Conference Day Two: April 2, 2008

7:45 Welcome & Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

8:00 Securing The Nation’s Maritime Borders: The United States

Naval Strategy and Future Goals

Admiral Gary Roughead
USN Chief of Naval Operations

8:45 USNORTHCOM Maritime Security Strategy And Future Goals

General Gene Renuart
USAF
Commander of USNORTHCOM and NORAD

9:30 Leveraging Biometric Technology To Increase Maritime Domain Awareness

• Initial results of the Biometrics-at-Sea program
• Increasing maritime domain awareness through the positive identification of those we interdict
• Mobile solutions for biometric collection and analysis

Rear Admiral Wayne E. Justice
USCG, Director of Response Policy
United States Coast Guard

10:55 Project SeaHawk At The Port Of Charleston

Project SeaHawk has created a unified intelligence operations center that includes all federal, state, and local agencies having responsibility for any aspect of port security and protection. Hear the operational details and successes of Project SeaHawk and how the model can be easily replicated at other ports throughout the nation

Captain Scott Beeson
USCG
USCG Liaison to Project SeaHawk

11:35 Project SeaHawk Discussion Panel

Discuss the benefits of bringing together the people, processes, technology and doctrine of various federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to:

• Facilitate field-level interagency collaboration
• Integrate "agency-unique, yet complementary" operations,
• Share tactical intelligence and operational information

Moderated by:

Captain Scott Beeson
USCG

Participants:

Captain Michael McAllister USCG Captain of the Port of Charleston and Sector Commander

Pamela Zaresk Director of the Port of Charleston US Customs and Border Protection

Kelly Shackelford Assistant US Attorney for Anti-Terrorism US Department of Justice

1:15 Meeting Cargo Screening Requirements

• Overcoming the obstacles to the 100% container screening initiative
• Addressing the successes and future goals of the C-TPAT initiative
• DNDO Initiatives

Todd Owen
Executive Director, Cargo and Conveyance Security
CBP - Office of Field Operations

1:55 New Cargo Inspection Techniques To Improve Scanning Efficiency, Detection And Deterrence

• Review strategies for screening containers and vehicles more efficiently at ports and borders.
• Review the utilization and deployment of a highly mobile screening system for challenging inspection applications.
• Examine the benefits of multi-view imaging to increase throughput and detection capability.

John Chrisos
Vice President of Account Management
American Science and Engineering Inc.

2:40 Closing The MDA Capability Gap

• Summary of Comprehensive Maritime Awareness (CMA) Initiative
• Supporting national security objectives by countering global maritime threats

Captain Dane Egli
USCG, Future Operations Division
USNORTHCOM J-35

3:50 Maritime Science And Technology Initiatives

• Analytic tools
• Potential contributors
• Effort to fuse data from sensors and archival data

Guy Thomas
Science and Technology Advisor
Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness

4:30 Building Effective Law Enforcement Partnerships

• Layered port security requires convergence of police and security
• Higher costs of police on ports demands efficiency without compromising security
• Cooperative leadership and technological innovations in screening protocols

Dr. Kenneth Christopher
D.P.A., Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, Criminal Justice Department
Park University

5:10 Improving Coordination Efforts Through Coast Guard Sector Commands

• Evaluating the progress of implementation
• Gaining private sector compliance with regulatory standards and the design and maintenance of waterway systems to prevent incidents
• Command and control activities associated with incident response and/or security enforcement

Captain Michael McAllister
USCG
Captain of the Port of Charleston and Sector Commander

6:00 End Of Main Conference

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