March 25 - 26, 2025
Hilton Mark Center, Alexandria, Virginia
Day 1 - January 23, 2024
Homeland Security Threats Focus
8:00 - 8:55
EST
Morning Registration & Networking
8:55 - 9:00
EST
CHAIRPERSON OPENING REMARKS
Nelson Balido -
Chairman,
Border Commerce and Security Council
9:00 - 10:00
EST
UNDERSTANDING CBP NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR 2024
Pete Flores -
Deputy Commissioner,
US Customs and Border Protection
- Building out a more robust IT infrastructure, and finding utility for the remarkable increases in assessable data
- Confronting the challenge of diminishing application rates and high turnover
- Border security and the integrating of the “Smart wall” and exploring the capability gaps in biometric technology
10:00 - 10:30
EST
COAST GUARD CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT OF PREPAREDNESS FOR OPERATIONS COLLABORATIONS
Lisa Schleder-Kirkpatrick -
Deputy Assistant Commandant for Capability,
US Coast Guard
- Creating resilient infrastructure to face the demanding needs of USCG
- What we need from industry - Acquisition roadmap of 2024
- Integrating new technology to create cross-organization interoperability of tools
10:30 - 11:00
EST
Coffee and Networking Break
11:00 - 14:30
EST
INNOVATION ACROSS THE US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION ENTERPRISE
Ryan Scudder -
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise Services,
US Customs and Border Protection
- Ways that the office of Enterprise Services is driving the development of new and novel technologies to augment border operations for CBP and local partners
- Overview of upcoming program needs and RFIs
- How interagency partnerships can break down silos across DHS
Ryan Scudder
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise ServicesUS Customs and Border Protection
11:30 - 12:00
EST
PREPARING GOVERNMENTS FOR FUTURE SHOCKS: A ROADMAP TO RESILIENCE
A global pandemic. A major war in Europe. Historic floods in Pakistan, California, and Australia. Dangerous heat waves in China. As these and other far-reaching events demonstrate, “future shocks” aren’t future phenomena. They are happening now.
Join this webinar as we introduce a compendium report, ‘Preparing governments for future shocks: A roadmap to resilience‘, that identifies cross-cutting themes across each of the six key domain areas (emergency preparedness and response, cybersecurity, supply chain, sustainability, workforce skills, and international cooperation) and makes practical, specific, and feasible recommendations that government agencies can take to build a resilient ecosystem in the face of more frequent and more severe global shocks.
12:00 - 12:30
EST
PANEL DISCUSSION: MULTI-LATERAL BORDER INITATIVES WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
Debbie W. Seguin -
Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Affairs,
US Customs and Border Protection
- Providing capacity building training
- Multi-lateral collaboration on international initiatives
- Facilitating legitimate trade and travel
Debbie W. Seguin
Assistant Commissioner, Office of International AffairsUS Customs and Border Protection
12:30 - 13:30
EST
Lunch and Networking
13:30 - 14:00
EST
STRATEGIES FOR BOLSTERING U.S. BORDER SECURITY: ENHANCING COLLABORATION AND LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY
- Exploring strategies and technologies to fortify the safety of U.S. borders
- Our emphasis on the significance of interagency collaboration and stakeholder engagement in achieving effective border control
- Findings from Investigating the integration of cutting-edge technology and data in modernizing border security practices
14:30 - 15:00
EST
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENTS READINESS TO DEAL WITH HOMELAND SECURITY THREATS AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Jeffrey Carroll -
Executive Assistant Chief,
DC Metropolitan Police Department
- Creating Cross-organization interoperability of communication and resources with other federal law enforcement agencies
- Training capabilities gaps and goals - Confronting a nationwide staffing issue, increasing preparedness for an increasingly complicated job, and making new technology accessible instead of a liability
- The trickledown implications of a more dangerous world and what increased domestic terrorism means for local law enforcement
15:00 - 15:30
EST
Coffee and Networking Break
15:30 - 16:00
EST
INDUSTRY INSIGHT SESSION HOSTED BY SKYDIO
15:30 - 16:00
EST
PANEL SESSION: THE FUTURE OF CUAS TECHNOLOGY IN HOMELAND DEFENSE
Scott Parker -
Branch Chief, Advanced Threats Security, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security
Brent Cotton - Director, Counter UAS Policy, Department of Homeland Security
- Broadened CUAS application - Recognizing the future of drones
- From speed, to camera, a discussion on optimizing drones to be mission specific
- Treating drones like software and not tools and how the failure to recognize the technological capacity of UAS has left many departments vulnerable to exterior threats
Sponsored by: Echodyne
Scott Parker
Branch Chief, Advanced Threats Security, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Department of Homeland Security
16:30 - 17:00
EST
PANEL SESSION: AUGMENTING FEDERAL ANTI-TERRORISM LAW ENFORCEMENT
Dr. Clint Osborn -
Director,
District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA)
- Creating cross-organization collaboration
- How the emergence of cyber threats is impacting the landscape of anti-terrorism efforts
- Preemptively preparing for non-conventional domestic threats and how we are engaging with the rise of domestic terrorism
Dr. Clint Osborn
DirectorDistrict of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA)
