Homeland Defense Training Conference™:
Transportation and Border Security

Wednesday, April 28, 2004
NRECA Executive Conference Center
Arlington, Virginia

 

Special Keynote Presentation: C. Stewart Verdery, Jr. Assistant Secretary, Border and Transportation Security Policy and Planning Department of Homeland Security

Covering rail, air, roads and ports....

 

About This Conference

Border security involves all activities that aim to prevent the entry of persons or materials that pose a potential danger to the United States. This requires monitoring of the United States' 328 ports of entry along the 7,500 miles of land border that the United States shares with Canada and Mexico, as well as along the 95,000 miles coastline.

Last year, DHS inherited the professional workforce, programs and infrastructure of the Coast Guard, Customs Service, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the Transportation Security Administration. Collectively these agencies are responsible for protecting our nation's transportation systems and supervising the entry of people and goods into the United States. This is no easy task given that annually 730 million people travel on commercial aircraft, there are 11.2 million trucks and 2.2 million rail cars that cross into the US and 7,500 foreign flagships make 51,000 calls in US ports. What is our government doing to promote greater cooperation among border management agencies and increased awareness about the persons and materials entering and leaving the country? Attend Transportation and Border Security to find out!

At this conference, you'll hear from the executives involved in helping to secure those areas - ports, rail, air, coast and roads. You'll learn more about US-VISIT, whose purpose is to enhance the security of the United States without slowing the system for legitimate visitors. And you'll get the opportunity to learn from DHS, TSA, USCG, DOT, Customs and Border Patrol, and others on what is being done to protect the nation's borders and keep our methods of transportation secure!

 

What You Will Learn

• Lessons learned and experience from executives and decision-makers
• What worked, what didn’t, and what you need to know
• What are the programs, plans and new initiatives as they relate to transportation and border security
• Promising new technologies
• Best practices and case studies
  

 

Who Should Attend

• Federal, state and local security planners involved with borders and/or transportation security
• Agency technology planners seeking insight into government plans for improved security
• Services and product providers who wish to learn about federal programs, grants and funding for transportation and border security
  

Sample List of Early Registrants Include:

3M
AAMVA
Allied Technology Group, Inc
American Association of Motor Vehicles Administration
American Technology Corporation
Amtrak
Anteon
Anteon
ARINC
Atmel Corp
Black & Veatch
Boeing
Booz Allen Hamilton
Border Management Strategies
CSC Corp
DataTech Enterprises, Inc
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security
Distribution Analysis Center (MTDAC)
DMJM
DoD/Military Traffic Management (MTMCTEA)
Dod-CIFA
Ecology and Environment, Inc
EDS
ENSCO
ESRI
FAA
Fleet Owner Magazine
General Dynamics
GTSI Corp
Harris Corporation
HRSA/SPB/DHCEP
Human Resources Research Organization
IBM
Inmarsat, Inc
Innovative Logistics Techniques, Inc.
IntelliDyne
ITS Corp
ITT Night Vision
King Rogers International
L-3 Vertex Aerospace
Lockheed Martin
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Motorola
National Institute for Urban Search & Rescue
Northrop Grumman IT
NTT Data AgileNet
NYS Department of Transportation
Oracle Corporation
Pal-Tech/Gradient eLearning
Perot Systems Government Services
Piper Rudnick
Pointsec Mobile Technologies
Public Television Media, Inc
QSS Group, Inc
Raytheon
Regal Decision Systems, Inc
SAIC
Sandia National Labs
SecuriMetrics
Siemens Maintenance Services
Stewart & Stevenson TVS, LP
STG, Inc
The Boeing Company
The Metro-Herald (DC, VA, MD)
The Spill Center
Transportation Security Administration
Triumph Technologies, Inc
TSA HQ
U.S. Airways
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
Unisys Corp
US General Accounting Office
US Navy
USDA
USDA Forest Services
Veritas
Virginia State Police
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Research and Special Programs Administration, DoT

 

Confirmed Speakers Include

• C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Border and Transportation Security Policy and Planning, Department of Homeland Security
• Tom Blank, Assistant Administrator for Transportation Security Policy, Transportation Security Administration
• Robert Mocny, Deputy Director, US-VISIT, Department of Homeland Security
• Michael Oraze, Executive Director, Agriculture Inspections Policy & Programs, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
• Captain Kevin E. Dale, Chief, Port & Vessel Security, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
• Ron Frazier, Chief, Police & Security, Amtrak
• Donald Mancuso, Director of Corporate Security, U.S. Airways
• Marc G. Barthello, Program Manager, DoD/Military Traffic Management (MTMCTEA)
• Michael G. Dinning, Chief, Infrastructure Protection and Operations Division, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Research and Special Programs Administration, DoT
• Tom Moses, President, The Spill Center
• Michael Conners, Principal, Border and Transportation Security, Booz Allen Hamilton
  

Most of the speakers' briefings are available for download from the conference attendees' private page.

 

Conference Agenda

7:30-8:25 am	Registration/Breakfast
8:25-8:30 am	Welcome/Opening Comments by Don Dickson, Publisher, Homeland Defense Journal
8:30-9:15 am	C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Border and Transportation Security Policy and Planning, DHS
9:15-9:45 am	Marc G. Barthello, P.E., Project Manager, MTMCTEA
9:45-10:30 am	Tom Blank, Assistant Administrator, TSA
10:30-10:45 am	Networking Break Sponsored by Homeland Defense Radio
10:45-11:15am	Captain Kevin E. Dale, Chief, Port & Vessel Security, USCG
11:15-11:45 am	Ron Frazier, Chief, Police & Security, Amtrak
11:45-12:15 pm	Michael Connors, Principal, Border and Transportation Security, Booz Allen Hamilton
12:15-1:15 pm	NETWORKING LUNCH Sponsored by Homeland Defense Journal
1:15-1:45 pm	Michael Dinning, Division Chief, Infrastructure Protection and Operations, Volpe Transportation Center (DOT)
1:45-2:30 pm	Robert A. Mocny, Deputy Director, US-VISIT Program, DHS
2:30-2:45 pm	Networking Break
2:45-3:15 pm	Donald Mancuso, Director of Corporate Security, U.S. Airways
3:15-3:45 pm	Michael Oraze, Executive Director, Agriculture Inspections Policy & Programs, CBP
3:45-4:15 pm	Tom Moses, President, The Spill Center
4:15-4:30 pm	Closing Remarks by Don Dickson, Publisher, Homeland Defense Journal

Continental breakfast, refreshments, and lunch included. Agenda is subject to change.

 

 

Media Sponsors

The Homeland Defense Journal is free to government managers and decision-makers! Visit us at www.homelanddefensejournal.com



All news. 24/7. Internet based. Radio format. News, interviews, information. Log on at www.homelanddefenseradio.com

 

Carroll Publishing

Visit Carroll Publishing for the most up-to-date news on Department of Homeland Security organization changes.

 

Organizational Sponsors

INPUT is the essential market intelligence resource for companies doing business with government. INPUT provides market development services, advisory services, and software solutions to help clients secure new business, address new markets, and manage business development. For more information about INPUT, visit www.input.com or call (703) 707-3500.

 

 

Corporate Sponsors

Panasonic Security Systems leads the world in digital video technology for Physical Security. The company's comprehensive line includes video and internet cameras (employing proprietary Super Dynamic II technology) in standard, package and dome configurations, digital video recorders, matrix and sequential switching systems, control software, comprehensive hybrid and full network solutions for both standard and gigahertz networks, monitors, lenses, peripheral devices, and iris recognition access control and authentication systems.

 

 

SpatialFX is a Java/J2EE spatial toolkit for web-based deployments of highly dynamic geospatial applications (Battlefield Visualization, Situational Awareness, All-Source Analysis, MTI, etc.). SpatialFX supports information input from various sources (Multi-INT, sensor platforms, GPS feeds, databases) and places the results into a spatial context, for visualization, analysis, and decision making. Disparate data, static and/or dynamic, can be layered over geospatial backdrops (vector maps, raster maps, or raster images). Users can interactively interrogate the data to get more detailed information. SpatialFX is especially useful in distributed environments, where users want to see data and make decisions, without settling for static web pages.

 

SITA is the world's leading provider of global information and telecommunications
solutions to the air transport industry. With over 50 years experience, it offers a total
service to around 740 air transport industry members and more than 1,800
customers, supporting them globally in over 220 countries and territories.
SITA continues to be the only organization to provide the global network services,
the IT infrastructure and IT applications that enable air transport organizations to
operate seamlessly. It has long served global aviation by spearheading the definition
of open IT standards that ensure interoperability and the cost-effective use of the
latest technologies.

 

Booz Allen Hamilton, a global strategy and technology consulting firm, works with clients to deliver results that endure.

We provide services to major international corporations and government clients around the world. Booz Allen's major areas of expertise include:

Booz Allen is a private company with corporate headquarters in McLean, Virginia. Dr. Ralph Shrader is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the firm — the seventh chairman since the firm's founding in 1914.

 

Headquartered in Redlands, California, ESRI has offices throughout the United States; a business partner program with more than 1,500 developers, consultants, resellers, and data providers; and a network of more than 75 international distributors with users in more than 220 countries. Each year, ESRI invests nearly 20 percent of its revenues in research and development and continues to set the industry standards by developing software solutions using the latest programming and Internet technologies.

 

 

VSE Corporation offers a 45-year history of excellence and innovation supporting national security programs with core competencies in critical infrastructure planning, sensor and detection technologies, communications, and the re-engineering of these systems into mobile, rapid response systems. VSE has also partnered with DataTech Enterprises, Inc., with expertise in IT, data warehousing, data modeling, and process engineering. The VSE-DataTech Partnership integrates technology, data, and people into comprehensive, turn-key solutions to meet the nation’s critical homeland security needs, now and into the future.

 

...additional corporate sponsors to be announced.

Become an Exhibitor or Sponsor

If you would like to become a sponsor at the Homeland Defense training conference, please download and complete our set of sponsor forms.  (Forms require Acrobat Reader.)  For more information on exhibitor arrangements, please contact Cara Lombardi, (703) 807-2743.

Registration Fee

• Industry - $595
• Small Business ($100 employees or less) - $395
• Government - $295
  
  

Registration Options

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Online registrations for this conference are closed. We have made arrangements to have space available for late/walk-in registrations. Simply bring your completed registration form and payment information, and we'll register you at the event desk. We hope to see you there!

 

Registrations are payable by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, check or government purchase order.

CANCELLATION POLICY:  You may designate a substitute in writing any time before the conference. If you need to cancel your registration, you must send your notice in writing and will be subject to a $50 processing fee. No refunds are given for cancellations received 48 hours prior to the conference start date or later.

 

Contact Us

• For registration information or technical support with this web site, please contact Maurice Martin, (703) 807-2753
• For information on sponsor/exhibitor arrangements, please contact Cara Lombardi, (703) 807-2743
• For speaker or general information, please contact Laura Johnson, (703) 807-2747

If you have any questions about Homeland Defense Journal events, please see our Event FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).

 

Conference Location/Nearby Hotel Accommodations

The conference will be held at the Executive Conference Center, NRECA Headquarters Building, 4301 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203. The Conference Center is one block from the Ballston Metro stop on the orange line.

Map and directions to the conference location

Hotels within walking distance to the Executive Conference are sold out. To find the nearest hotel, please check www.hotels.com

 

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4301 Wilson Boulevard
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Arlington, VA 22203
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