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Day One: Tuesday 27th September 2011
| Day One | Day Two |
8.15
Registration and welcome coffee
9.00
Opening remarks from the Chair
Commodore Lee Cordner AM RAN Rtd
GLOBAL & REGIONAL SECURITY
9.10
Keynote Address
Boosting regional maritime safety and security
  • Mutual cooperation in managing maritime threats and improving regional security
  • The challenges of managing Australias maritime borders
  • The future challenges and complexities in achieving regional security
The Hon Brendan OConnor, Minister for Home Affairs
9.45
A look at the security of the maritime supply chain: From port to port across the Indian and Pacific Oceans
  • A strategic overview of global and regional stability
  • The changing nature of threats to Australia: The impact of international developments in the political, strategic and economic spheres
  • Trends with piracy and maritime terrorism
  • Future recommendations?
Dr Sam Bateman, Professorial Research Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security
10.20
Morning tea and networking
10.50
Speed networking
Get to know your peers right from the start in this relaxed and informal speed networking session. Bring your business cards!

    11.15
    Working together to safeguard Australias transport security
    • Drivers of maritime security policy settings in Australia
    • Achieving cost effective preventive security in the maritime sector
    • Integrating security risk management into a corporations wider risk management arrangements
    • What can industry do to be part of the policy formulating process?
    Paul Retter AM, Executive Director, Office of Transport Security, Department of Infrastructure and Transport
    11.50
    Australias maritime priorities when securing critical infrastructure
    • An assessment of Australias port and maritime security management regime: How Australia is securing the regions waters and coastlines
    • The relevance of maritime transport security legislation: Are we making a difference or just ticking boxes?
    • Developing a consistent security plan across the industry: How can we enhance co-ordination of regulatory and front line agencies?
    Steve Dreezer, General Manager, Maritime and Surface Security, Department of Infrastructure and Transport
    12.25
    Lunch and networking
    PORT & TERMINAL SECURITY
    13.25
    PANEL DISCUSSION
    Capital city port security challenges and requirements
    • What are the strategic security risks facing Australasias capital city ports?
    • Is a more simplified approach to security needed, such as adopting a tiered risk based approach recognising that one size does not fit all?
    • What is the cost of security and how does it affect port charges?
    • What are the trends in security? Do we need profiling of cargo, crew, personnel, suppliers and contractors involved in port operations?
    • What are the issues facing waterborne security measures today and how can we improve our position into the future?
    • Is more work needed on building relationships in the maritime security space between ports, police and government bodies?
    PANELISTS: Steven Sullivan, General Manager Security, Safety and Emergency Management, Port of Melbourne Corporation
    Ivan Bacich, Operations Business Manager, Fremantle Port
    Carl Kavina, General Manager Marine Operations, Flinders Port

    14.25
    How force protection fits into the domestic environment
    Harley Sparke, Managing Director, Corporate Protection Australia
    15.00
    Shipping security: Security standards to protect cargo, assets and personnel
    Llew Russell, CEO, Shipping Australia
    15.35
    Afternoon tea and networking
    15.55
    Port Security: Navigating The Morass 
    • Security, Compliance and Operational Efficiency - enemies or bedfellows?
    • Moving from reactive to strategic planning via a security roadmap approach
    • International Insights - some examples from ports around the globe
    John Kendall, Security Program Lead (Asia Pacific), Unisys
    COASTAL & OFFSHORE SECURITY
    16.30

    The responsibility of protecting Southern Asian & Pacific waters: Australias position at the forefront of the regions maritime security

    • Creating mutually beneficial relationships for efficient security management
    • The role of the military in maritime security
    • Legislation supporting defence force activities
    • Maritime defence capability: Any gaps?
    Rear Admiral Steve Gilmore, AM, CSC, RAN, Commander Australian Fleet (COMAUSFLT)
    17.05

    Border control: New strategies for protecting Australias coastal assets

    • Capability to intercept vessels in Australian waters
    • Interagency communication, coordination and collaboration
    • Maritime security responses
    Nathan Rufus, Deputy Director Maritime Industry Liaison, Directorate of Strategy Engagement and Counter Terrorism, Border Protection Command (BPC)
    17.40
    Close of Day One
    7pm-11pm
    Port & Maritime Security 2011 Dinner at Bottega Restaurant, Melbourne

    Take the opportunity to relax and network with industry peers at this social highlight! Located at the top end of Bourke St, in one of Melbournes best dinning precincts, Bottega sets a new standard in modern Italian cuisine.

    Port & Maritime Security 2011 Dinner is separately bookable and open to colleagues or guests wishing to attend this networking opportunity.

     
    Day Two: Wednesday 28th September 2011
    | Day One | Day Two |
    9.00
    Welcome coffee and networking
    9.20
    Opening remarks from the Chair
    Commodore Lee Cordner AM RAN Rtd
    9.25
    Waterfront and seafarer security measures
    • Are we adequately protecting those in the front line?
    Dean Summers, ITF National Coordinator, Maritime Union of Australia
    A LOOK AT OTHER SECURITY CRITICAL INDUSTRIES
    10.00
    Passenger security screening: An aviation perspective on customer service and facilitation
    • Making the security process both easier and quicker, eliminating delays and improving passenger facilitation
    • Addressing regulatory challenges for the implementation process
    • Responding to emerging threats
    Richard Campbell, Manager Security Advisory Asia & NT, Qantas Airways
    10.35
    Morning tea and networking
    MASS PASSENGER VESSEL SECURITY
    11.00
    PANEL DISCUSSION
    Creating a safe traveling environment for passengers
    • Adapting security practices to the evolving nature of terrorism
    • High market growth in cruise ships more passengers, more threats?
    • Technological initiatives for security improvements
    • Raising training and evaluation standards for security personnel at embarkation and onboard ships
    • The relationship between ports, police and government bodies: Is more work needed?
    PANELISTS: Graeme ONeill, Security Adviser, Fleet Operations, Carnival Australia
    Stewart Dietrich, Office of Transport Security, Department of Infrastructure and Transport
    Hugh Eagling, Security Manager, Tasports
    12.10
    Lunch and networking
    SECURITY ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN
    13.10
    Applying risk mitigation strategies ahead of continuous criminal evolution
    • An example of shifting risk and criminal targeting applied to logistics
    Graeme Mayne, Country Security Manager, DHL Supply Chain Australia
    ANTI-PIRACY COORDINATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES, REGIONS, ORGANISATIONS & INDUSTRY
    13.45
    Analysis of Anti Piracy measures in the Indian Ocean: An assessment of efficacy of ship and port security measures in Indian Ocean ports
    Commodore R.S. Vasan (Rtd), Head of Strategy and Security, Centre for Asia Studies, India
    14.20
    Australias contribution to multinational maritime security forces
    Case study: HMAS Stuarts contribution to the Combined Maritime Force (CMF)
    • Seeing the bigger picture: Australian command of CTF-150
    • Working closely alongside CMF partners and regional friends to promote security and stability throughout the surrounding maritime domain
    • Our Navys contribution to the Combined Maritime Force (CMF)
    Captain Vaughn Rixon, RAN, Director ICT Capability Coordination, CIOG (formerly Deputy Commander CTF 150 Australian Rotation 2)
    14.55
    Afternoon tea and networking
    15.25
    Dealing with maritime crime: Keeping your crew continuously vigilant
    • Armed escorts?
    • Anti-piracy drills to prepare seafarers to handle a piracy situation
    • What measures should be in place on the company side in case youre pirated?
    • An exclusive viewing of Maersk Tankers training film to prepare their crew prior to transit
    Poul Erik Ekkendal, Security Manager, Maersk Tankers, Denmark
    15.50
    The legal and insurance ramifications of piracy for the Australian maritime industry
    • International law and piracy
    • The cost of risk: Ensuring the protection of ships, cargo and personnel
    • Insurability of ransom
    • Contractual safeguards and allocation of risk
    Nic van der Reyden, Solicitor, Holman Fenwick Willan
    FUTURE SECURITY SOLUTIONS
    16.25
    Security as a business imperative: An executive perspective
    • Improving security through investment in training and technology
    • Security as a whole of organisation priority
    • Security risks and current threats to shipping
    • The counter measures used to mitigate the risk of attacks from piracy and maritime terror
    • OOCLs participation in security regimes such as CTPAT
    Eddy Declerq, Managing Director, OOCL Australia
    John Willy, National Operations Manager, OOCL Australia
    17.05
    Close of conference
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