U.S. Coast Guard Innovation Exposition
"Improving Mission Execution & Sustainment"
29 October - 1 November 2007
New Orleans, LA
Monday, October 29, 2007
MDA Day Welcoming Remarks:
- VADM Robert Papp, USCG, Coast Guard Chief of Staff
National Concept of Operations for Maritime Domain Awareness
- Mr. Dana Goward, Director, Coast Guard MDA Program Integration (CG-51-M)
Interagency Staff Leads
- RDML Lee Metcalf, USN, Director, Global Maritime Situational Awareness (GMSA)
U.S. Coast Guard MDA Projects
- RDML Rob Parker, USCG, Assistant Commandant for Capabilities (CG-7)
Afternoon Session - AIS Data Sharing
- AIS 101 & Nationwide AIS Project, CDR Keith Ingalsbe, USCG, Project Manager, Coast Guard Nationwide AIS Project
AIS Collection with Satellites
- Government Satellites - TACSAT, Mr. Christopher Huffine, Naval Research Lab
Sharing AIS Data
- Maritime Security and Safety Information System (MSSIS), CDR Ric Callesen, USN COMNAVEUR
- Maritime Administration Efforts, Mr. Owen Doherty, MARAD
- MDA Data Sharing Community of Interest, Mr. Jay Spalding, USCG R&D Center
Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)
- Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I), Mr. Andy Farrar, U.S. Navy PEO C4I
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Keynote Session 1:
- The Honorable David Walker, Comptroller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office(GAO)
Panel Session: Innovations in Government
Moderator: Mr. Rolf Dietrich, Deputy Director of Innovation, DHS S&T
Panelist:
- Ms. Elizabeth Durham-Ruiz, Chief of the Partnership, Group, STRATCOM
- CAPT David Newton, USCG, Director (acting), Borders & Maritime Security Division, DHS S&T
- Mr. Greg Price, Special Assistant, Rapid Technology Insertion, DHS S&T
- Mr. Kevin Lawson, Chief, Applications Development Branch, IT Division, TSA
Keynote Session 2:
Moderator: The Honorable Jay Cohen, Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security
- Navy Littoral Vehicle .wma video file
- Levee Sound Scenario 1 .wma video file
- Levee Sound Scenario 2 .wma video file
- First Shots .mpg video file
- Hersey Bypass .wma video file
Panel Session: Innovation that Works - Turning Ideas into Opportunities
Moderator: Dr. Neil Thornberry, Innovation Chair Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Panel Session: Biometrics-at-Sea; Mona Passage Proof of Concept
Moderator: CDR Eric Riepe, USCG, Office of CG Law Enforcement
Panelist:
- CDR Rick Christoffersen, USCG, Response Department Head, CG Group Humboldt Bay
- LCDR M. Andre Billeaudeaux, USCG, Director, CG Auxiliary, 13th CG District
- LCDR Christopher Kluckhuhn, USCG, Organizational Performance Consultant, 1st CG District ASTC
- Mario Vittone, USCG, Instructor, CG Rescue Swimmer School, CG Aviation Technical Training Center
Keynote Session 3:
- SecondLife, Mr. John Lester, (ppt format)
- Pathfinder Linden, Linden Labs
Acquisition Insights Panel Session: USCG Acquisition Directorate (CG-9)
Moderator: RADM Gary Blore, USCG, Assistant Commandant for Acquisition