ALCOAST 346/23 - SEP 2023 THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS (IAEM) 2023 CONFERENCE

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SUBJ:  THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS (IAEM)
2023 CONFERENCE
1. The 2023 IAEM annual conference is being held in Long Beach, CA
from 6-8 November 2023. The mission of IAEM is to advance the
emergency management profession by promoting its principles and to
serve its members by providing information, networking, and
professional development opportunities. This multi-day training and
educational event provides many benefits to emergency management
professionals in all levels of government, private sector, and
non-government agencies alike.
2. CG attendance to this conference enhances incident and emergency
management professional development and awareness of response
trends and lessons learned that members can apply to CG missions
and contingency response. COMDT (CG-OEM) will manage the overall
assignment of conference attendance quotas and will provide travel
funds for any IAEM award winner(s). CG-OEM has designated AREA
discretion to solicit for and designate 1 attendee from LANTAREA,
1 attendee from PACAREA, 1 attendee from Training Center Yorktown,
2 attendees from the National Strike Force, 2 attendees from CG
Incident Management Assistance Team, 1 attendee from the CG
Auxiliary, and 1 attendee from each District or sub-unit. Precedence
should be given to any member who is currently pursuing their Coast
Guard Emergency Management Credential (CG-EMC) and/or will be
receiving a certification (Associate Emergency Manager [AEM]/
Certified Emergency Manager [CEM]) during the conference. AREAs
must submit their list of attendees to the CG-OEM-2 POC NLT 27
September 2023.
3. Due to DHS and USCG Conference attendance requirements, units are
are not authorized to fund attendance beyond the number of assigned
quotas. Similarly, units not assigned a quota are not authorized to
fund attendance of any member to the conference without prior
approval from COMDT (CG-OEM).
4. Units are responsible for funding travel, registration fees, and
issuing travel orders of all CG-OEM approved quotas for those
members selected to attend the conference. Units are not authorized
to fund rental cars. Members who have been chosen to speak or
present at the conference will count for one of the authorized
quotas. Members selected to attend the conference must register NLT
06 October 2023 to secure the Early Bird registration rate.
Registration and details for the conference can be found on the
IAEM Annual Conference website:
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https://www.iaem.org/usconf/registration

5. Members who are approved for a conference quota and subsequently
submit a travel claim should be aware that reimbursement to their
Government Travel Card (GTC) may be delayed until FY24 Q2.
6. Following the conclusion of the conference, COMDT (CG-OEM) is
required to submit a post conference report. All presenters and
attendees who incur travel costs must electronically submit a copy
of their approved Travel Voucher or Sub-voucher, DD Form 1351-2, to
the COMDT (CG-OEM-2) POC NLT 11 December 2023.
7. The authorized uniform for conference attendees is Tropical Blue
Long with garrison cover or civilian equivalent. The authorized
uniform for presenters and for the closing banquet is Service Dress
Blue or civilian equivalent. Members who are not presenting or have
not received an invitation to the closing banquet are not required
to travel with Service Dress Blues.
8. COMDT (CG-OEM) is the coordinator for this award program. POC is
LT Daniel Rynard, CG-OEM-2, Daniel.J.Rynard@uscg.mil.
9. Ms. Dana Tulis, Director, Emergency Management (CG-5RI), sends.
10. Internet release is authorized.