About the Conference
With Technical Assistance from the Department of
Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate, the eighth annual IEEE International Conference on
Technologies for Homeland Security will focus on novel and innovative
technologies, which address the most pressing national security
problems.
The Conference will provide a forum for innovators to
discuss ideas, concepts and findings to date. The conference will bring
together innovators from leading universities, research
laboratories, Homeland Security Centers of Excellence, small
businesses, system integrators and the end user community.
New this year, the Conference will feature parallel
tracks with invited talks in non-overlapping technical sessions. Also,
the Conference will contain a planned session on Detecting and
Protecting Against Terrorist Surveillance.
“The IEEE Conferences has been identified as "the key
Homeland Security conference by the National Science and Technology Council,
Nuclear Defense Research and Development Subcommittee to share with a broad
community the interagency Nuclear Defense Research and Development Roadmap."
keynote Speaker:
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Dr. John Marburger
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Science
Advisor to the President
Talk title: "Nuclear Defense Research and Development
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Featured Speaker:
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Robert Hooks
Director of Transition,
Department of Homeland Security,
Science & Technology Directorate
Talk Title: “Key R&D Focus Areas for the DHs S&T
Directorate”
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Background
Our Outstanding Leaders:
The conference will be chaired by Ambassador Henry
Cooper of High Frontier and Chairman of Applied Research Associates,
Inc., Technical Program Chaired by Brig. General (Ret.) Phil Stowell,
Applied Research Associates, and Program Development Chaired by Robert
Hooks, Director of Transition of the US Department of Homeland
Security. They will guide the conference towards solving real, imminent
and developing threats to our Nation.
Networking:
The conference, business panels and technical exhibits
provides an ideal opportunity for developers and implementers of
technologies, consultants, entrepreneurs and business funding sources
interested in the security and critical infrastructure dependability
marketplace to meet with governmental leaders and owners and operators
of major private sector infrastructure.
Sponsored By:
The eighth Conference is sponsored by the Boston Section
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE-USA and
the IEEE Critical Infrastructure Dependability Initiative and organized
and managed by the IEEE Boston Section Homeland Security Conference
Steering Committee
GENERAL THEMES
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Transportation Security
focused on Chemical, Biological and High Explosives with special sessions
on Radiological /-Nuclear. Both Transportation focus areas will emphasize
their own specific technology issues with respect to detection,
prevention, response, and recovery.
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Infrastructure Protection
and Cyber Security with the emphasis on protecting the financial sector,
communications and electric power networks, focusing on threats to the
chemical and refinery sectors
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Incident Management,
Information Sharing, and Interoperability technologies, high level risk
assessment and supporting technologies of modeling and simulation
emphasizing tools development
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Software Assurance focused on software development,
testing, legacy systems and infrastructure. Focus is on Software Assurance
Common Body of Knowledge, common attack patterns weaknesses and
vulnerabilities.
The Overall Program Includes:
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Reception on the evening of the first day of the
Conference
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2 day Technical Conference including:
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Wednesday Morning Plenary Keynote Session featuring
government representatives and major private sector infrastructure
operators
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Invited Track Theme Papers by top scientists
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Parallel Sessions of Contributed Technical Papers
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Poster Session
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Business Panel – How to Do Business with DHS S&T and
how to obtain seed funding to bring research to reality
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Technology Exhibits
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Networking Opportunities
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Conference Committee
Conference Chair:
Ambassador Henry Cooper,
High Frontier
Technical Program Chair:
Brig. General (Ret.) Phil Stowell,
Applied Research Associates
Program Development Chair:
Robert Hooks
Dept. of Homeland Security,
S & T Directorate
Steering Committee Chair:
Lennart Long,
Applied Research Associates
Paper Evaluation Committee.
Chair:
Thaddeus Kochanski,
University of New Hampshire
Sponsorship/Exhibits Chair:
Fausto Molinet,
Matrix Internationale
Marketing Chair:
Karen Krause,
PSSG, LLC
At-Large
Karen Panetta,
Tufts University
Gerald Larocque,
MIT Lincoln Laboratories
Bill Baukus,
AS&E, Inc. |
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