MEDIA ROOM

MEDIA ADVISORIES/NEWS RELEASES

Dear Media Partner,

Welcome to the 24th Annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference!

The week-long conference is being held again this year at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The dates for this year's conference are Sunday through Friday, May 23 to 28, 2010.

Join emergency managers and personnel, first responders, state, federal, volunteer agency, business and industry representatives, along with health and medical professionals from around the state, nation and world as they come together to train and learn from each other during the week’s many activities.

As in past years, the Media Room will be an important offering as part of our conference. We are here to help you and your media organization make the best use of your time and resources for coverage of activities throughout the week.

To better serve your needs, I would like to inquire if your media organization is planning to cover the conference. Please visit our website at www.flghc.org so you and / or those designated to cover the conference may pre-register. You will find a fill-in-the-blanks form here on the Media Room page. There you will need to share:

  • Who is the primary point of contact I should speak with?
  • Please provide names, office phones / cell phones / email addresses
  • Dates you / your field producers, reporters and or camera persons plan to be at conference (Example: 1 day, 2 days, entire week, etc. Please name actual days if possible).
  • Technical and Parking Needs (Very important for me to know ahead of time - will accommodate as best possible)
  • Parking (for media representatives only) has been reserved in the large open-air parking lot adjacent to the Convention Center (admittance requires media credential). Please contact Ann Rowe-McMullen at annrowe64@hotmail.com with any parking questions.

Your input / feedback will help me greatly in providing the best service to your organization now, and throughout the conference week.

Again, please take a moment, pre-register and send me your media organization's best guess in terms of what you anticipate your plans will be.

 

Ann Rowe-McMullen

GOVERNOR’S HURRICANE CONFERENCE
PRE-REGISTRATION FOR REPORTERS

 

 

First Name:

Last Name:

 

Title:

Organization:

 

Ofc Phone:
 
Cell :

Fax:

 

 

Email:

 

Media Outlet type:
TV
Print
Radio
Other

Dates you will be covering conference:

If TV, what affiliate?

Message:

 

Upon form submittal, you will be redirected to the FLGHC home page.


The Media Room is located on the 3rd floor of the Broward County Convention Center, rooms 301 & 302.  The Press Conference Room is on the 2nd floor, Room 216 - listed as the “Teleconference Suite”.

Media Room Hours of Operation:

  • Monday, May 24 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday, May 25 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Wednesday, May 26 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Thursday, May 27 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Friday, May 28 - 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

GHC Media Room staff will provide journalists:

  • workspace areas
  • access to Wi-Fi (VPN card needed for internet access) to file stories
  • fax / copier machine

GHC is providing the Internet Café (2nd floor, rooms 209 / 210) again to allow access to email and Internet services. The computers are loaded with Microsoft Office, if you need to compose correspondence or file your story. A printer will be part of the network. Wi-Fi is available in certain areas of the convention center.
All current information about conference training sessions, workshops, roundtable discussions and general sessions are available via the Program page of this site.

Information on press conferences and Q & A sessions with conference speakers and other entities will be provided via this Web page, as they become available.
Those speakers listed below have set aside days/times for individual interviews which must be pre-reserved. Additional interviews are subject to availability.

Interviews are being held in the Media Room's interview area (again, 3rd floor of
the convention center - rooms 301 & 302), a designated quiet area near the Media Room or an external location w/backdrop of the convention center.

Please contact Dennis Feltgen, NHC Public Affairs 305-229-4404 or 305-433-1933 to schedule an interview at the GHC with Director Read, and other NOAA specialists. (Click here for available specialists)

Contact Ann Rowe-McMullen at annrowe64@hotmail.com or 850.933.0161 cell to schedule interviews with the following speakers:

Dr. William Gray, Colorado State University
Wednesday - May 26, 2010 - 9am to 12n; 4:15pm to 5pm (General Session runs 1:30pm to 4pm)
Thursday - May 27, 2010 - 9am to 12n; 1pm to 5pm

Phil Klotsbach, Colorado State University
Wednesday - May 26, 2010 - 9am to 12n; 4:15pm to 5pm
Thursday – May 27, 2010 – 9am to 12n; 1pm to 5pm

As always, we will try our very best to honor all interview requests.

David Halstead, Interim Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management will hold a media availability:
Wednesday – May 26, 2010. Additional information to be provided soon.

Lastly, and most importantly, media representatives must carry media credentials, a government issued I.D. (driver's license, etc.) and business cards when entering the Port Everglades area / Convention Center. Upon arrival at the convention center, please proceed to the 3rd floor Media Room (one more time - rooms 301 & 302) to register and be issued a conference MEDIA badge for access to all public conference venues.

Thank you for taking the time to help in this effort, I look forward to seeing you in Ft. Lauderdale!

Best Regards,

Ann Rowe-McMullen, Media Coordinator
Governor’s Hurricane Conference
(850) 933-0161 cell

 
 
 

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