County Information
2012 Technology & Homeland Security Forum
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When: Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Where: Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel
Classroom Speaker Details
Keynote Speaker Sponsorship - You will have the opportunity to provide the keynote speaker for 1.0 hour to the entire conference audience. You will also receive additional on-line advertising and be featured in Business First as well as featured on a poster at the event. A free single booth in a prime Event Center location is included with the sponsorship.
AM Classroom Sponsor - You will have the opportunity to use a state-of-the-art classroom for 1.25 hours to present on one of the pre-approved topics to your invited guests. You will also receive additional on-line advertising and be featured in Business First as well as featured on a poster at the event. A free single booth in a prime Event Center location is included with the sponsorship.
PM Classroom Sponsor - You will have the opportunity to use a state-of-the-art classroom for 1.25 hours to present on one of the pre-approved topics to your invited guests. You will also receive additional on-line advertising and be featured in Business First as well as featured on a poster at the event. A free single booth in a prime Event Center location is included with the sponsorship.
Both Sessions Afternoon Classroom - This is a special priced offer for those who need a little more time in the classroom. You will have the opportunity to use a state-of-the-art classroom for 2.5 hours to present on one or two of the pre-approved topics to your invited guests. You will also receive additional on-line advertising and be featured in Business First as well as featured on a poster at the event. A free single booth in a prime Event Center location is included with the sponsorship.
(3) Sessions Classroom for the Day - This is a special priced offer for those who need the full day in the classroom. You will have the opportunity to use a state-of-the-art classroom for 3.75 hours to present on one, two or three of the pre-approved topics to your invited guests You will also receive additional on-line advertising and be featured in Business First as well as featured on a poster at the event. A free single booth in a prime Event Center location is included with the sponsorship.
Classroom Topics
A detailed topic outline must be attached to your application
1. Crisis Management topics
a) Knowledge, skills and traits for effective crisis leadership
b) How to turn crisis into opportunity
c) Crisis communications
d) Crisis response teams
e) Setting expectations during a disaster
f) Emergency action plans for small business
g) First Responder Mobile Mapping – GIS
h) CSEA – Private sector impact/public sector control
2. Business Continuity topics
a) All hazards planning and preparedness
b) Business continuity in the 21st Century
c) Transitioning from plan to implementation
d) Running a tabletop exercise
e) Remote Access as a strategy
f) How to make sure you are in business after the disaster
3. Information Security topics
a) Security for a mobile workforce
b) Information security
c) Computer forensics, investigation and response
d) Enterprise wide IT risk management
e) Secure information flow
f) Camera phones – what are the risks
g) Identity theft 2.0
h) Hacker protection
i) Criminal Intrusion Trends
4. Information Technology topics
a) Service oriented architecture
b) VMWare
c) Virtualization
d) Cloud computing
e) Mobile computing
f) SAN, NAS, iSCSI
g) Next generation data management
h) Creating IT budgets in a down economy
i) Social networking trends & challenges
j) Linux – An alternative to MS
k) E-Discovery
l) Best practices in archiving
Note: The above topics and presentation descriptions have been recommended by the committee. Please submit alternative topics and outline to committee for approval.
For additional information, please contact:
Larry Helwig, Director
Niagara County Information Technology
716-439-7048
techforum@niagaracounty.com











