Day Two Main Summit: Wednesday, May 23, 2012

7:30 Registration and Coffee

8:00 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Manny Mora
Senior Vice President, Strategic Business, Development & Integration
General Dynamics C4 Systems

8:10 KEYNOTE: Evolving Role of the UAS in Border Security

Maj Gen Michael C. Kostelnik, USAF (ret)
Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Office of Air and Marine

8:50 Fostering Technology Innovation with a Limited Budget: How Agencies like DHS can Keep Industry Focused on Their Mission and Requirements

  • Checking your backyard first: Are there existing programs, capabilities or contracts within the Government?
    • Presentation Example: USCG Rescue 21
  • Getting research and development for Free: The EDGE Innovation Network
    • Presentation Example: P3 Mission Control Suite

Manny Mora
Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development & Integration
General Dynamics C4 Systems

9:30 FAA Unmanned Aircraft Program Update

Richard Prosek
Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Program Office
FAA

Randy Willis
Acting Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Group
FAA

10:10 Networking Break

10:55 Joint Task Force North’s Work Partnering to Achieve Border Safety

  • U.S. and Mexico Theater Security Cooperation Update
  • Countering drug trafficking and violence through collaboration
  • Solving common border issues with bi-national interoperability

COL Bart Bartholomaus
USA, Deputy Commanding Officer
JTF-North

11:35 US Marshal for Arizona District Keynote

USM David P. Gonzales
U.S. Marshal for Arizona District

12:15 Lunch

1:15 Violent Crime on the Border Panel Discussion

Hear straight talk from the Special Agents in Charge from ATF, DEA, and FBI!

Jeffrey B. Stirling
Acting Chief Special Operations Division/ ATF National Coordinator, Southwest Border

Doug Coleman
Special Agent in Charge
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Phoenix Division

James Turgal
Special Agent in Charge, FBI
Phoenix Division

DON’T MISS THIS INTERACTIVE SESSION WITH THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE BORDER WAR: This Sheriff panel is comprised of local out-spoken leaders who have first-hand experience of what works and what doesn’t – whether it be technology, intelligence or operations related. This is a MUST ATTEND session!

2:15SOUTHWEST BORDER SHERIFF PANEL: Battling Gang Violence on Both Sides of the Southwest Border

  • Current initiatives at the local level to reduce gang violence from coming across the border
  • Mexican border town cooperation and collaborative efforts
  • Deterrence measures – how, when and where it’s appropriate

Panel members:

Larry Dever
Sheriff, Cochise County, AZ and President
Southwestern Border Sheriff’s Coalition

Sigi Gonzalez
Sheriff at Zapata County
(Laredo Texas Area)

Richard Stanek
Hennepin County Sherriff
(Minnesota’s largest county)

3:15 Networking Break

4:00 Partnerships + Vision = Success2

  • Strategically leverage local, state and federal assets and resources to achieve a layered and coordinated law enforcement approach to addressing border-related crimes.
  • Working within our legal authorities, collaborate in meaningful ways to address border securities issues in an integrated manner
  • How to break down silos and turn competition into “COOPETITION” to achieve crime control strategies.

Captain David Myers
San Diego Sheriff's Department
Special Investigations Division

4:40DON’T MISS!: GAO's Work on Border Security Issues

  • Discuss GAO's portfolio of work on border security efforts

Rebecca Gambler
Acting Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues
Government Accountability Office (GAO)

5:20 End of Main Summit

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