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Emergency Preparedness Certificate Course

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM (EDT) to Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)

Join Us Virtually

* Registration open until 9/29/25 at 2:00 PM (EDT)

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM  Each Day.  

ADMEI's Emergency Preparedness Certificate Program (EPCP) is developed in collaboration with global leaders in security, intelligence, training, medicine, and investigative services. This virtual course is 8 hours spread across two days.  This course retains its highly-rated attendee interaction and work groups while delivering the same great content and collaboration to your desktop. Attendees are required to attend all sessions and participate in discussions to earn the Certificate of Preparedness. 

Throughout the course, attendees participate in group exercises encouraging problem-solving from different industry perspectives. Sessions include Emergency Planning, Risk Assessment, Medical Duty of Care, Risk Mitigation. In addition, attendees receive a variety of tools/handouts to customize for their use.

Who Should Attend?

DMC's, Planners, CVB's, DMO's, Hospitality Employees, etc. -- Anyone involved in the planning and/or execution of meetings and events will benefit from taking this course!

Attendees will gain an understanding of the many facets of emergency preparedness including:

  • Emergency Planning Mission with a focus on prevention, mitigation, and recovery
  • Basics of Emergency Operations Planning
  • Comprehensive, team approach to assist in building or revising an Emergency Operations Plan
  • Extensive scenarios to explore emergency situations and appropriate responses
  • Liability and Risk Management issues that can occur
  • Additional planning considerations and risk assessments tools
  • Current events and trends impacting the event and Destination Management industry
  • Satisfying Duty of Care relating to the health of meeting and event attendees
  • When to Consider On-Site Medical Support
  • The Business Case for Wellness Services

     
ADMEI is a CMP Preferred Provider. This program earns 8 CMP Preferred Provider credit hours

Each participant receives a certificate that can be used for DMCP application or recertification.

Registration Options

Credits Price
Member
8.00 (CE) $399.00
Non-member
8.00 (CE) $475.00

Agenda

September 30
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Emergency Planning Overview of emergency planning and steps to build an effective plan
Building a Team
Assessing Risk
Identifying Threats / Mitigation
Group Exercises:  Scenarios Part 1
Q&A
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Risk Assessment How to conduct a vulnerability and risk assessment
Theory behind a risk assessment
Relationship between Severity & Likelihood
Use of tool for calculating event risk both before and after applying mitigation measures
Group Exercises:  Scenarios Part II
Q&A
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM Break - Open Discussion
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM Medical Duty of Care How to satisfy Duty of Care as it relates to the health of meeting and event attendees. 
Understanding Medical Duty of Care
Assessing Medical Risk
Mitigating Medical Risk
Pre-Con Medical Check List
Special Considerations
Privacy Health Security
Liability Issues
When to Consider On-Site Medical Support
Group Exercises:  Scenarios
Q&A
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM Risk Mitigation Security measures to mitigate hazards and risks, reducing vulnerabilities, and responding to emergency incidents.
Course Wrap up

For More Information:

Val Delaney
Val Delaney
Executive Vice President ADMEI (512)551-0725