SARSCENE 2008 - Speakers

Speakers

Preliminary Speaker Listing

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Topic	Termination of 121.5 Transition and Effects on SAR
Name	Maj. Kelly Freitag
Organization	CF - CMCC

Topic	Alternative Alerting Technologies
Name	Kevin Psutka
Organization	COPA

Topic	Urban SAR - Lessons Learned
Name	Guy Kerr
Organization	Calgary Police Service

Topic	SAR and 3rd Party Child Abductions
Name	Don Blakely
Organization	Vernon SAR

Topic	Advanced GPS use in MR/SAR
Name	Lyle Brotherton
Organization	Micronavigation

Topic	The International Lifesaving Federation’s (ILS) World Drowning Report
Name	Barbara Byers
Organization	Lifesaving Society Ontario

Topic	Canadian R&D on the Next Generation Search and Rescue Satellite System
Name	Richard Paiement
Organization	Communications Research Centre Canada

Topic	The Extended Maritime Survivor Locator (EMSL)
Name	Dean Rowsell
Organization	C-CORE

Topic	SAR K-9 Selection, Training, Certification, & Deployment by Law Enforcement Search Managers
Name	Dave Walker
Organization	Hamilton Police Volunteer Search and Rescue Canine Team/London SAR K9 Team

Topic	Marine Marker for Common SAR Objects
Name	David Green
Organization	C-CORE

Topic	National SAR Prevention Strategy
Name	Jacqui Bannach
Organization	National Search and Rescue Secretariat
	and
Name	Cyndie Jones
Organization	BC Provincial Emergency Program

Topic	Torngats National Park
Names	Craig Burden
	Stephen Anderson
Organization	Parks Canada Western Newfoundland And Labrador

Topic	Incident Command System and the Interoperability in Search and Rescue
Name	Richard Smith
Organization	ERI Canada

Topic	Community Flood Response & Evacuation Planning for GSAR volunteers
Name	Neil Brewer
Organization	Kent Harrison Search and Rescue

Topic	SEARCH IS AN EMERGENCY- — Pre-Planning for Long Term Care Facilities
Name	Sgt. Don H. Webster
Organization	Ontario Provincial Police

Topic	Participants’ Perceptions of the Nature and Cause of Injuries and Medical Conditions: A Kayaking Case Study
Name	Colin Powell
Organization	Centre for Health, Safety and the Environment, University of Wales Institute

Topic	Thermal Protection in Life Rafts : Assessment of Occupant Heat Balance and Development of Performance Criteria
Name	Lawrence Mak
Organization	National Research Council Canada, Institute for Ocean Technology

Topic	Introduction to Search and Search Management in the Urban Environment
Name	Chris Young
Organization	Contra Costa Co. Sheriff’s Department

Topic	Cold Water Boot Camp…and Beyond
Name	Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht
Organization	University of Manitoba
	and
Name	Ted Rankine
Organization	Play Safe Productions

Topic	ADFAR2 – Developing Prevention Tools for a Highly Diverse Target Audience
Name	Dr. Pascal Haegeli
Organization	Canadian Avalanche Centre

Topic	Successful Search and RescuePartnerships
Name	Colin Wiebe
Organization	Abbotsford Police Department & SAR Manager/Director Central Fraser Valley Search and Rescue Society

Topic	Kate Williams rescue, near Golden BC
Name	Ian Foss
Organization	Golden & District Search & Rescue

Topic	B.C. Search & Rescue Association Critical Incident Stress Management Program
Name	Whitney Numan
Organization	BCSARA CISMP

Topic	Kananaskis Country Public Safety Program Partnerships
Name	George Field
Organization	Kananaskis Country; Parks and Protected Areas; Tourism, Parks, and Recreation

Topic	SAR Surface Current Monitoring Network- NIF Project
Name	Donnie Billard
Organization	JRCC Halifax
	and
Name	Brian Whitehouse
Organization	OEA Technologies

Topic	Leadership crisis, and moving forward
Name	Scott Wright
Organization	SARSAC
	and
Name	Mike DesRoche
Organization	SARVAC

Topic	Heat and its effect on canine teams POD
Name	Carol Namur
Organization	The Volunteer Group Sauvetage Canada Rescue

Topic	Northern SAR Strategy
Name	Ron Kroeker
Organization	National Search and Rescue Secretariat

Topic	Exercise Unified Command — A multi-jurisdictional GSAR exercise, PEI, 2008
Names	Roger Steadman (Part A)
	Lori-Anne Duffy (Part B)
Organization	Parks Canada

Topic	Fundraising
Name	Cyndie Jones
Organization	BC Provincial Emergency Program

Topic	ICS and GSAR
Name	Michel Villeneuve
Organization	Parks Canada

Topic	Bucket work for a more reliable search dog
Name	Silvie Montier
Organization	Canadian Search and Disaster Dogs Association

Topic	The SAR dog in International Mission
Name	Silvie Montier
Organization	Canadian Search and Disaster Dogs Association

Topic	UAV + CASARA exercise
Name	Andrew Carryer
Organization	Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.

Topic	An Educational Partnership between the Canadian Medic Alert Foundation and You.
Names	Michael Nemeth AEMCA(f), ICP
	Laura King Hahn R.N.
Organization	Canadian Medic Alert Foundation

Topic	Winning Partnership for Boating Safety
Name	Malcolm Dunderdale
Organization	Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary
	and
Name	Sean Payne
Organization	Office of Boating Safety

Topic	Voluntary Sector Capacity in an Emergency
Name	TBD
Organization	Red Cross

Topic	Myths and Legends of Lost Person Behaviour
Name	Robert Koester
Organization	dbs-sar

Call for Presentations

SARSCENE 2008 will take place in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, from October 15 to 18. The theme for the conference is Strengthening Partnerships. If you have an idea for a presentation, discussion group, forum, panel, short training course, demonstration, technical briefing, working group or other activity, please let us know.

We are particularly interested in presentations that feature the following themes:

Successful projects supported by the SAR New Initiatives Fund
Search and rescue partnerships
Multi-jurisdictional exercises
Working with volunteers
Innovative SAR technologies and techniques
Equipment interoperability
Marine, air and ground SAR cooperation
SAR leadership and incident command
Prevention projects and best practices
Standards, case studies, lessons learned, trends and best practices
Weather forecasting and tracking
Statistical studies
Planning, management and evaluation of SAR resources
Working with the media
Fundraising
International cooperation

We welcome proposals on these and other SAR-related topics.
Please include the following information in your proposal:

Presentation topic
Proposed format of session – workshop, demonstration, panel or other
A short description of the presentation idea
Contact Information: name, position, organization, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address of each presenter and co-presenter
Advise if you require a letter from the National Search and Rescue Secretariat requesting you to present at SARSCENE

Proposals must be received no later than Sunday July 27, 2008. A committee will evaluate all of the proposals and the selected presenters will be advised.

Please note that it is the National Search and Rescue Secretariat's policy to provide one free conference registration to the principal presenter. Any additional presenters are required to register as delegates for the conference. Expenses and fees incurred by presenters cannot be reimbursed by the Secretariat.

Presentation proposals are to be sent to:
Stephane Bachand
National Search and Rescue Secretariat
275 Slater Street, 4th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0K2
E-mail: sbachand@nss.gc.ca
Phone: (613) 992-8215 or 1-800-727-9414