Symposium Agenda (as of September 12, 2014)

Symposium Agenda (as of September 12, 2014)
Day 1 – November 18, 2014
7:30
Registration & Breakfast
8:00
Welcome and Introductions by Dr. Ali Abbas, Director, CREATE
8:10
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Dr. Matt Clark, Director, Office of
University Programs
8:15 - 8:45
Keynote: VADM Chuck Michel, Deputy Commandant Operations, USCG HQ
8:45 - 9:45
Expert Panel: High Latitude Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities [Bering Strait (US/Russia),
North Sea Route (Russia), Inside Passage (Canada), Polar Chokepoints]
Moderator: Dr. Derek Reveron, Director of Security Strategies, Naval War College
• Zachary Hamilla, Principal Analyst for the Artic, ONI, Naval War College
• CDR Ken Boda, Executive Officer, USCG
• Dr. Jim Boutilier, Special Advisor (Policy) at Canada's Maritime Forces
Pacific Headquarters
9:45 – 10:15
Long Demo and Networking Break
10:15 - 10:30
Innovation Talk: “Maritime Risk – A View from the Ports”, Cosmo Perrone, Principal,
Cosmo Perrone & Associates, former Director of Security for the Port of Long Beach
10:30 - 11:30
Expert Panel: Global Maritime Transport / Supply Chain Security
Moderator: Captain Bruce Clark, Cal Maritime
• Paul Londynsky, MATSON
• Paul Gugg, CHEVRON
• Kevin Krick, APL
11:30 – 12:45 Lunch, Demos and Keynote: Naval Threats to Maritime Chokepoints, Norman Polmar,
internationally known analyst, consultant, and award-winning author specializing in the
naval, aviation, and intelligence areas [Intro by CDR Chris Hulser]
12:45 – 1:00
Break and Book Signing: Book (1) Project Azorian and (2) Ship of Gold
1:00 - 2:00
Expert Panel: Maritime Economic and Insurance Risk Impacts
Moderator: Commander Holly Harrison, National Security Affairs fellow Hoover
Institute Stanford
• Sarah Emerson, President ESAI Energy (Invited)
• Dr. Adam Rose, USC, CREATE
• Ron Thomason, President, Infrastructure Security Solutions
• William H. Watson, Vice President & Governor, Maritime Security Council
2:00 – 3:00
Expert Panel: Risk Perception and Communication: The Art of Social Behavior Impact
Analysis/Social Media and Maritime Risk Indication and Warning?
Moderator: Dr. William Burns, CREATE
• Dr. Henry Willis, RAND Corporation
• Dr. Richard John, USC, CREATE
• Dr. Ed Hovy Carnegie Mellon University, Language Technologies
Institute
3:00 – 3:15
Short Break
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3:15 – 4:15
Expert Panel: Maritime Cyber Policy
Moderator: Tiffany Jones, iSIGHT Partners
• Captain Peter Crain, Canadian Forces
• Dr. Michael Orosz, ISI, USC
• CAPT David Moskoff, Professor, USMMA
• Rebekkah Brown, Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center
4:15
Innovation Talk: Predictive Analytics Model for Maritime Smuggling, Alex Carrillo,
Lead Strategic Intelligence Analyst, Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center
4:30
Adjourn at Town and Gown
6:00 – 8:00
Reception and Expert Panel, Featuring Drs. Ali Abbas, Detlof von Winterfeldt, Erroll
Southers, and Geraldine Knatz (invited) – USC University Club
Day 2 – November 19, 2014
7:15
Registration & Breakfast
8:00
Welcome and Recap of Day 1 by Paul Shapiro, PhD, Chief Science and Technology
Advisor, National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)
8:10
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Anh Duong, Director, DHS S&T
Borders and Maritime Security Division
8:15 – 8:45
Keynote: Dealing with Maritime Risk Uncertainty, RADM Thomas Cropper, Cal
Maritime Academy
8:45 – 9:45
Expert Panel: Future Tech with Potential Maritime Impacts,
Moderator: Dr. Nicole Drumhiller, Program Director, American Military
University
• Meggan Schoenberger, ONR Science Advisor, NWDC
• LT Joseph DiRenzo, USCG, Fulbright Scholar, LNG Technology
• Michael Jones, The Maritime Alliance
• Randolph Nichols, Head, Mission Management Office Naval Research
Laboratory (Invited)
9:45 – 10:00
Innovation Talk: Private Anti-Piracy Navies, John-Clark Levin, Roy P. Crocker
Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College
Book signing, Private Anti-Piracy Navies / Break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 – 11:30 Expert Panel: Low Latitude Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities, [Panama Canal, Straits of
Malacca and Singapore, U.S. Western Rivers, Equatorial/Mid-Latitude Chokepoints]
Moderator: VADM Robert Parker
• Professor Eric Johansson, SUNY Maritime
• Captain Shep Smith, NOAA
• Dr. David Alderson, Associate Professor, Operations Research, NPS
11:30 – 1:00
Networking / MRS Adjourn / No-Host lunch
Optional Marine Exchange Tour: Captain Louttit has offered MRS attendees visit and tour of the Marine
Exchange (MX) and VTS (Vessel Traffic System) (Logistics information to follow)
1:00 – 3:00
Lunch & Planning Session for MRS 2015
• Dr. Julie Pullen, Director, Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime
Commerce, Stevens Institute of Technology (Lead)
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