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March 14, 2022

10:00-5:00
Exhibit Hall
Exhibitor Setup
2:00-5:00
Hotel Marina
On-Water Demonstration
Southern California Maritime Domain Awareness Innovation Cell Technology Demonstration

March 15, 2022

7:00-8:30
Exhibit Hall
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30-9:00
Main Session
Welcoming Remarks

Sareth Neak, President, Homeland Security Outlook, Neak Media LLC

Port of San Diego Leadership TBA

9:00-9:30
Main Session
Keynote:  Coast Guard District Eleven’s Missions, Initiatives, and Challenges

Speaker TBA

9:30-10:15
Main Session
State of Southern California Area Security

Captain Timothy J. Barelli, Captain of the Port, Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego

10:15-11:00
Exhibit Hall
Networking Break
11:00-11:45
Main Session
Keynote:  Closing the Maritime Domain Awareness Gaps Through Interagency Collaboration and Information Sharing

Rear Admiral Curt Copley, USN, Director, National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)

11:45-12:15
Main Session
MDA Levels of Awareness

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

12:15-1:00
Exhibit Hall
Networking Lunch
12:45-1:00
Main Session
Maritime Domain Awareness Executive Steering Committee Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner to be announced at Conference

1:00-1:45
Main Session
Southern California Maritime Domain Awareness Innovation Cell

LCDR Eric Watkins, San Diego ReCoM Coordinator, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego

1:00-1:45
Main Session
Coast Guard Blue Technology Center of Expertise (BTCOE) Program

Jennifer Ibaven, Program Manager, Office of Research, Development, Test & Evaluation and Innovation (CG-926), U.S. Coast Guard

1:45-2:30
Main Session
Detecting the Small Dark Targets

Michelle L. Green, Homeland Maritime Border Security Regional Maritime Improvement Plan, National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

2:30-3:00
Exhibit Hall
Networking Break
3:00-3:45
Main Session
Maritime Domain Awareness Through Collaboration and Technology: The Cal OES Program Update

Bridgett D. Lewis, Manager of Security Operations, Port of Long Beach, Homeland Security Manager, Maritime Coordination Center (MCC)

Bob Butchart, California Maritime Security Program, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services/Homeland Security, U. S. Coast Guard, Sector San Francisco


Brad Hepburn, California Maritime Security Program, California Governor’s Office/OES

3:45-4:30
Main Session
Collaboration Between Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement to Identify and Respond to Regional Maritime Security Threats
Panelists TBA
4:30-5:00
Main Session
The Global Maritime Operational Threat Response Coordination Center (GMCC): Coordinated U.S. Government response to threats against the United States and its interests in the maritime domain
 

Brian Wilson, US Navy (Retired), Deputy Director, US Global Maritime Operational Threat Response Coordination Center (GMCC) (Tentative)

5:15-6:30
Exhibit Hall
Networking Reception

March 16, 2022

8:00-9:00
Exhibit Hall
Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:30
Main Session
FEMA Port Security Grant Update

FEMA Grant Leadership TBA

9:30-10:15
Main Session
Port Security Operation in the New Threat Environment

Port of San Diego Representative

Port of Los Angeles Representative

10:15-11:00
Exhibit Hall
Networking Break
11:00-11:30
Main Session
The Role of the Marine Exchange and Vessel Traffic Service LA/LB in the Current Supply Chain Congestion

J. Kipling (Kip) Louttit, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired, Executive Director, Marine Exchange of Southern California

11:30-12:00
Main Session
Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) Coastal Trident Port and Maritime Security

Brendan Applegate, Lead for Fleet Experimentation and Exercises, Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division

12:00-12:45
Exhibit Hall
Networking Lunch
12:45-1:15
Main Session
Cyber Security in the Commercial Maritime Transportation System: Coast Guard Perspective

Office of Port and Facility Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard

1:15-2:00
Main Session
Dockside Chat: Port Cyber Security Past, Present, Future

Robert Renzulli, Former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Port of San Diego, Senior Maritime Security Engineer, Stephenson Technologies Corporation

April Danos, Retired Director of Homeland Security and Technology, Greater Lafourche Port Commission (Port Fourchon, LA), Maritime Information Systems Security Engineer, Stephenson Technologies Corporation

1:15-1:45
Shorebreak Room
Underwater Technologies for Threats Detection, Investigations and Recovery
  

Captain Kevin J. McCloskey, Commanding Officer of Maritime Operations, Los Angeles Port Police

1:45-2:30
Exhibit Hall
Networking Break
2:30-3:15
Main Session
MTSA Facility Security Planning in an Evolving Threat Environment:  Incorporating Cyber Security

Laurie Thomas, Maritime Security Coordinator/Instructor, All Hazards Training Center at the University of Findlay/Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC)

2:30-3:15
Shorebreak Room
Drones use in Law Enforcement and Port Security Best Practices

Speaker TBA

3:15-4:00
Main Session
The Impact of COVID on Maritime Operations and Security

Speaker TBA

4:00
Main Session
Conference Adjourn