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Firestorm 2007 - I.T. Reacts to Disaster!

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Thu, 02/07/2008 - 6:23pm — Julius Remigio

Event Date:  February 13, 2008

The 2007 firestorms in San Diego challenged individuals, companies, and government throughout the region. We made it through and now there are lots of "after action" reports, revised disaster plans, and a collective sigh of relief.
AITP presents a panel that offers three different perspectives on the fires, the impacts on their organizations, "heat of battle" notes, and how they each dealt with the "real time" challenges facing their organizations.

Cindy Ireland, Cindy Ireland, Sr. Director, Information Systems for Gen-Probe, will discuss the contingencies she put in place when her DR site was at risk, planning for a potential loss of power, and some of the human issues in this event when more than 60% of her IT staff had personal issues to deal with, and the business also required immediate attention.

Bill Jenkins, IT Operations Manager at Otay Water District, will share his experience in using GIS and GPS technologies to manage resources, as well as how to reconstruct and operate a disaster operations center when his became unavailable.

Bill Norris, IT Director at 2-1-1 San Diego, will discuss how his organization increased its information service capacity by 7000% in less than 72 hours and utilized government and private sector partnerships to operate the information center that served the victims all eight fires.

Location  (New Location and Format!)
National University
3678 Aero Court
San Diego, CA 92123
Directions
Schedule of Events
5:30 - 6:15 pm The Social includes hors d' oeuvres & no host bar.
6:15 - 7:45 pm Presentation
8:00 Adjourn

Reservations
Reservations are due by Friday, February 8 at close of business. In order to confirm your reservation and allow us to commit to having an excellent dinner available, please make your payment online as soon as possible.

 Members: $25.00 Online Payment
Guests: $30.00 Online Payment
Students: $10.00 Online Payment
Registration at the door add $5.00

If you need to cancel, please do so 72 hours in advance and we will provide a refund or offer a credit for our next Dinner Meeting. If you are unable to make the payment online, please send an RSVP to info [at] sandiego [dot] aitp [dot] org and be prepared to make a payment at the door.