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2019 – Agenda and Presentations

Inter-American Committee on Ports & United States Coast Guard

2019 Port Security Workshop Schedule

May 7 – 10, 2019

Barbados

May 7 (Tuesday)

  • 0900 – 0930 - Opening Remarks
    • Francis Anthony McBarnette, Representative, Barbados National Office, Organization of American States (OAS)
    • Mona Swoboda, Project Manager, Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP), OAS
    • LCDR Donald Davis, International Port Security Liaison Officer, USCG
    • Karl Branch, Divisional Manager, Corporate Development & Strategy, Barbados Port Inc.
  • 0930 – 0945 - Workshop Introduction and Overview
    • LCDR Donald Davis, International Port Security Liaison Officer, USCG
    • LCDR Christina Jones, Capacity Building Section, USCG
  • 0945 – 1045 - ISPS Code Review
    • LT Chris Schleck, USCG
  • 1045 – 1100 - Break
  • 1100 – 1200 - ISPS Code Implementation – The Cruise Industry
    • LCDR Christina “CJ” Jones, USCG
  • 1200 – 1300 - Lunch Break
  • 1300 – 1400 - ISPS Code Implementation in Cruise Ports – A Designated Authority Perspective
    • Shawn James, Deputy PFSO, Barbados Port Inc.
  • 1400 – 1430 - Break
  • 1430 – 1530 - Port Security Best Practices: Cruise Ports
    • LCDR Christina “CJ” Jones, USCG

May 8 (Wednesday)

  • 0900 – 1100 - Security Operations in the Cruise Industry
    • Yerandys Martell, Manager, Port Security, Carnival Cruise Line
    • Benjamin Young, Global K9 Operations VP, Garrison and Sloan
  • 1100 – 1115 - Break
  • 1115 – 1200 - Open Forum Group Discussion
  • 1200- 1300 - Lunch Break
  • 1300- 1345 - Suspicious Activity Detection and Reporting
    • LCDR Christina “CJ” Jones, USCG
  • 1345 – 1430 - Effective Port Security Management
    • Mike Edgerton, Vice President, HudsonTrident
  • 1430 – 1445 - Break
  • 1445 – 1630 - Cyber Security in Ports
    • Mike Edgerton, Vice President, HudsonTrident

May 9 (Thursday)

May 10 (Friday)

  • 0900 – 0945 - Passenger Screening & Security
    • Dwaine Murray, Representative, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Haiti and Turks and Caicos, United States Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
  • 0945-1015 - Open Forum Group Discussion
  • 1015- 1030 - Break
  • 1030 – 1115 - Panel Discussion – Future Trends in Cruise Port Security
    • LCDR Don Davis & LT Chris Schleck, USCG
  • 1115 – 1145 - Open Forum Group Discussion: Recommendations and Next Steps
  • 1145 – 1215 - Participant Certificates and Workshop Closing Remarks
    • Mona Swoboda, Project Manager, CIP-OAS
    • LCDR Christina Jones, Capacity Building Section, USCG
    • LCDR Donald Davis, International Port Security Liaison Officer, USCG
    • Anja Vaughn, USCG
    • LT Chris Schleck, USCG
    • Shawn James, Deputy PFSO, Barbados Port Inc.
  • 1215 – 1315 - Lunch Break
  • 1330 – 1530 - Facility Visit: Barbados Cruise Port Terminal