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The purpose of IDCE is to unite Public and Private Sector Professionals from around the world for discussions regarding policy, lessons learned, best practices, and forward thinking. As such, the IDCE Conference Program is the critical component to ensuring IDCE reaches goals and achieves objectives. 1700 Industry Professionals attended the inaugural event in 2012. This number is expected to double in 2013. Public Sector attendees included over 1000 government policy decision makers from over 27 countries, as well as leadership from Federal, State and Municipal Emergency Management / Homeland Security offices. This number is expected to exceed over 1800 in 2013. Private Sector attendees included over 600 professionals representing the support throughout the entire disaster cycle: Preparation, Response, Recovery, and Mitigation. This is expected to exceed 1,600 in 2013. The industry disciplines IDCE2013 will focus on include: Cyber Security, Resilience, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Global Threats and Crises Management, Social Media / Communications, and Economic Stability / Recovery. As with IDCE2012, additional topics will be covered in numerous panel discussions and breakouts. ALL sessions will be presented with a focus on POLICY and Leadership, based upon the principals of public-private partnerships and the utilization of private sector resources in public sector best practices.

US Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology First Responders Group Presents: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy – Social Media in Disasters • Sara Estes Cohen, MPP, ABCP (Moderator) G&H International / U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology First Responders Group • Greg Licamele Director of External Communications, Fairfax County VA Government • Gloria Huang Senior Social Engagement Specialist, American Red Cross • Jason Lindesmith Federal Emergency Management Agency, Office of External Affairs - Digital Communication

Senior Safety and Security Advisor at the National Crisis Center Ministry for Security and Justice - National Coordinator Counterterrorism and Security - Kingdom of the Netherlands Coordinating team leader for major events and disasters; Turkish airlines crash at Schiphol Airport, Afriqiah Airlines crash at Tripoli Airport, WC 2010 South Africa, NATO meeting Noordwijk, UN Summit on Afghanistan. Preparation of national response plans on the issue of safety and security for major crisis and disasters such as CBRNE, Flooding, Pandemics and Cyber Security.