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NEW THIS YEAR!
The summit goes
Presents its 5th annual training conference:
tactical and
practical!
October 26 - 29, 2009
Ronald Reagan Building & International
Trade Center, Washington, DC
Gain exclusive insights from top-notch
speakers including:
Alan Bersin Colleen Manaher
Assistant Secretary, Director, Western Hemisphere Travel
Office of International Initiative Program Office, DHS
Affairs, DHS
CDR Louis J. Orsini, USCG (Ret)
Alonzo R. Peña Chief of Counter Drug AMIO
Senior Advisor to the Division, USCG
Assistant Secretary,
Immigrations and Chief Randy Hill
Customs Enforcement, Chief Patrol Agent,
DHS US Border Patrol Del Rio,
TX Sector
Featuring
back-to-back
Can’t-miss topics at this year’s sessions from
Chief Border
summit include: Patrol Agents!
• Inter-agency and information sharing operations
• Biometrics and identity management systems
• Drug interdiction programs and requirements
• Current and future surveillance technologies
Sponsored by:
To register call Sherryl at 416-597-4710!
October 26 - 29, 2009 Who You Will Meet
Ronald Reagan Building & International The audience of IDGA’s 5th
Trade Center, Washington, DC Annual Border Management
Summit is comprised of senior-
level homeland security
professionals from government
agencies, contractors, and
technology service providers with
Dear Colleague,
the following titles:
I am honored to present to you IDG • Customs & Border Protection
A’s 5th Annual Border Managem Officers
Summit. This year, we are calling ent
on expertise from government, mili
service providers alike to assist in secu tary, and • Border Patrol Agents
ring our nation’s borders. With con
and emergent threats to the security stant • Sector Commanders
of our homeland, border managemen
has become a continuously growin t • Project Managers
g responsibility of our nation’s poli
and project managers. This is why cy makers Chief Information Officers
organizations and businesses need •
together to move forward with hom to work
eland security programs. • Chief Technology Officers
• Systems Engineers
The new Administration is implem
enting changes in Homeland Sec Biometrics Team Leads
initiatives, and you need to kno urity •
w how these changes affect you
. • Business Development
Managers
In-depth discussions will consist of
an integrated approach to address
program issues, such as: critical
•International border affairs About IDGA
•Inter-agency and information sharing
• Biometrics and
operations
identity management systems The Institute for
• Drug interdic
tion programs and requirements Defense &
• Current and
future surveillance technologies Government
Advancement (IDGA) is a non-
IDGA’s 5th Annual Border Manag partisan information based
ement Summit is your venue to disc organization dedicated to the
program requirements and gain insig uss
ht into how industry can help in promotion of innovative ideas in
completing successful homeland secu
rity initiatives. public service and defense. We
bring together speaker panels
Don’t miss this great opportunity to comprised of military and
network and forge new partnershi
solutions with your peers. Reserve ps and government professionals while
your place among the stakeholders attracting delegates with decision-
Border Management community. Reg in the
ister yourself and your team tod making power from military,
via email at: sherryl.jacobs@id ay
ga.org or call 1.416.597.4710! government and defense industries.
For more information, please contact
I look forward to seeing you in Oct Sherryl Jacobs at 416-597-4722.
ober!
Very Respectfully,
PS: Don ’t forget Join the Border Management
to reg iste r for the
Group!
Sur veil lan ce and IdM
Tech nol ogie s Foc us This is your chance to stay in touch and
Kristine O. Cortes Days! See pages 3 and network with border management
Program Director, IDGA 6 for det ails ! professionals and fellow event attendees
all year round! Visit
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and join today!
Sponsored by: * Photos courtesy of CBP.
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Surveillance Focus Day
Border Management & Border Management & Monday,
Surveillance Focus Day Oct. 26, 2009
Get up-close and personal with experts in surveillance technologies. Learn in an intimate, classroom-style
setting about the latest advancements necessary for enhanced border surveillance operations such as:
Transborder Relations • Unmanned ground systems • Unmanned aerial systems • Tunnel detection technologies
7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration & Coffee
8:00 am – 10:00 am Challenges and requirements
for transborder management
Transborder Operations: Policies and Practices and surveillance
Various threats to the infiltration of our borders include terrorist threat, How you will benefit:
illegal immigration, and the smuggling of illegal goods. A more • Learn more about best practices in border management operations
concerning issue is the means by which US borders are infiltrated, and • Obtain more knowledge on how current surveillance technologies
the policies and technologies that survey such actions. This session perform, and how they can perform better
focuses on the progress of technologies for the surveillance of illegal
underground tunnels, and how these technologies work in relation to What you will learn about:
current Homeland Security programs. This session’s leader will discuss • Current threats to our borders, and how these affect public interests
current challenges, future requirements, and the road ahead for policy- • Collaboration between Canada and Mexico
oriented transborder operations. • Shared issues between countries regarding border surveillance
Session Leader:
Rick Van Schoick, Director, North American Center for Transborder
Studies, Arizona State University
10:15 am – 12:15 pm Watch from the skies with
UAS multi-sensor
UAVs: Aerial Surveillance along the Borders technologies!
Unmanned aerial surveillance technologies are constantly advancing, and What you will learn about:
one of the key concerns among UAS operators is SAR (sense and • Advanced sensor systems for UAS sense and respond
respond) capabilities. This session will assess three collision detection and • Characterization of near mid-air collision encounters
avoidance technologies that are viable for Unmanned Aerial Systems • Collision avoidance system performance requirements
necessary for enhanced border surveillance.
Session Leader:
How you will benefit: Douglas Marshall, Director of Program Development, UAS Center of
• Learn how to incorporate both industry standard and industry evolving Excellence, University of North Dakota
methods and techniques
• Delve into the advancement of performance parameters for UAS
• Gain insight into the future of sense and respond capabilities for
unmanned systems
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Tunnel-detecting robots
Advancements in Robotics for Tunnel Surveillance
One of the more concerning threats of border security is that of How you will benefit:
smuggler’s tunnels. Subterranean passageways prove to be a challenge • Understand the need for and importance of tunnel detection technologies
for human beings to survey, so homeland security projects are looking • Gain insight into the challenges of detecting and surveying
more and more to sending surveillance robots to do the job. Although subterranean passageways
there have been efforts over the years to use robots for the discovery of
more tunnels, there is still a need to create smarter, more autonomous What you will learn about:
robots. This session will delve into the current homeland security • Human limitations that hinder tunnel detection and surveillance
challenges that border patrol agents face, and how these can be • Advancements in building robots specifically for tunnel detection
addressed by the latest advancements in robotic technology.
Session Leader:
David Bruemmer, Technical Director, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, Idaho
National Laboratory
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Autonomous and Collaborative Operation of UGVs with Robot troops along the border!
Varying Levels of Autonomy
Border management can only be enhanced with the use of unmanned How you will benefit:
ground vehicles for perimeter security of critical infrastructure such as • Gain more knowledge on the effectiveness of UGVs along our borders
borders, airbases, airports and the like. These perimeters can be a few • Acquire knowledge of UGV autonomous behavior
hundred, to several thousands of miles in length, and the presence of • Find out how UGVs satisfy functional requirements for border security
UGVs make it easier to keep an eye on vast amounts of land all at once.
This session will discuss the need for UGVs to be autonomous and What you will learn about:
collaborative. The model of collaboration is analogous to an infantry unit • Perimeter security applications
and consists of a team leader that selects which missions shall be • Autonomous UGV mission planning
executed, and which team members are tasked with executing team • UGV functional requirements and ruggedized COTS components
missions, while others are sent for individual missions.
Session Leader:
Jeremy James, Arc Cores Fellow, President & CEO, Frontline Robotics Inc.
Registration Discounts! Contact Sherryl Jacobs at 1.416.597.4710 or email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org 3
Main Summit Day One
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Get the information you need NOW. Learn from policy-makers and key stakeholders about the future direction of various
homeland security programs. Hear from offices such as:
• WHTI Program Office • Office of Intelligence and Analysis
• Counter Drug AMIO Division • Border Security Division, USCG
7:45 Registration & Coffee 12:10 Leveraging Enterprise for Border Security
• Collecting fragmented data
8:30 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening • Performing broad-based analyses
Remarks • Creatiy readily-available data for efficient operations
Joe Mitchell, Senior Client Executive, Teradata
8:40 ICE Under the New Administration Marc Chernoff, Senior Architect, Teradata
• Implementing policies under the new Administration
• Requirements for pursuing a wide range of criminal 12:30 Lunch Sponsored by
Keynote
activities
• Current and future plans for ICE operations 1:45 SOUTHCOM: Border Management Program
Alonzo R. Peña, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Innovation
Secretary, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, • Security challenges – SOUTHCOM perspective
DHS • Requirements for innovative border management practices
• Drug interdiction: challenges and opportunities
CoComs Perspective
9:20 Successful Implementation of the WHTI Lieutenant Colonel Jon (JR) Ross, Innovation Officer,
• Requirements at land and sea ports of entry US Southern Command
Keynote
• Impacts on individual privacy
• Deployment and implementation of WHTI, and future 2:25 US SOCOM: Identity Superiority for Border
opportunities Security
Colleen M. Manaher, Director, WHTI Program Officer, • Identity management and biometrics
DHS • Policy, plans and enterprise infrastructure
• Opportunities for future partnerships
10:00 Networking & Refreshment Break Craig Archer, Identity Superiority Manager, US Special
Operations Command
10:45 Maximizing Virtual Infrastructures for
Client Case Study
Homeland Security Initiatives 3:05 Networking & Refreshment Break
• Current technologies and standards
• Challenges of datacenter management for information 3:50 Maritime Surveillance along US Borders
gathering and sharing • Maritime surveillance challenges
Maritime Homeland Security
Rue Moody, Strategic Products Technical Director, • Policies and procedures for border security operations
Citrix • Opportunities for partnerships, and the path forward
Captain John Koeppen, Border Security Division Chief,
11:30 Providing a National Network of Linked USCG
Intelligence
Intelligence Fusion
• Information sharing with state and local law enforcement 4:30 The TWIC Program: Deployment Challenges
on the border and Future Initiatives
• Facilitating two-way sharing of information • National compliance requirements for TWIC
• Opportunities for enabling the development of fusion • Deployment challenges
centers • Lessons learned in the development of design tools
Robert Riegle, Program Manager, State and Local Maurine Fanguy, Director, TWIC Program, DHS
Government, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, DHS
5:10 End of Day One
This show provided an excellent opportunity for private industry and the federal government to
exchange ideas on improvements that are occurring in the operational arena within the federal
government and advances in technology occurring in the private industry.
– Dana Crawford, DTC Communications
Sponsored by:
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Main Summit Day Two
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
New sessions this year include a focus on key issues such as: Don’t miss in-depth and interactive
• Transborder relations • Information fusion discussions during our pre and post
conference days.
• Migrant and drug policies • Drug interdiction
See pages 3 and 6 for details.
• Interagency collaboration • Border patrol workforce
7:30 Registration & Coffee 1:30 Border Patrol Challenges and Requirements
- Northern Border
8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening • Current challenges to ensure the security of the Northern
US Border Patrol
Remarks border
• Deployment of high-tech surveillance systems
8:25 Words from the Border Czar • Increasing the border patrol workforce
• International affairs • US-Canada coordination and operations
Keynote
• Transborder partnerships Randy Gallegos, Chief Patrol Agent – Detroit MI
• Opportunities for the future Sector, US Border Patrol
Alan Bersin, Assistant Secretary, Office of Joseph Mellia, Chief Patrol Agent – Houlton ME
International Affairs, DHS Sector, US Border Patrol
9:05 Interagency and International Operations 2:10 Interagency Collaboration: Challenges and
for Migrant and Drug Policies Opportunities
• Policies and overarching strategies to address counter • Biometric interoperability
drug challenges NGI: Next Generation Identification
Keynote
•
• Success through interagency and international cooperation • Exploiting biometric data for homeland security initiatives
• The Maritime Transit Zone: first layer of defense against Cindy Estep, Supervisory Analyst, DOJ/FBI/CJIS
DOJ Sessions
smugglers Division
CDR Louis J. Orsini, USCG (Ret), Chief of Counter Drug
AMIO Division, USCG 2:50 Networking & Refreshment Break
10:00 Networking & Refreshment Break 3:20 EPIC as an Information Clearinghouse
• Requirements and capabilities for gathering information
10:45 Systems Integration Session • Technology requirements for information sharing
by Lockheed Martin Corporation • Opportunities for sharing and exploiting critical data
Arthur A. Doty, Director, El Paso Intelligence Center
11:30 Border Patrol Challenges and Requirements (EPIC), US Department of Justice
US Border Patrol
– Southern Border
•Managing some 200 miles of border 4:00 Intelligent Tactical Robot Behaviors for
Forward-Looking
•Drug interdiction challenges and operations Surveillance Operations
Randy Hill, Chief Patrol Agent, Del Rio TX Sector, US • System integration
Border Patrol • Supportability and production
• Future projects and opportunities
12:10 Lunch Dr. David Bruemmer, Technical Director, Unmanned
Ground Vehicles, Idaho National Laboratory
4:40 End of Main Summit
The lineup of speakers was nothing less than excellent, and I was pleased to hear fresh and
relevant topic coverage… the organization of the agenda and selection of the speakers was top
notch. I had considered a competing conference two weeks prior to the IDGA event. We are
happy that I chose the IDGA event.
– Tim Meyerhoff, LG Iris Technology Division
Registration Discounts! Contact Sherryl Jacobs at 1.416.597.4710 or email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org 5
Biometrics & IdM Focus Day Biometrics & IdM Focus Day
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Dedicate more time to dialogue and networking during this in-depth and interactive series of
workshops. This Focus Day includes a series of sessions that will advance your knowledge and skills
regarding biometric and IdM technologies for the optimal border security operations.
7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration & Coffee
8:00 am – 10:00 am Identity information sharing
across all agencies
Safeguarding Digital Identity
Collecting biometric information is a current challenge of the DHS, but its
technology is constantly evolving. Once this biometric information is What you will learn about:
collected, however, what happens to the information? How is it shared? • Information sensitivity
How is it exploited for maximized intelligence operations? This session • Assured authentication
delves into the structure for clarifying business needs and supporting • Privacy protection
negotiations on risk-appropriate solutions when organizations share
identity (and supporting policy and control) information. Session Leader:
David Weitzel, Director, Identity Management Practice Area, The MITRE
How you will benefit: Corporation
• Obtain a better understanding of the policies behind sharing identity-
related information
• Gain insight into the SPICI (Sharing Policy, Identity and Control Information)
10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Biometric collection and
Accuracy of Collection: Biometrics and Mobile ID processing
Intelligence and information assurance are keys to the efficient What you will learn about:
operations of DoD and Homeland Security initiatives, and a large part of • Biometric collection and fusion
this includes biometric data collection. Government agencies are • Standards-based interoperable solutions
therefore finding the need for advanced biometric devices and • Mobile ID fingerprint collection, certification, face quality
processors. This session will discuss the collection of facial biometrics
and mobile ID (fingerprint) collection. Session Leader:
Nick Orlans, Principle Engineer, The MITRE Corporation
How you will benefit:
• Delve into the need for more advanced biometric devices in border
management operations
• Discover opportunities in operations and management for biometrics
12:15 pm– 1:15pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 3:15 pm Operational deployment of
biometric systems
The Past, Present and Future of Biometrics in Homeland Security
The US Department of Homeland Security relies heavily on biometric
development and deployments. This session begins with a review of past What you will learn about:
and present biometric technologies, and how the government • Streamlining the enrollment process
organizations have created a cohesive and ongoing infrastructure for the • Protecting operationally-sensitive data
continuous improvement and advancement of biometric technologies • Creating and using data standards aimed at specific DHS needs
today. The transition to operational deployment, however, remains to be a
challenge. As a result, this workshop will address and evaluate current and Session Leader:
future concerns of biometric systems for homeland security operations. Peter T. Higgins, Consultant, Large-Scale Biometric Procurement and
Testing
How you will benefit:
• Understand the need for automated recognition of persons
• Obtain updated information on DHS challenges and needs for
biometric systems
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Current issues and future
developments for biometric
Biometrics along the Border: Problems and Promises technologies
As biometric data currently enjoys wider acceptance and deployment, What you will learn about:
storage and privacy of this data becomes an area of growing concern. • Long distance, outdoor, facial recognitions systems
Possible misuse of an individual’s personal information is a problem that • Biometric encryption
many organizations and companies are looking to find solutions to. This • Multi-factor solutions
session examines the biometric data dilemma, and then presents
biometric risk solutions to help formalize associated risks. Session Leader:
Terrance Boult, El Pomar Professor of Innovation and Security, University
How you will benefit: of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• Discover how biometric data security problems are clearly defined
• Learn about security evaluation potential solutions
• Find out about privacy issues for biometric watch-lists
Sponsored by:
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Presents its 5th annual training conference:
Discounts are available for a limited time only!
Contact Sherryl Jacobs
October 26 - 29, 2009 Business Development Director, IDGA
Ronald Reagan Building & International
Trade Center, Washington, DC
Your customer registration code is:
TLS/SJ
When registering, please provide the code above.
This year’s speaker faculty includes:
Alan Bersin - Assistant Secretary, Office of International
Affairs, DHS
Alonzo R. Peña - Senior Advisor to the Assistant
Secretary, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, DHS
Colleen Manaher - Director, Western Hemisphere Travel
Initiative Program Office, DHS 3 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:
CDR Louis J. Orsini, USCG (Ret) - Chief of Counter Drug 1 Email: sherryl.jacobs@idga.org Priority Service
AMIO Division, USCG 2 Phone: 1.416.597.4710 Secure-Express Registrations
Chief Randy Hill - Chief Patrol Agent, US Border Patrol – 3 Fax: 1.416.598.7934 24 hours a day
Del Rio, TX Sector
PLUS back-to-back sessions from Chief Border Patrol
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October 26 - 29, 2009
Ronald Reagan Building & International
Trade Center, Washington, DC
Can’t-miss topics at this year’s summit include: Sponsored by:
• Inter-agency and information • Drug interdiction programs and
sharing operations requirements
• Biometrics and identity • Current and future surveillance
management systems technologies
Registration Discounts! Contact Sherryl Jacobs at 1.416.597.4710 or email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org
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