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august 05, 2019

10:00-5:00
Exhibit Hall
Exhibitor Setup
 
Facility Security Officer Refresher Course
This course has been postponed to later date in LA/LB area
1:00-2:00

 

 

 

Marine Exchange of Southern California Vessel Traffic Service Tour
2:00-3:00

 

 

 

Marine Law Enforcement Training Center Tour and Brief
3:00-4:30

 

 

 

On-Water Vessels and Technology Demonstration

august 6, 2019

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

Sareth Neak, President, Homeland Security Outlook

Deputy Chief Randall Allen, Port of Los Angeles Police

Casey Hehr, Director of Security Services, Port of Long Beach California

 

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

9:00-9:30
General Session
Opening Keynote Address

Rear Admiral Kelly Aeschbach, USN, Director, National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)

9:30-10:15
General Session
LA/LB Security Leadership Panel Discussion
  

Captain Rebecca Ore, Deputy Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach

Casey Hehr, Director of Security Services, Port of Long Beach California

Deputy Chief Randall Allen, Port of Los Angeles Police

10:15-10:45
Exhibit Hall
Networking Break
10:45-11:30
Workshop
Canadian Ports and Maritime Security Resources and Initiatives:  Working with our Canadian partners to secure our maritime borders

Anita Gill, Port Security Officer, Manager, Security, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

Sgt. Mike Fox, Federal & Serious Organized Crime, NCOi/c Marine Security Operations Centre (MSOC) West, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Mike Carlson, Regional Director of Conservation and Protection, Enforcement Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans Canada

10:45-11:30
General Session
Response and Patrol Vessel Technologies and Advancement

Adam Paull, Founder, Armor Marine

Jenson Charnell, President, Inventech Marine Solutions

11:30-12:00
General Session
Maritime Command California State Guard:  Enhancing Maritime Security Incident Response

CDR (CA) Mike Lawless, OIC Maritime Coastal Detachment Five , California State Guard

 11:30-12:00
Workshop
Securing Your Maritime Domain with AVERT 2
  

Coleman Maness, Business Development, ARES Security Corporation

12:00-12:45
Exhibit Hall
Networking Lunch
12:45-1:30
Workshop
Port Resiliency: The California Port Reopening Program

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

1:00-1:30
General Session
Gaining Situational Awareness Below the Waterline: Subsea Technologies for Maritime Security Applications

Konrad Mech, CD, P.Eng., PMP, BEng, BA, MBA, Director, Subsea Channel Management, Kongsberg Maritime AS

1:30-2:00
General Session
Maritime Security Response Team West (MSRTW)

Captain Eric Cooper, MSRTW, U.S. Coast Guard

2:00-2:30
Exhibit Hall
 
Networking Break
2:30-3:00
Workshop
UAS Takeoff & Landing Permits: Maintaining situational awareness in a world full of drones

Charlene Wynne, Manager of Administration & Grants, Port of Long Beach Security Division

3:00-3:30
Workshop
Training the New Generation of Marine Law Enforcement Officers:
– Trends and Challenges

Mark DuPont, Executive Director, National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy

3:30-4:15
Workshop
Introduction to GSA’s Federal / State and Local Programs

Clint Steele, Customer Service Director, GSA Office of Customer and Stakeholder Engagement (CASE), General Services Administration

 
 

 Charles Lee, Supervisory Customer Service Director – Southern California, GSA
 

 
 

 Michele Tobin, Customer Service Director – Greater Los Angeles Area – LA County, Orange County & San Bernardino Counties, GSA

 
 

 Waleed Wahbe, Customer Service Director – Southern Coast – Kern, Riverside, Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties, GSA  

4:15-5:00
General Session
Southern California ReCoM Program

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

LCDR Jack Smith, Enforcement Division Chief, Los Angeles/Long Beach Regional Coordinating Mechanism Coordinator, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach

Ted Shimizu, LA/LB ReCoM IPT Coordinator (RIPT-C), Supervisory CBP Officer, CBP Office of field operations (OFO)

LCDR Dewey W. Worker, San Diego Regional Coordinating Mechanism (ReCoM) Coordinator, U.S. Coast Guard

5:00-5:30
General Session
LA Port Police’s Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center:  Advances and Best Practices in Marine Law Enforcement Training

 

 

  

Terry Benjestorf, LA Port Police, Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center

 

 

 

 

5:30-6:30
Exhibit Hall
Networking Happy Hour

august 7, 2019

7:30-3:00
Exhibit Hall
Exhibit Hall Open
7:30-8:30
Exhibit Hall
Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:15
General Session
Morning Keynote:  FEMA Grants Update
 

Kerry L. Thomas, MPM, Chief, Transportation Infrastructure Security Branch (TISB), Grant Programs Directorate (GPD), Protection and National Preparedness (PNP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

9:15-10:00
General Session
 
Coast Guard Office of Port & Facility Compliance: Cyber Risk Management, New Guidance, Policies, and Recommendations 

LCDR Brandon Link, Office of Port & Facility Activities, Domestic Ports Division, U.S. Coast Guard

10:00-10:45
General Session
 Cyber Security Safeguards and Best Practices for the Port Environment  

Edward Galang, Chief Information Security Officer, Port of Long Beach

Chris Samayoa, Homeland Security Coordination Section, Project Manager, Port of Long Beach

10:45-11:15
Exhibit Hall
Networking Break
11:15-12:15
General Session
 
The Port of Los Angeles Container Explosion Incident Response: Internal and External Crisis Communications
  
 

 Captain Rebecca Ore, Deputy Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach  

 

Deputy Chief Randall Allen, Port of Los Angeles Police

 

Phillip Sanfield, Director of Media Relations, Port of Los Angeles

 

Lee Peterson, Media Relations Manager, Port of Long Beach

12:15-1:00
Exhibit Hall
 
Networking Lunch
1:00-1:45
Workshop
 
National Maritime Intelligence Integration Office’s Ports and Maritime Stakeholders Cyber Security Policy Recommendations
 

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

1:45-2:30
Workshop
Improving Southern California Maritime Domain Awareness Through Technology and Collaboration

Thomas A. Darby, Maritime Domain Awareness, Director of National Intelligence’s National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

 

  

 Brad Hepburn, California Maritime Security Program, California Governor’s Office/OES, Southern California Operations, Port of Long Beach  

 

2:30-3:15
Workshop
SeaVision Overview: The US Navy’s unclassified tool for sharing with interagency and coalition partners to enhance maritime security
 

Olithia Strom-Rhea, SeaVision Program Manager, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific