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2017 – Agenda and Presentations 

Inter-American Committee on Ports & United States Coast Guard

2017 Port Security Workshop Schedule

April 25 – 28, 2017, Port Miami, Florida

Miami Port Administrative Offices, 1015 N. America Way, 5th Floor

24 April (Monday)

  • Travel day

25 April (Tuesday)

  • 0800-0850 - Opening Remarks/Seminar Introduction
    • Jorge Duran, Chief of the Secretariat, Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP) of the Organization of American States (OAS)
    • LCDR Dave Otani, International Port Security Program, United States Coast Guard (USCG)
  • 0900-0950 - Port Security and Competitiveness Presentation
  • 1000-1050 - Cyber Risk Management in the Marine Transportation System/Q&A
  • 1100-1150 - Cyber Security Industry Standards
  • 1200-1300 - Lunch Break
  • 1300-1400 - Miami-Dade County Cyber Security Experts Presentation
    • Lars Schmekel, IT Department, Division Director
    • Lawrence Embil, IT Department, Security Systems Manager
  • 1400-1500 - PortMiami C-3 Command Center Tour
  • 1500-1550 - What is Cyber Security
  • 1550-1630 - Cyber Security in Port Facilities

26 April (Wednesday): Cyber Security in the Maritime and Port Industries

  • 0800-0810 Welcome and Overview
    • Andrew Baskin, Vice President, Global Policy and Trade, Hudson Analytix
  • 0810-0900 Keynote: Port and Maritime Cybersecurity
    • John Felker, Director, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, ‎U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • 0910-0950 Converged physical and cyber security
  • 1000-1040 Legal implications of cybersecurity
  • 1050-1130 Blockchain and emerging technologies
    • Dmitry Dain, Chief Technology Officer and Founder, Virgil Security
  • 1140-1200 Q&A
  • 1200-1330 Lunch Break
  • 1330-1600 Cyber Interactive Tabletop Exercise, moderated by HudsonAnalytix

27 April (Thursday)

  • 0800-0850 Physical Security Measures
  • 0900-0950 Security Screening
  • 1000-1150 Port Security – Cyber Perspectives for Cruise Ship and Container Issues
  • 1200-1300 Lunch Break
  • 1300-1350 Cyber Risk in the Maritime Transportation System
  • 1400-1450 Port Facility Security Assessments
  • 1500-1600 Ports Facility Security Plans

28 April (Friday)

  • 0800-0950 Open Country Presentations/Discussion
  • 1000-1050 Port Security Best Practices
    • Major Frank Roig, Miami Dade Police Department Seaport Bureau Commander
  • 1100-1150 Seminar Summary and Closing Remarks
    • LCDR Dave Otani, International Port Security Program, USCG
    • Mona Swoboda, Project Coordinator, CIP-OAS