Agenda

Please note: this is a tentative agenda and subject to change. We will continue to update this web page as information changes.

                TTuesday, September 6, 2011

   
1200-1330
Registration
1300-1330

Welcome and Presentation of the Colors

Cabinet Secretary NM Homeland Security and Emergency Management  - Secretary Michael Duvall

US  Attorney, Kenneth Gonzales
1330-1345

Conference Overview

Richard Clark- NMASIC/Jacque Miller DHSEM- Chief Technology Officer 
1345-1400
Break
1400-1445

The Role of Communication in Homeland Security

Robert Rhoads, Department of Homeland Security Office of Emergency Management
1445-1530

Challenges in Homeland Security in the 21st Century

David Williams, Director of Border Security Center for Research, Education and Training at New Mexico Tech

1530-1545
Break
1545-1645

Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program Update

 SICWG work group Introduction and Directions for breakout sessions

Jacque Miller DHSEM- Chief Technology Officer 

Combatting Terrorism Outside of the Continental US

John Smith, State Department Agency Representative

1645-1700

Closing Remarks
 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

   

0700 - 0800

Registration & Breakfast

0800 - 0815

Welcome

Governor Susana Martinez, State of New Mexico

0815 - 0915

Keynote Address: Homeland Security Challenges

Peter Clemens, TSA


0915 - 0920

Overview of Breakout Sessions

Jacque Miller DHSEM- Chief Technology Officer 

0920-0930

Break

0930-1030

Emergency Support Function Breakout

Gary Surad, Bernalillo County Department of Emergency Management

Wallow Fire After Action Review

Mike Scales, Sandoval County Emergency Management and Larry Bleimeyer,IT Radio and Telecommunications Supervisor, Dona Ana County

Emergency Management in a Crisis Situation

Sheriff Byron Gwaltney, Pima County Sheriff Department

0930-1200

Handling Livestock in Emergency Situations

Jennifer Woods, J. Woods Livestock Services

1030-1130

Engaging the Private Sector in Homeland Security

Dennis Pepe, Critical Infrastructure Coordinator, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

SICWG Discussion

Jacque Miller DHSEM- Chief Technology Officer 

1130-1200

NECP Goal 2

Dominique Lenox, Communications Planner, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Frequency Coordination and Management

Mike Scales, Sandoval County Emergency Management

Drug Issues - Current Smuggling Techniques and Methods

Ernie Ortiz, NM HIDT

1200-1330

Lunch on own

1330-1430

The Importance of Collaboration

Dr. Lowell Catlett, NMSU and CEO College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental  Sciences

1430-1530

Agroterorism Security

David Raymond, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordiantor

SICWG Panel Gateway Session
Wynn Brannin, State of New Mexico

1530-1545

Break
1545-1645

Nationwide Public Safety Broadband - Data Infrastructure

Jacque Miller DHSEM- Chief Technology Officer 

1645-1700
Closing Remarks
   

Thursday, September 8, 2011

   

0800-0830

Welcome – Chief Ray Schultz, Albuquerque Police Department

0830-0900

International Interoperability: Communication and Interference

William H. Grigsby, Department of State

0900-0945

Homemade Imporvised Explosives Familiarization

Philip Leonard, WX-7 HE Science and Technology, Los Alamos Labratory

SICWG Narrow Banding

0945-1000

Break

1000-1045

Social Networking Pros, Cons and the Use for Law Enforcement

Darryl Ackley, Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Department of Information Technology

1045-1130

ICE Agent Killing in Mexico

Rene Medina, Federal Bureau of Investigation

1130-1200

Closing Remarks