Minnesota Public Safety Interoperable Communications Conference
Monday, April 16 – Wednesday, April 18, 2012
St. Cloud River’s Edge Convention Center and Kelly Inn
10 Fourth Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN 56301
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency
Communication Networks (DECN) will be sponsoring the third annual Minnesota
Public Safety Interoperable Communications Conference in St. Cloud,
Minnesota April 16-18, 2012 . The conference will be held at the St.
Cloud River’s Edge Convention Center and Kelly Inn. To register select the Registration button from
the left side bar menu. Registration cost is $125 with a $75 discount
for those who are sponsored by their Statewide or Regional Radio Boards.
Grant training dollars can be used for this event. For specific questions
on grant funds that can be used, please contact your grants monitor.
Conference Objectives
The Minnesota Public Safety Interoperable Communications Conference aims
to bring together a broad base of public safety and emergency management
practitioners to develop a shared understanding of the key interoperability
challenges and opportunities facing Minnesota public safety agencies.
The conference will also address how we would communicate among counties and
regions, with state agencies, with our neighboring states and Canadian
provinces, and with multiple federal government agencies, any combination of
which may need to respond to emergency events.
The intent is to promote the sharing of best practices and hard-earned
experience, as well as to provide the latest information about emerging
systems and practices in interoperability.
Conference participants will come away with real-world insights,
practical knowledge and a common sense approach to moving forward.
Target Audience
Municipal, county, regional, tribal, and state level emergency managers,
regional radio board members and committees, elected and appointed officials
involved in emergency services and communications, sheriffs, local and
regional police, fire, and emergency medical services, representatives of
federal agencies (e.g., the FBI, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, US Forest
Service), the Minnesota National Guard, and representatives of
non-governmental organizations such as hospitals, education, volunteer
organizations and private aid organizations (e.g., American Red Cross and
Salvation Army) who may need interoperable communications during emergency
events.