This session will have speakers from both the Houston and Louisiana InfraGard and the Deputy Director of DHS Region 6 discuss the growing importance of industry and government partnerships and the advantages of those partnerships.
This session will discuss the ever-growing threat of cyber-attacks to physical security and safety. Panelists will review strategies and trends in this ever-changing dynamic threat landscape.
AFPM's Alex Adams talks with Doug Parker, the head of E&W Strategies and a former head of EPA's Criminal Investigation Division, about the failings of the RIN market that allows this fraud to take place - and how changing the point of obligation can tackle this.
AFPM has assembled a panel of experts to discuss some of the key opportunities, risks, and challenges associated with emerging security technologies. Come to this session to to learn about how security technology is transforming how the refining and petrochemical industries adapt to the ever-evolving threat landscape.
AFPM is very honored to have the President, American Academy of Diplomacy, formerly a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Ronald E. Neumann speak to our audience on recent geopolitical events. Ambassador Neumann served three times as Ambassador; to Algeria, Bahrain and finally to Afghanistan from July 2005 to April 2007. Before Afghanistan, Mr. Neumann, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, served in Baghdad from February 2004 with the Coalition Provisional Authority and then as Embassy Baghdad’s liaison with the Multinational Command, where he was deeply involved in coordinating the political part of military actions.
He has returned to Afghanistan repeatedly and is the author of a number of monographs, articles, and editorials. His writings have focused most heavily on Afghanistan, stabilization, and Bahrain. At the Academy he has focused particularly on efforts to maintain adequate State and USAID budgets and staffing and upgrade professional formation to enable these institutions to fulfill their responsibilities.
In this session the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CT-PAT) Director, Manuel Garza will present on current challenges to the CT-PAT program and the benefits of companies that are part of the CT-PAT program. The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is a voluntary supply-chain security program led by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) focused on improving the security of private companies' supply chains with respect to terrorism.
This panel session conference attendees will hear from both experienced and new facility security officers (FSOs) on challenges to their job and lessons learned. You do not want to miss this panel!