Main Summit Day Two: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

7:30 Registration & Coffee

8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks

Bob Withers
Teradata

8:25 Keynote: Interagency And International Operations For Migrant And Drug Policies

  • Policies and overarching strategies to address counter drug challenges
  • Success through interagency and international cooperation
  • The Maritime Transit Zone: first layer of defense against smugglers

CDR Louis J. Orsini
USCG (Ret), Chief of Counter Drug AMIO Division
USCG

9:05 Systems Integration Session

by Lockheed Martin Corporation

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10:00 Networking & Refreshment Break

10:45 United States NORAD-Northern Command Tunnel Detection Initiative

  • Rapid Reaction Tunnel Detection (R2TD) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD)
  • Mobility challenges
  • Characterization & mapping challenges
Dr. Jason McKenna
Senior Research Geo Physicist
US Army Engineer Research and Development Center		 Amy L. Clymer
Senior Analyst NORAD-USNORTHCOM
Operational Manager of Rapid Reaction Tunnel Detection Joint Capability Development Program

Back-to-Back Border Patrol Sessions!

11:30 Interagency Collaboration On The South West Border

Randy Hill
Chief Patrol Agent, US Border Patrol, Del Rio TX Sector
DHS

12:00 Border Patrol Challenges And Requirements

Mike Fisher
Chief Patrol Agent, US Border Patrol, San Diego CA Sector
DHS

12:30 Lunch

1:45 PANEL: Border Patrol Challenges And Requirements – Northern Border

  • Current challenges to ensure the security of the Northern Border
  • Deployment of high-tech surveillance systems
  • Increasing the Border Patrol workforce
  • US-Canada coordination and operations
Randy Gallegos
Chief Patrol Agent, Detroit MI Sector
US Border Patrol 		Joseph Mellia
Chief Patrol Agent, Houlton ME Sector
US Border Patrol

2:45 Interagency Collaboration: Challenges And Opportunities

  • Biometric interoperability
  • NGI: Next Generation Identification
  • Exploiting biometric data for homeland security initiatives

Charity Harris
Management and Program Analyst
DOJ/FBI CJIS Division

3:25 Networking & Refreshment Break

4:00 DOJ Session: EPIC As An Information Clearinghouse

  • Requirements and capabilities for gathering information
  • Technology requirements for information sharing
  • Opportunities for sharing and exploiting critical data

C.C. Avery
Chief Information Officer
El Paso Intelligence Center

LCDR Mary Ann Swendsen
USCG

John Ferdetta
Office of the Chief Information Officer
El Paso Intelligence Center

4:40 Forward-Looking: Intelligent Tactical Robot Behaviors For Surveillance Operations

  • System integration
  • Supportability and production
  • Future projects and opportunities

Dr. David Bruemmer
Technical Director, Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Idaho National Laboratory

5:30 End Of Main Summit