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Conference: March 8-11, 2027
Exhibits: March 10-11, 2027
North Hall, Las Vegas Convention CenterLas Vegas, NV

2027 Agenda

PACE 101: What Happens When Your Primary System Isn’t Available

Scott Wright  (Senior Telecommunications Engineer 2 and Co-SWIC State of CT., Connecticut Department of Emergency Service and Public Protection)
Jason Matthews  (Sergeant, Lake County Sheriffs Department)
Michael Rohrbacher  (Director of Public Safety Communications, Department of Information Technology, State of New Mexico)
Don Root  (Project 25 Manager, APCO International)
Thomas Gilbert  (Radio System Manager, Brazos Valley Council of Governments)
Carly Huffman  (Communications Director, State of New Mexico State Police)
Track: Coverage Solutions and Deployables
Format: Panel Session
Vault Recording: TBD

Not every day is a sunny day. Things happen, but communications for public safety needs to work – no matter what. Attendees will hear from seasoned responders about options available to them to ensure that public safety responders can communicate. In this panel, get practical advice for deployable networks, backup options, failover, resiliency, continuity, and more, so you have multiple tools in the toolbox in case of a system failure.

Takeaway

Hear about options available when needed
Best practices for programming deployable assets.
Why there needs to be multiple tools in the toolbox and why you don’t rely on just one option
Recent APCO standards development regarding deployable systems