Spencer Collier, Alabama’s Homeland Security director, and Art Faulkner,
Alabama EMA director, to lead discussions on emergency response
November 1, 2011 - Huntsville, Al. - The fifth annual Rocket City
Geospatial Conference will host Spencer Collier, the director of Homeland
Security for the state of Alabama, and Art Faulkner, the director of the
Alabama Emergency Management Agency. Each will address issues related to
how emergency response personnel reacted to the events of April 27th and
were subsequently embedded with Federal Emergency Management Agency staff
to support relief efforts in the aftermath. In addition, both will be part
of a public forum about the applications of geospatial technology in use
around the state as the Alabama Geographic Information System Executive
Council meets at the conference.
Mr. Faulkner will speak at 1:45 p.m. on November 15 in the auditorium of
the Davidson Center for Space Exploration at the U.S. Space and Rocket
Center in Huntsville. Mr. Collier will speak on the same day and at the
same location at 4:10 p.m.
"It is rare that we have the two senior state executives responsible for
emergency response efforts available to speak at the same forum," said Joe
Francica, conference chairman. "The events of April 27th are still fresh in
everyone’s mind and these individuals will report on how we might better
address natural disasters in the future."
The event will also host the Alabama Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
conference. It will attract local and state government professionals and
businesses that utilize digital mapping technology and GIS for applications
such as environmental protection, economic development, urban planning and
critical infrastructure management.
The conference will be held November 15 and 16, 2011 in the Davidson Center
for Space Exploration at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville,
Alabama. This conference will feature an array of user case studies,
technical sessions and vendor presentations through a series of organized
tracks.
Registration and information
The conference organizers encourage early registration, which will cost
only $195. The cost for students is $75. More information about the
conference can be found at the conference website
http://Www.RocketCityGeospatial.com.
About Directions Media
The conference is hosted by Directions Media, the global leader in
collectively covering all aspects of location technology: geographic
information systems (GIS), location intelligence, digital mapping and
location-based services (LBS). Directions Media, with offices in
Huntsville, Alabama and Glencoe, Illinois, encompasses six media
properties: Directions Magazine, Directions Magazine français, Directions
Magazine Español, and All Points Blog as well as the Location Intelligence
and Rocket City Geospatial annual conferences. More information can be
found at http://www.DirectionsMedia.net.
