The 2011 APCO Western Regional Conference will be held at the Ontario (Calif.) Convention Center Feb. 7-9. Proposals for presentations are now being accepted.

Presentation proposals should be of interest to public safety communications professional and should not be product or brand specific. Target audiences will include radio/IT technicians, technical system managers, frontline dispatchers, supervisors, trainers and emergency management personnel. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:

• Operations
  • Supervision Skills
  • Training the Next Generation
  • Communication Center Issues
  • Tactical Communications
• Technology
  • 700 MHz, Mobile Broadband
  • Technical Interoperability Solutions
  • NG9-1-1, VoIP
  • Integrated Command
• Administration/Management
  • Non-technical
• Interoperability Issues
  • FCC Issues
  • Narrowbanding
  • Multi-Agency
• Governance Structures
  • Project
• Management
  • Grants
  • RFPs

Please submit your name, telephone, e-mail address, your organization name, title of your presentation and a brief synopsis of your proposed presentation (topic and how it will benefit the audience). Also please list any date and conference this presentation has been, or will be, made before February 2011.

All proposals can be submitted via e-mail to callforpapers@cpra.org or by mail to CPRA — Call for Papers, P.O. Box 1181, Riverside, CA 92502-1181. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 1, 2010. You may also get this application online at www.cpra.org.