|December 7-9, 2020|
|Digital Summit|
Digital Day 1
December 7, 2020
9:00 - 10:50
Morning Registration & Networking
10:50 - 11:00
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
11:00 - 11:30
DHS Security Priorities to Advance Homeland Defense & National Security
Richard McComb, SES -
Chief Security Officer,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
With over 235,000 employees, the role of security-related programs across DHS have never been more critical to ensuring Homeland Defense and Security. As such, DHS leads a highly collaborative and uniquely decentralized security program designed to safeguard the Department’s people, property, information and systems.
- Security-related programs for a 21st century Government: necessary next steps
- Department-wide initiatives and priorities post FY2021
- DHS coordination efforts and technological needs
11:30 - 12:00
Vision for a Future USCG: An Operational Perspective for a 21st Century USCG
Vice Admiral Scott Buschman -
Deputy Commandant for Operations,
U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Tasked with the Coastal and Maritime Defense of our Nation’s border, the United States Coast Guard has a unique capability needs across the maritime operating domain. The delivery of the 2018 US Coast Guard plan outlines the near-term initiatives the USCG is taking today in order to maximize readiness today and tomorrow in order to address the Nation’s complex maritime challenges anytime, anywhere.
- USCG 2018 Strtaegic priorities: near-term needs and efforts across the Enterprise
- Technology direction and emerging needs
- Operational strategies to meet emerging needs to include intelligence, cyber, law enforcement, and more
Vice Admiral Scott Buschman
Deputy Commandant for OperationsU.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
12:00 - 12:30
Grabba Sponsored Session
12:30 - 13:00
US CBP Efforts to Safeguard America’s Borders: A Field Operations Perspective
Diane Sabatino -
Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations,
U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
With over 60,000 employees, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection is one of the world’s largest law enforcement organizations and is charged with keeping teerrorists and theirs weapons out of the U.S., wgile facilitating lawful international travel and trade. The session will highlight a field operations prsepctive as to U.S. CBP’s emerging efforts on the day-to-day ops, and emerging needs and priorities to advance their critical mission success.
- Border protection strategies for a 21st century: operational strategies and needs
- Ensuring security across our Nation’s borders for continued US economic prosperity
- Securing our Nation in the COVID environment
Diane Sabatino
Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field OperationsU.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
13:00 - 13:30
Morning Networking & Meetings
Morning Track Sessions
Track A
13:30 - 14:00 Advancing US Capability to Defend the Homeland from CUAS and Airborne Threats Timothy Bennett - PM, Air Domain Awareness, DHS S&T, U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityThe turbulence and rapid proliferation of the unmanned aerial system threat has hit hard and fast across multiple domains and areas of responsibility for the Armed Services. The response to UAS and sUAS threats has been massive across the Military ecosystem, and one will that continue to grow in importance as the threat evolves in complexity.
- Expanding airborne threat and UAS threat defeat across multiple domains
- Airborne threat S&T priorities
- DHS partnership efforts across industry and necessary next steps
Track A
14:00 - 14:30 DHS Efforts to Enable Rapid Technology Transfer and Commercialization via Industry Partnerships Kalpana Reddy - Branch Chief, Technology Transfer and Commercialization, DHS S&T, U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityDHS S&T's Technology Transfer and Commercialization Program serves as the centralized point to manage transition activities throughout DHS and the DHS laboratory network. Technologies developed and evaluated within the department can have tremendous potential for commercial applications throughout the nation, enhance the competitiveness of individual small businesses, and expand areas of exploration and cooperation for all non-federal partners.
- Major goals of the TC2 team, and necessary next steps to enable continued commercialization of solutions
- Current partnerships and opportunities on the rise
- What does industry need to know about DHS S&T priorities
Kalpana Reddy
Branch Chief, Technology Transfer and CommercializationDHS S&T, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Track B
13:30 - 14:00 Developing, Evaluating and Transitioning Homeland Security Technologies into Field Use for Law Enforcement, Fire and other Emergency Response Agencies Gladys Klemic - Physicist National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, Science & Technology Directorate U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityNew technologies are developed every day to enhance responder performance and safety for use across DHS’ far-reach. Ensuring their durability and performance is the main goal of the National Urban Security Technology Lab.
NUSTL brings together the interests and initiatives of the Homeland Security Enterprise with the first responder community. The laboratory’s mission activities in test and evaluation (T&E) and research and development (R&D) help first responders prepare, protect and respond to homeland security threats.
- Evaluation and transition priorities
- DHS NUSTL technology needs to facilitate next-generation response to threats / incidents
- First responder technologies of interest and areas of use over the next 6-12 months
Gladys Klemic
Physicist National Urban Security Technology LaboratoryScience & Technology Directorate U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Track B
14:00 - 14:30 Driving Transition of Private Industry Products across the DHS Enterprise Ron McClean - Transition Director, Silicon Valley Innovation Program, DHS S&T, U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityDHS S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) is keeping pace with the innovation community to tackle the hardest problems faced by DHS and the Homeland Security Enterprise. SVIP expands DHS S&T’s reach to find new technologies that strengthen national security with the goal of reshaping how government, entrepreneurs and industry work together to find cutting-edge solutions. Based in California’s Silicon Valley, the program reaches out to innovation communities across the nation and around the world to harness the commercial R&D ecosystem for technologies with government applications and to co-invest in and accelerate technology transition-to-market.
- SVIP current portfolio efforts
- Transition-to-market priorities
- Private/partnership efforts and funding efforts thus far
Ron McClean
Transition Director, Silicon Valley Innovation ProgramDHS S&T, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Enjoy topics across a selection of critical Homeland defense focus areas
Selected Speaker Topic Rooms
The proliferation of the COVID-19 threat has been widespread not only across the US, but one affecting nations on a global scale. Delivering efficient defense needs in a constrained environment has created numerous challenges across the DoD, DHS, and the defense industry.
- Delivering key defense needs in a COVID-19 environment
- Ensuring readiness in a time of uncertainty
- Lessons learned for future potential disruptions
Rick Neudorff NEMAA NEMEA
COVID Operational Industry CoordinatorU.S. Department of Homeland Security
Few technologies show more promise and intrigue across the Homeland Defense and Military communities than that of AI. The tool represents a substantive change in how we conduct homeland operations, but still has many hurdles to meet before integration. Join this session as we shine a light on identification of potential AI applications, metrics, limitations, and assumptions.
- Opportunities to leverage AI across the DHS enterprise
- Barriers to AI adoption across the Federal Government and DHS
- Narrowing the focus and determining the National/Homeland security context
Representative To Be Determined
Joint Artificial Intelligence CenterDoD Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Across the past 5 years, there has been a massive uptick in investment of missile defeat and defense programs, mostly brought along by advancements in IAMD and hypersonic weapon capabilities. Providing effective and enduring protection against rogue state missile threats to the homeland is of critical importance, and this session will highlight these ongoing efforts.
- Missile defeat and defense in a hypersonic world: how has the paradigm shifted
- Missile defense priorities in the near-term
- Technology needs to enable next-generation defense architectures
Jeffrey Boulware
Technical DirectorJoint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization (JIAMDO)
The FBI has a wide-ranging and rapidly evolving role across the aviation sector. Unmanned and manned aerial threats have proliferated across the Homeland and represent an entirely new threat vector, evolving in complexity and capability.
- Guiding FBI aviation efforts to support improved Homeland defense and security
- Advancing policy efforts in both UAS and Counter-UAS operations: necessary needs
- Supporting policy and legislative efforts of the FBI's Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems program
Breakouts
IDGA’s breakout rooms offer the unique opportunity to join an intimate discussion led by one of our subject matter experts focusing on critical technology-focused topics across the CUAS space. These will be intimate sessions, boasting 20 person rooms for an exclusive look into new business opportunities.
15:00 - 15:30
Pandemic Preparation and Response – How FPS was Ready for COVID-19
Cody Hogeboom -
Chief, Counterterrorism and Specialized Training,
Federal Protective Service
Jason Kepp - Assistant Director, Training and Professional Development, Federal Protective Service
- Pre-incident planning and preparedness
- Key obstacles for law enforcement, related to communication, resource management, and changes to service patterns
- Personal Protective Equipment identification, planning, procurement, and manage the inevitable increases in PPE demand
- Training and education of the workforce and recommendations for personal protective equipment (PPE) necessary for protection of first responders
Jason Kepp
Assistant Director, Training and Professional DevelopmentFederal Protective Service
15:30 - 15:30
Roundtable Speaker “Zoom Room” Breakouts
IDGA’s breakout rooms offer the unique opportunity to join an intimate discussion led by one of our subject matter experts focusing on critical technology-focused topics across the CUAS space. These will be intimate sessions, boasting 20 person rooms for an exclusive look into new business opportunities.
