09:00 Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

Commodore RS Vasan (Retd)
Head, Strategy and Security Studies
Center for Asia Studies

Benchmarking international efforts in port security

9:30 Case Study - Adopting Advanced Security Measures And Modernizing Infrastructure And Technology – Focus On The Mundra Port And Special Economic Zone Limited (MPSEZ)

• Moving from a labour intensive to technologically intensive business model
• Identifying the importance of using technology based infrastructure
• Understanding the requirement for advanced facilities to implement advanced technology

Mahesh Prasad Yadav
Security Head
Mundra Port

10:15 Case Study - Combined Port Security Business Model Designed To Reduce Costs, While Mitigating Security Risks Associated With The Transit Of Cargo Through Port Infrastructure

• Evaluating cargo gate innovations for improving throughput, efficiency, and security
• Integrating security and business technologies with human resources as essential components in economically competitive seaport environments
• Convergence of business and security operations to facilitate port management to foster a 'culture of security' in port operations

Asst. Dean Kenneth Christopher
Author, Port Security Management and Chair of Criminal Justice, Park University
USA

11:30 Romancing With Electronic Surveillance Technology for Port Security

• Studying what do electronic security specifications actually mean?
• Exploding some common customer myths.
• Reinforcing a few fundamentals of electronic security.
• Understanding the disconnect between the needs of a customer and his RFPs and thereby reviewing the gap between claims of the vendor and deliverables

Ravi Kant Malhan
Director, Special Projects Group- Buildings business
Schneider Electric India Ltd

12:15 Evaluation Of Efficacy Of Various Measures Implemented Post 9/11 And 26/11 To Promote Port Safety And Security

• Reviewing the paradigm shift in port security structures post the 26/11 attacks
• Saliency of measures such as ISPS, Container Security Initiative (CSI) and Maritime Security Operations (MSO)
• Assessing the effectiveness and loopholes of both national and international regimes
• Scrutinizing measures to plug loopholes and enhance security preparedness

Commodore RS Vasan (Retd)
Head, Strategy and Security Studies
Center for Asia Studies

14:00 The next generation Maritime Safety & Security Solutions

Mr. John Halsema
Senior Vice President Homeland Sec & Public Safety, US
Rolta

14:45 The Build Operate And Transfer (BOT) Terminal Operator's Perspective Vis-à-Vis A Port's Perspective - Gammon Infrastructure Projects Limited

• Examining the requirements and challenges of a BOT Terminal Operator within major port premises in which the Port Trust operates as a Landlord and provides related common services
• Reviewing the deviations from a non-major port (private port), the related challenges and the way forward
• Assessing best practices and challenges pertaining to the Indian scenario

Sanjeev Modi
Head, Port Development
Gammon Infrastructure Projects Limited

16:00 Highlighting security risks with piracy in the Indian Ocean

• Treating the Latest threat and developments and reviewing the current status
• Understanding the consequences of treating risk badly
• Underlining the Mandatory regulations associated with the subject of piracy
• Investigating methods to best treat piracy risk

Greame Gibbon Brooks
Managing Director
Dryad Maritime Intelligence Service

Intelligence Service Complying with best practices and regulations for security within seaports

16:45 Facilitating Secure Trade In Ports Through IMO Instruments

• Studying the UN security policy: Security council resolutions related to port and maritime security
• Scrutinizing maritime security technology such as Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT)
• Evaluating ship-port-interface, i.e. security-related information to be submitted by ships prior entering a port
• Exploring IMO's effort to address other maritime security challenges such as stowaways and drug trafficking

Sascha Pristrom
Maritime Safety Division (MSD), Sub-Division for Maritime Security and Facilitation
International Maritime Organization

17:30 Final Comments From The Chair And End Of Conference