Hosted by the Science and Technology Directorate, Wardman Park Marriott, Washington, DC, March 8-9, 2004

Event management has been provided by CTC's Public Safety Technology Center.

All presentations from the 2004 conference approved for public dissemination are available below in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. As more presentations are approved, they will be posted on this page. To access a particular presentation, click the name of the speaker below, or right-click the link and save to your computer.

Link to specific sessions:
The SAFETY Act Cyber Security
Border and Transportation Security Threat Vulnerability and Threat Assessment
University Programs Public Safety Communications and Interoperability
Chemical/Biological Countermeasures The Counter-MANPADS Program
Information Systems & Homeland Security Evaluation of Commercial Products and Equipment for Public Safety
Government/Industry Partnerships in Homeland Security The Marketplace
Public Safety Communications and Interoperability Critical Infrastructure Protection
Emergency Preparedness and Response Radiological/Nuclear Coutermeasures
Doing Business with HSARPA Part I: How to do Business with State and Local Responders
Part II: Overview of the Science and Technology Directorate Part III: Overview of the Office of Research and Development
Part IV: Overview of the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
Breakout Sessions 3/8/2004 Morning

Title

Panel
All with Department of Homeland Security
except where noted

The SAFETY Act


Holly A. Dockery, Ph.D., Director, International Affairs/SAFETY Act Implementation
John M. Mitnick, Associate General Counsel
Wendy Howe, Acting Director, SAFETY Act Implementation

Cyber Security



Simon Szykman, Ph.D., Director, Cyber Security R&DD
Douglas Maughan, Cyber Security Program Manager
Andy Purdy, Deputy Director, National Cyber Security Division

Border and Transportation Security



Jeanne Lin, Director, Border and Transportation Security Portfolio
Allen Gina, Agency Coordinator, Operations
Kirk Evans, Ph.D., Program Manager

Threat Vulnerability and Threat Assessment


Joseph Kielman, Ph.D., Director, Threat Vulnerability and Threat Analysis

University Programs
no slides were presented


Wyn Jennings, University Programs
Rae Zimmerman,Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
V.Kerry Smith, NCSU
Breakout Sessions 3/8/2004 Afternoon

Title

Panel
All with Department of Homeland Security
except where noted

Public Safety Communications and Interoperability



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Dereck Orr, Chief of Staff, SAFECOM
George Ake, Program Director, CapWIN
Thomas P. Coty, Deputy Director, SAFECOM
Martin Novak, Program Manager, AGILE Program, National Institute of Justice

Chemical/Biological Countermeasures


John Vitko, Jr., Ph.D., Director, Chemical and Biological Countermeasures
Keith B. Ward, Program Manager, Chemical and Biological Countermeasures
William S. Rees, Program Manager, Chemical and Biological Countermeasures

The Counter-MANPADS Program


James Tuttle, Program Manager, Counter-MANPADS

Information Systems & Homeland Security
no slides were presented


Steve Cooper, Chief Information Officer

Evaluation of Commercial Products and Equipment for Public Safety






no slides were presented



Pete Nacci, Ph.D., Office for Domestic Preparedness
Richard Jacques, Ph.D., Office for Domestic Preparedness
Don Dickson, Ph.D., Executive Director, Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES),Texas A&M University
Frank Lepage, Office for Domestic Preparedness
Kerry Thomas, Director, Information Management and Preparedness Support Division
Don Hewitt, Program Manager, Responder Knowledge Base, MIPT
Bruce Baicar, Program Manager, Office for Domestic Preparedness

Government/Industry Partnerships in Homeland Security:
New Jersey Case Study








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Brian Dunlap, Chief Information Officer, New Jersey Business Force, Business Exectuives for National Security
Dennis Del Fava, Major and Commanding Officer, Office of Emergency Management, New Jersey State Police
Elizabeth Christopherson, Executive Director & CEO, NJN Public Television & Radio
Phillip Harrington, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Prudential Financial
Gary Tarino, Associate General Counsel/Staff Vice President, ADP
Breakout Sessions 3/9/2004 Morning

Title

Panel
All with Department of Homeland Security
except where noted

Keynote Address
We Protect Those Who ARE Us
no slides were presented



Burt Keirstead, Program Manager, Counter MANPADS, BAE Systems

General Session
The Marketplace

not available
not available



Kevin Boshears, Director, Office Of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Alfonso Martinez-Fonts, Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary for the Private Sector

Public Safety Communications and Interoperability



Dereck Orr, Chief of Staff, SAFECOM
George Ake, Program Director, CapWIN
Thomas P. Coty, Deputy Director, SAFECOM
Martin Novak, Program Manager, AGILE Program, National Institute of Justice

Critical Infrastructure Protection




John Cummings, Ph.D., Director, Critical Infrastructure Protection R&D
John Hoyt, Ph.D., Critical Infrastructure Protection R&D
William Rees, Jr., Ph.D., Chem/Bio Technical Office
Jim Caverly, Director, Infrastructure Coordination Division
Peter Miller, Program Manager
John Weidner, Deputy Director, Protective Security Division

Emergency Preparedness and Response: Working with State and Local Responders





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Nancy Suski, Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response R&D
Amy K. Donahue, Ph.D., Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Homeland Security
Michael G. Lucey, Program Manager, Emergency Response Technology
David Paulison, Director, Preparedness Division
Dennis J. Reimer, Gen. (USA, Ret.), Director, MIPT
Robert J. Ingram, Battalion Chief, Chief of HazMat Operations, FDNY

Radiological/Nuclear Coutermeasures


Judith Kammeraad, Director, Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Portfolio
Sonya Bowyer, Ph.D., Program Manager, Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures
Steven Kreek, Ph.D., Program Manager, Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures
Allen Gina, Agency Coordinator, Operations
Steven Buchsbaum, Program Manager, HSARPA

Doing Business with HSARPA


David Bolka, Ph.D., Director, HSARPA
Jane Alexander, Ph.D., Deputy Director, HSARPA
General Session/Closing 3/9/2004 Afternoon

Title

Panel
All with Department of Homeland Security
except where noted

Part I: How to do Business with State and Local Responders



Judy Hampton, State and Local Program Management Division

Part II: Overview of the Science and Technology Directorate
no slides were presented



Parney Albright, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology

Part III: Overview of the Office of Research and Development



Bob Hooks, Office of Research and Development

Part IV: Overview of the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency



David Bolka, Ph.D., Director, HSARPA

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