Fusion Centers and Information Sharing
Strategies Conference

Sponsors include: EDS, GOOGLE, Freeport Technologies, XPect Software, Homeland Defense Journal

This conference will bring together government officials, emergency responders, security personnel and the private sector to address the issues of fusion centers information sharing. Attendees will hear experts discuss the role of fusion centers and hear first hand from fusion centers that have clear operational and technical capabilities, as well as from fusion centers that are still developing their operational functions. Speakers will provide insight into the functions, operations and the role of technology in the fusion center and how the three must be integrated for effective information sharing.

Career intelligence officers will share insights into the training, equipment, automation and software that is needed for analysts to effectively "connect-the-dots" when analyzing disparate data sources. This is an opportunity for government and industry representatives to come together for a common purpose to understand the current state of fusion centers and information sharing and where the nation is going in the near future.

Speakers Include:

Keynote Robert Riegle, Director, State and Local Program Office, Office of Intelligence & Analysis, Department of Homeland Security

The Honorable Thomas Wyss, Senator, District 15, Indiana State Senate "Sustainment Funding for Fusion Centers"
Michael Jones, Chief Technology Advocate Google
Harry David, CIO, Operations, Homeland Security Information Network "HSIN in the Fusion Centers"
Steve Hutchens, Client Industry Executive for Homeland Security, EDS

"GAO's Progress Report on S&L Fusion Centers"
Eileen Regen Larence, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, US Government Accountability Office
Joseph P. Cruz, Senior Analyst, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, US Government Accountability Office

Fusion Center Spotlight: MWFC, Jeff Wobbleton, Manager, Metropolitan Washington Fusion Center "Operating in Multi-jurisdictional Environments"
Fusion Center Spotlight: CPIC, David Sobczyk, Commander, Chicago PD Crime Prevention and Information Center "Using Technology to Assist in Investigations
Scott Kelberg, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Grant Programs, FEMA "Available Federal Grants to State and Local Fusion Centers"

Fusion Center Director Q&A Session:
Jeff Wobbleton, MWFC
David Sobczyk, Commander, Chicago Police Department's Deployment Operations Center (DOC)
Tom Monahan, SNCTC

Fusion Center Keynote: SNCTC, Lt. Tom Monahan, Director, Southern Nevada Counterterrorism Center "Partnering with the Private Sector

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights — Privacy Concerns with Fusion Centers:
Hugo Teufel, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Kenneth Mortensen, Acting Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Mike German, Policy Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington Legislative Office
Jessie Levine, Supervisory Special Agent, Threat Monitoring Unit, National Threat Center Section, FBI "The FBI's New e-Guardian System for Fusion Centers"

Congressional Perspectives on Fusion Centers:
Christian Beckner, Democratic Professional Staff Member, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Deron McElroy, Minority Professional Staff Member, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives

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