|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
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
12:30 - 13:00
Secured Identity beyond 2020
Micah Walker -
CEO,
Grabba
- Recognising the trends and opportunities
- Faster technology innovation through engaged partnerships
- Leveraging new technologies to deliver on DHS Mission sets beyond 2020
13:00 - 13:30
Morning Networking & Meetings
13:30 - 14:00
Training & Technology on the Front Lines: Multi-Faceted Missions Need Bespoke Technology
Ari Vidali -
CEO and Founder,
Envisage Technologies
14:00 - 14:30
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 Security
The 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
14:30 - 15:00
Service Now Sponsored Session
15:00 - 15:30
Driving Transition of Private Industry Products across the DHS Enterprise
Ron McNeal -
Transition Director, Silicon Valley Innovation Program,
DHS S&T, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DHS 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 McNeal
Transition Director, Silicon Valley Innovation ProgramDHS S&T, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
15:30 - 16:00
Ensuring DHS Coordination of Special Event Security Measures
Donald M. McKinnon, Jr. -
Chief, DHS Special Events Program,
Office of Operations Coordination, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The DHS Special Events Program is the sole federal entity coordinating the identification, risk assessment, information sharing, and support for domestic and international special events.
- DHS special event lines of effort regarding counter-terrorism, security and special event security needs
- Efforts to expand interagency collaboration and information sharing
- Technology needs to support continued domestic and international event security
Donald M. McKinnon, Jr.
Chief, DHS Special Events ProgramOffice of Operations Coordination, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
