VisionCast

VisionCast is built the way it is on purpose.

I have spent a lot of years in rooms where someone stood at the front and spoke at an audience that, collectively, knew as much as the speaker did. The expertise was in the seats. The format never let it out.

The events I have helped run that actually worked, international trade negotiations, public-private partnership sessions for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, had one thing in common. One table. Everyone at it. Nobody performing.

So that is what VisionCast is. No keynotes. No breakout rooms. Chatham House Rules, so people can say what they actually think. Two days of the conversation you normally only get in the hallway between sessions.

If you have ever left a conference wishing you had talked to the room instead of listening to it, this one is for you.

— Julie Kay Roberts, Founder and President

VisionCast is PSEMA’s flagship gathering, one room, one table, and real-world problem-solving among the private-sector leaders who move the needle on resilience. Each year brings together business, industry, government, and research partners to shape the next wave of crisis leadership.

This isn’t a conference you sit through. No keynotes, no breakout rooms, no fluff – just a single table and a shared mission, run under Chatham House Rules so the conversation stays candid and the partnerships are real.

What’s new in 2026. Alongside the discussions that have defined VisionCast, supply chain continuity, the shifting federal landscape, and lessons from the season’s activations, we’re expanding the table into three areas shaping private-sector resilience:

Homeland defense and the private sector: the growing role of commercial resilience in national preparedness and mission assurance.

PSEMA’s research partnerships: applied research on the risks facing critical infrastructure and the private-sector lifelines communities depend on, pressure-tested against real-world experience.

Building out member benefits: an open conversation on the year-round value of membership and how to make it stronger.

When disruption comes, the time to build partnerships has passed. VisionCast is where the work happens first, hosted this year by PSEMA corporate member Global Medical Response at its Office of Emergency Management in Lewisville, Texas.

Ready for the storm. Valuable every day.

Details

September 16-17, 2026 

Global Medical Response Office of Emergency Management

Lewisville, Texas (DFW area)

Want to help shape the symposium? Join the planning committee: [email protected]

Have a topic you’d like to propose? Email [email protected]

“I attended my first PSEMA event, the very first VisionCast, in 2024, after meeting Julie by chance at a different training event. When I expressed interest in PSEMA, she didn’t just encourage me to look into it or try to attend next year. She removed all barriers and made it possible for me to attend. That kind of radical inclusion and action is what defines PSEMA.

While many groups only talk about collaboration, PSEMA actually does it. It is the only place where I consistently find a community of passionate professionals who are moving beyond theory to actively share insights, challenge the status quo, and build tangible resilience for our nation and our local communities. I keep coming back because, with PSEMA, the mission isn’t just a talking point: it’s how we show up for one another.”

— Drew Neikirk, Northern Trust

Every VisionCast since 2024 · 2026 planning committee

Registration opens August 3, 2026

PSEMA Members: your member registration link was emailed to you, use it to register at the member rate. Didn’t receive it, or landing here directly? Email [email protected] and we’ll send your member link right over.

VisionCast 2025

In June 2025, private-sector, non-profit and government leaders gathered in Long Island City for two days of candid, cross-sector conversation – one table, bold ideas, real solutions. VisionCast 2026 picks up where that momentum left off.