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Conference Agenda
November 17, 2008
| Workshop for Solution Providers (by invitation only) |
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| 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Reserved workshop (Open only to MSE exhibitors, conference attendees and speakers) |
| Maritime Security Procurement and Business Opportunities around the Globe | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Introductions and Refreshments |
| 1:45 p.m. | U.S. Customs and Border Protection Eugene Schied, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Finance, and Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS* |
| 2:15 p.m. | Ports - LA/Long Beach Speaker TBA |
| 2:45 p.m. | How to get Federal and State Maritime Security Grants Michael Paddock, President, Grant's, Inc. |
| 3:15 p.m. | Coffee break |
| 3:30 p.m. | Procurement Opportunities at DHS Tom Cellucci, Chief Commercialization Officer, DHS |
| 4:00 p.m. | Maritime Security Procurement Opportunities in Canada Connie Irrera, Commercial Specialist, U.S. Consulate, Canada |
| 4:30 p.m. | Maritime Security Procurement Opportunities in the Middle East Speaker TBA |
November 18, 2008
| 10:00 a.m. | EXHBIT HALL OPENS |
| Free seminars in exhibit hall | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Piracy - What are we doing about it? Chair: Vice Admiral Samuel Locklear III, Commander, U.S. Navy, THIRD Fleet* Speakers: NATO - Speaker TBA Kim Hall, Analyst, International Affairs Group, Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) Marty Strong, Vice President, Blackwater USA |
| 12:15 p.m. | Arctic Exploration - Security issues Chair: Dr. Scott G. Borgerson, Principal at Rhumb Line LLC, and Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations Speakers: Captain Mike Inman, Chief of Response, 17th Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard Dr. Rob Huebert, Associate Director, Department of Political Science, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, U. of Calgary |
| 1:00 p.m. | Examining The Global Small Vessel Threat Chair: Associate Professor Jerry Mitchell, National Defense University, Joint Forces Staff College* Speakers: Captain Mark Ogle, Chief of Operations for the Deployable Operations Group. U.S. Coast Guard* U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS - Speaker TBA Supervisory Special Agent Donald M. Hosso, Maritime Counterterrorism, FBI* Jay Carafano, Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation* |
| 2:00 p.m. | Securing our Ports - Government - Industry Cooperation and Communications Panelists: TBA |
| 2:45 p.m. | Recreational Boaters - Security Do's and Don'ts Speakers: U.S. Coast Guard Auxillary - TBA |
| 3:15 p.m. | America's Waterways Watch/Citizen's Action Network Speakers: America's Powerboat Squadron - Speaker TBA |
| Start of Formal Conference | |
| 8:40 a.m. | Color Guard |
| 8:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:00 a.m. | Corporate Partner Remarks |
| 9:15 a.m. | Welcome to Long Beach Bob Foster, Mayor of Long Beach* Captain Paul Wiedenhoeft, U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port and Sector Commander Long Beach/Los Angeles Kevin Weeks, Los Angeles Director of Field Operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection Richard Steinke, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee/Refreshments in Exhibit Hall |
| 11:00 a.m. | KEYNOTE Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger* |
| 11:30 a.m. | Luncheon Awards Ceremony - Presenting Distinguished Leadership Award in Maritime and Supply Chain Security Master of Ceremonies: TBA Honorees: Rear Admiral William E. Landay, III, Chief of Naval Research, Assistant Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Science & Technology, Director, Test and Evaluation and Technology Requirements* Tom Winkowski, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Ron Widdows, CEO, APL |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | WORKSHOPS |
| ROOM A Global Maritime Commerce 2025 - What will it look like? Chair: Earl Agron, Vice President, APL Panelists: Alberto Aleman Zubieta, Administrator, The Panama Canal* Alan Gavin, Marine Director, Lloyd's Register* Doug Tilden, CEO, Marine Terminals Corp* South East Asia Representative - Speaker TBA |
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| ROOM B Maritime Security Solutions - R&D Partnering for the Future (Discussion to improve coordination between technology developers and users to meet current and future security requirements.) Chair: Capt. Thomas Barnes, USN (RET), Stevens Institute of Technology, Director of Operations, Maritime Security Laboratory Alex Preston, General Manager, SAIC Frank Murphy, Senior Business Development, Battelle Mark Tierney, Vice President, Corporate Security, Maersk* Walmart - Speaker TBA |
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ROOM C
Panelists: U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Speaker TBA Industry Representative - TBA
Part B: New Security Regulations - What's coming next? |
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| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Refreshments in Exhibit Hall |
| 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | WORKSHOPS |
| ROOM A Global Maritime Threats 2025 - What will they be? Chair: Scott C. Truver, PhD, Executive Advisor, National Security Programs,Gryphon Technologies LC Panelists: Owen Doherty, Director, Office of Security, MARAD Dr. Jim Boutlier, Asia Pacific Advisor to Commander, Maritime Forces Pacific, Government of Canada David White, BP Security* Government of Singapore - Speaker TBA |
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| ROOM B "Bomb in a Box"
Chair: Captain Wayne Buchanan, U.S. Coast Guard, DNDO* Panel: Todd Owen, U.S. Customs and Border Protection* COSCO - Speaker TBA Michael Byers, Research Chair, Global Politics and International Law, University of British Columbia* Martin N. Murphy, Corbet Center of Maritime Policy Studies, King's College, London*
Part B: Detection Pierside: Port Shuts Down - How Do You Re-Open? |
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ROOM C
Speakers:TBA
Part B: Bomb Threat - How to prepare your facility or vessel? |
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| 4:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Closes |
| 5:15 p.m. | Air/Land demo at Port of Long Beach + Wine Tasting Reception with hors d'oeuvres (Irish Monkey Cellars, Oakland, California) and demo - U.S. CBP (Air/Marine) and U.S. Coast Guard (MSST)* |
November 19, 2008
| 10:00 a.m. | EXHBIT HALL OPENS |
| Free seminars in exhibit hall | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Self-Propelled Semi-Submersibles: Smuggling people, weapons, drugs across maritime borders - How do you defeat it? Chair: Commodore C.L. Mofford, CD, Deputy Director, Policy and Strategy, U.S. Northern Command* Dr. Bruce Bagley, University of Miami* Frankie Schroyer, Deputy Chief, Office of Enforcement Operations , U.S. Department of Drug Enforcement* Joseph Ruddy, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Head of Operation Panama Express* Joe Ricco, Naval Post Graduate School* Wadad Doubleday, SPAWARS* MIFC PAC Representative - TBA |
| 12:00 p.m. | The Insurance Act - What is it? Who Benefits? Speakers: TBA |
| 1:00 p.m. | Disaster in the Port - How will it affect the public? Speakers: TBA |
| 1:30 p.m. | Renewing your Security Plans - What's the Process and when can you start? Captain Frank Sturm, Deputy Director of Prevention Policy (CG-54D), U.S. Coast Guard* U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach - Speaker TBA |
| Start of Formal Conference Day 2 | |
| 8:20 a.m. | Welcome Senior Official, Port of Los Angeles - TBA California State Representative - TBA |
| 8:40 a.m. | ROOM A Panel: Maritime Security 2025 - Balancing Supply Chain Security and the Flow of Commerce Chair: Dr. Scott Gould, Vice President, IBM Dennis Dalton, Senior Client Executive, Northrop Grumman* Robert Rittereiser, CEO, Zhi Verden* William T. McGinty, Senior Managing Director, Carpenter Moore Insurance, NASDAQ Stock Exchange* Tamara J. Bitticks, Director, Global Trade & Risk, Deutsche Bank* |
| ROOM B Panel: TWIC - Does it help? Issues and Solutions Chair: Maurine Fanguy, Director, TWIC Program, TSA* Panelists: U.S. Coast Guard - Speakers TBA Long Beach Port Authority Representative - Speaker TBA Terminal Representative - Speaker TBA Longshoreman Association Representative - Speaker TBA Eric Sauer, Vice President Policy Development, California Trucking Association* |
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| ROOM C Panel: Facility Security Systems Shoreside/Waterside - What's New? Panelists: TBA |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Exhibit Hall Opens |
| 10:00 a.m. | Keynote: The Honorable Marshall Billingslea, U.S. UnderSecretary of the Navy* |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee/Refreshments in Exhibit Hall |
| 11:30 a.m. | International Port Security Roundtable - Challenges/Best Practices Chair: Cosmo Perrone, Security Director, Port of Long Beach Bill Crews, Security Director, Port of Houston* Arif. R. Ghouse, Director, Security & Emergency Response, Port of Seattle Ronald Boyd, Chief, Port Police, Port of Los Angeles Port of Amsterdam - Speaker TBA Port of Busan - Speaker TBA |
| 1:00 p.m. | Awards Luncheon - Best White Paper Award and Best of Show Technology Awards
Best White Paper - Piracy
Best of Show Technology - Two Awards
Chair: Norman Polmar, Chairman, Science and Technology Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland Security |
| 2:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Closes |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | WORKSHOPS |
| ROOM A Piracy - What are shipping companies and Governments doing to fight it? Chair: Capt. Jon S. Helmick, USMS, Ph.D., Director, Logistics & Intermodal Transportation Program, United States Merchant Marine Academy Panelists: P.K. Mukundan, Director, International Maritime Bureau Dr. Purnendu Misra, Directorate General Shipping, India David Pearl, Maritime Armed Crime Analyst, Office of Naval Intelligence |
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| ROOM B Value-Based Security (Discussion of the concept of insuring adequate returns on investments for increased security regulations) Chair: Paul Londynsky, Vice President, Safety, Quality & Environmental Affairs, Chief Security Officer, Matson Navigation Company, Inc. Panel: Tim Holden, a-i-systems Corey Ranslem, CEO, Secure Waters, LLC Stephanie Jason, President, Duos Technologies International |
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| ROOM C Part A: Facility Security - What is required? Who should do it? Chair: Chris Doane, Chief of Operational Planning, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Panelists: TBA |
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| 3:30 p.m. | Refreshment Break |
| 3:45 p.m. | Table Top Exercise - Maritime Supply Chain Resiliency Scenario: Ship Sinks in Major Channel - Port Shuts Down - Now what? Topic: Maritime Resiliency Scenario: Supply Chain Resiliency Facilitator: TBA |
* denotes Invited
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