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Day One: Tuesday 14th September 2010
| Day One | Day Two |
8.30
Registration and refreshments
9.00
Speed networking session

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

9.40
Maritime Security Scorecard: A Strategic Conversation and Assessment

Audience participation will be welcomed in a conversation that is intended to:
  • Review Australias approach to port and maritime security since 2004
  • Evaluate perceived successes and failures from a range of perspectives including: regulators, industry, workforce, security providers, terrorists
  • Identify key maritime security challenges and opportunities now and into the future
Commodore Lee Cordner AM, Principal Research Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security
10.25
Morning tea and Networking

 

10.50
Australias approach to civil maritime security
Mike Pezzullo, Chief Operating Officer, Australian Customs and Border Protection
IDENTIFYING AND RESPONDING TO THREATS, RISKS AND VULNERABILITIES
11.30
Assessing maritime and port vulnerability to terrorist activity
  • Recognising Australias present and future security threats and vulnerabilities
  • What are the specific threats to the port and maritime industry?
  • Understanding ASIOs role
David Fricker, Deputy Director-General of Security, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
12.10
Securing mass passenger vessels and infrastructure from terrorist attacks
  • What are the challenges of mass-passenger security in the maritime context?
  • Setting frameworks for passenger protection and testing security outcomes
  • Adapting security practices to the evolving nature of terrorism
Graeme ONeill, Security Advisor, Fleet Operations, Carnival Australia
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY
1.50
Lunch
1.50
KEYNOTE SESSION
Lessons learnt from the Mumbai terrorist attacks
  • Analysing why India was vulnerable to this style of coordinated assault
  • Two years on, what are the lessons learnt from the Mumbai terrorist attacks?
  • What action has been taken since the November 2008 attacks to tighten Indias port and maritime security?
  • The challenge of responding to a similar threat in the future
Commodore R. S. Vasan (Retired), Head of Strategy and Security, Centre for Asia Studies, India
PIRACY
2.30
Australias response to piracy and armed robbery at sea
  • Australias contribution to the Joint European Commission/United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Counter Piracy Program
  • What steps have been taken to deter pirate attacks, particularly in the Malacca Strait where Australians are most vulnerable?
  • Identifying the changes required of Australias domestic security framework to prevent pirate attacks
Mick Palmer, Inspector of Transport Security, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
PEOPLE SMUGGLING
3.10
Australias response to the people smuggling trade
  • Understanding the motivation of people smugglers and refugees
  • Regional cooperation - how can Australia improve engagement with the source of people smuggling and countries where people smuggling is prominent?
  • Policies and drivers for the prevention of people smuggling in the Asia-Pacific
  • People smuggling by sea strategies to combat maritime arrivals
James Larsen, Ambassador for People Smuggling Issues to Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
3.50
Afternoon tea and networking break
PORT AND TERMINAL SECURITY
4.10
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY
Port of Mombasa
  • What are the security risks and challenges faced by the Port of Mombasa?
  • Evaluating the techniques used to prevent and respond to security challenges
Captain Twalib Khamis, Harbour Master, Port of Mombasa, Kenya
4.50
CASE STUDY Fremantle Port Authority
  • Identifying security challenges at the Port of Fremantle
  • Examining initiatives being deployed at the Port of Fremantle for optimum security
  • Assessing effectiveness of port security techniques - what worked well and what needs improving?
  • Putting plans into action - examples of security breaches or potential security breaches and how they were dealt with
Ivan Bacich, Operation Business Manager, Fremantle Port Authority
5.30
End of day one
7.00

Port & Maritime Security 2010 Official Dinner
Italian Village, 27 Circular Quay West, The Rocks.

Take the opportunity to relax and network with your industry peers at the Port & Maritime Security Official Dinner. The event is separately bookable. Please see back page for further details.

 
Day Two: Wednesday 15th September 2010
| Day One | Day Two |
8.30
Morning coffee and networking
8.50
Opening remarks from the chair
PORT AND TERMINAL SECURITY
9.00
Safeguarding ports against organised crime
  • Current trends among Australias organised crime networks
  • Organised crimes relationship with legitimate business
  • How security gaps on the waterfront can be, or are, exploited by organised crime syndicates
  • Enhanced intelligence sharing between agencies to combat security problems
Michael Outram, Executive Director, Australian Crime Commission
9.40
PANEL DISCUSSION Minimising national security risks
  • What are the security risks facing Australian ports?
  • What work is being done to minimise national security risks?
  • Assessing the impact of more stringent background checks for the Maritime Security Identity cards on ports
  • Is more collaboration needed between ports, police and government bodies to crackdown on security breaches?
Wayne Taratoa, Manager Security Systems, Port of Brisbane Corporation
Carl Kavina, General Manager Marine Operations, Flinders Port
Ivan Bacich, Operation Business Manager, Fremantle Port Authority
10.30
Morning tea and networking break
11.00
Security standards to protect cargo, assets and personnel
  • Examining the robustness of Australias shipping industry in preventing random and intentional attacks
  • The impact of current security legislation on the industry from multinationals to the smaller players
  • A collaborative approach to shipping security
Llew Russell, CEO, Shipping Australia
Nigel Booker, Director, Neptune Maritime Security
11.40
Security along the chain and into the port
  • Understanding how the complexity of interaction between ports, maritime operators and supply chains create security vulnerabilities
  • Practices that can ensure security standards are maintained throughout the cycle
Dr Paul Barnes, Senior Lecturer, School of Management and Deputy Director Information Security Institute, Queensland University of Technology
12.20
Lunch
1.20
The link between the attraction and retention of seafarers and ship security
  • Strengthening the security of vessels with well-trained experienced seafarers
  • Ensuring the long-term sustainability of seafarers in key roles
  • Effectively training seafarers with the challenge of reduced fleets
Captain John Lloyd, Director National Centre for Ports and Shipping, Australian Maritime College

FUTURE SECURITY SOLUTIONS
2.00
Security as a business imperative An executive perspective
  • Improving security through investing in training and technology
  • Creating adoptable strategies to meet future security requirements
  • Security as a whole of organisation priority
Eddy Declercq, Managing Director, OOCL Australia
2.40
Afternoon tea
3.00
Applying science and technology to protect the maritime industry
  • Analysing the latest developments in security technology
  • How can advancing technology be utilised by the maritime sector to strengthen its security practices?
Dr Bernard Kachoyan, Head of Maritime Security, Maritime Operations Division, Defence Science Technology Organisation
3.40
Human factors in surveillance and security
  • What is required of security staff to achieve optimum security across the port and maritime industry?
Jeff Corkill, Lecturer, Intelligence and Security, Edith Cowan University
4.20
End of conference
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