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Call for presentations

2025 KEMA Conference

conference days: Sept. 9 - Sept. 11, 2025
Pre-conference: Sept. 8
Hilton Garden Inn, manhattan, ks

The 2025 Kansas Emergency Management Association’s annual training conference is scheduled in-person for September 9-11, 2025 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Manhattan with pre-conference training on Monday, September 8.  

We are inviting anyone interested in speaking/sharing at the conference to submit proposals for presentations.  Presentation types could be general sessions, breakout sessions, panel discussions, etc.  Length of sessions are based on the topic.  All proposals will be reviewed by the KEMA Conference Committee.

From February 17-March 10, KEMA is specifically inviting Kansas Emergency Managers or those involved in Emergency Management in Kansas to submit proposals for presentations.  These presentations would be  Monday, Sept. 8 (Pre-Con), Tuesday, Sept. 9, or Wednesday, Sept. 10.

We are looking for proposals about local lessons learned, best practices, and other experiences, so we can learn from each other. 

To submit: complete the online form below, attach the required materials, and submit. Incomplete proposals will not be considered.  If you have more than one presentation to submit, please include as attachments on the form, you can add multiple attachments as needed. 

The deadline for submissions has been extended to March 24th

Items required on the submission form:

  • Presentation title and description
  • Short bio (100 word maximum)
  • Publicity photo (jpg, 300 dpi)

Online Submission Form

Questions? Contact Kari Presley, KEMA Conference Planner.

Topics

Presentations are being solicited on all aspects of emergency management including, but not limited to:

  • Emergency Management during the pandemic
  • Preparing for Large Events
  • Weather-related Presentations
  • Lessons Learned from Events or Emergencies
  • Lessons Learned from Experienced EMs
  • Cybersecurity for EMs
  • Partnerships
  • How to Take Advantage of Grant Opportunities
  • Legal Liabilities for EMs
  • EM Training Sessions
  • Expanding Role of EMs in Resilience
  • Incident Management and Support
  • Wilderness Medicine/Response
  • Technology in EM (WebEOC, UAS, etc.)
  • IDSS Support for EM
  • Community Emergency Training
  • and more.
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