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
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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 
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Pete Flores

Deputy Commissioner
US Customs and Border Protection

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 
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Lisa Schleder-Kirkpatrick

Deputy Assistant Commandant for Capability
US Coast Guard

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  
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Ryan Scudder

Executive Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise Services
US Customs and Border Protection

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.



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Margie Graves

Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business of Government
IBM; former DHS Deputy CIO and OMB Federal Deputy CIO

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Dan Chenok

Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business of Government
IBM; former OMB Chief for Information Policy and Technology

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Chris Mihm

Adjunct Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University; former GAO Director of Strategic Issues

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 
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Debbie W. Seguin

Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Affairs
US 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 


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Jeffrey Carroll

Executive Assistant Chief
DC Metropolitan Police Department

15:00 - 15:30 EST Coffee and Networking Break

15:30 - 16:00 EST INDUSTRY INSIGHT SESSION HOSTED BY SKYDIO



  • 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 




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Scott Parker

Branch Chief, Advanced Threats Security, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Department of Homeland Security

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Brent Cotton

Director, Counter UAS Policy
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 


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Dr. Clint Osborn

Director
District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA)

17:15 - 17:30 EST CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS, END OF DAY 1

Nelson Balido - Chairman, Border Commerce and Security Council
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Nelson Balido

Chairman
Border Commerce and Security Council

17:05 - 17:35 EST DRINKS RECEPTION HOSTED BY MANTECH