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Sept 27 & 28 | 2023

Anaheim, CA

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Álvaro Velasco: Speaking at the The Heat and Fire Expo California

Álvaro Velasco

Entrepreneur  -  SkyAlert

How to start integrating Earthquake Early Warning into our lives?

Earthquake Early Warning can save lives and reduce injuries; it also protects infrastructure by triggering automated actions, such as slowing trains, opening gates for first responders, closing gas valves, among many indispensable use cases.

But with so many critical possibilities, WHERE TO START? We will teach how to assess your own earthquake risk, and how to integrate EEW to maximize the benefits of this life-saving technology into your life, business, and community.

Álvaro Velasco will be speaking in the following theatres:

Theater 6 - Wednesday 11.00 - 11.30: How to start integrating Earthquake Early Warning into our lives?

About Álvaro Velasco

Alvaro Velasco is an entrepreneur with a background in law. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2011 he co-founded SkyAlert, an international Earthquake Early Warning company. Alvaro''s achievements include making this seismic alerting company the most trusted and successful in the Spanish-speaking world.

SkyAlert focuses on implementing Earthquake Early Warning solutions designed to protect employees & well-being and the physical assets critical to businesses. SkyAlert, powered by USGS-ShakeAlert, is used by major companies, including The Menlo Park Fire District, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Walmart, WeWork, AT&T, and others, to reduce the impact that earthquakes may cause.

Alvaro is currently CEO at SkyAlert, a company with 10 years of experience, 450 earthquakes alerted (of which 9 have been major earthquakes), and more than 10 million downloads, is a reference in Mexico and the world of how technology and digital communications can be used to help save lives, contributing to a new culture of prevention and preparedness.