Terry Halls Speaks at Cassidian (EADS) User Conference in Seville, Spain
On Wednesday, Jan. 26, APCO Second Vice President Terry Hall, director of Emergency Communications for York County, Va., was a featured keynote speaker at the annual Cassidian (formerly EADS Defence & Security) user group conference in Seville, Spain.
Terry’s presentation focused on public safety challenges in the United States, such as NG9-1-1, interoperability and staff retention, as well as an overview of the initiatives in Virginia.
The conference hosted more than 200 valued Cassidian customers from 30+ countries, including first-time participation from the U.S., where subsidiary PlantCML is located. The conference agenda included multiple keynotes, workshops and special sessions on using technologies, such as P25, TETRA and TETRAPOL, for:
- security in large events,
- disaster emergency management,
- cyber security challenges,
- network operations,
- first responder perspectives and
- tactical operations and defense.
Terry’s presentation was extremely well received by the audience and was rated in the top three presentations given at the conference overall.