Netcentric Applications
Focus Day
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Monday, June 23, 2008
- Morning Session: Improving, Regional Information Sharing: Program Development Strategy & Funding from a UASI Perspective
- Afternoon Session 1: Assessing Information Sharing & Collaboration Systems
- Afternoon Session 2: Modeling the Flow of Information Across the Counter-Drug and Homeland Security Disciplines
This in-depth and interactive Focus Day will examine how advanced network centric applications can accomplish better communications and swifter response time. Give more time to the issues that matter most! With Focus Day sessions, you can expect:
- In depth discussions with focus
- Smaller, classroom style sessions
- Detailed materials / live applications day leaders and fellow attendees
8:00 - 11:00 Morning Session: Improving, Regional Information Sharing: Program Development
Strategy & Funding from a UASI Perspective
Breakfast will be served
The Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) program is built on a
metropolitan approach to preparedness. This approach requires
extensive regional collaboration and information sharing to be
effective. This workshop will explore the importance of
improving regional information sharing as a basis for effective
UASI program development through the associated Homeland
Security Strategy and the annual Investment Justification
process. The workshop will include a discussion of available
technology that can be used to link regional first responders
into a single network. Discover the steps to achieving effective
regional information sharing and collaboration.
How You Will Benefit:
- Learn what has worked in leading UASI programs from the standpoint of creating a Regional planning community
- Gain a better understanding of what policy decisions are required to ensure successful collaboration
- Explore different concepts of collaborative information sharing architecture that incorporate these lessons and discuss how they can be applied to your work environment What You Will Cover:
- How to build collaborative communities, focusing on information sharing
- Policy challenges associated with implementing theses concepts
- How to use technology to support collaborative information sharing
- Implications of each criterion for developing a viable networkcentric collaborative systems architecture
Session Leader:
Steve Davis
Project Manager
Southeast Florida Urban Area Security Initiative
11:15 - 14:15 Afternoon Session 1: Assessing Information Sharing & Collaboration Systems
Lunch will be served
The first step in establishing an effective information sharing
network is using the right evaluation tools. Understand current
methods and programs for evaluation of systems for
information sharing, collaboration and knowledge
management. Examine evaluation methodologies and metrics.
Discuss how to establish effective beta and pilot programs that
can be transitioned into operational settings.
How You Will Benefit:
- Gain insights into key technology assessment programs
- Learn current evaluation metrics and paradigms to focus development efforts
- Exchange insights with others interested in evaluation challenges
What You Will Cover:
- Key questions to ask
- The challenge of developing meaningful metrics
- Technical and socio-technical factors
- Current state of the art and future directions
Session Leader:
Sean Fahey
Program Manager Homeland Security Infocentric Operations
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
14:30 - 17:30Afternoon Session 2: Modeling the Flow of Information Across the Counter-Drug and
Homeland Security Disciplines
Learn how a High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) used
information flow modeling and collaborative analysis techniques
to find opportunities to improve operational intelligence both
for counter-drug enforcement and for homeland security
missions. Step-by-step, examine the challenge of modeling the
flow of information and integrating intelligence amid a massive
proliferation of jurisdictions, programs, systems and networks.
How You Will Benefit:
- Gain an understanding of the principles of Information Flow Modeling
- Discover the challenges of achieving improvements in information flow in a mission space with fragmented responsibilities
- Learn about analytic methods and tools that may be harnessed to integrate intelligence into multi-agency mission plans
- Take away practical lessons from a case study about the work of a HIDTA task force
What You Will Cover:
- Principles of a network centric approach to improving information flow across disciplines
- Processes involved in collaboratively analyzing information resources and requirements
- Approaches to integrating plans and policies across jurisdictions and agencies
- New tools for collaborative intelligence analysis
Session Leaders:
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David G. Kamien
CEO
MIND-ALLIANCE SYSTEMS
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Edward Regula
Supervisory Intelligence Specialist, Drug Enforcement Administration - Investigative Support Center Manager
Philadelphia/Camden HIDTA
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