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DATE TIME ACTIVITY PRESENTER LOCATION
SUNDAY
0900-1200
Vendor Registration

Hotel

1200-1500
Vendors Range Activity (charge construction & rehearsals)

Range

1400-1800 Attendee Registration
Vendor set-up

Hotel

1800-2000 Vendor Show/Refreshments
Hotel
MONDAY 0700-0800 Registration
Hotel

0810-0830 Welcome Address

0830-0930 Breakout Sessions:



- Justifying an Explosive Breaching Program
Alan Brosnan, TEES

- Established teams (with program) John Mayer (TEES)
- Military Steve Mattoon/Mil SWAT & Col. Randy Watt (ret.)
0945-1030 Case Study: Operational Breach
James Phillips, Anne Arundel PD
1040-1130 Target Survey
Cliff Woitena, League City PD

1130-1300 LUNCH
1300-1345 Field Expedient Blast Overpressure Measurement
Bill Nixon, OMNI Explosives

1355-1450 Operational Breach
Keith Schrick, Houston PD

1450-1500 Range Brief (for Tuesday)
John Mayer (TEES)
1500-1830 Vendor Show/Refreshments Vendors Room
TUESDAY 0800-0830 Transportation provided to range
0830-1130 Range Activity:
- Opening Demonstration
- Wood and Metal Door Breaching Core Charges
- Vendor Breakout Sessions (hands-on)
- Specialty Charges
1130-1200 Transportation provided to hotel
1200-1300 LUNCH
1300-1345 Robotics Breaching
Jim Murray, Tucson PD

1400-1500 Blast Overpressure Study/Breaching Calculations
GySgt. Jules Thompson, USMC Methods of Entry School

1510-1515 Range Brief (for Wednesday)
John Mayer
1515-1815 Vendor Show/Refreshments Vendors Room
1830-2100 Banquet: Awards, Keynote Speaker, Door Prizes Keynote Speaker: Colonel Randy Watt (ret.)
WEDNESDAY 0800-0830 Transportation provided to range
0830-1130 Range Activity: Range
- Barricaded Doors/Advanced Door Breaching
- Cover Port Breaching
- Walls/Roof Breaching
1130-1200 Transportation provided to hotel
1200-1300 LUNCH
1310-1400 Medical Aspects of Explosive Breaching
Tim Walilki, Applied Research Associates

1410-1500 Operational Breach
Joe Barboto, Howard City PD

1510-1600 Primary Structure Target Packets
Steve Mattoon, Mil SWAT

1610-1700 Fundamentals of Detonation for Operators
Chris Cherry, Cherry Engineering

THURSDAY 0800-0815 Door Prizes
0820-0915 Breakout Session:
John Mayer (TEES)
- Law Enforcement TBA
- Military Steve Mattoon, Mil SWAT
0920-1000 Explosive Breach Database Update/Operational Firehose Shot on Barricaded Trailer Door
Brad Gallagher, Naples PD

1005-1040
EOD/SWAT Integration
Ken Emerson, Arizona DPS
1045-1130 Operational Breach
Scott Johnson, Phoenix PD

1135-1145 Written Critiques NTOA
1145-1200 Closing Address NTOA/Mil SWAT/TEES