The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Research and Development Center and the University of Southern California’s (USC) National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) once again have partnered on the fifth Maritime Risk Symposium (MRS). The theme this year’s event held on November 18 & 19, 2014 was “Worldwide Chokepoints and Maritime Risks."
The symposium was held on the USC campus and included traditional lectures and presentations, innovation talks, panel session discussions with experts, and hands-on exercises in decision-making.The symposium featured extended breaks to enable in-depth discussions among participants, and hands-on demonstrations of tools, models and technologies and an optional field trip to the Marine Exchange & Vessel Traffic Service in San Pedro.
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA:
November 18, 2014 – University of Southern California
Town & Gown (TGF) • 665 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90089
7:30 Registration & Breakfast
8:00 Symposium Welcome by Isaac Maya, Director of Research, CREATE, USC
8:10 Welcome and Introduction by Dr. Matt Clark, Director, Office of University Programs
8:15 – 8:45 Keynote: Vice Admiral Charles Michel, Deputy Commandant for Operations, USCG
8:45 – 9:45 Expert Panel: High Latitude Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities [Bering Strait (US/Russia), North Sea Route (Russia), Inside Passage (Canada), Polar Chokepoints]
Moderator: Dr. Derek Reveron, Director of Security Strategies, Naval War College
Captain David (Duke) Snider, Vice President, The Nautical Institute, and CEO and Principal Consultant, Martech Polar Consulting Ltd.
Dr. Helena Wisniewski, Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Alaska Anchorage
Commander Ken Boda, Executive Officer, USCGC POLAR STAR
9:45 – 10:15 Long Demo and Networking Break
10:15 – 10:30 Innovation Talk: “Maritime Risk – A View from the Ports", Cosmo Perrone, Principal, Cosmo Perrone & Associates, former Director of Security for the Port of Long Beach
10:30 – 10:45 Plenary: Vice Admiral Charles Ray, Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, USCG
10:45 – 11:45 Expert Panel: Global Maritime Transport / Supply Chain Security
Moderator: Captain Bruce Clark, Director, Maritime Security Projects, California Maritime Academy
Paul Londynsky, Matson Navigation Company
Bill Nickson,Transmarine Navigation Corporation
Kevin Krick, American President Lines
11:45 – 12:45 Lunch, Demos and Keynote: Threats to Maritime Chokepoints, Norman Polmar, internationally known analyst, consultant, and award-winning author specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence areas
12:45 – 1:00 Break, Demos and Book Signing: Book (1) Project Azorian and (2) Ship of Gold
1:00 – 2:00 Expert Panel: Maritime Economic and Insurance Risk Impacts
Moderator: Commander Holly Harrison, National Security Affairs Fellow, Hoover
Institute, Stanford
CAPT Michael Bee, Deputy Director, National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)
Dr. Adam Rose, USC, CREATE
CAPT Richard Timme, Commander, Sector Ohio Valley
William H. Watson, Vice President & Governor, Maritime Security Council
2:00 – 3:00 Expert Panel: Risk Perception and Communication: The Art of Social Behavior Impact Analysis/Social Media and Maritime Risk Indication and Warning?
Moderator: Dr. William Burns, CREATE
Dr. Henry Willis, RAND Corporation
Dr. Richard John, USC, CREATE
Dr. Ed Hovy Carnegie Mellon University, Language Technologies Institute
3:00 – 3:15 Short Break
3:15 – 4:15 Expert Panel: Maritime Cyber Policy
Moderator: Ms. Tiffany Jones, iSIGHT Partners
Captain Peter Crain, Canadian Forces
Dr. Michael Orosz, CREATE/ISI, USC
CAPT David Moskoff, Professor, USMMA
4:15 – 4:30 Innovation Talk: Predictive Analytics Model for Maritime Smuggling, Alex Carrillo, Lead Strategic Intelligence Analyst, Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center
4:30 – 5:00 Keynote: Admiral Robert Papp, U.S. Arctic Issues
6:00 – 8:00 Reception – USC University Club, Business Casual
November 19, 2014 – University of Southern California
Town & Gown (TGF) • 665 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90089
7:30 Registration & Breakfast
8:00 Welcome and Recap of Day 1 by Dr. Paul Shapiro, Chief Science and Technology Advisor, National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)
8:10 Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker by CAPT Ed Westfall, CO, CGC BOUTWELL
8:15 – 8:45 Keynote: Dealing with Maritime Risk Uncertainty, Rear Admiral Thomas Cropper, President, California Maritime Academy
8:45 – 9:45 Expert Panel: Future Tech with Potential Maritime Impacts,
Moderator: Dr. Nicole Drumhiller, Program Director, American
Military University
Ms. Meggan Schoenberger, Office of Naval Research, Science Advisor to Naval Warfare Development Command
LT Joseph DiRenzo, Operations Officer, USCGC BOUTWELL, Fulbright Scholar
Mr. Michael Jones, The Maritime Alliance
Dr. Randolph Nichols, Head, Mission Management Office Naval Research Laboratory
9:45 – 10:00 Innovation Talk: Private Anti-Piracy Navies, John-Clark Levin, Author
10:00 – 10:30 Book signing, Private Anti-Piracy Navies / Break
10:30 – 11:30 Expert Panel: Low Latitude Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities, [Panama Canal, Straits of Malacca and Singapore, U.S. Western Rivers, Equatorial/Mid-Latitude Chokepoints]
Moderator: Vice Admiral (ret.) Robert Parker
Captain Shep Smith, NOAA
Dr. David Alderson, Associate Professor, Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School
Commander Jason Tama, USCG Fellow at Brookings
11:30 – 1:00 Networking / MRS Adjourn / No-Host lunch
Optional Marine Exchange Tour: Captain Louttit of the Marine Exchange (MX) has offered MRS attendees a visit and tours of the MX and Vessel Traffic System (VTS) after the Symposium adjourns.