UPDATED agenda

June 7, 2021

12:00-5:00
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Exhibitor Setup

June 8, 2021

7:30-8:15
Exhibit Hall
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:15-8:30
General Session
Pledge of Allegiance and Presentation of the Colors
8:45-9:00
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Welcoming Remarks

Sareth Neak, President, Homeland security Outlook/Neak Media LLC

9:00-9:30
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Opening Keynote Address

 

Rear Admiral Eric Jones, U.S. Coast Guard Seventh District Leadership

9:30-10:00
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State of South Florida Port Area Security

Captain Jo-Ann F. Burdian, Sector Miami Commander, U.S. Coast Guard

10:00-10:45
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Cyber Security:  Coast Guard Directives and Guidance

Captain Bradley Clare, Chief, Office of Port and Facility Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard

10:45-11:30
Exhibit Hall
Networking Break
11:30-12:15
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Port of Miami Security:  From Drones detection to public/private partnerships

Major Jose Aragu, Miami-Dade Police, Seaport Operations Bureau

12:15-1:15
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Networking Lunch
12:30-1:00
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Lunch Keynote Speaker:  Interagency Information Sharing and Collaboration
  

Rear Admiral Gene Price, USN, NMIO Director, National Intelligence Manager (NIM) for Maritime, ODNI

1:00-1:15
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Maritime Domain Awareness ESC Law Enforcement Award

Presented by the Maritime Domain Awareness Executive Steering Committee (MDA ESC)

1:15-1:45
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The Global Maritime Operational Threat Response Coordination Center (GMCC): Coordinated U.S. Government response to threats against the United States and its interests in the maritime domain

Brian Wilson, US Navy (Retired), Deputy Director, US Global Maritime Operational Threat Response Coordination Center (GMCC)

1:45-2:30
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Modernization of Maritime Domain and situational Awareness Technologies
  • Situational Awareness and Data Fusion Platforms

 

 

Ken Hern, Senior Director Operations, Security, Facilities & Railroad, Port of Palm Beach

John Main, CTO, STRAX Intelligence

2:30-3:00
Exhibit Hall
Networking Break
3:00-3:30
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The CBP Air and Marine Operations Center:  Protecting our Maritime Borders Through Collaboration and Information Sharing

Richard Booth, Executive Director, Air and Marine Operations Center, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

3:30-4:00
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Joint Intelligence Operations Coordination Center (JIOCC):  Best practices in Collaboration and Info Sharing

Jacob Dumansky, Director, South Florida Joint Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center, Chief Intelligence Officer, Homeland Security Investigations

4:00-4:30
MACC 2
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC®) – Transitioning to a Next Generation Credential

Jeff Thorne, Program Analyst, Enrollment Services & Vetting Programs, Transportation Security Administration

4:30-5:30
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COVID-19 Impact on Maritime Security
COVID Effects on the Maritime Industry
  • Joe Cunningham, Executive Director, Maritime Domain Awareness Executive Steering Committee (MDA ESC)
 
Law Enforcement /Maritime Sector Challenges in the Post-COVID World
5:30-6:30
Exhibit Hall
Networking Happy Hour

June 9, 2021

8:00-9:00
Exhibit Hall
Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:30
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Interagency Collaboration in the Maritime Environment: ReCoMs the Pathway to Success
 

 

John W. Priddy, Executive Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, Southeast Region

9:30-10:00
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Regional Maritime Improvement Program Update

Michelle L. Green , Homeland Maritime Border Security Regional Maritime Improvement Progam, National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)

 10:00-10:30
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Protecting The Maritime Border and Commerce

Vernon Foret, Director, Field Operations (DFO), Miami Field Offices, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

10:30-11:00
Exhibit Hall
Networking Coffee Break and TTX Preparation
11:00-11:30
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Regional Maritime Security Intelligence and Interdiction Table-top Exercise (TTX) Brief
 

Joe Cunningham, Executive Director, Maritime Domain Awareness Executive Steering Committee (MDA ESC)

The Regional Maritime Domain Awareness and Response Tabletop Exercise (TTX) will bring together maritime security stakeholders from foreign governments, federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement and port agencies to strengthen and focus the collaboration and cooperation between stakeholders to promote whole-of-government unity of effort to address maritime security issues. 

The Objective of the TTX is to do the following:

  • BUILD a common understanding of organizations, roles, and priorities involved in improving Maritime Domain Awareness
  • IDENTIFY, ADDRESS, and MONITOR potential unintentional barriers to whole-of-government Maritime Domain Awareness efforts
  • IDENTIFY, ADDRESS, and MONITOR shared Maritime Domain Awareness and response challenges
  • SUPPORT and improve multi-lateral/regional Maritime Domain Awareness and response efforts
  • IDENTIFY Overlapping/Enhancing Authorities
  • IMPROVE maritime information and intelligence sharing
11:30-12:30
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Maritime Security Intelligence and Interdiction Regional Table-top Exercise
  • Identification and communication of threats beyond your AOR
12:30-1:30
Exhibit Hall
Networking Lunch
1:30-2:30
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Maritime Security Intelligence and Interdiction Regional Table-top Exercise
  • Deploying surveillance and response assets
2:30-3:30
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Maritime Security Intelligence and Interdiction Regional Table-top Exercise
  • Communicating and sharing of Intelligence between Agencies
3:30-4:00
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TTX Closing Brief
4:00
Conference Adjourns