12th Annual

Indiana Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Symposium

SEPTEMBER 12-13, 2024
IHEPS Agenda
September 11, 2024 Early Registration
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Registration is open
September 12, 2024 DAY 1   IHEPS
7:00 AM Registration opens
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast and Exhibits
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Presentation of the Colors and National Anthem – Malita Duncan

Invocation – Chaplin Dennis Patton

Welcome – Kevin Webb

8:30 AM IHEPS 2024 OFFICIALLY STARTS
    8:30 AM – 9:45 AM Keynote Session – Resilience Through Chaos – Tania Glenn – Main Ballroom
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Break and Exhibits
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM General Session – District 6 Tornado Response & Recovery A Multi-Agency Response – Main Ballroom  
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM Break and Exhibits
  11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Session (A) – Effective Inclusion: Integrating Families of Children with Disabilities and Complex Medical Needs into Healthcare Coalition Operations – Hazel Jeong and Kara Kowalczyk – Carmel I/ Carmel II
Session (B) – Was that a Gun Shot? – Justin Mast & Sean Rose – Carmel V/ Carmel VI
Session (C) – Check-In Groups: A Novel Crisis Intervention Model – Kimble Richardson – Forsyth Room
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch and Exhibits
1:15PM – 2:15 PM Repeat Sessions A, B, C, (room assignments same as initial sessions)
2:15PM – 2:30 PM Break and Exhibits
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Keynote Session – Laughter in Medicine – Danny Adams – Main Ballroom
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Day One Closing – Main Ballroom
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM Networking & Vendor Event – Appetizers served & Cash Bar – Main Lobby
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Networking Event – Appetizers served – Forsyth Room
September 13, 2024 DAY 2   IHEPS
6:45 AM – 8:00 AM Full Breakfast and Exhibits 
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Keynote Session – Greenwood Park Mall Active Shooter – James Ison – Main Ballroom
9:30AM – 10:00 AM Break, Exhibits and Check-Out of the hotel
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Session (D) –Whiteland Tornado Response and Recovery- Johnson County Health Department, Johnson County EMA, City of Whiteland – Carmel I/ Carmel II
Session (E) –After the Echo – Donald Denson – Carmel V/ Carmel VI
Session (F) –What Next? Building Resiliency Through Continuity Planning – Elisa Stott – Forsyth Room
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Closing and Thank You- Main Ballroom
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM Break and Exhibits
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Repeat Sessions D,E,F (room assignments same as initial sessions)
Following last session You are dismissed! Surveys will be sent via email as long as you have signed-in!
Privacy Preferences
When you visit our website, it may store information through your browser from specific services, usually in form of cookies. Here you can change your privacy preferences. Please note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our website and the services we offer.