11:30am-12:30pm for the Brown Bag Networking Lunch

All attendees and guests must RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for this meeting and venue by the close of business on April 23rd. Security is very strict at this site. You will be denied entrance without an RSVP!

Topics and Speaker

• Pat Lanthier on "Connected, Protected, Educated, Sustainable Communities"
  • All businesses are part of communities, in good times…and, bad. In the rapidly changing and increasingly connected world we enjoy, businesses are asserting their role as critical components of “Connected, Protected, Educated, Sustainable Communities”. The most successful businesses embrace change and harness disruptive technologies through innovative leadership, effective collaboration and a holistic vision that builds real synergy. Via interactive discussion, we will explore global insights into these characteristics, which culminate in the creation of “HA/DR 2.0” (Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief, version 2.0). Applied Research and Development examples from academia, the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, the United Nations, Emergency Management Agencies, and others, will be discussed…with a “Whole of Society” approach in mind.
• Continued Discussion and Workshop including projects and research going on at the Emergency Communications Leadership & Innovation Center (eCLIC) at Carnegie Mellon University-Silicon Valley

BRMA Contacts:

• Julia Halsne, Program Director: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 925.209.8620 (cell)
• Steven Johnson, Program Coordinator: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 650.291.5288 (cell)

Location

Please note the location change!

Visa, 901 Metro Center Boulevard, Foster City
M3-Columbus Conference Room

Lunch will not be provide, but there are restaurants nearby.

Driving Directions

Directions to 901 Metro Center Blvd.:

• Take Hwy 101 to 92 East ( Hayward )
• Exit at Mariner's Island Blvd.
• Turn left at the exit onto Edgewater Blvd.
• Stay in left lane and turn left onto Metro Center Blvd.
• Make a U-turn after you cross through the Metro Center/Vintage Park fourway stop. (The four buildings are Visa)
• Enter the 901 Metro Center Blvd. parking lot on the right about 100 feet after completing the U-turn
• Have photo I.D. and be prepared to push the call button, announce your name to security and who you are visiting.
• Enter the building from the parking area and stop at the guard station in the lobby.
• You will be issued a visitor badge and your presence made known.

BIO

Pat Lanthier is Founder/Principal of RIVERA/LANTHIER & Associates, a Silicon Valley-based international technology & policy advisory firm formed in 1997. Additionally, he is: Founder/Chairman of the Emergency Communications Leadership & Innovation Center at Carnegie Mellon University-Silicon Valley, Strategy Advisor at US Pacific Command’s Multinational Communications Interoperability Program & the US Marines Experimental Center, 5-year Co-Chair of the International Emergency Communications & Disaster Management Workshop at the Pacific Telecommunications Council and member of the Infrastructure Team at the USGS. He was a start-up Founder & President of Wireless Networks, Inc, the first wireless mesh secure transaction network.

He has worked in 50+ countries advising the U.N., E.U., U.S. AID, 24 Militaries, and National/ State/Regional/Local agencies, Universities, Companies, the California Emergency Management Agency, the DHS, Information Technology Evaluation Program, the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California,  the Wireless Center at Cal State University, the Broad Band Institute at Santa Clara University, the California Emerging Technology Fund, the Silicon Valley Disaster Resilience Initiative and the Livermore Info Net Collaborative. He developed Emergency Communications and Cyber plans with SEMS, SAFECOM, SUASI, Cal Mutual Aid, National Planning Scenarios, Homeland Security Presidential Directives, HSEEP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Maritime Interdiction Operations, and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.