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Piracy Speakers confirmed
to present at this year’s
conference include:
Summit
TM James Caponiti
Deputy Administrator, MARAD
Ambassador David Shinn
Adjunct Professor of
International Affairs, George
Pre-Summit Vessel Security Training Washington University, Former
US Ambassador to Ethiopia
Workshop: September 21, 2009
Commodore Hans
Main Summit: Helseth, RNoR
Deputy Chief of Staff for
September 22 – 23, 2009 Operations
NATO MCC Northwood
The Georgetown University Hotel & Conference Center, Washington, DC
Dana Goward
Director, Assessment,
Integration, and Risk
Management, USCG
Pottengal Mukundan
Director, International
Maritime Bureau
Nicola Arena
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Mediterranean Shipping
Co. (USA)
Chairman, MSC Cruises
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organizations, equipment suppliers, risk
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issues-at-hand, discuss options, and
integrate solutions to deter piracy. You
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Vessel Security Training Workshop
Vessel Security Training Workshop
Monday, September 21, 2009
Give time to the issues that matter most. Sign up for the Vessel Security Training Workshop and dedicate more time to
dialogue and networking in a classroom environment. This in-depth and interactive series of workshops will examine current
training models designed to improve the safety and security of commercial vessels. Receive training on cutting edge and non-
traditional tactics designed to help your organization deter piracy in high risk areas. These practical application sessions will deliver
high impact training led by globally recognized experts.
During a Training Workshop you can expect smaller, classroom-style sessions, detailed materials, live applications, in-depth
discussions with the class leaders and fellow attendees.
8:30am – 9:30am Registration and Coffee
9:30am – 11:30 am Non-Lethal Weapons Options
Non-Lethal Weapons and Procedures for Combating Piracy
This workshop will present effective non-lethal weapons and How you will benefit:
tactics for combating piracy. The session will also examine the • Decide whether non-lethal options are appropriate for your
advantages and disadvantages of non-lethal weapons and help circumstances
you determine which methods are most appropriate for your • Discover new types of weapons and how they may improve
organization. the safety of your vessels
• Learn proper methods and procedures for the use of non-
What will be covered: lethal weapons
• Overview of the types of effective non-lethal weapons
• Practical and non-traditional tactics to deter and disrupt Session Leader: Captain Joseph Ahlstrom, USMS,
pirate attacks Professor, SUNY Maritime College
• Current regulations and guidelines for use of weapons on
board commercial vessels
11:30am – 12:00pm Lunch
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Current onboard tactics
Piracy Security Training Workshop
This workshop will address training and security designed to How you will benefit:
help mariners deter and disrupt piracy. The session will • Learn the most effective techniques for preventing piracy on
provide an in-depth survey of advanced tactics coupled with board marine vessels
lessons learned from recent events. • Determine whether lethal force would be effective for your
organization
What will be covered: • Reduce your liability with practical applications of vessel
• Countermeasures, tactics, and tools for preventing piracy on security
commercial vessels
• Examination of lethal and non-lethal methods as well as the Session Leader: CAPT Joseph Murphy, USMS-Professor,
pros and cons of each Massachusetts Maritime Academy
• Training opportunities and next steps to improve vessel
security
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Combating the root causes of piracy
Maritime Disorder Workshop
This workshop will propose a framework for understanding the - For industry – what is the role of industry and how might it
complex issues that lead to maritime disorder and examine the be affected or lead any initiatives?
implications for governments, maritime forces and the shipping
industry How you will benefit:
• Develop a better understanding of the complex factors that
What will be covered: contribute to maritime disorder
• The factors that lead to maritime disorder • Gain insights as to how the actions of government, maritime
• The complex interactions between these factors forces and industry can impact exploitation of persistent
• The impact on the coastal society and the maritime domain maritime disorder by perturbed coastal societies
• The options for exploitation of maritime disorder from a • Draw on your own experience and knowledge to reflect on
perturbed coastal society these complex issues
• The implications:
- For governments – the importance of a multi-agency, cross Session Leader: Laurence Smallman, Senior Analyst, RAND
disciplinary approach to establish a strategy for engagement Corporation
- For maritime forces – what are the roles for maritime forces
and what might be the implications for the types of vessels
needed?
4:00pm End of Workshop Day
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Main Summit Day
Tuesday September 22, 2009 Wednesday September 23, 2009
7:30 Registration and Coffee 7:30 Registration and Coffee
8:20 Chairperson’s Welcome and Opening Remarks 8:20 Chairperson’s Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:30 Rise of Piracy and Other Maritime Insecurity in Somalia 8:30 MARAD Efforts and Current Operations to Improve the Safety and
Presentation
• Dangers along Somali shores Security of Maritime Transportation
Presentation
Keynote
The legal background
Keynote
• •
Maritime Administration action plan for addressing piracy off the Horn
• The international naval response of Africa
• Next steps • Reducing vessel vulnerability through increased training and standards
Ambassador David Shinn, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, • Best management practices to counter piracy
George Washington University, Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia James Caponiti, Deputy Administrator, US Maritime Administration
9:15 The Global Response to Piracy 9:15 USCG Efforts to Deter Piracy and Support Stable Maritime Operations
IMB Situational
• The extent of piracy and armed attacks around the world including the •
Developing and improving security directives for commercial vessels to
numbers, hotspots and types of attacks
Update
deter piracy
• Responses that work • The risk of arming commercial vessels and possible alternatives
• The value of public private partnerships •
Coast Guard regulatory authority and security directives releases
• The unique situation off Somalia and responding to piracy in a failed state Dana Goward, Director, Assessment, Integration, and Risk
Captain Pottengal Mukundan, Director, International Maritime Bureau Management, USCG
10:00 Networking and Refreshment Break
10:00 Networking and Refreshment Break
10:45 Victims of Piracy – The Human Side of the Crime
10:45 International Efforts to Combat Piracy
• Discussion of first hand experiences with Piracy • Overcoming the legal obstacles of prosecuting piracy
• What crewmembers should and should not do during a pirate attack and • Examining the benefits and challenges associated with arming
when pirates are aboard
commercial vessels
• Ensuring hostage safety and well being
John Burnett, Author of “Dangerous Waters, Modern Piracy and
• The next steps for the international community
Terror on the High Seas”, Director of Maritime Intelligence and RADM William Baumgartner, USCG-Judge Advocate General and
Research, Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants, London Chief Counsel, US Coast Guard
11:30 NATO Maritime Component Command Operations to Deter Piracy in 11:30 Increasing the Safety and Security of Commercial Maritime Vessels
the Gulf of Aden
• Examining the economic impact of piracy on the shipping industry
Current NATO
• Safety and security advancements for commercial vessels
Operations
• NATO maritime operations to disrupt and deter piracy in the Gulf of Aden
and off the Horn of Africa
• Goals and objectives for public-private partnerships
• Building partnerships for increased security in high risk areas including Nicola Arena, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mediterranean
benefits of the recommended transit corridor Shipping Co. (USA), Chairman, MSC Cruises
Commodore Hans Helseth, RNoR, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations, NATO MCC Northwood 12:15 LUNCH
12:15 LUNCH 1:15 The Shipping Community’s Next Steps towards Deterring Piracy
• Updated needs assessment for improved security capabilities
1:30 Successful Security Alternatives for Combating Piracy • How the international community can support safer maritime commerce
• Paradoxes of current lethal and non-lethal tactics and how they are • Practical next steps and realistic goals for improving safety and security
resolved by elite assault K9 solutions Joseph Cox, President and CEO, Chamber of Shipping of America
• Critical strategies to detect-avoid-repel and deter
• Elite assault K9 solutions to combating piracy 2:00 Building a Comprehensive Strategy to End Piracy in Somalia
Grant Goldin, Director of Security, Seal • Bolstering political and financial support of the new Somali government
• Working with International military and civil authorities to undermine
2:15 Anti-piracy Training and Its Role in Piracy Prevention and Mitigation the legitimacy of piracy
• IMO model maritime security training curriculum • Tying international support for Somali economic development to
• MTSA security training standards explicit anti-piracy initiatives
• Advanced and non-traditional training methods Hady Amr, Director, Brookings Doha Center
CAPT Jon Helmick, USMS, Chairman, MARAD/USCG MTSA 109 Committee
2:45 Networking and Refreshment Break
3:00 Networking and Refreshment Break
3:15 Public/Private Information Exchange Initiatives in the CENTCOM AOR
Command Perspective
3:30 Building Public/Private Partnerships to Support Safe and Secure • MARLO support to the commercial maritime community currently
Maritime Operations
Navy Central
in the Horn of Africa through the Arabian Gulf region
• Identifying the proper roles of public and private entities • Recent changes in local port infrastructure and management in and
• Realistic first steps and direction for collaboration around the Gulf of Aden
• Data sharing and AIS improvement • Maintaining information exchanges between the commercial shipping
CAPT Gordan Van Hook, USN (Ret.), Senior Director, Innovation and industry, naval forces, and regional governments
Concept Development, Maersk Line, Limited CAPT Thomas Hastings, USCG, Officer in Charge, Maritime Liaison
Office, US Naval Forces Central Command
4:15 The Legal Challenges of Piracy: Consequences for Public and Private
Organizations 4:00 The Convoy Solution to Combating Piracy
• Reducing the legal liability of pirate attacks •
Establishing a realistic cost-benefit analysis for implementing convoys in
•
Overcoming challenges to prosecuting acts of piracy
high risk areas
•
Defending against civil suits and damage claims • Utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles for more expansive military coverage
H. Allen Black, III, Partner, Winston & Strawn, LLP • Building coalitions for effective convoy operations
Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings
5:00 Long-Term Solutions to Combat Somali Piracy
Institution
Dr. James Carafano, Assistant Director, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom
Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation
4:45 End of Main Conference
5:45 End of Day One
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Reduce your
Presents:
operational risk
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Maritime See Page 4
for Details…
Piracy Speakers confirmed
to present at this year’s
Summit TM
conference include:
James Caponiti, Deputy Administrator,
MARAD
September 21 – 23, 2009 Ambassador David Shinn, Adjunct
Professor of International Affairs, George
The Georgetown University Hotel & Conference Center, Washington, DC Washington University, Former US
Ambassador to Ethiopia
Commodore Hans Helseth, RNoR,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations,
NATO MCC Northwood
Dana Goward, Director, Assessment,
Integration, and Risk Management, USCG
Pottengal Mukundan, Director,
International Maritime Bureau
Nicola Arena, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, Mediterranean Shipping
Co. (USA), Chairman, MSC Cruises