2024 agenda

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August 12, 2024

10:00-5:00

Exhibit Hall

Exhibitor Set Up

1:00-5:00

Paradise Point Marina

On-Water Technology and Vessel Demonstrations –

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1:30-2:45

Garden Room

Training Session: Funding Port Security Projects: What grants are available and how to win them

April Danos

Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC
Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

2:45-3:45

Garden Room

Training Session: Issues in Facility Security Planning: How to navigate the new rules and regulations on MTSA regulated facilities in 2024 and beyond

Laurie Thomas

Maritime Security Coordinator
The University of Findlay
Vice Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

3:45-5:00

Garden Room

National Maritime Security Advisory Committee Closed Meeting

August 13, 2024

7:30-6:30

Exhibit Hall

Maritime Security and Law Enforcement Solutions Exhibition

7:30-8:45

Exhibit Hall

Networking Breakfast and Registration

8:40-9:00

Main Session

Pledge of Allegiance and Opening Remarks

Sareth Neak
President
Neak Media LLC

NMSAC Opening Remarks – Captain Andrew Meyers
Chief, Office of Port and Facility Compliance
U.S. Coast Guard

Port of San Diego Opening Remarks – Chief Magda Fernandez
Chief of Police – Vice President, Public Safety
Port of San Diego

9:00-9:30

Main Session

Opening Keynote Address

Rear Admiral Joseph R. Buzzella
Commander
U.S. Coast Guard Eleventh District

9:30-10:00

Main Session

Keynote: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations

N. Clark Lanzendorf
Director, Air and Marine Operations Center
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

10:00-10:30

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

10:30-11:00

Main Session

U.S. Coast Guard Southern California

Captain James W. Spitler
Commander, Sector San Diego
U.S. Coast Guard

Captain Stacey L. Crecy
Commander, Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach
U.S. Coast Guard

11:00-12:15

Main Session

Port Security Roundtable Discussion

David Foster
Homeland Security Program Manager
Port of San Diego

Bridgett D. Lewis
Manager of Security Operations
Port of Long Beach

Lacy Edwards
Port Security Manager
Port of Stockton Police Department

Colin J. Millan
Director, Port Security
Port of Tacoma

12:15-1:00

Main Session

Networking Lunch

12:45-1:00

Main Session

Lunch Presentation: TMA BlueTech: Bringing Innovations to Maritime Security

Matt Classen
Executive Director
TMA BlueTech

1:00-1:30

Main Session

Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations

Brandon Tucker
Director, Air and Marine Operations San Diego Air and Marine Branch
U.S. Customs & Border Protection

1:30-2:00

Main Session

Asymmetric Maritime Domain Awareness and the Common Operating Picture: The MDA exercise no one Is having

F. Scott Humphrey
Executive Director
Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region

2:00-2:45

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

2:45-3:15

Garden Room

NMSAC Topic Out-Brief: Task T–2023–2: Active Shooter/Active Threat in the Maritime Environment

Moderator – April Danos
Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC
Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

Task Chair – Henry Russell
Director of Maritime Security
SSA Marine

2:45-3:15

Main Session

The Evolution of Cyber Strategy: Executive orders, directives, policies and guidance

Charles Blackmore – CISSP, C|EH, CIPP/US, C|CISO
Marine Transportation System Specialist (Cyber)
Office of Port & Facility Compliance
Domestic Ports Division (CG-FAC-1)
U.S. Coast Guard

3:15-3:45

Garden Room

NMSAC Topic Out-Brief: Task T–2023–3: Unmanned Systems in the Maritime Environment

Moderator – April Danos
Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC
Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

Task Chair – John Rowan
General Manager and FSO
Tioga Marine Terminal, Delaware River Stevedores

3:15-3:45

Main Session

Commercial Industry Views of Global MDA: Risk and Volatility

Cesar Morales

Portfolio Manager, Defense & National Security
S&P Global Intelligence and Analytics

3:45-4:15

Garden Room

NMSAC Topic Out-Brief: Task T–2023–1: Update of Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 03-03 – Implementation Guidance for the Regulations Mandated by the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 for Facilities

Moderator – April Danos
Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC
Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

Task Chair – Laurie Thomas

Maritime Security Coordinator
The University of Findlay
Vice Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

3:45-4:15

Main Session

From Ports to Perimeters: GIS Solutions for maritime domain awareness and security

Carl Walter
Director, Homeland Security Solutions
Esri

Colin Cate
Public Safety Solution Engineer
Esri

4:15-5:00

Garden Room

NMSAC Topic Out-Brief: Task T2024-01: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Cybersecurity in the Marine Transportation System

Moderator – Captain Andrew Meyers
Chief, Office of Port and Facility Compliance
U.S. Coast Guard

Task Chair – April Danos
Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC
Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

4:15-4:45

Main Session

Impact of GPS Jamming & Spoofing on Maritime Ports: Pictures & Videos from 3 years of testing in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports

Capt. James Haley
Senior Marine Systems Consultant
UHU Technologies LLC.

4:45-5:00

Main Session

Successes in Marine Protection Area Monitoring and Exclusion Zone Enforcement with Timezero

Daniel Joram
West Coast and Government Sales Manager
Nobeltec

5:00-6:30

Exhibit Hall

Networking Social

August 14, 2024

8:00-4:00

Exhibit Hall

Maritime Security and Law Enforcement Solutions Exhibition

8:00-8:30

Exhibit Hall

Networking Breakfast

8:30-9:30

Main Session

National Maritime Security Advisory Council Open Topic Briefs and Public Discussions and Inputs

Moderator – Captain Andrew Meyers
Chief, Office of Port and Facility Compliance
U.S. Coast Guard

Chair – April Danos
Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC
Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

Vice Chair – Laurie Thomas

Maritime Security Coordinator
The University of Findlay
Vice Chair, National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

9:30-10:15

Main Session

The Bay Ferry VI Exercise: Multi-agency collaboration in preventing, responding to, and recovering from Active Threat (AT) incidents

Brandon Chapman
Security and Emergency Management Specialist
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, & Transportation District

Robert Butchart
Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Maritime Program
U.S. Coast Guard, Sector San Francisco

F. Scott Humphrey
Executive Director
Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region

10:15-10:45

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

10:45-11:15

Main Session

Innovation in Action: Government programs provide resources and experimentation opportunities to empower innovation and operationalize good ideas, technologies and concepts

Moderator – Edward Lundquist
Chief Engagement Officer
Echo Bridge LLC

Chief Fernando Boiteux
Chief Lifeguard
Los Angeles County Fire Department

Anthony Mulligan
CEO
Hydronalix

Jonathan Ray
Director
Domain Awareness Systems
Innovative Signal Analysis

11:15-12:00

Main Session

Building a Maritime Unified Command for San Diego Fleet Week: Successful collaboration between diverse jurisdictions

Moderator – David Foster
Homeland Security Program Manager
Port of San Diego

Captain Ryan C. Hayes, (USN Retired)

Former Executive Officer, Maritime Operations Center
U.S. Third Fleet
U.S. Navy

Special Agent Stephen Biggs

Supervisory Special Agent (SSA)
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) San Diego Field Office
U.S. Navy

Tom Ducker

Team Lead, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Unit
State Threat Assessment Center (STAC), Homeland Security Division (HSD)
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)

Christopher Anderson

Port Security Manager
Port of San Diego

12:00-12:45

Exhibit Hall

Networking Lunch

12:30-12:45

Main Session

National MDA Executive Steering Committee Excellence Award
Presented by: National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

LCDR Andrew Ray (USCG)
Deputy, Maritime Security Department
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

Rob Hall, Jr.
Domestic Maritime Security Portfolio Director
Maritime Security Department
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

12:45-1:15

Main Session

A Practical Case Study of Maritime Domain Awareness Technology: Supporting interagency collaboration for border protection

Heather Deacon
Business Development Manager
Starboard Maritime Intelligence

1:15-2:15

Main Session

TMA BlueTech Members Presentations

PING DSP
Tampa Deep Sea Xplorers
InterOcean Systems
ThayerMahan
Seatrec
Norbit SubSea
Ultrasea
Clean Earth Rovers
Deep Water Exploration Inc.
Strategic Robotic Systems
Seasats

2:15-2:45

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

2:45-3:30

Main Session

Dept. of Homeland Security CWMD Securing the Cities Program and Mobile Detection Deployment Program

LCDR Tim Jones
Securing the Cities Program, Maritime Specialists
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:30-4:15

Main Session

Advancing Coordination Within the Maritime Domain: Challenges, Best Practices, and the Maritime Enhanced Engagement Initiative

Rob Hall, Jr.
Domestic Maritime Security Portfolio Director
Maritime Security Department
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

Marisa Brusuelas
Maritime Intelligence Analyst
Texas Dept. of Public Safety

William Meyers
Detective, Criminal Intelligence Division
Houston Regional Intelligence Service Center Fusion Center
Houston Police Dept.

Lt. Sigrid Phinney
Lieutenant
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

4:15

Conference Adjourn