7:50 Welcome And Opening Remarks From The Miami- Dade Police Department

Oscar Vigoa
Assistant Director
Miami-Dade Police Department

8:00 Opening Remarks: Welcome From Coast Guard Sector Miami

CAPT James O. Fitton, USCG
Sector Commander
USCG Sector Miami

8:30 Flag Officer Keynote Sessions: Opening Remarks And Command Vision For Coast Guard District 7

• District 7 threat assessment and operational capability update
• Capability gaps and future investment opportunities

RADM Robert Branham, USCG
Commander
Coast Guard District 7

9:00 Flag Officer Keynote Sessions: Command Priorities And Vision For USCG Pacific Area And FORCECOM Priorities

• Operational capability update
• PACAREA future plans and policies
• The role of FORCECOM in the Coast Guard Modernization Plan

VADM Jody Breckenridge, USCG
Commander
Coast Guard Pacific Area and Defense Forces West

9:30 National And Homeland Security In The Arctic

• Changing environment & activity
• Our national interests
• The way forward

Dana Goward, SES
Director- Assessment, Integration and Risk Management
USCG

10:45 The UAS “Technology Push” In Maritime Domain Awareness

• Fielding of the first Maritime Variant of the Predator B
• Establishment of a joint program office and USCG and CBP Air and Marine partnerships for improved Maritime Domain Awareness

Randy Donnelson
Director, Miami Air and Marine Branch
US Customs and Border Protection

11:15 Panel Discussion: Maritime UAS Operations

Panelists:

1:15 DHS Small Vessel Security Implementation Plan And Capabilities Innovation Panel

• Adopting a strategy developed from the small vessel stakeholder recommendations
• Tailoring effective education, communication and coordination with the stakeholders
• Implementing national and international standards for risked based, threat reducing measures

2:15 EUCOM/AFRICOM/PACOM C4I Maritime Surveillance Programs

• An overview of the Congressional 1206 Program, and its relationship to Maritime Surveillance Systems (MSS)
• A focused discussion of MSS requirements in developing nations, including examples of modular and scalable COTS solutions provided by PEO C4I/PMW 740
• PEO C4I/PMW 740 role in 1206 MSS FMS cases, including a discussion of achievements to date and future plans.

Dr. Kevin Buck
Principal Assistant Program Manager for EUCOM
International C4I, Integration Program Office, (PMW 740)

2:45 United States Immigration And Customs Enforcement Operational Update

• ICE programs and capabilities in support of law enforcement authority
• Regional support activities in support of maritime security and illegal trafficking
• Future capability needs and requirement gaps

Al Pena
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:15 Deterring Maritime Threats With Visual Disruption Lasers

• Warn approaching vessels at long distances
• Establish intent quickly and safely, with time to react
• Effectively deter hostile action with visual disruption

Clint Meyers
Business Development Manager
B.E Meyers

4:30 The Deployable Operations Group (DOG) Mission And Response Value To The National Security Capability

• Specialized forces in the current Maritime Security environment
• Gaining efficiencies and effectiveness through adaptive force packages
• Moving from point defense solutions to deployable dynamic capabilities

RDML William “Dean” Lee, USCG
Commander, Deployable Operations Group
United States Coast Guard

5:00 Stiletto / Craft Integrated Electronics Suite For Maritime ISR And Littoral-Riverine Activities

• Developmental concepts to integrate navigation and other selected craft data on common baseline navigation displays to satisfy the users' tactical needs in ever-increasing hostile environments
• Overview of an electronics suite capable of providing improved navigational data, simplified control and monitoring of craft systems, and increased situational awareness, including the first fully integrated biometric data collection and and matching capabilities
• This presentation provides a brief summary of the development of CIES(tm) from a simple system capable of providing basic navigation data, into a robust, broadband, Net Centric electronics suite that has fielded three operational units

5:45 Tug And Barge Security

• Scope and magnitude of dangerous liquid transportation by tug and barge companies
• Current Security Requirements for tug and barge industry
• Potential threats and solutions for a terrorist attack using a tug and barge as a weapon

Captain Joe Ahlstrom
Professor of Marine Transportation
SUNY Maritime College