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Conference Co-Moderators: Rich Millies, Deputy Director DSCA ◄ & Dr. Jennifer Stewart, Director General, Def. Procurement, Embassy of Canada ◄

Monday, October 29th, 2007

0745-0750 Introductions of the Moderators

0750-0810 Welcome

Mayor Bob Walkup, City of Tucson ◄

0810-0835 Border Security Environment

David P. Higgerson, Director, Field Operations, Tucson Field Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection ◄
Ssgt. Brian Thiessen, Program Manager, Canadian Police Research Centre ◄

0835-0855 Chamber of Commerce Perspectives

Albert C. Zapanta, President and CEO, U.S. - Mexico Chamber of Commerce ◄

0855-0945 Border Security Keynotes

• Border interdiction and enforcement: sovereignty, diplomacy and international law • Developing a share understanding of threat priori ties, common framework for customs practices, streamlined procedures for vessel inspection and enforcement • Border security and NAFTA trade

0945-1015 BREAK

1015-1115 SBI Net – Where we are – Where we are going

Liz Schmelzinger, Director, Integration Management, SBINet, Customs & Border Protection, DHS ◄

1115-1215 Cluster Quad Charts: Technologies from SMEs

Justin Williams, Executive Director, Aerospace, Manufacturing & Information Technology Cluster, Tucson ◄

1230-1355 Luncheon – Dynamic Borders

Dr. Pablo de la Pena-Sanchez, Dean, Undergraduate College , ITESM Campus Sonora Norte ◄

1400-1445 Department of Homeland Security – Science & Technology Directorate Overview

Randel L. Zeller, Director for Interagency Coordination, Science & Technology Directorate, DHS ◄

1445-1600 The Transportation Dimension

Alan Bloodgood, Lockheed Martin Corporation ◄
Dr. Garland Chow, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, University of BC, Canada ◄
Dr. Thia Kirubarajan, Research Chair, McMaster University (Security Tracking Technologies) ◄
The Hon. David M. Stone, President and CEO, The Alacrity Homeland Group ◄

1600-1730 Technologies from Defense

Dr. Michael N. Clark, Counselor Def. R&D, Embassy of Canada, Washington, DC ◄
Mark Page, Chief Scientist, Swift Engineering ◄
Ilia Rosenberg, SBInet, The Boeing Company ◄
George Svitak, Director, Business Development, Directed Energy/Non-Lethal Systems, Raytheon Missile Systems ◄
Tarik Wahab, Director, i3 Business Management, Solacom Technologies ◄

1730-1830 Cluster Quad Charts: Technologies from SMEs

Sandra Matthews, Manager, Business Development, Ottawa Global Marketing, OCRI ◄

1830-2000 Reception

DAY TWO: Tuesday, 30 October, 2007

0800-0815 Conference Day One Recap

0815-0930 National Guard Role in Secure Borders

Major General Paul D Monroe, US Army (Ret); former Adjutant General of California ◄
Brigadier General Kevin Ellsworth, Director, Joint Staff, California, National Guard; former Commander, TASK FORCE VISTA ◄
Major General Timothy J. Wright, Director, Domestic Operations (NGB-J3), National Guard Bureau, Washington DC
Lt Col Kirby Colas, Commander, 196 Reconnaissance Squadron, 163, Reconnaissance Wing, California Air National Guard ◄
Lisa Balzereit, President, Sogomiset; Consultant to Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology

Moderator: Vance Renfroe, President and CEO, Renfroe Associates International ◄

0930-1030 Near Term Capability Enhancement

Jim Gerow, Senior Vice President, Swe-Dish Satellite Systems ◄
BGen (Ret.) David Jurkowski, Vice President, Government Relations & Bus.Dev., Bombardier Aerospace ◄
Dr. Bernard O. Otremba-Blanc, Honorary Consul of Germany, German Consulate, Phoenix ◄
Rafi Sela, President, AR Challenges ◄
Rob Welton, Director, Homeland Security, Magal-Senstar ◄

Moderator: Chris McNamara, RaeMac LLC ◄

1030-1100 BREAK

1100-1200 Technology Transfer Issues Keynote

Ambassador Andreas Ekman, Director General, Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products ◄

1200-1300 Enhancing Cooperation - International Experience

Jatin S. Bains, President, Channel Logistics LLC ◄
Michael Theilmann, Senior Canadian Liaison Director to DHS ◄
D. Rick Van Schoik, Director, NACTS, New North American Univ., Arizona State University ◄

Moderator: Alain Dudoit, Canadian Consul General, Los Angeles ◄

1300-1400 Working Luncheon

1400-1530 University Research, Innovation and Transition

Detection Deception - Dr. Judee Burgoon, Professor of Communication, Professor of Family Studies and Human Development, and Director of Human Communication Research for the Center for the Management of Information at the University of Arizona ◄
Scanning and Biometrics - Dr. Jonathan Kofman, Asst. Professor, Systems Design & Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada ◄
Collaborative Visualization - Dr. Eric Frost, Faculty, Geological Sciences, Co-Director SDSU Center for Homeland Security, Co-Director, SDSU Visualization Center ◄
Robotics and Immersive Displays - Dr. Michael Jenkin, Computer Science & Engineering, York University , Canada ◄
Emergency Management and Mass Evacuation - Dr. Yi-Chang Chiu, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the The University of Arizona

Moderator: Dr. Elyse Golob, Director, Office of Econ. And Policy Analysis, University of Arizona ◄

Updated 10/22/07

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