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Sanswire & Emergency Communications Systems Confer.12/13

Bob Jones spoke at the National Conference on Emergency Communications Systems this past Dec. 12-13.

Am taking this obviously as a very favorable outcome of November's Sky Dragon presentation to the gov't. Wished Bob had also spoken on panel 7, but GTE is just getting it's feet proverbially "wet" here so as the upstart it may take time to work our way up to the likes of Northrop et al. Will say no more; just felt like sharing again.

nite.
pete



http://www.emergencycomconference.org/NCEC_REGISTRATION_5.doc.


Panel 6 Panel 6: Development of New IT and Communications Systems (11:
00am-12:30pm speaker: Bob Jones
http://www.emergencycomconference.org/about_us2.html




National Conference on Emergency Communications Systems

December 12-13, 2005


George Washington University—Media and Public Affairs
Building-Auditorium, 805 21st St. NW, Washington, D.C.


Conference Objectives:


A series of disastrous events in the U.S. and abroad has
alerted us to the fact that our emergency response
capabilities are woefully lacking. The objectives for the
National Conference on Emergency Communications
(NCEC) are to identify ways to upgrade U.S. emergency
communications systems as well as methods to make them
more interoperable. There is a further specific objective to
develop a White Paper that comes up with top
recommendations as to how to improve emergency
communications and IT systems. This White Paper will build
on not only the results of the December 12-13 Conference
but also will incorporate ideas and proposals from testimony
before the U.S. Congress, policy papers such as those
developed by Mobile Satellite Ventures, the Satellite Industry
Association, press articles and interviews with key officials
and executives from the private and public sectors.

It is hoped that the recommendations that emerge from the
NCEC and the ensuing White Paper will be innovative,
cost-effective and realistic. Although many recommendations
will require public funding at the national, state, local or even
international level, it is believed, that in some cases,
proposed actions might be implemented by commercial
organizations on the basis of various incentive or tax credits
or via standards-making organizations. It is hoped that
results, conclusions and recommendations from the NCEC
and the following White Paper will be highlighted in the
national and trade press to be maximum extend possible.
Further it is intended that the White Paper will go directly to
key people in Congress, in the Executive Branch and other
state and local agencies.