September 24th & 25th, 2024
|Hilton del Mar, San Diego, California
Agenda Day 2
8:00 am - 8:55 am
BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING
9:00 am - 9:30 am
CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME REMARKS
9:00 am - 9:30 am
CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE TO DHS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS FOR EFFECTIVE BORDER SECURITY
· Key areas for the Subcommittee on Homeland Security during the upcoming legislative sessions
· Expectations for bipartisan compromise on border related funding issues
· How border leaders can get involved
9:30 am - 10:00 am
SYNCING COORDINATION ACROSS AIR AND MARINE EFFORTS
Jonathan Miller -
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Air and Marine Operations, US Customs and Border Protection,
Department of Homeland Security
· Managing current efforts at the southern border, current needs and requirements for future technologies
· Opportunities for interagency coordination
· Working alongside USCG, JTF
Jonathan Miller
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Air and Marine Operations, US Customs and Border ProtectionDepartment of Homeland Security
10:30 am - 11:00 am
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:00 am - 11:30 am
PANEL DISCUSSION: CUAS SOLUTIONS FOR OUR NATION’S BORDER AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Greg Fortier -
Vice President, Aviation, Fires, & C5ISR; Army Business Unit, Defense Civilian Sector,
SAIC
Atlan Ozler - Senior Manager, Business Development, CUAS Portfolio, SAIC
· CUAS threat is real, lessons learned from conflict zone will proliferate to border regions
· Federal government needs an affordable, tailorable, flexible (kinetic and non-kinetic), scalable, solution to meet all safety, policy, and agency requirements as well as local considerations
· A solution that provides situational awareness, pattern recognition, and predictive analytics is a key enabler
Sponsored by: SAIC
Greg Fortier
Vice President, Aviation, Fires, & C5ISR; Army Business Unit, Defense Civilian SectorSAIC
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
PANEL SESSION: LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES: C/UAS COLLABORATION, TRAINING, AND THE FIGHT FOR AUTHORITIES
Lori Sims -
Director of Resource Integration, Office For State and Local Law Enforcement,
Department of Homeland Security
Jared Oren - Program Manager, Counter-UAS Technology, National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security
Steven Willoughby - Deputy Director, DHS C-UAS Program Management Office, Department of Homeland Security
Tyler Sautter - Director, C-UAS Subject Matter Expert, Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC),, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- DHS collaboration with state, local, and tribal, law enforcement
- Insight into current DHS C/UAS operational support programs, technical assistance, training
- DHS CUAS legislation and the proposed state and local CUAS authorities pilot program
- Support for state and local test and evaluation activities and technical advisory support with a special focus on the assessment of C/UAS technologies
Sponsored by: Echodyne
Lori Sims
Director of Resource Integration, Office For State and Local Law EnforcementDepartment of Homeland Security
Jared Oren
Program Manager, Counter-UAS Technology, National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, Science and TechnologyDepartment of Homeland Security
Steven Willoughby
Deputy Director, DHS C-UAS Program Management OfficeDepartment of Homeland Security
Tyler Sautter
Director, C-UAS Subject Matter Expert, Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC),New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
12:30 pm - 1:25 pm
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: THE FUTURE OF BIOMETRICS AT THE BORDER
David Taylor -
US Customs and Border Protection Portfolio Manager, Science and Technology Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security
Kevin Clement - Executive Director, Borders, Trade, and Immigration (BTI) Institute, University of Houston
John Bridge - President for Government Technology, TrustStamp
Sponsored by: TrustStamp
David Taylor
US Customs and Border Protection Portfolio Manager, Science and Technology DirectorateDepartment of Homeland Security
Kevin Clement
Executive Director, Borders, Trade, and Immigration (BTI) InstituteUniversity of Houston
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
FIRESIDE CHAT: BORDER SHERIFFS ON SECURITY COLLABORATION CHALLENGES
Nelson Balido -
Chairman,
Border Commerce and Security Council
Javier Salazar - Sheriff, Bexar County
· Look into successful collaboration between local and federal law enforcement on the US Mexico border
· Information and technology sharing efforts
· Key hotspots for violence on the US border—mitigation efforts and tools at the local level
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
FIRESIDE CHAT: DEVELOPING AND NURTURING BORDER FOCUSED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT VIA DHS S&T
David Taylor -
US Customs and Border Protection Portfolio Manager, Science and Technology Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security
· Overview of S&T development areas of note
· Focus on biometrics, UAS, CUAS, data analytics
· Roadmaps for success, industry partnership opportunities
David Taylor
US Customs and Border Protection Portfolio Manager, Science and Technology DirectorateDepartment of Homeland Security
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
STATE LEVEL CHALLENGES AND SUCCESS FOR BORDER SECURITY
Victor Escalon -
Regional Director, South Texas,
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
· Working through partnerships alongside local level law enforcement
· Opportunities for interagency collaboration with the Texas Military Department
· Current constraints, needs for the future, opportunity for industry
