Conference Day Two: Wednesday, April 28, 2010

7:30 Registration & Coffee

8:00 KEYNOTE: United States Coast Guard Modernization And Priorities For Maritime Homeland Security

ADM Thad Allen, USCG
Commandant
United States Coast Guard

8:30 District 5 Command Priorities: Coast Guard District 5 Command Vision

  • District 5 threat assessment and operational capability update
  • D5 Capability gaps and industry opportunities

RADM Wayne Justice, USCG
Commander
Coast Guard District 5

9:00 Coordinated Intelligence Efforts In Support Of Maritime Domain Awareness

  • Goals and mission of the NMIC
  • How the NMIC will contribute to global maritime intelligence and MDA
  • Capabilities and necessary next steps for the NMIC

RADM Thomas Meek, USN
Director
National Maritime Intelligence Center

9:30 Canadian Maritime Domain Awareness

  • System Capabilities & Update

Pierre Poirier
Marine Information Consultant
Xpert Solutions Technology

10:15 Networking And Refreshment Break

11:00 Coast Guard Acquisition Transformation And Major Programs Overview

Rear Admiral Ronald J. Rábago USCG
Assistant Commandant for Acquisition
United States Coast Guard

11:30 Science And Technology Advancements In Support Of Maritime Domain Awareness

  • Improving detection, tracking, and identification of all threats along the maritime border
  • Wide-area surveillance from the coast to beyond the horizon; port and inland waterways region – Technology to detect, ID, and track
  • Data fusion and automated tools for command center operations

Anh Duong, SES
Director, Border and Maritime Division
DHS S&T

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Panel: Coordinated Maritime Security Integration And Partnerships

Discussing the need to actively engage risk management on a daily operations basis, a contingency planning basis, and a grant request basis

Ted White
Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Shore Forces, Interagency Operations Center Program Coordinator
United States Coast Guard

Captain Harvey Honig
Miami-Dade Police Department
Seaport Operations Division

Hector Pesquera
Assistant Director, Seaport Security
Port of Miami

Cosmo Perrone
Director of Security
Port of Long Beach

2:00 Civil Space’s New Paradigm In Maritime Awareness

  • Global Maritime Awareness is becoming Feasible
  • Major Paradigm Shift in Space System Capabilities
  • International Collaboration in Space is Key

George “Guy” Thomas
Science and Technology Advisor
United States Coast Guard

2:30 Achieving Mission Success With Integrated Navigation Systems

  • Recent advances in COTS navigation technologies
  • Improving situational awareness through integrated systems
  • Systems architecture for high speed security vessels

James McGowan
Marketing Manager
Raymarine

3:15 Networking And Refreshment Break

4:00 Navy MDA Transition

The New N2N6 Knowledge Dominance division and the Future of Navy MDA

Mark Andress, SES
Director
Navy MDA

4:30 Closing Keynote: USNORTHCOM And NORAD Support And Coordinated Activities In Support Of Maritime Homeland Security

  • NORTHCOM operational support for National maritime security
  • Partnerships with state, local, and federal organizations for improved safety and security

RDML Mike Parks, USCG
Deputy Director, J3 Operations
USNORTHCOM and NORAD

5:00 End Of Main Summit

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