Education, Technical Training and Inspiration
IWCE’s conference program delivers expert strategy, real-world insights and solutions on the wide-ranging technologies you need for your critical communications system. Whether you work at an agency, enterprise or in public service, the IWCE conference provides you with the education and guidance you need for this rapidly changing world.
IWCE is the only gathering of the year to bring together all the stakeholders in public safety, government, emergency management/disaster response, utilities, transportation, healthcare and other critical-infrastructure sectors to network, learn and explore how the convergence of critical technology changes how they operate in critical communications.
2024 Conference Tracks
911 & Alerts
Learn how dispatch centers use communications technologies, from legacy systems to IP-based platforms that accept voice, data and video such as next-generation 911 (NG911).
First Responder Communications
Examine the challenges as Public Safety moves from LMR to broadband solutions such as LTE/5G and Wi-Fi/CBRS, and the leveraging of of satellites, deployables, IoT devices, drones, cybersecurity and more. Explore sessions.
Incident Management
Explore the capabilities needed within an emergency operations center (EOC) or other headquarters including hardware/software solutions, power management, interoperability and other strategies. Explore sessions.
In-Building Wireless
Understand the communications needs inside of buildings for Enterprise, Public Safety, and the public at-large across LMR, commercial cellular, and private networks, covering both voice- and location-based services. Explore sessions.
Transportation
Discover new advances in operational connectivity for terrestrial, rail, airborne and maritime mass-transit vehicles, such as computer-aided dispatch, voice/data communications, location-based services and “smart” and secure transportation solutions. Explore sessions.
Utilities
Discuss the ever-improving world of Utilities - from SCADA to IoT sensors and expanded “smart-grid” platforms that require robust two-way IP-based connectivity. Explore sessions.
State & Local Government
Delve into how state and local governments are turning to technology to “do more with less,” including IoT-fueled smart-community initiatives, video-surveillance and motion-detection systems, data storage, cloud/edge technology and analytics, and discuss funding, privacy and cybersecurity concerns. Explore sessions.
Federal Government
Review its role in critical-infrastructure communications - across the country and beyond - as new technologies cross artificial boundaries and reach into space, as well as the policy questions surrounding spectrum, funding and implications of deploying within and beyond our borders. Explore sessions.
Topics Covered
Special Thanks to the IWCE 2024 Track Chairs
Paul Bremner
Principal Analyst, Public Safety & Critical Communications
Omdia
Susan Ronning
Principal Engineer
ADCOMM Engineering LLC
Ildefonso De La Cruz Morales
Principal Analyst, Government & Manufacturing Critical Communications
Omdia
John Foley
Managing Director
Safer Buildings Coalition
Donny Jackson
Editor
IWCE's Urgent Communications
Andy Castillo
Editor
American City & County
Ken Rehbehn
Principal Analyst
CritComm Insights
Alan Tilles
Partner
Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy, & Ecker, P.A.
Christy Williams
911 Director
North Central Texas Emergency Communications District
Andy Maxymillian
Consultant
Blue Wing Services
Chris Baker
Senior Public Safety Advisor
First Responder Network Authority
ETA® Technical Training
Since 2015, IWCE has partnered with ETA International to offer in-person, interactive and lecture technical training courses in 11 different disciplines. Your registration for any ETA Training course also includes access to the IWCE Expo Hall.
Training schedule coming soon.
