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JUNE 17th-18th, 2025
Day 1
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Session 1: Covenant Elementary School Mass Shooting Incident
Speaker: Aaron Don, Public Affairs Director, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, and Scott Byrd, SWAT Commander, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 2: See What, Tell Who: Best Practices in Bystander Engagement and Education
Speaker: Taylor Cilke, Crime Analyst, FBI BAU
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Session 3: “I never could have imagined…until it did: A personal journey to effectively navigating difficult, dangerous, and disruptive individuals.”
Speaker: Matt Talbot, PhD, LCSW, CCFC, CFMHE, CTM
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Session 4: Managing Threat: Hard Problems, Hard Answers
Speaker: Kostas A. Katsavdakis, PhD, ABPP, Diplomate in Forensic Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, Corresponding Secretary – American Board of Forensic Psychology
Day 2
8:00 AM – 8:05 AM
Welcome, Housekeeping
8:05 AM – 9:35 AM
Session 5: First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs: A Case Study on the Link Between Domestic Violence and Mass Attacks.
Speaker: Courtney Tassin, LPC, Domestic Security Strategist, National Threat Assessment Center, Denver Office
9:35 AM – 9:45 AM
Break
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Session 6: Copycat culture and coded language, giving context to the blending of different ideologies between school shooters, mass shooters, and potential extremists on and offline
Speaker: Nicolas Rafael Beliz, Psy.D., Supervising Psychologist, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, SSA Victor Nguyen, Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Diego BAU Program Coordinator, and SA Oscar Medina, Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Diego.
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM
Lunch
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Session 7: Case Study: Harold Henthorn
Speaker: Ret. FBI SA Jonny Grusing, Director of Security for the Douglas County School District in Colorado
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Closing Remarks
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Break and Prep for Tour!
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Session 8: Boise State Stadium Tour and Event Threat Assessment Q&A
Host: Boise State Department of Public Safety & Bronco Athletics