National Defense Industrial Association presents:
Partnering for a Safer Nation: Washington, DC
The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science & Technology highlight the speakers list for the 2008 Homeland Security S&T Stakeholders Conference East, taking place June 2-5 at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, DC. The conference is presented by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) with subject matter support provided by the Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) of the Department of Homeland Security. The theme of the conference is "Partnering for a Safer Nation."
The Science & Technology Directorate is the gateway into DHS for innovative technologies and new ideas, and the S&T Directorate's number one focus is delivering products to its customers. This conference will focus on the future of S&T while highlighting the partnerships for a safer nation that S&T has built in the U.S. and around the world. Attendees from the private sector, academia, and all levels of government will learn of exciting business opportunities for partnership with S&T for science and technology research. Exhibitors will meet extremely well-qualified visitors in the conference exhibition hall.
Speakers for the conference include:
- The Honorable Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security (confirmed)
- The Honorable Paul Schneider, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (invited)
- The Honorable Jay Cohen, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for S&T (confirmed)
- The Honorable John J. Young, Jr., Under Secretary of Defense for AT&L (invited)
- The Honorable Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S. (invited)
- The Honorable Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley, Administrator, TSA (invited)
Other notable speakers will include key leadership figures from the Department of Homeland Security, Capitol Hill staffers, and leaders from other organizations partnering with S&T in science & technology research for a safer nation. There also will be a significant international component to the event.
The leadership and key staff of the S&T Directorate will be broadly represented throughout the S&T Stakeholders Conference East, and registered attendees will have extensive opportunities for formal and informal conversation with Directors, Division Heads, and Program Managers from across the S&T Directorate.
The goals of the Conference include:
- Presenting the S&T Directorate’s organization, vision, and key initiatives
- Showcasing the key partnerships put in place by S&T to make the nation safer
- Getting input from S&T stakeholders on the future of the Directorate
- Communicating with key stakeholder audiences, including First Responders and emergency response personnel, government at all levels (Federal,
- State, and Local), industry, academia, and the news media
- Demonstrating business partnership opportunities in S&T research
- Explaining how to do business with the DHS S&T research enterprise
- Providing visibility into new and emerging technologies through an Exhibition Hall and the Innovation Gateway Marketplace
- The DHS S&T Directorate: Customer Focused, Output Oriented
The DHS S&T Directorate is responsible by law for providing homeland security capabilities and products to DHS and other Federal agencies, State and local governments, First Responders and private sector entities with a homeland security mission. The 2008 Homeland Security S&T Stakeholders Conference East will focus extensively on the customers for the science and technology research supported by the S&T Directorate, and the important partnerships that have been created to deliver new mission capabilities to those customers. Conference attendees can anticipate intense discussions with S&T Directorate personnel about capability gaps and technology requirements that customers need filled, which translate into business opportunities in S&T research in the U.S. and around the world.
Conference attendees will hear the S&T Directorate’s Portfolio Directors and Division Heads describe their areas of research responsibility, and highlight key deliverables and technologies where S&T is ready to make significant investments. The Capstone Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) that align research with S&T customers will be described, and the research expenditures that are aligned with the customer requirements delivered by the IPTs will be detailed. Innovative research initiatives will be spotlighted as well.
Due to the seating capacity limit of 625 in the Amphitheatre in the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, we strongly recommend that you register early for this unique event.
Presented by NDIA with subject matter support provided by DHS S&T.
Due to the seating capacity limit of 625 in the Amphitheatre in the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, we strongly recommend that you register early for this unique event.
