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Symposium VII

2009 Symposium VII Agenda

Homeland Defense and Security in Transition: Threats. Priorities. Initiatives.

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October 27, 2010
12:30pm-1:00pm

HALL OPENS

1:00pm-1:10pm Opening Ceremony Gen. Ed Eberhart, USAF (ret), will open the 2010 NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on Homeland Security and Defense.  The NORAD/USNORTHCOM Color Guard will present and post the colors.
1:10pm-2:00pm KEYNOTE SPEAKER
2:00pm-3:00pm PANEL on CYBER SECURITY MATTERS
3:00pm-3:30pm Raytheon Coffee Break RAYTHEON is proud to host this afternoon's coffee break in the Exhibit Hall.
3:30pm-4:30pm Panel discussion: SHOULD CYBERSECURITY BE DECENTRALIZED?

DESCRIPTION:  The Federal Government is implementing a comprehensive national strategy and plan to improve the nation's cybersecurity posture.  While the plan integrates cybersecurity within the 18-sector, National Infrastructure Protection Plan, and in that sense seems broad-based, the national cybersecurity center of gravity is clearly Washington, DC.  This centralization of cybersecurity is a potential deficiency, one that fails to address the key vulnerability that is most often exploited:  people (susceptibility to social engineering, insufficient awareness, poor information security policy adherence, etc).  To engender a truly broad-based (i.e., depth and width) improvement in cybersecurity, should the nation decentralize cybersecurity, study geographic, demographic and critical node data, and create both regional and critical node-based cybersecurity Centers of Excellence?

4:30pm-5:00pm MG (ret) Dale Meyerrose

Featured Speaker: Major General (ret) Dale W. Meyerrose V.P. and General Manager of Cyber & Information Assurance Harris Corporation.

 

MG (ret) Meyerrose was, most recently, the chief information officer and information sharing executive for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

 

5:00pm-7:00pm

Sponsored Reception

October 28, 2010
8:00am

Hall Opens

 

9:00am

Moderator for the Morning Session is Jim Turner, NHDF Board of Directors

9:10am-10:00am

FEATURED SPEAKER

10:00am-10:30am Raytheon Coffee Break

This morning's coffee break is courtesy of RAYTHEON.

10:30am-11:30am Panel of Cyber Security Experts

Scott Borg will chair a panel of cyber experts to discuss current issues in the ever changing world of cyber security.  He is the Director and Chief Economist of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit (US-CCU), an independent, non-profit research institute that investigates the strategic and economic consequences of possible cyber-attacks.   He is currently a Senior Research Fellow in International Security Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University.


Moderator: Scott Borg - Director Moderator Bio More Info
11:30am-12:00pm Providing Secure Global Networks FEATURED SPEAKER:  Padmasree Warrior is Cisco Systems' Chief Technology Officer. As CTO, she is responsible for helping drive the company's technological innovations and strategy, and works closely with its senior executive team and board of directors to align these efforts with Cisco's corporate goals. As an evangelist for what's possible, she pushes the organization to stretch beyond its current capabilities – not just in technology, but also in its strategic partnerships and new business models.
Speaker: Padmasree Warrior - Chief Information Officer, CISCO Speaker Bio
12:00pm-1:30pm

Sponsored Lunch

1:30pm

Moderator for the Afternoon Session is Pam Shockley-Zalabak Chancellor, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

1:35pm-2:15pm Dr Steven Chu

Secretary of Energy Dr Steven Chu has been invited to be our Key Note speaker.

Dr. Steven Chu, distinguished scientist and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics (1997), was appointed by President Obama as the 12th Secretary of Energy and sworn into office on January 21, 2009.

2:15pm-3:00pm

Panel on Energy Security matters

3:00pm-3:30pm Raytheon Coffee Break RAYTHEON is your host for this afternoon's coffee break in the Exhibit Hall.
3:30pm-4:30pm

Panel on Energy Security matters   

6:30pm-9:30pm Chairman's Banquet

NHDF Chairman, Gen Ed Eberhart USAF (ret) will host all attendees at a Chairman's Banquet.  A reception will start at 6:30PM with the banquet at 7:00PM.

General Jim Jones USMC (ret). has been invited to be the banquet speaker.  Gen. Jones is the National Security Advisor to the President.

General James Jones, was appointed National Security Advisor to the President on January 20, 2009. General Jones previously served as president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber Institute for 21st Century Energy.


Moderator: Gen (USAF ret) Ed Eberhart - Chairman, NHDF Moderator Bio
October 29, 2010
8:00am HALL opens
8:30am

Moderator for this morning's session is Mr. Gerald Buckwalter, NHDF Board of Directors. 

8:35am-9:15am FEATURED SPEAKER

Stephen Flynn has been invited to be our featured speaker.

Dr Flynn is the Author of The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation (2007) and America the Vulnerable (2004). Former advisor on homeland security for the U.S. Commission on National Security (Hart-Rudman Commission) and retired Coast Guard officer.

9:15am-10:00am

Panel on Energy Security matters

10:00am-10:30am Raytheon sponsored coffee break
10:30am-11:30am

Panel on Energy Security matters 

11:30am-12:00pm VADM James Winnefeld

Closing Speaker: Commander Designate, NORAD/USNORTHCOM

12:00pm-12:10pm Closing Remarks by GEN Ed Eberhart USAF (ret), Chairman of the Board, NHDF.
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