Agenda

DAY ONE Monday 14th September 2009

8.00 Registration and refreshments

8.45 Speed networking session
Get to know your peers right from the start in this informal speed networking session. Bring your business cards!

9.05 Opening remarks from the Chair

Susan Fryda-Blackwell, Executive Officer, Ports Australia

9.10 Terrorism in Australia: What are the real threats and risks?

• The global context of terrorism
• The changing nature of violence and threats to Australia
• Security implications of religious violence
  
  Professor Michael Wesley, Executive Director, Lowy Institute for International Policy
   

9.45 Government priorities for security and regional stability

• New measures to enhance Australia's border protection

• Improving Australia's engagement and coordination efforts in the region
   

10.20 Morning tea

10.50 The New Zealand perspective on maritime surveillance and risks

• Addressing the importance of maritime security being dependent on the whole-of-government perspective
• Protecting and strengthening Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)

Sal Sidoti, Associate, Booz & Company

11.30 Container transportation: Securing the most tangible part of the supply chain

• Is the 100% screening procedure a true indication of safety?

• Strategies for improving stevedore operational and employee efficiency

Stefaan Vermiere, Director General, International Container Security Organisation, ICSO

12.10 Lunch and networking break

PORT AND TERMINAL SECURITY

1.10 Security challenges experienced by Australia’s northern gateway

• Strategies to meet future security requirements
• Addressing the Port's strategic trade position and proximity to often volatile regions
  
  Terry O’Connor, General Manager Landside Operations, Darwin Port Corporation
   

1.45 Innovative risk assessment

• The benefits of establishing a more integrated approach to security risk assessment
• Developing a common understanding of security risks, improved coordination of security risk mitigation measures and cost efficiencies for maritime industry participants

Wayne Taratoa, Manager – Security Systems, Port of Brisbane Corporation

2.20 Security challenges experienced by Australia’s northwest

• Security implications of the growth in tourism and oil & gas support
• The cost of retaining security personnel
• Base porting air and sea surveillance forces
• Connecting government and industry in remote area security preparedness

Captain Vic Justice, CEO & Harbour Master, Broome Port Authority

2.55 Innovative management of security operations at Port of Melbourne

• The application of a whole-of-port security risk assessment approach
• The importance of understanding the diversity of the various maritime security plans in place

Pete Halvorsen, Compliance Manager - Security, Safety and Emergency Management Group, Port of Melbourne Corporation

3.30 Afternoon tea

4.00 SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Developments in port and maritime auditing

• Addressing the audit process, international auditor accreditation scheme and key trends from recently certified organisations
• ISO28000 Security management systems and its application within the port and marine industry
• Standards certification of major international ports and assurance within the supply chain
  
  Tony Webster-Smith, CEO, Sustainability

CASE STUDY

4.35 International and US standards development

• N4ew standards are promoting resilience in the supply chain, including ports and the maritime industry
• Organisational resilience provides a management framework for action planning and decision making needed to anticipate, prevent if possible, and prepare for and respond to a disruptive incident
• The session will examine implementation and auditing new resilience standards
  
  Dr Marc Siegel, Commissioner, Global Standards Initiative, ASIS International

5.10 End of Day One

7.00 PORT & MARITIME SECURITY DINNER AT SUMAC RESTAURANT

Relax, discuss the day's proceedings and network over a 3 course meal at Sumac Restaurant at Melbourne's Docklands. Dinner is included in your delegate registration, but why not invite colleagues and associates to enjoy this evening by booking additional seats? Please see the back page to reserve your seat and/or book additional places.

DAY TWO Tuesday 15th September 2009

8.00 Registration and refreshments

9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair

Susan Fryda-Blackwell, Executive Officer, Ports Australia

9.10 Creating a flexible and responsive policy strategy for resilience and national security crisis management

• Implementing an all hazards approach
• Building closer and pro-active relationships with business and the community

The Hon Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General of Australia

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SESSION


9.50 Maritime security in the wider global context

• The role of maritime security in the wider international security context
• Evolving nature of risks and threats in the maritime environment
• Current policies, legal frameworks, inter-agency and international approaches, and militarycapabilities able to cope with these risks and threats in the piracy context

Captain Graham Mapplebeck, Head of Facilitation Section, Sub-Division for Maritime Security and Facilitation, International Maritime Organization

10.30 Morning tea

11.00  Evolving an effective port security regime: Best practices since 9/11

• Sharing practical lessons on how to more effectively partner with other governmental agencies and the private sector to balance the need for appropriate port security while maintaining the flow of commerce
• Addressing LNG Security 
• Developing post incident response and recovery plans

Captain David L. Scott (retired), formerly Sector Commander, Delaware Bay, United States Coast Guard

11.35 Human resource management: Assessing the impact of the global economic recession on international shipping and maritime security

Rod Short, Executive Secretary, GlobalMET (Global Maritime Education & Training Association), New Zealand

12.10 Lunch and networking break

1.15 The role of regional cooperation for maritime security: Lessons from the Philippines-Australia Port Security Capacity Building Project

Don Anderson, formerly, Director, Philippines-Australia Port Security Capacity Building Project (PAPSCBP)
 

1.50 The role of regional cooperation for maritime security: Lessons from the Philippines-Australia Port Security Capacity Building Project

Don Anderson, formerly, Director, Philippines-Australia Port Security Capacity Building Project (PAPSCBP)

2.20 Afternoon tea

PIRACY

2.50 Indian Ocean maritime security

• Reviewing the impact of piracy and energy for security in the region
• Assessing the increasing involvement of China and the emergence of India in the region
• The significance of protecting Australia’s sea routes to and from the region

Commodore Lee Cordner AM, Principal Research Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security

INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY

3.25 Maritime security and cooperation in the Malacca Straits

Initiatives aimed at enhancing cooperation within ASEAN: Information exchange procedures; capacity building; cooperative arrangements and research developments

Nicholas Teo, Deputy Director, ReCAAP ISC

PANEL DISCUSSION

4.00 Investigating the impact of piracy on Australia

• An update on the potential impact of piracy on Australian registered and international trading ships including their crews and passengers
• The effect of piracy on Australian maritime trade
• Liaising with international maritime bodies to ensure Australia’s efforts complement wider international initiative

Llew Russell, CEO, Shipping Australia
Dean Summers, ITF National Coordinator, Maritime Union of Australia ** DELETE THIS GUY FROM THE PANEL**  
Peter Little, Vice President, Fleet Operations, Carnival Australia
Frazer Hunt, Partner, Piper Alderman & President, Maritime Law Association of Australia & New Zealand

5.00 Close of conference