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Following is the tentative schedule for the event. As more details become available, this page will be updated.
| 8:00-8:30 am |
Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:50 am |
Welcome and Opening Comments |
| 8:50-9:30 am |
Keynote Presentation 1-- Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger,
Maryland |
| 9:35-11:00 am |
Panel One: Nassau County Security/Police Information Network (
Local Panel)
Moderator: Inspector Matthew J. Simeone, Jr., Moderator, former SPIN Administrator, Nassau County Police Department
The Security/Police Information Network (SPIN) is a virtual public-private partnership (VP3) that seeks to increase public safety through the sharing of important and timely information. This panel will discuss SPIN’s beginnings, its development, its successes, and its challenges. In addition, the panel will explore the dynamics of the public-private partnership and its impact on crime, business continuity, and homeland security in Nassau County, New York.
Panelists:
Ms. Oksana Farber, Vice President of Operations, Hiram Cohen & Son, Inc.
Vice Chair, Law Enforcement Liaison Council, ASIS International
Mr. Mario Doyle, CPP, Vice President, BuildingStar Security Corporation, Regional Vice President, ASIS International
Detective Sergeant William Leahy, SPIN Coordinator, Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism Bureau, Nassau County Police Department |
| 11:00-11:15 am |
Break |
| 11:15 am-12:45 pm |
Panel Two: All Hazards Consortium (Regional Panel)
Moderator: Robert Crouch (Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness, Virginia)
The All Hazards Consortium (AHC), a Maryland nonprofit charitable organization, is guided by the regional states of NC, DC, MD, VA, WV, DE, PA, NJ and NY. Our mission is to help create new resources and funding opportunities for the states to support regional multi-state collaboration efforts among our stakeholders from government, private sector, higher education and non-profit/volunteer organizations. This panel will discuss the partnership relationship and tangible accomplishments of the Consortium.
Panelists:
University rep Dave Lindstrom (Penn State University)
Government rep John Contestabile (Maryland)
Private Sector rep Peter Porter (IBM Public Sector)
Executive Director Tom Moran (All Hazards Consortium) |
| 12:45-1:30 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30-3:00 pm |
Panel Three: National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
Telecommunications/Electric Interdependency Panel
Moderator: Dr. John S. Edwards, Nortel’s Designated Representative to the NSTAC’s Industry Executive Subcommittee
This panel will highlight the collaboration among the Telecommunications and Electric Power Industries and the Governments of Canada and the United States to assure the security of the Nations’ telecommunications and electric power services.
Panelists:
Mr. Daniel C. Hurley, Jr., Director, Critical Infrastructure Protection, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Chair of the CDEP WG
A Representative from The North American Electric Reliability Council
A Representative from the National Communications System |
| 3:00-3:45 pm |
Keynote Presentation 2 -- Alfonso Martinez-Fonts, Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector Office, Department of Homeland Security |
| 3:45-4:15 |
Symposium Recap |
| 4:15 |
Adjourn |
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One Day Only!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
8 am - 4:15 pm
The National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC
This Homeland Security Symposium is co-hosted by the Institute for Infrastructure & Information Assurance at James Madison University and the Federal Facilities Council of the National Academies.
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