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MARITIME HEAR IMPORTANT
PRESENTATIONS
HOMELAND FROM:
ADM Patrick Walsh, USN
Vice Chief of Naval Operations
SECURITY Gen. Gene Renuart, USAF
Commander, USNORTHCOM and
NORAD
ADM James Stavridis, USN
April 27 – 30, 2009
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Summit Commander, US Southern
Jacksonville, FL Command
ADM Harry Ulrich, USN (Ret.)
Executive Vice President, Enterra
Building Partnerships Solutions
for Maritime Security RADM Gary Blore, USCG
Assistant Commandant for
Acquisition and Chief Acquisition
and Enhanced Officer, US Coast Guard
Anh Duong, SES
Domain Director, Borders & Maritime Security
Division, DHS Science and
Awareness Technology Directorate
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MAR ITIME H OMELAND service leaders, academia, law
enforcement, and industry partners to
exchange and share best practices and
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interdependent partnerships and coor
dination between agencies, industry,
from the Coast Guard, Customs and
vendors and
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Capitalize on the shared expertise
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Summit is the year’s most important
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bring all stake holders together in afford to miss this year’s event:
one place. At the 2009 event you
will hear about successful
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Pre-Conference Workshop and
Pre-Conference Workshop and Port of Jacksonville Tour
Port of Jacksonville Tour Monday, April 27, 2009
This workshop and site tour will provide you with hands-on port security training combined with an expertly guided tour of the Port of
Jacksonville. A classroom style training session will provide you with the most up-to-date information for effective and cost-efficient security
planning. The workshop also features an exclusive briefing from the senior director of security at JAXPORT on innovative security initiatives
and technology.
The director of port operations and security will take you on a guided tour of the Port of Jacksonville. See first-hand how security
enhancements unique to JAXPORT facilitate increased trade while safeguarding the community and the nation from potential threats.
9:00 am Hands-on Training and Planning Session
Port Facility Security Planning and Risk Assessment
How you will benefit:
This session marks the national release of a comprehensive
Be ahead of the curve on training practices
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seaport security training system. The eight courses and over 500
Leverage this one-stop resource
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lessons have been recently approved by the USCG, MARAD, and
FEMA, and they are freely available in both instructor-led and
Web-based formats. The engine behind the courses is a
Session Leaders:
learning management system that enables users to securely create
Dr. A. Aubteen Darabi, Associate Professor and Leading
and maintain training records online for easy access and
Research Scientist, Florida State University
reporting. Workshop participants will learn about system
Judd Butler, Port Security Project Manager, Center for National
components, how to gain access, and how to plan training for
Security Training and Research, The Learning Systems Institute
certification, professional development, performance drills, and
Florida State University
individual performance improvement.
CAPT Fred Wilder, USCG (Ret), Florida State University, Learning
Systems Institute Center for National Security Training and
What will be covered:
Research
Balancing the demands of security and commerce
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Meeting requirements of MTSA, 33CFR, SafePort Act, and TWIC
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Managing information for compliance and readiness
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Creating proactive training plans
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11:00 am JAXPORT Security Briefing
Port of Jacksonville Security Initiatives Briefing
The Port of Jacksonville contains some of the most unique and Session Leader:
advanced security measures in the country. Prior to taking the Chris Kauffman, Senior Director Terminal Operations and
tour of the port, this security briefing will provide you with an Seaport Security, Jacksonville Port Authority
overview of current security measures and future initiatives as the
port expands significantly.
Lunch
12:00 pm
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Exclusive Site Tour of JAXPORT
Port of Jacksonville Tour
The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) is an independent largest container port, moving the equivalent of nearly 800,000
agency of the City of Jacksonville (FL). JAXPORT owns three cargo twenty-foot cargo containers annually through its facilities. Port
port terminals and one passenger cruise terminal along the St. expansion now underway is projected to grow JAXPORT into the
Johns River in Northeast Florida. These facilities comprise Eastern seaboard's third largest container port by 2015.
approximately 1,500 acres of land and include the Blount Island
Marine Terminal, the Talleyrand Marine Terminal, the Dames Point This tour will visit JAXPORT’s Blount Island terminal and newly
Marine Terminal, and the JAXPORT Cruise Terminal. Seaport opened TraPac container terminal featuring state-of-the-art security
activity at these facilities support more than 45,000 jobs in the enhancements and facilities.
Jacksonville area and creates an economic impact of more than
$2.6 billion annually for the region. JAXPORT is a major diversified Tour led by:
port: it is the nation's No. 1 port for trade with Puerto Rico by Chris Kauffmann, Senior Director Terminal Operations and
both volume and dollar value; it is the nation's second busiest Seaport Security, Jacksonville Port Authority
automobile handling port, moving more than 600,000 cars,
trucks and other vehicles annually; and it is the nation's 13th Transportation provided
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MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2009
7:00 Registration & Coffee 10:45 Implementing the Small Vessel Security Strategy
• Adopting a strategy developed from the small vessel stakeholder recommendations
7:45 Welcome & Opening Remarks from Sector Jacksonville • Tailoring effective education, communication and coordination with the stakeholders
• Implementing national and international standards for risked based, threat
CAPT Paul Thomas, USCG, Commander, Coast Guard Sector
reducing measures
Jacksonville
Robert Gauvin, Technical Advisor, Office of Vessel Activities, CG-543
8:00 United States Coast Guard Priorities for Maritime Homeland
Security 11:25 United States Navy Support for Maritime Domain Awareness
• Navy global operations to enhance MDA
RADM Robert Branham, USCG, Commander, Coast Guard District 7 • Current technology and capability requirements
• Interagency coordination strategy and information sharing objectives
8:40 Building Public/Private Partnerships for Expanded Global Maritime
Domain Awareness Wendy Kay, SES, Senior Director for Intelligence, Office of the Deputy Under
• Building a “global sea traffic control system” Secretary of the Navy
Morning Keynote Remarks
• Creating a trusted electronic repository of global traffic monitoring data
• Enhancing stakeholder cooperation and trust for robust domain 12:05 The Changing Arctic Landscape and Impact to the Maritime Community
awareness • Controlling anticipated ship traffic through the Bering Strait
Environmental
• Leveraging increased MDA to combat piracy, terrorism, and smuggling • Expanding search and rescue operations
Impact
• Technology to enable dynamic policy management to establish • Identifying new risks and response policies
transparency and security across the global supply chains Dana Goward, SES-Director, Assessment, Integration and Risk Management, CG-51
ADM Harry Ulrich, USN (Ret.), Executive Vice President, International
Security Affairs Practice, Enterra Solutions LLC 12:45 Lunch
Afternoon
Keynote
9:20 GMAII Priorities, Programs, and Needs for Enhancing Maritime 1:45 Coast Guard Capabilities Development Priorities
Domain Awareness RADM Wayne Justice, USCG, Assistant Commandant for Capability, US Coast Guard
• National MDA assessment and interagency investment strategy
• Expanding the global maritime intelligence community of interest
2:25 Industry Capability Response
• Enterprise architecture and agency mission alignment
• Industry development in support of government priorities
RADM Richard Kelly, USCG, Director, Global Maritime and Air • Closing vital capability gaps
Intelligence Integration • Advancing the maritime security mission
Charles S. Bowers, III, President, Frequentis Defense, Inc
10:00 Networking and Refreshment Break
Concurrent Afternoon Tracks-bring a team and maximize your learning!
Track A Track B
Case Study: DOT’s MarView
2:45 DOT’s Marview Environment in Support of the Maritime Interagency Coordination Activities in Support of Intelligence
Information Sharing
Transportation System Integration
• Providing a comprehensive collection of vessel tracking information • Expansion efforts and capabilities of the National Maritime Intelligence
through Automated Identification System (AIS) and Voluntary Observation Center
Ships (VOS) program • Strategic ONI goals for maritime intelligence collection and information
• Real-time tracking of vessels and information on waterways and facilities sharing
• Geospatial information on the MTS and Intermodal Transportation
John Plude, Assistant Director for Global Maritime Intelligence Integration,
Owen Doherty, Director, Office of Security, DOT Maritime Administration Office of Naval Intelligence
International Cooperation
3:25 Risk Management and Resource Allocation for Megaports Initiative: Protecting the World's Shipping Network from
Maximize Limited
Maximum Safety and Security Dangerous Cargo and Nuclear Materials
Resources
• Using limited resources effectively • Deterring terrorists from using the world's seaports to ship illicit materials
• Provide a survey of the approaches and methods to RBRA (risk-based • Detecting nuclear or radioactive materials if it shipped via sea cargo
resource allocation) • Interdicting harmful material before it is used against the U.S. or one of our
• Provide a set of principles for employing RBRA approaches and methods allies
CAPT Paul Szwed, USCG D.Sc, Head, Department of Management and William E. Kilmartin, Megaports Program Manager, Office of the Second Line
Professor of Decision Sciences, U.S. Coast Guard Academy of Defense, National Nuclear Security Administration U.S. Department of Energy
4:05 Networking and Refreshment Break Networking and Refreshment Break
4:35 Collaboration In Space For International Global Maritime Awareness: Building Effective Law Enforcement Partnerships
Technology Breakthrough
C-SIGMA • Using collaborative approaches to capitalize on the expertise which exists in the
• Using commercial satellite technology for global maritime many organizations vested in a secure maritime domain
awareness • Engaging stakeholders in partnerships that achieve both security and economies
• Automate processing to minimize manpower of scale
• Increase areas of surveillance • Using Case studies and research on current private-public sector initiatives
• Means to increase international cooperation emphasizing collaborations in homeland security
Guy Thomas, Science and Technology Advisor, Office of Global Dr. Kenneth Christopher, D.P.A., Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator,
Maritime Situational Awareness Criminal Justice Department, Park University
5:15 Case Study: Using the Maritime Homeland Security Operational Planning Misdeclared Cargo: Safety Concern or Terrorist Threat
System (MHS OPS) for Improved Asset Scheduling • The dangers of misdeclared cargo
• Using MHS OPS for effective Coast Guard and Navy asset coordination • Misdeclared cargo as a tool for terrorism
• Optimizing the deployment of tactical forces for highest priority missions • Current efforts to improve the trend of dangerous cargo transportation
• Translating strategic level maritime guidance into tactical level operations
Captain James McNamara, President, National Cargo Bureau
CAPT Patrick Trapp, USCG, Commander, Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads
6:00 Cocktail Reception Sponsored by General Dynamics
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MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2 Wednesday, April 29, 2009
mission systems necessary to be the preeminent service for maritime safety,
7:00 Registration & Coffee
Keynote
security and natural resources stewardship
7:45 Welcome & Opening Remarks RADM Gary Blore, USCG, Assistant Commandant for Acquisition & Chief
Acquisition Officer, USCG
8:00 US Naval Strategy for Maritime Security
• US Navy efforts to improve safety and security of the world’s trade routes
Morning
Keynote
11:25 Research and Development of Innovative Capabilities in Support of
from piracy and terrorist threats Maritime Domain Awareness
Research, Development, and Capabilities for
• Defining the Navy’s role in MDA and maritime security
• Pervasive surveillance and reconnaissance capability developments
• Sensors and data collection improvements
ADM Patrick Walsh, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations
Improved Maritime Security
• Enabling increased port security and resiliency of operations
Combatant Commander Perspective
8:40 USSOUTHCOM Objectives to Enhance Maritime Domain Awareness Dr. Michael Bruno, Feiler Chair Professor and Dean, School of Engineering
and Regional Security and Science, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Collaborative efforts to improve understanding of the maritime environment
and enhance safety and security 12:05 Tools and Technologies for Improving Maritime and Border Security
• Interagency cooperation efforts and best practices including a look at the
• Improving detection, tracking, and identification of all threats along the
highly successful JIATF-South maritime border
US SOUTHERN Command AOR maritime security strategy
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Wide-area surveillance from the coast to beyond the horizon; port and
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inland waterways region – Technology to detect, ID, and track
ADM James Stavridis, USN, Commander, US Southern Command
• Data fusion and automated tools for command center operations
Enhanced screening and examination by non-intrusive inspection
9:20 NORAD and USNORTHCOM Efforts in Support of Maritime Security and •
Homeland Defense Anh Duong, SES, Director, Borders & Maritime Security Division, DHS Science
Gen. Gene Renuart, USAF, Commander, USNORTHCOM and NORAD and Technology Directorate
10:00 Networking and Refreshment Break 12:45 Lunch
CBP/Coast Guard Partnership
10:45 Coast Guard Acquisition Transformation and Major Programs Overview 1:45 Enhancing CBP/Coast Guard Cooperation: Sector Jacksonville’s Joint
• Coast Guard's Acquisition Directorate and the Commandant's vision to
Maritime Advance Scheduling and Targeting Team
create a model for mid-size federal agency acquisition and procurement
Keynote
Establishing protocols to jointly screen inbound vessels
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Review of the $27 billion investment portfolio that includes more than 20
Case Study
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• Leveraging each agency’s expertise by fully integrating Coast Guard vessel
major projects that deliver platforms and mission systems to the Coast screening processes with CBP vessel and air vetting practices
Guard's operational forces
Coast Guard CAPT Paul Thomas, USCG, Commander, Sector Jacksonville
• Modernization and recapitalization to ensure
Acquisition Priorities
that the Coast Guard has the platforms and Richard Quinn, Jacksonville Area Port Director, United States Customs and
Border Protection
Concurrent Afternoon Tracks-bring a team and maximize your learning!
Track A Track B
Shipping Industry Perspective
2:30 Leveraging Commercial Partnerships for Enhanced Global Case Study: Rescue 21
Maritime Security: An Industry Perspective • Using Rescue 21 for dramatically reduced search and rescue times
• Current state and future trends of global maritime commerce • Capabilities for improved reliability, redundancy and continuity of operations
• The commercial maritime industry’s perspectives on maritime security
CAPT Lisa Festa, USCG, Project Manager, Rescue 21
• How industry could assist in maintaining maritime security and awareness
• The future of government and commercial partnerships in the
maritime domain
CAPT Gordan E. Van Hook, USN (Ret), Senior Director for
Innovation and Concept Development, Maersk Line, Limited
3:10 MDA and OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) Successful Detection and Interdiction Strategies: Case Study of
• How COTS technology such as CATE mitigate risks CG Sector Miami
• How Data Fusion and Sense Making are evolving • Use of Force program overview and successful interdictions
How Space based assets can support MDA Intelligence driven detection strategies
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Increasing MDA through interagency coordination-Hawkeye, Terma
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Mr. Tan Lye Huat, Program Manager, Defence Science and Technology
Rada, and AIS MOU
Agency Singapore
CAPT Christopher Roberge, USCG, Deputy Sector Commander
Coast Guard Sector Miami
3:50 Networking and Refreshment Break Networking and Refreshment Break
TWIC Implementation
4:20 TWIC Implementation and Lessons Learned US Navy PEO C4I Program Support for MDA
• Lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid in TWIC implementation • Collecting & disseminating data from & to the tactical edge
Case Study
• How TWIC improves safety and security at port facilities • Capabilities for enhanced vessel tracking
• Next steps after TWIC implementation • Automated monitoring, anomaly detection, and alerting systems
Joseph Lawless, Director of Maritime & Bridge Security, Andy Farrar, Special Assistant to the PEO for Maritime Domain
Massport Awareness, PEO C4I, US Navy
5:00 Funding and Grant Opportunities for Regional Security Efforts Assessing the USCG Biometrics-at-Sea Project: Lessons Learned
• Securing PSGP funds to assist ports in enhancing maritime domain awareness and Current Implementation Efforts
• Enhancing risk management capabilities to prevent, detect, respond to • Initial results of the Biometrics-at-Sea program
and recover from attacks involving improvised explosive devices • Increasing maritime domain awareness through the positive
• Training and exercises and Transportation Worker Identification identification of those we interdict
Credential (TWIC) implementation • Mobile solutions for biometric collection and analysis
CAPT John Cameron, USCG (Ret), President, Tradeworthy, Inc. Dr. Thomas Amerson, Project Lead, Biometrics-at-Sea
5:40 End of Main Conference
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Post-Conference Security
Planning Workshops Thursday, April 30, 2009
Since the passage of the Maritime Transportation Security and This interactive workshop series will draw attention to the most
SAFE Port Acts, significant progress has been made towards common security planning hurdles and how they have been overcome.
preventing and responding to potential emergencies at our Don’t miss the opportunity to hear best practices from your peers
Nation’s ports. Despite notable advancements, security planning and community stakeholders on:
remains an ongoing challenge. As risks change and threats evolve, Obtaining funding and grants for critical security initiatives
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preparation and planning remain the most effective tools for Preparing and conducting port security exercises
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prevention and mitigation. Supporting facility security plans
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Post-Conference Security Planning Workshops
8:00 am Enabling Rapid Infrastructure Recovery and Resumption of Trade
Resilience for Maritime Transportation Systems: Dispelling the Myths; Exploring the Truths
Typology of MTS vulnerabilities through cause-and-effect analysis
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Maritime Transportation Systems (MTS) function in a socio-
Typology consequences through studying economic and social
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technological environment, that operates through a complex
effects of disruptive incidents
network of enterprises, each abiding by various sets of processes
MTSoS resilience strategies: infrastructural adaptability, systems
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and interacting with a variety of physical infrastructure and a
redundancy, SoS and network-centeric systems management,
myriad of equipment and technologies. In that sense, each one
effective governance, participatory leadership, re-routing plan in
of these components of MTS has the characteristics of a system
the face of disruption, etc.
and their collaboration in a collective community with a major
An introduction to resilience management: implementation and
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purpose of its own, making the entirety of MTS a System of
contingency plans, resource management, financial resiliency,
Systems (SoS). Many works have been done on systems design
systems control strategies, etc.
aspects of MTS, yet the idea of approaching the complex system
of maritime transportation from a SoS point of view to address
How you will benefit
the issue of resilience in the system has been untouched. This
An introduction to the usefulness and value of systems thinking
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workshop will engage the participants and experts of the
tools for defining emerging challenges in systems (e.g. SoS).
maritime domain in an effort to provide insight into the study of
A fundamental understanding of resilience; what it is and what
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resilience for Maritime Transportation System of Systems (MTSoS).
it is not.
Using tools and methodologies from systems thinking, we will
An introduction to the challenges and opportunities of resilience
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dispel the myths and explore the truths of resiliency for MTS so as
as it applies to MTS.
to define a system’s vulnerability against potential disruption, and
Provided with knowledge and tools to transfer an
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its adaptive capacity in recovering to an acceptable level of service
understanding of resilience in both education and research.
within a reasonable timeframe after being affected.
Session Leaders:
What will be covered:
Mo Mansouri, Ph.D.
Definitions of resilience and characteristics of resilient systems
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Roshanak Nilchiani, Ph.D.
and SoS
Brian Sauser, Ph.D.
A network-centric approach to resilient MTS
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Stevens Institute of Technology, Center for Secure and Resilient
A holistic approach to MTS resiliency by explaining the bowtie
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Maritime Commerce
model and using Systemic Diagrams (Systemigrams)
11:00 am Lunch will be Served Proven Training Exercise
Port Security Response Training and Drill: The “Trojan Horse” Exercise
exploit opportunities for developing innovative security techniques.
All owners of ships over a certain size or otherwise designated by
the USCG, Captain of the Port, and all operators of port facilities
Session Leaders:
as designated, are required to perform exercises and drills of the
CAPT Joseph Ahlstrom, USMS, Professor of Marine
security plans that the law requires them to have in place.
Transportation, SUNY Maritime College
The Trojan Horse Exercise is a public-private collaborative forum in
Dr. Larry Howard, Executive Director, Trojan Horse Exercise
which all participants can meet their legal obligations to exercise
SUNY Maritime College
their security plans, identify best practices in security training, and
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Obtain Increased Federal Funding for Security
Port-Wide Planning and Strategic Risk Management
security and business continuity/resumption of trade planning
In order to receive FY 2009 PSGP funds, port areas are required to
develop or have in place an approved Port-Wide Risk
How you will benefit:
Management/Mitigation Plan. Ports are also encouraged to
Learn what needs to be included in a strategic plan to obtain
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develop a Business Continuity/Resumption of Trade Plan.
maximum grant funding
Close gaps in the existing structure by instituting systems of
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Each port area has unique individual needs and tested experience
prevention, protection, and preparedness
about how to best reduce risk within its region. This session
Align specific grant-funded security projects under this and
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provides lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid in developing the
future year PSGP awards
port-wide risk assessment, risk management and mitigation plan,
Take home a plan for infrastructure recovery and resumption of
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and trade resumption and resiliency plan.
trade
What will be covered:
Session Leaders:
How effective port security planning improves safety and
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CAPT John Cameron, USCG (Ret.), President, Tradeworthy Inc.
security and allows for increased federal funding
CAPT Paul Szwed, USCG D.Sc, Head, Department of
Using a strategic, risk based approach for resource allocation to
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Management and Professor of Decision Sciences, U.S. Coast
maximize funding effectiveness
Guard Academy
Risk-mitigation strategies to achieve sustainable port-wide
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