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)
- 0900 – 1000 - Counter Terrorism Public Outreach
- LCDR Don Davis & Anja Vaughn, USCG
- 1000 – 1030 - Interagency Coordination – Stakeholder Management and Port Security Committees
- LCDR Don Davis , USCG
- 1030 – 1045 - Break
- 1045 – 1200 - Security Threats and Trends
- Anja Vaughn, USCG
- 1200 – 1215 - Open Forum Group Discussion
- 1215 – 1315 - Lunch Break
- 1315 – 1415 - Assessing Port Risks
- Mike Edgerton, Vice President, HudsonTrident
- 1415- 1430 - Break
- 1430 – 1600 - Table Top Exercise – Port Facility Security
- Mike Edgerton, Vice President, HudsonTrident
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