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2018 First Semester Workshop

Inter-American Committee on Ports & United States Coast Guard

2018 Port Security Management Workshop:

Port and Maritime Crisis Response and Recovery

May 8 – 11, 2018

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

Port Miami, United States

May 7 (Monday)

  • Travel day

May 8 (Tuesday)

  • 0800-0850 - Opening Remarks/Workshop Introduction
    • Jorge Duran, Secretary, Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP) of the Organization of American States (OAS)
    • LCDR Wayne Reed, International Port Security Program, United States Coast Guard (USCG)
  • 0900-0950 - Presentation: Port Logistics in Disaster Management
  • 1000-1050 - Port Resiliency & Introduction to Marine Transportation System Recovery (MTSR)
  • 1100-1150 - Pre-Incident MTSR Planning & Preparedness
  • 1150-1200 - Q&A
  • 1200-1300 - Lunch Break
  • 1310-1430 - MTSR Incident Management Tools
  • 1430-1600 - MTSR Incident Management – Marine Transportation System Disruptions
  • 1600-1600 - Q&A and closing remarks

May 9 (Wednesday)

  • 0900 – 0950 - Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS)
  • 1000 – 1050 - ICS Applications
  • 1050 – 1100 - Q&A
  • 1110 – 1230 - MTSR Catastrophic Response Challenges: 2017 Hurricane Season
    • Ladonn Allen, Chief, Prevention Division CG District Seven, USCG
      CDR Espino-Young, CG Sector San
    • Juan, USCG
    • Mike Edgerton, Vice President, HudsonTrident
  • 1230 – 1330 - Lunch Break
  • 1330 – 1420 - Participant Dialogue and Presentations
  • 1420 – 1550 - Mass Rescue Operations (MRO)
  • 1550 – 1600 - Q&A and closing remarks

May 10 (Thursday)

  • 0900 – 0950 - Participant Dialogue
    • Tim McLellan, Assistant Professor, US Merchant Marine Academy
  • 1000 – 1050 - Efficient Disaster Preparedness in Ports I
    • James Espino, President, Gnostech Inc.
    • Sarah Carter, Vice President, Gnostech Inc.
  • 1100 – 1150 - Efficient Disaster Preparedness in Ports II
    • James Espino, President, Gnostech Inc.
    • Sarah Carter, Vice President, Gnostech Inc.
  • 1150 – 1200 - Q&A
  • 1200 – 1300 - Lunch Break
  • 1310 – 1345 - Introduction to Comprehensive Disaster Management
    • Mike Edgerton, Vice President, HudsonTrident
    • Luke Reinhold, Senior Maritime Security Manager, HudsonTrident
  • 1345- 1445 - Table Top Exercise – Maritime Security and Disaster Management
    • Mike Edgerton, Vice President, HudsonTrident
    • Luke Reinhold, Senior Maritime Security Manager, HudsonTrident
  • 1445- 1615 - Risk Management and Disaster Response
    • Yuri Gramajo, Regional Manager, T&T Salvage
    • Rebecca García, Assistant Director, Vessel Services, T&T Salvage
  • 1615- 1630 - Q&A

May 11 (Friday)

  • 0900 – 0950 - PortMiami Presentation
    Page Stribling, Public Outreach Coordinator
  • 1015 – 1100 - PortMiami Tour: Port Security Operations
    • Major Frank Roig, Commander, Miami Dade Police Department Seaport Bureau
  • 1110 – 1145 - Workshop Summary and Dialogue
  • 1145 – 1230 - Workshop Closing Remarks and Participant Certificates
    • Mona Swoboda, Project Coordinator, CIP-OAS
    • LCDR Wayne Reed, International Port Security Program, USCG