Archive for July, 2006

Communications Interoperability and Ham Radios

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Hurricane & Radio Tower
Our July 17, 2006 Communications Interoperability and Ham Radios Summit was held in the Cisco Systems New York office.

Thanks to Phil Froehlich, Dave Stern and Keith O’Brien for their work in coordinating this event, Cisco Systems for providing the use of their facilities, and of course all of our speakers for their support.

Special thanks to our Keynote speaker William F. Baker, , President & CEO of WNET Thirteen and also to Jeff Pulver, of pulvermedia & co-founder of Vonage, both of whom are Ham Operators.
Baker & InfraGard Board
Bill Baker and NYM InfraGard Board

View a VIDITalk Testimonial for this meeting from James Henry, CEO of Henry Bros. Electronics.
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== Agenda ==
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Introductions and Key Business Issues
Joseph R. Concannon
President, NYM InfraGard

Welcome & Remarks
Randy Biegelman
Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Current Issues in Public Service Communications
Allan Manuel, Esquire
Federal Communications Commission
FCC Public Safety & Homeland Security
FCC Office of Homeland Security (OHS)
Download the Presentation Here.

Radio Communications 101
Mike Lisenco
NYC District Amateur Radio Disaster Services (ARES)

VoIP in Emergency Communications
Jeff Pulver
Chairman and Founder of pulvermedia & Co-Founder of Vonage
See Jeff’s Blog Entry about our meeting.

Communications Interoperability in a Post 9/11 & Katrina World
Keith O’Brien
Distinguished Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems
NYM InfraGard Board Member
Download the Presentation Here.

The Use of Radio During Emergencies
Joe Spinosa
Nassau County REACT – Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams
REACT On-Line
Download the Presentation Here.

Ham Radio Demonstration Project
Mary Hobart & Norm Fusaro
American Radio Relay League (ARRL) National Headquarters
ARRL Emergency Communications
ARRL Public Service Communications Manual (Downloadable as a PDF as well as online.)

Bill Baker, WNET
Bill Baker
Speakers Group
Speakers Group
Jeff Pulver
Jeff Pulver
Joe Spinosa
Joe Spinosa
HamAid Demo
HamAid Demo
Allan Manuel, FCC
Allan Manuel
Attendees
Attendees
Keith O'Brien
Keith O’Brien
Mike Lisenco, N2YBB
Mike Lisenco, N2YBB