Transportation and Border Security Conference- What's Next

***Special Keynote Speakers***

Assistant Secretary Stewart Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and International Affairs, DHS
Deborah Spero, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Gregory Giddens, Executive Director, Secure Border Initiative, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

NOTE: On-line registrations for this conference are now closed. Space is available for walk in registrants.
To register the day of the conference, please complete the registration form

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
Executive and senior staff within business development

What You Will Learn

New initiatives being planned at the federal, state and local levels.
The role of emergency communication in government and commercial response planning
Technology and solutions trends and directions
Case studies and lessons learned
Best practices

Early Registrants Include:

ABM LLC Advisory Services, Founder
Abraxis Corporation, VP, Defense & Homeland Security
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Field, LLP, Senior Counsel
ArcAspicio, CEO
BAE Systems, Director, Key Programs and Pursuits
Bechtel, Business Development Director
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Vice President
Broward County Government, Information Systems Analyst III
CDLS Washington
Centigon Armored Vehicles, Director of Sales
Department of Homeland Security, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and International Affairs
DMJM H&N, Vice President
DOT/FRA, Program Manager, Railroad Security
Federal Signal Corporation
GeoDecisions
Harbinger Technologies Group, Director of Transportation Security Services
i2, Inc, A Choicepoint Company, Department of Homeland Security Account Manager
IBM, Sales
ICE Office of Investigations, Unit Chief- Secure Border Initiative
Immix Group, Market Intelligence Analyst/Business Development
ITT Corporation, Director, Homeland Security
KBR, Account Director, Department of Homeland Security Operations
Migration Policy Institute, Senior Policy Analyst
Mobilisa, Senior Vice President
Monroe Executive Associates, President
Monument Policy Group, Founder
Rail Link, Inc., VP, Safety and Compliance
RMI, Account Executive
Sentinel HS Group, LLC, Founder
Serco, Inc, Operations System Manager
SiloSmashers, Business Development
SoBran, Inc., Director of Engineering & Logistics
SRA International, Project Manager
The Boeing Company, Director, Strategic Development, SBInet Program
The Heritage Foundation, Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow
The Wackenhut Corporation, President, Security Services
TransCore, Assistant Commandant for Prevention
Unisys, Vice President of Border Security and SBInet Program Executive
U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Prevention
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Deputy Commissioner
Vision Fire & Security, Global Director Business Development
Vision Systems, RSM Detroit/Adpro

Conference Speakers and Agenda

7:45-8:15am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15-8:30am	Chairman's Opening Remarks: Brian Goebel, Founder, Sentinel HS Group, LLC (former Senior Policy Advisor to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP/DHS)
8:30-9:15am	Keynote Speaker: Assistant Secretary Stewart Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and International Affairs, Department of Homleand Security
9:15-10:30am	Designing a Temporary Work Program The Panel will discuss the chances for a Temporary Worker Program as well as the potential parameters of such a program. Panel Moderator: Joshua Kussman, Vice President, Sentinel HS Group, LLC (former Senior Policy Advisor to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP/DHS) C. Stewart Verdery Jr., Founder, Monument Policy Group (Former Assistant Secretary for Policy, DHS) Brian Seagrave, Vice President of Border Security and SBInet Program Executive, Unisys Deborah Meyers, Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute and Director, MPI Internship Program
10:30-10:45am	Networking Break
10:45-12:00pm	Trends in Immigration Enforcement The panel will discuss likely trends and directions for future immigration policy, such as the enforcement of immigration laws in the interior of the United States (e.g. worksite enforcement, visa overstays, etc.) Panel Moderator: Brian Goebel, Founder, Sentinel HS Group, LLC (former Senior Policy Advisor to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP/DHS) Glenn Norton, Chief for Operational Data Integrity, U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Ralph DeFelice, Unit Chief- Secure Border Initiative, ICE Office of Investigations Seth M. M. Stodder, Senior Counsel, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Field, LLP (former Director of Policy and Planning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
12:00-1:00pm	Networking Lunch, Sponsored by Homeland Defense Journal Keynote Speaker: Deborah Spero, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
1:00-2:15pm	Developments in Border and Transportation Security Technology and Infrastructure The panel will discuss the latest trends, new challenges, and likely future directions for technology and infrastructure issues relating to border and transportation security. Panel Moderator: Andrew Maner, President, ABM LLC Advisory Services (former DHS Chief Financial Officer) Mervyn Leavitt, Director of the Borders and Maritime Security Division, Office of the Under Secretary for Science & Technology, Department of Homeland Security James A. Bondly, PMP, Account Director, Department of Homeland Security, KBR Zvi Kremer, Director of Transportation Security Services, Harbinger Technologies Group
2:15-2:30pm	Networking Break
2:30-3:45pm	Maritime Domain Awareness The panel will discuss the policy and operational challenges involved in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Domain Awareness program. Panel Moderator: Keith Thomson, Principal, Sentinel HS Group, LLC (former Assistant Commissioner for International Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Speakers: Rear Admiral Craig Bone, Assistant Commandant for Prevention, U.S. Coast Guard James Jay Carafano Ph.D, Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow The Heritage Foundation Wayne Esser, Director, Strategic Development, SBInet Program, The Boeing Company
3:45- 4:15pm	Keynote Speaker: Gregory Giddens, Executive Director, Secure Border Initiative, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
4:15- 4:30pm	Chairman's Closing Remarks: Joshua Kussman, Vice President, Sentinel HS Group, LLC (former Senior Policy Advisor to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP/DHS)

Sponsors

Corporate Sponsors

The Sentinel HS Group, LLC is a strategic consulting firm providing advice and assistance on homeland security matters to the private and public sectors in the United States and abroad.

The firm's professional services are wide-ranging in character. They touch on virtually all facets of homeland security, with a particular emphasis on border security, international trade & travel, customs, immigration, transportation, and intelligence.

KBR provides engineering and construction management, logistics services and operations of installations worldwide. For the past 14 years, we have served as the primary contingency support contractor for the U.S. armed forces worldwide. No matter what your requirement, KBR has the resources and the expertise to address your most complex contingency challenges.

IPVision Software has partnered with IQinVision, Agent Vi, and Appear Networks to offer a fully featured Security Information Management Solution. The collaboration integrates four industry security solutions to provide customers with a leading-edge, next-generation IP-based network camera management console, featuring best-of-class megapixel imaging, video analytics, and alerts pushed to mobile devices. This offering is designed to meet the security needs of enterprise-class organizations, both public and private, worldwide.
     IPVision – Video Management Console, www.ipvisionsoftware.com
     IQinvision – Megapixel IP Camera Solutions, www.iqeye.com
     Agent Vi – Video Analytics, www.agentvi.com
     Appear Networks – Mobile Access, www.appearnetworks.com

Arc Aspicio is a global management consulting company specializing in homeland security, border management and law enforcement. Our company delivers innovative business and technology consulting services to Government agencies and solution providers. Our specialty services include business and enterprise architecture, large-scale transformation planning, and market research and strategy.

Border security isn't an afterthought to you and it shouldn't be to your business partners. With seven decade's experience, TransCore has a proven track record of success designing, building, and delivering highly reliable products and systems to the transportation marketplace including FAST, NEXUS, and SENTRI radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions.

ADPRO is a division of Vision Fire and Security (VFS)- global leader in sophisticated video-based security solutions (ADPRO),

& very early warning smoke detection systems (VESDA). VFS has been providing enterprise class solutions for over 20 years Our products provide advance intrusion detection at high security sites around the world

Media Sponsors

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

IT*Security magazine is the nation's first professional journal focusing on the nexus between IT security and infrastructure protection. The monthly magazine, debuted in February 2005, and is written by leading experts from industry, government and academia.

For more information or subscribe to IT*Security magazine go to our website www.itsecuritymagazine.com

Organizational Sponsors

Telemus Solutions provides customized security consulting, advisory, research and training services to both public and private sector markets throughout the world. Our company headquarters is located in Falls Church, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C., with branch offices in Boston and Miami. For more information on Telemus Solutions please call (703) 893-0550.

Wireless Communications Association, International

Founded in 1988, the Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) is the principal non-profit trade association representing the wireless broadband industry. WCA membership, which includes the industry's leading carriers, vendors and consultants, has grown to over 530 member companies spanning six continents.

The WCA organizes the world's largest annual business conference and exhibition devoted exclusively to wireless broadband. This conference and exhibition annually convenes experts from around the world to discuss market strategies, emerging technologies, new applications and financing/regulatory options.

The Carbon Project is pioneering innovative software technologies that can handle increasing amounts and types of complex, dispersed geospatial information. By simplifying these data across a broad spectrum of users, we make the world of geospatial information accessible and usable to everyone, everywhere.