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Symposium VI

The theme for this year’s leading public forum on homeland defense and security is

“Securing our Homelands Through International Collaboration; Neighbors Helping Neighbors.” The program will include presentations from the US, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Australia, and other nations.  Symposium VI will take place from October 28-30, 2008 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO.

 

Topics include:

Foreign and Domestic Collaboration on Homeland Security and Defense

Intelligence Sharing at Home and Abroad

Building Civil-Military Cooperation

Coordinating International Disaster Response

Cyber Security; the Insidious Threat

The Future of Terrorism 

Senior officials from government and industry attend the Symposium.  Here is a partial list of those presenting.

  • General Gene Renuart, Commander of NORAD/USNORTHCOM;
  • Bret Stephens, Author of "Global View," The Wall Street Journal
  • LtGen Robert Elder, USAF, Commander, Eighth Air Force
  • Charles Allen, Under Secretary of Intelligence, DHS
  • LTG Tom Metz, Joint IED Defeat Organization
  • LtGen William Lord, Commander, USAF Cyberspace Command 
  • Robert Stephan, Assistant Secretary of Infrastructure Protection, DHS
  • CAPT Jim Terbush, USN, Command Surgeon, NORTHCOM
  • David Aguilar, Chief of the US Border Patrol
  • Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Simon Wiesenthal Center
  • Dr. Walid Phares, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
  • James Clapper, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, DoD
  • RADM David Rutstein, Dir. of Force Readiness and Deployment, US   Surgeon General's Office
  • Michael Aguilar, Federal Security Director, San Diego Airport, BG US Marines (Ret.)
  • Nancy Lindborg, President, Mercy Corps 
  • Exhibitors will have the opportunity to present their company offerings to these and other senior leaders in the industry. 
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