator - Miami-Dade County Department of Emergency Management
14:45 15:15

Evolving Frameworks in Disaster Response: A Comparative Analysis of Key U.S. Entities

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Jeffrey V. Rouse, Deputy Leader for FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Operations Functional Group - FEMA

11:00 11:30

Climate Resilient Design and Coastal Disaster Management

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Eugene Karl Montoya, Coastal Resilience Co-Lead - ARISE US | Waterfront Alliance
11:45 12:15

Thriving in the Tropics: Hurricane Preparedness and Probabilistic Forecasting

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Robert Garcia, Warning Coordination Meteorologist - NOAA/National Weather Service
12:30 13:00

Hurricane Preparedness Lessons learned from Hurricanes Helene and Milton

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Andrew Fossa, Director - Pasco County Emergency Management
13:15 13:45

Disaster Planning and Communication: Coordinating the New Normal

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Sunny Wescott, Chief Meteorologist
14:00 14:30

The cost of inaction: strengthening understanding of risk to inform decision-making under uncertainty

Keynote Theater 1

Nahuel Arenas Garcia, Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction of the Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean - United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction