Our 2023 School Safety Summit is officially less than three weeks away! 

This year’s Summit is December 4-6, 2023, at the Orange Beach Event Center in Orange Beach, Alabama. The nSide office is busy preparing for an eventful conference that will allow school leaders to connect and learn new ways to help keep schools safe. 

So, what exactly can attendees expect from Safety Summit 2023? 

This year’s agenda is jam-packed with speakers, workshops, and networking opportunities. 

The keynote speaker for this year is Mr. John Calvert. After a 12-year career in Law Enforcement, 6 of which served as a School Resource Officer, Mr. Calvert accepted a position with the Kansas State Department of Education and is now the Director of the Safe and Secure Schools Unit. He is a strong believer that nothing can change without building positive relationships and believes that change in our schools should be student-led. You can read his full bio here. 

Mr. Calvert will be presenting at 1:30 pm on December 4 and also hosting a breakout session on December 5th. A big thank you to our keynote sponsor, Rhombus Systems, for making these incredible sessions possible! 

Along with Mr. Calvert, we have some of the best subject matter experts in the country joining us to cover breakout session topics such as – Behavioral Threat Assessment, Transportation Safety, Recognizing Crises with Children/Adolescents, Navigating Uncivil Discourse in Public Meetings, Trauma Informed Drills, Understanding and Responding to Cyber-Based Threats, and Designing Crime Out of Schools Through CPTED. Click here to get a sneak peek at this year’s program.

The full agenda is posted below: 

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This year we are joined by some amazing sponsors and exhibitors – Rhombus Systems, Eagle Eye Networks, Kisi Inc., GetWireless, CoolVu of Birmingham SE, Brivo Access, Busby-Maiello, and S&W Integrated Safety Solutions (SWISS). Thank you to these organizations for helping make this event possible.

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Who should attend the School Safety Summit? 

School safety is a multi-faceted issue and involves the participation of many folks from a school and/or district’s staff. Here are just a few of the people we suggest participating in this event: 

Superintendents	SRO/SSO	Facilities Managers
Principals	Technology Coordinators	School Counselors
Safety Coordinators	Assistant Principals	School Nurses

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We are beyond excited for this year’s Safety Summit and look forward to seeing you in just a few weeks in Orange Beach! If you have not registered yet, please go to nside.io/safety-summit. 

Still have questions about Safety Summit 2023? Please contact Bree Barksdale at bree.barksdale@nside.io

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The 2022 School Safety Summit is less than three weeks away! The nSide office is busy making preparations for an eventful conference that will be a chance for school leaders to connect and brainstorm new ways to help keep schools safe. 

What exactly can attendees expect from Safety Summit 2022? 

nSide is hosting School Safety Summit December 6-7, 2022 in Orange Beach, Alabama. The event will take place at Orange Beach Event Center, with registration opening at 7:30 am each morning, followed by a full schedule of speakers, workshops, and networking opportunities. 

This year’s conference is focused on the topic of school violence aversion. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Frank Straub, has led in-depth studies of targeted school attacks and other mass violence events. He administers the national Averted School Violence Project and consults with government and non-government organizations regarding extremism and terrorism prevention. You can read a full bio for Dr. Frank Straub here. Dr. Straub is scheduled to speak at 9:00 am on December 6 – thank you to our partners Rhombus Systems for making Dr. Straub’s session possible! 

Other speaker and workshop topics include: Taking Your Drills To The Next Level, An Overview of Behavioral Threat Assessment, Situational Awareness in Academia, Mental Health in Children and Adolescents Since COVID-19, and Evaluating your Emergency Operations Plans.

The full agenda is posted below: 

This year we are joined by some amazing partners and sponsors – Rhombus Systems, Eagle Eye Networks, Kisi Inc., GetWireless, and CoolVu of Birmingham SE. Thank you to these organizations who partner with us and help make this event possible. 

Who should attend the School Safety Summit? 

School safety is a multi-faceted issue and involves the participation of many folks from a school and/or district’s staff. Here are just a few of people we suggest participate in this event: 

Superintendents	SRO/SSO	Facilities Managers
Principals	Technology Coordinators	School Counselors
Safety Coordinators	Assistant Principals	School Nurses

We are truly so excited for this year’s Safety Summit and we look forward to seeing you in just a few weeks in Orange Beach! If you have not registered yet, please go to nside.io/safety-summit. You can also find biographies of our speakers, as well as links to accommodations on this link! Still have questions about Safety Summit 2022? Please contact Sarah Ann Evans at sarahann@nside.io.

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