Post-Conference Security Planning Workshops: Thursday, April 30, 2009

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8:00 - 11:00 Resilience for Maritime Transportation Systems: Dispelling the Myths; Exploring the Truths

Enabling Rapid Infrastructure Recovery and Resumption of Trade

Maritime Transportation Systems (MTS) function in a sociotechnological environment, that operates through a complex network of enterprises, each abiding by various sets of processes and interacting with a variety of physical infrastructure and a myriad of equipment and technologies. In that sense, each one of these components of MTS has the characteristics of a system and their collaboration in a collective community with a major purpose of its own, making the entirety of MTS a System of Systems (SoS). Many works have been done on systems design aspects of MTS, yet the idea of approaching the complex system of maritime transportation from a SoS point of view to address the issue of resilience in the system has been untouched. This workshop will engage the participants and experts of the maritime domain in an effort to provide insight into the study of resilience for Maritime Transportation System of Systems (MTSoS). Using tools and methodologies from systems thinking, we will dispel the myths and explore the truths of resiliency for MTS so as to define a system’s vulnerability against potential disruption, and its adaptive capacity in recovering to an acceptable level of service within a reasonable timeframe after being affected.

What will be covered:

• Definitions of resilience and characteristics of resilient systems and SoS
• A network-centric approach to resilient MTS
• A holistic approach to MTS resiliency by explaining the bowtie model and using Systemic Diagrams (Systemigrams)
• Typology of MTS vulnerabilities through cause-and-effect analysis
• Typology consequences through studying economic and social effects of disruptive incidents
• MTSoS resilience strategies: infrastructural adaptability, systems redundancy, SoS and network-centeric systems management, effective governance, participatory leadership, re-routing plan in the face of disruption, etc.
• An introduction to resilience management: implementation and contingency plans, resource management, financial resiliency, systems control strategies, etc.

How you will benefit

• An introduction to the usefulness and value of systems thinking tools for defining emerging challenges in systems (e.g. SoS).
• A fundamental understanding of resilience; what it is and what it is not.
• An introduction to the challenges and opportunities of resilience as it applies to MTS.
• Provided with knowledge and tools to transfer an understanding of resilience in both education and research.

Session Leaders:

Mo Mansouri Ph.D. Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce

Roshanak Nilchiani Ph.D. Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce

Brian Sauser, Ph.D. Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce

11:00 - 2:00 Port Security Response Training and Drill: The “Trojan Horse” Exercise

Lunch will be Served

Proven Training Exercise

All owners of ships over a certain size or otherwise designated by the USCG, Captain of the Port, and all operators of port facilities as designated, are required to perform exercises and drills of the security plans that the law requires them to have in place. The Trojan Horse Exercise is a public-private collaborative forum in which all participants can meet their legal obligations to exercise their security plans, identify best practices in security training, and exploit opportunities for developing innovative security techniques.

Session Leaders:

CAPT Joseph Ahlstrom, USMS Professor of Marine Transportation SUNY Maritime College

Dr. Larry Howard Executive Director, Trojan Horse Exercise SUNY Maritime College

2:00 - 4:30 Port-Wide Planning and Strategic Risk Management

Obtain Increased Federal Funding for Security

In order to receive FY 2009 PSGP funds, port areas are required to develop or have in place an approved Port-Wide Risk Management/Mitigation Plan. Ports are also encouraged to develop a Business Continuity/Resumption of Trade Plan. Each port area has unique individual needs and tested experience about how to best reduce risk within its region. This session provides lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid in developing the port-wide risk assessment, risk management and mitigation plan, and trade resumption and resiliency plan.

What will be covered:

• How effective port security planning improves safety and security and allows for increased federal funding
• Using a strategic, risk based approach for resource allocation to maximize funding effectiveness
• Risk-mitigation strategies to achieve sustainable port-wide security and business continuity/resumption of trade planning

How you will benefit:

• Learn what needs to be included in a strategic plan to obtain maximum grant funding
• Close gaps in the existing structure by instituting systems of prevention, protection, and preparedness
• Align specific grant-funded security projects under this and future year PSGP awards
• Take home a plan for infrastructure recovery and resumption of trade

Session Leaders:

• CAPT John Cameron, USCG (Ret.), President, Tradeworthy Inc.
• CAPT Paul Szwed, USCG D.Sc, Head, Department of
• Management and Professor of Decision Sciences, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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