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Registration & Continental Breakfast: 7:30-8:30am Program Starts: 8:30am Wrap-Up: 4:15pm About This Conference
Threats to our homeland and our infrastructure are constantly evolving, and homeland security experts are examining and reviewing new plans and priorities applicable to today's threats. For example, The Department of Homeland Security has put nuclear and chemical facilities at the very top of its list of all industry sectors for significant additional security measures on a priority basis. This is a reflection of the threat level determined to exist in these areas. The Government Accountability Office has called for significant new security measures at chemical facilities and urged Congress to take immediate action to give DHS more authority in this area.
As we develop and implement strategies and systems to address the threats of today, terrorists are planning the threats of tomorrow. Although much of our attention has historically been focused on physical and explosive threats, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives (CBRNE) threats have recently come to the forefront of the homeland security discussion. This evolving threat impacts every aspect of our homeland security - from the size and placement of our vaccine stockpiles, to the development of our disaster recovery plans, to the daily operations of the postal service, to the type of protective equipment an emergency responder requires when entering a scene, to the type of filters required in a building in downtown Washington, D.C. Government and industry continue to grapple with how to address this complex threat due to the uncertainty associated with the risk - we know the impact of a significant CBRNE event would be devastating, but what is the actual probability of such an event? The CBRNE threat continues to transform the way in which we must think about protecting our homeland. Effective security requires a coordinated effort among stakeholders to leverage resources and expertise in order to achieve synergies in managing the CBRNE threat.
The Managing Today's Threats to Homeland Security Conference is specifically designed to give the attendees a quick snapshot of how Government and industry are addressing the CBRNE threat – from policy decisions all the way to recent research and technology development. Senior Officials, DHS policy-makers, and corporate leaders of private sector will gather in June to address the path forward to enhance the protection of the critical infrastructure in these vital sectors. This timely event will put you ahead of the curve for the most important areas in Homeland Security in our nation today.
What You Will Cover
Early Registrants Include:
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8:00-8:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast, hosted by Homeland Defense Journal
8:30-8:35am
Welcome and Introduction - Laura Johnson, VP, Homeland Defense Journal
8:35-8:40am
Chairman’s Opening Remarks Rob Housman, Founder & Principal, Housman Group
8:40-9:10am
Captain John A. Donnelly, Sr., District of Columbia Fire Department, Division of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness, "Best Practices, Regional Hazardous Materials Collaboration"
9:10-9:40am
Dustin R. Razsi, Ph.D., SIO for WMD Issues, Office of Intelligence & Analysis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, "The WMD Intelligence Strategy for Homeland Security"
9:40-10:10am
Edward di Girolamo, PE, Chief Executive Officer, Applied Science International, LLC, a subsidiary of The Steel Network, Inc., "Protection Through Prediction: Vulnerability Assessments Take the Long Anticipated Leap to Virtual Reality"
10:10-10:30am
Networking Break
10:30-11:00am
Colonel John Mercier, Ph.D., PE, DABR, Director, Military Medical Operations & Acting Head, Operational Health Physics, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI), "Medical Rad/Nuke Issues"
11:00-11:30am
Paul V. Davis, Director of Critical Infrastructure and Chemical Bio Protection, Joint Battlespace Integration, Raytheon, "Capabilities for Chemical & Biological Threat Protection"
11:30-12:30pm
Networking Lunch Sponsored by Homeland Defense Journal
12:30-1:00pm
Ted Cromwell, Senior Director, Security and Operations, American Chemistry Council, "DHS’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards – Building on Industry’s Success"
1:00-1:30pm
Leo West, Infrastructure Protection Manager, Telemus Solutions, (Former Supervisory Special Agent, FBI),"Bombing Prevention and Mitigation"
1:30-2:00pm
Steve Fogarty, Vice President, Ares Corporation, "Site Security Decision Analysis Using Agent-Based Simulation and Visualization"
2:00-2:15pm
2:15-2:45pm
Vincent F. Hock, CEERD-CF-M, Project Manager for Water Security and the DoD Facility Corrosion Prevention and Control Program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Mark D. Ginsberg, Electronics Engineer, Project Manager and Researcher, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Terrorism and Security of Water Distribution Systems"
2:45-3:15pm
Craig H. Llewellyn, MD, M.P.H., FACPM, FRSM, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Emeritus Director and Special Consultant, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) "Matsumoto and Tokyo - Lessons for First and Second Responders"
3:15-3:35pm
Rick Shaw, President, Awareity, "Awareness & Accountability at the Individual Level"
3:35-4:05pm
Rob Housman, Founder & Principal, Housman Group, "The Challenging Road Ahead for CBRN Security"
4:05-4:15pm
Closing Remarks - Rob Housman
*Agenda is subject to change
Sponsors
Corporate Sponsors:
ASI redefines vulnerability assessments using advanced structural analysis technology that helps mitigate risk and improve safety by understanding and improving structural behavior during extreme loading events as blast, demolition, earthquakes, winds, and hurricanes. Decision makers can now see near virtual reality simulations of threat scenarios, structural failure and collapse.
Awareity is the leader in Individual Awareness and Accountability Services. Human factors are the leading cause of all types of expensive and embarrassing incidents, as well as unnecessary loss of lives. Awareity's services empower management to implement situational awareness and accountability at the individual level across one or multiple organizations on an ongoing basis.
Our patented mail center solutions provide thousands of customers with safety relief. Negative airflow booths and tables both protect operator breathing zones from airborne pathogens and detect the presence of wide variety of dangerous explosives, chemical warfare agents, and toxic industrial chemicals. The result: helps protect against potential mail focused terrorist attacks, alleviates the impact of costly powder hoaxes, and reduces overall anxiety in your mail center.
Media Sponsors:
Homeland Defense Journal is a monthly magazine now in its fifth year of print. Our subscriber base of over 28,000 readers has been developed entirely from within the homeland security sector. Our readers are federal, DoD, state and local executives and decision-makers charged with the development, testing and deployment of solutions. Homeland Defense Journal focuses on programs, projects, funding, grants, R&D, and lessons-learned.
Organizational Sponsors:
Carroll Publishing provides the most comprehensive online Government Contacts Service available. Fully searchable, we cover over 700,000 listings at all levels Of Government. Business Development professionals and Government agencies alike rely on our product daily for accurate contact and program information. Delivery options include searchable on-line access, FTP Flat file delivery and print directories.
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.
Founded in 1988, the Wireless Communications Association, International (WCAI) 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.
ATTENTION INDUSTRY AND SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS: Our sponsors will have a unique opportunity to network with, and showcase their products and services to, government decision-makers and leaders. If you would like to learn more about this event and ways in which our market research and media outlets can assist your sales program, please contact Director, Business Development and Marketing, Ellen Crupi, (301) 229-6745 Registration Fee
Note: Online registrations for this conference are closed. There is still space available for walk up registrants. To register the day of the conference, please bring the attached registration form
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Registrations are for government agencies and qualified security personnel only and 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 one week prior to the event start date or later. PLEASE NOTE: No shows will be liable for the entire registration fee.
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Conference Location/Hotel Accommodations
The conference will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008. The hotel is one block from the Woodley Park Metro stop on the red line. The Omni's phone number is (202) 234-0700.
Please note that the Omni Shoreham Hotel is holding a small block of guest rooms at the rate of $162+tax for single room until June 5, 2007. To secure a room, you can contact the Omni Shoreham at (202) 234-0700 and mention CBRNE Conference to get the special rate.
Map and directions to the conference location
2007 Event Schedule
Start planning now for your 2007 training needs! To download a pdf of our planned training conferences and workshops for 2007, please click here.
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