Conference Day Two: Wednesday, June 25, 2008

8:00 Welcome & Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

8:10 Case Study: Aftermath Of Hurricane Katrina

• Crisis management overview of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
• Challenges of working in an environment without any IT or communication
• Lessons learned from experience

Kenneth W. Kaiser
Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation

8:50 FEMA’s Role In The National Capital Region

• Complexities involved managing information during crisis
• Durable communication links to foster coordination
• What lies ahead, cultural evolution to accommodate information sharing

Christopher T. Geldart
Director, National Capital Region Coordination
Federal Emergency Management Agency

10:15 Helping The Emergency Response Community Exchange And Manage Information

• Critical Infrastructure Inspection Management System (CIIMS) Pilot Program
• AZ Link—a wireless hand-held technology system— allowing exchange of case information via Personal Data Assistant (PDAs)
• Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS)—an information sharing network of justice agencies in California and the DHS

Bruce Baicar
Program Manager, Knowledge Management Tools, Command, Control and Interoperability Division
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

10:55 Interagency Coordination: What's Working, What Needs Work?

• Moving from Department of Defense solutions to broader interagencydriven solutions in the homeland and abroad
• States and TAGs - NORTHCOM is developing ways to train, exercise and plan together with states and their National Guards in order to ensure unity of effort in response
• Ensuring Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) is appropriately integrated within the overall response effort

Malcolm Johnson
Plans Division Chief
NORAD/US Northern Command

12:50 Law Enforcement Information Sharing: Fusing The Fusion Centers

• Information as the "currency" of efforts to combat trans-national crime & terrorism
• What is required: A thoughtful architecture that pushes the maximum amount of info to those who need it while simultaneously respecting the need to protect sources, methods and sensitive investigations and activities
• Three tiered info sharing model: theory & practice

James Craig
Assistant Administrator for Operational Support
Drug Enforcement Administration

1:30 Network Enabled Capabilities: Federal, State, Local, And Nongovernmental C3I

• Overview of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program: laying the foundation
• Building a trusted information network: from theory to practice
• Case study of applied multi-agency collaboration: NCW in Action

Edward Regula
Intelligence Support Center Manager, Philadelphia/Camden High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Drug Enforcement Administration

2:50 Creating A Networked Approach To Transportation Security

• Regional coordination and strategy for interstate transportation
• Role of the private sector in advancing security
• New Jersey’s development of management best practices

Harold Neil
Director, Office of Transportation Security
New Jersey Department of Transportation

3:30 Accountability For Information Sharing In A Fragmented Environment

• New requirements from homeland security leadership
• Organizational management strategies
• Foundations for cross-discipline mission integration

David Kamien
CEO and Founder
Mind-Alliance Systems

4:10 End Of Main Conference

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