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The International Joint Operations Command Conference 2009

09:30, 15 - 16 Jul 2009
RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

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PLACES AVAILABLE: Open to all

About the event:

The Challenge of Crisis Leadership

**Conference presentations now available online here**

Collaborative Strategies for Managing Major Emergencies

The International Joint Operations Command Conference is the premier event for senior emergency managers, commanders and policy makers around the world, with a distinguished international panel of speakers. The conference will focus on key issues and lessons learned from emergency management experience across a wide variety of different disciplines.

Leading speakers confirmed include:

Rt. Hon. Lord Malloch-Brown, Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN
‘Coordination in International Relations’
Detective Chief Superintendent Michael Hallowes, Head of Strategic Operations, Interoperability, Olympic Coordination & Protective Services, National Policing Improvement Authority (NPIA)
Don Grant, Director of Incident Management Systems, National Preparedness Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), USA
‘National Incident Management – A World Standard’
Brigadier General Dammjacob, ACOS J3, NATO
Phillip Woolas MP, Minister of State for Borders and Immigration
Tom Dowdall, Director, Border Force, European Operations, UK Border Agency
‘Cross Channel Partnership Working’
Colin Smith, Former Chief UK Police Advisor for Iraq and Head of EUPOL COPPS, Palestine
'Lessons from Developing Police in Conflict. Aspirations and Reality-Experiences from Northern Ireland, Iraq and Palestine'
Professor Laurence Alison, Programme Director, Critical Incident Psychology MSc, Liverpool University School of Psychology
'Challenges in Simulation Based Training for Policing Critical Incidents'
Greg Mullins, Commissioner, New South Wales Fire Brigade, Australia
'Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System – crossing the doctrinal divide'
Olaf Baars, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service
‘Looking Back and Moving Forward – The Development of 21st Century Command Support Systems’
Chief Superintendent Andrew Sigsworth, Head of Centre, Police National CBRN Centre
‘Challenges within CBRN Response for Commanders and Command Decision Making and Links to Training and Assessment’
Rear Admiral Chris Parry, Strategic Consultant and Associate Fellow, RUSI
‘The Psychology of Command and Control’
Assistant Chief Constable Allyn Thomas, Special Operations, Kent Police
‘Cultural Differences and Cross Border Command and Control’
Professor Denis Smith, Department of Management, University of Glasgow
'A Dance of Interacting Parts - Emergence, Escalation and the Performance of Crisis Management Teams'
Steve Demetriou, Director of Operations, Kent Fire and Rescue Service
‘BI-NAT Go – Channel Tunnel Fire 2008’
Garry Hindle, Head, Security and Counterterrorism, National Security and Resilience, Royal United Services Institute
Rod Stafford, Director of Command Development, VectorCommand Ltd
‘Working on a Common Operational Picture’
Chris Case, Manager, Fire Safety, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
'Lessons Learned in Multi-Agency Response to Serious Incidents'
Tim Kidwell OBE, QinetiQ & Victoria Doherty, Senior Human Factors Consultant, QinetiQ (Joint Presentation)
'How Human Factors Drive Command and Control’
Paul Gibson, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, NPIA Interoperability Programme, National Policing Improvement Authority
‘Multi Agency – Working Together’
David Lindridge, Group Manager, Fire and Rescue Service, Subject Matter Expert, Interoperability Programme, National Policing Improvement Agency
'Multi Agency - Working Together'

Key themes of the conference will be:

Command Competencies
Cross-Jurisdictional Command and Control

Day One: Command Competencies

Interoperability – The Vital Link
Session One: Defining Critical Command: People, Processes and Technology
Session Two: The Psychology of Command and Control
Session Three: Transportable Solutions in Command and Control
Session Four: Sharing a Common Operational Picture

Day Two: Cross Jurisdictional Command and Control

Keynote address
Session One: Balancing Regional and Local Ownership
Session Two: Command and Control across Borders
Session Three: International Systems for Command and Control

The conference will provide a forum for the presentation of case studies, insights and technology updates, delivered by experienced senior commanders and managers from around the world.

The conference programme is available by clicking here.

For further information, please contact Tom Mortimer, Project Manager, on +44 (0)20 7747 2627 or tomm@rusi.org

Event manager: Deanne Prudden, +44 (0)207 747 2619

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