Virginia Department of Emergency Management

VDEM is Virginia’s state emergency management agency; it co‑sponsors the annual Virginia Emergency Management Symposium (VEMS) – a statewide emergency preparedness conference – with the Virginia Emergency Management Association, and publishes Continuity of Operations (COOP) plan templates and other emergency preparedness planning resources for state agencies. These facts indicate VDEM is a primary organizer and authoritative state‑level entity for conferences and resources matching the user’s search terms (state emergency preparedness conference, COOP, continuity of operations, state emergency management, disaster preparedness, business continuity).