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Following is the schedule for the event. For full information, please download the Event Program. Speaker bios begin on page 6.
8:00-8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast, Registration, Networking |
8:30-8:50 |
Opening Remarks |
8:50-9:30 |
Morning Keynote Presentation - Dr. Charles Steger, President, Virginia Tech |
9:30-11:00 |
Panel One: Physical Protection Problems and Approaches
Major facilities are subject to a variety of threats that must be considered during facility design and operation. At the same time, the vulnerability of the facility to these threats will also vary and depend on location, design and construction. This panel will address the process from the initial planning and design considerations, through the assessment of threats and vulnerabilities, to actual physical design and construction features that can be incorporated to counter specific threats and reduce overall vulnerability.
Moderator: Richard Little, Director, The Keston Institute for Public Finance & Infrastructure Policy, University of Southern California
Bill Austin, Chief, Balanced Survivability Assessments Branch, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Austin Smith, Executive Director of the Interagency Security Committee (ISC)
Robert Smilowitz, Principal, Applied Sciences Division, Weidlinger Associates |
11:00-11:15 |
Break |
11:15-12:45 pm |
Panel Two: Cyber Protection Problems and Approaches
With their various roles in cybersecurity as a backdrop, panelists will provide perspectives on current challenges and approaches to providing information protection for the large facilities they represent. By discussing differences, similarities, solutions and lessons learned, they will illustrate aspects of the broader information security landscape and offer attendees points of comparison and a menu of possible ideas for enriching future protection programs.
Moderator: Darlene Quackenbush, IT Planning/Information Security Officer, James Madison University
Wayne Martin, Information Systems Security Officer, University of Virginia
Baird McNaught, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Security Control System Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratories
Joy Hughes, Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Information Technology, George Mason University |
12:45-1:45 |
Lunch |
1:45-3:15 |
Panel Three: Facility Protection Case Studies
The panel will include overviews and discussion of exemplary security programs for large facility complexes. Panelists will address a diverse range of security issues and challenges confronting directors of major port authority operations, our nation’s largest dams, and sporting events such as the Super Bowl. Panelists will describe solutions to consider or reject and provide lessons from actual program implementation experience.
Moderator: Mike Becraft, Senior Vice President, Federal Civilian Services Group, Serco North America
David Achterberg, PE, Director, Office of Security, Safety and Law Enforcement, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior
Oliver Gagnon, Protective Security Advisor, Central Florida District, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
John Paczkowski, Distinguished Fellow, Naval Post Graduate School at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Director, Emergency Management and Security, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| 3:15-3:30 |
Afternoon Break |
3:30-4:15 |
Afternoon Keynote Presentation - John R. Stevens, Jr., Deputy Director
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office Of Security and Emergency Peparedness (OSEP) |
4:15-4:30 |
Symposium Recap - Dutch Thomas, National Security Consultant |
4:30 |
Adjourn |
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One Day Only!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
8 am - 4:30 pm
Washington Convention Center (Room 147AB)
801 Mount Vernon Place, 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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