Campus Safety Magazine is pleased to announce that its 2010 Campus Safety Conference has returned to California and will take place at the Long Beach Convention Center. The conference offers a two-day program for hospital, school and university police agencies, public safety departments, superintendents, administrators and other campus stakeholders involved in the protection of North American campuses.

The show will provide attendees with techniques and information on how they can prevent, detect and respond to the many risks and incidents that occur at today’s healthcare and educational facilities. Specific topics covered will include active shooters, the Clery Act, high-stress encounters, REMS grants, mass notification, anonymous tip programs and more.

Additionally, this year’s winner(s) of the Campus Safety Director of the Year Award will be announced during a special networking session on Tuesday, March 30.

Attendees are also encouraged to visit the exhibit hall, featuring today’s top law enforcement, security and safety equipment and service providers.

The conference venue is located within easy driving distance from Los Angeles International Airport, the John Wayne Airport in Orange County and the Long Beach airport. More than 2,000 places to stay, ranging from name brand hotels to comfortable motels and bed and breakfast inns, are within walking distance of the Convention Center. Conference attendees can book their hotel room at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach for a special conference rate of $155 per night (single occupancy.)

For additional information, visit www.CampusSafetyConference.com or call (800) 576-8788.

To view the show conference schedule, click here.

Campus Safety Conference Speakers

Mike Browning
Business Development Leader
GE Security

Mike Browning has been involved in the life safety and emergency communications industry for more than 30 years. He was instrumental in the establishment of FAST, which later became EST, and has been involved in virtually every aspect of life safety product design, marketing, business development, and competitive intelligence for such industry leaders as Edwards Systems Technology and GE Security.

Workshop: Mass Notification – When is Good, Good Enough?
Mass Notification/Emergency Communications (MNEC) is rapidly emerging as life safety’s defining trend of the decade. In his presentation, Mike Browning argues that despite the sometimes less than stellar ways MNEC has been implemented, it is coming into sharper focus for regulators and listing agencies.

Where did MNEC come from and where is it going? Who is really in control of the course of its development? Why are some major players taking different directions, while others seem to be ignoring mass notification altogether?

Attendees to this session will find the answers to these questions – and the seminal one for campus administrators everywhere… what can you do to prepare for the coming regulations? (Wednesday, March 31, 2-3, K-12, university & hospital.)

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S. Daniel Carter
Director, Public Policy
Security On Campus Inc.

S. Daniel Carter is the director of public policy for Security On Campus Inc. (SOC), a national non-profit organization devoted to assisting the victims of violence on college campuses and to improving campus security.

The organization has been the driving force behind the federal Clery Act and more than 30 other laws addressing campus crime reporting and victims’ rights. Carter began his work nearly 20 years ago while a student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville from which he graduated in 1994 with a B.A. in political science. He has helped develop every amendment to the Clery Act since 1992.

Workshop: Clery Act Updates 101
“Clery Act Updates 101” will provide an in-depth overview of the new Jeanne Clery Act campus security reporting regulations that colleges and universities will have to begin fully complying with by the fall of 2010.

These new provisions cover emergency response and evacuation plans that include immediate notification procedures, expanded hate crime reporting, and for institutions with on-campus student housing – procedures to deal with missing students.

The program will also cover recent stepped up enforcement of the Clery Act by the U.S. Department of Education as well as case rulings. (Wednesday, March 31, 8 a.m. – noon, university.)

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James L. Grayson, CPP
Senior Security Consultant
Hughes Associates, Inc.

Jim Grayson is a senior security consultant with Hughes Associates Inc. His career spans more than 35 years in law enforcement and security consulting. He worked for UCLA on a workplace violence study involving hospitals, schools and small retail environments and consulted with NIOSH on a retail violence prevention study.

Grayson’s diverse project experience includes schools, universities, hospitals, municipal buildings, high-rise structures and downtown revitalization projects. He holds a degree in criminal justice and a CPP security management credential from ASIS. He is a nationally recognized speaker and trainer on a wide range of security topics.

Keynote Presentation: Can ¬Security Pay For Itself?
Do you look upon security expenditures as “red ink”—draining resources from your primary mission? This presentation may change your outlook.

A well crafted security plan can actually produce large returns on your investment. This presentation will provide a new way of looking at security and the often overlooked benefits that these programs can produce. (Tuesday, March 30, 9-10 a.m., K-12, university & hospital.)

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