Audio Recordings

Below are links to the audio recordings from the 2008 DHS University Network Summit. These file require the Windows Media Player or an equivalent media player that can stream WMA files. The Windows Media Player is available for free download on the Microsoft Web site.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Welcome, Opening Keynote

Matthew Clark, DHS
Jay M. Cohen, DHS Under Secretary for Science & Technology
Dr. John Marburger III

Explosives Division Plenary Panel
Title: Explosives Division

Doug Bauer, Jimmie Oxley, Mike Silevitch, Jim Tuttle

Chemical & Biological Division Plenary Panel
Title: Chemical and Biological Division and COE Alignment

Donald Bansleben, Tam Garland, Sandy Landsberg, John Seltzer

Lunch:
Introduction

Student Poster Award Presentations

Keynote: NY & NJ Port Authority


Matthew Clark

Under Secretary Jay M. Cohen

Diana Beecher, Chief Technology Officer

Command Control and Interoperability Plenary Panel
Title: Chemical & Biological Division and COE Alignment

Eduard Hovy, Joe Kielman, Richard May, Michael Tobia, Lance Valcour

 

Concurrent Panel Sessions (2:15 - 3:15 pm)

Explosives Detection

Doug Bauer, Greg Dicinoski, Jimmie Oxley, William Rhodes, Mike Silevitch

Innovative Education Environments

David Ebert, Cinda Heeren, Christopher Janneck, Eric Klopfer, Tom Kowalyczyk, Isaac Maya, Mildred Ofosu, Cindy Randall, David Starkston

Mitigating & Recovering from Chemical and Biological Attacks

Don Bansleben, George Bettinger, Lance Brooks, Eiichi Tamiya, Leslie Yeo

Collaborative Research with Minority Serving Institutions

Terri Adams-Fuller, David Caspi, Nina Fefferman, Asamoah Nkwanta, Edu Suarez

Data & Visual Analytics Research

Kris Cook, John Dill, Eduard Hovy, William Ribarsky, John Stasko

 

Concurrent Panel Sessions (3:30 - 4:30 pm)

Breakthrough Research in Explosives

Doug Bauer, Jimmie Oxley, Bill Rhodes, Claude Roux, Mike Silevitch

Medical Surge Capacity

Gabe Kelen, Kathie McCracken, David Marcozzi

Event Modeling - Part I
Event Modeling - Part II

Tim Carpenter, Tam Garland, Andy Jaine, John Seltzer

Biological Threat Characterization

Kevin Anderson, Steve Bennett, Diane Berry, Chuck Haas, Sandy Landsberg, Tomoya Saito

DHS Scholars & Fellows: The Best and the Brightest

Lindsey Holmstrom, Stuart Lee, Michael Metzger, Azedah Namvar, Tom O'Sullivan

Transitioning Research into Usage to Support of Regional Needs

Bruce Baicar, David Ebert, Richard May, William Pottenger

 

Lessons Learned from Natural and Terrorist Emergencies in the UK since 2000

 

John Tesh, Deputy Director for Capabilities, Civil Contingencies Secretariat, UK Cabinet Office

 

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Welcome, Opening Keynote

Borders and Maritime Security Division Plenary Panel
Title: Borders & Maritime Security Division

NOTE: The Keynote and first panel session are in the same audio file

Matthew Clark, DHS
Dennis Schrader, FEMA

Rowdy Adams, Michael Bruno, James Gaines, Jeanne Lin, Jay Nunamaker, Jose Riojas, Roy Wilkins,

Human Factors Division Plenary Panel
Title: Analyzing & Assessing Terrorist Threats

Gary LaFree, Mark Mansour, Magnus Ranstorp, Sharla Rausch, Allison Smith

Infrastructure Protection and Geophysical Science Division Plenary Panel
Title: IGD Activities & Needs from University Centers of Excellence

Guy Barber, Chris Doyle, Mary Ellen Hynes, Mike Matthews, Gavin Smith

Keynote: Homeland Security and Academic Research in the UK

Sir Keith O’Nions, UK, Director General of Science and Innovation

International Panel - International Homeland Security Challenges
Title: International Homeland Security Challenges & Research Opportunities

Anthony Ashley, Fook Kay Lee, Marco Malacarne, Lilia Ramirez, Shinichi Mizumoto, Bengt Sundelius

Risk Assessment Plenary Panel
Title: Multi-Dimensional Risk – Multi-Discipline Collaboration

Steve Bennett, Adam Rose, Bob Ross, Detlof Von Winterfeldt

 

Concurrent Panel Sessions (2:45 - 3:45 pm)

Research on Community Resilience Around the World

Michael Dunaway, Louise Lemyre, Lorraine Mazerolle, Fran Norris, Allison Smith

Infrastructure Protection Activities & Needs from University COE (Audio file also includes Infrastructure panel from next time slot)

John Fortune, Mary Ellen Hynes, Jimmie Oxley, Mike Silevitch, Gavin Smith

Emergency Preparedness & Response Activities and Needs from University COE

Gabe Kelen, Jalal Mapar, Beverly Raphael, Garry Stevens, Satoshi Tadokoro

Maritime Domain Awareness: Security Challenges Worthy of Research

Dan Boger, Peter Crouch, Theo Gemelas, David Throckmorton

Risk Sciences - Case Studies in Innovative Multi-Disciplinary Risk Analysis

Alison Jones, Chloe Squires, Detlof Von Winterfeldt, Henry Willis

 

Concurrent Panel Sessions (4:00 - 5:00 pm)

Infrastructure & Geophysical Division Activities and Needs from University COE (Audio file also includes Infrastructure panel from earlier time slot)

Warren Edwards, Mary Ellen Hynes, Mike Matthews, Kathie McCracken, Gavin Smith

Modeling, Simulation & Analysis Activities and Needs from University COE

James Coolahan, Josh Epstein, Gerry Frazier, Charles Hutchings, Kurt Peterson

Port Security

Chuck Brownstein, Rich Cooper, Theo Gemelas, Scott Glenn, Bob Knetl, David Olive, Don Phillips

Real World Applications of Student Research Projects

Part I - Audio
Part II - Audio

Kelly Matthews, Praveen Paruchuri

   
Closing Comments Deputy Secretary Paul Schneider, US Department of Homeland Security

 


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Student Abstracts & Posters Now Available

If you didn't get an opportunity to visit all the student posters during this year's summit, you now have the opportunity to download and review them from our Summit Materials page.

Speaker Presentations Now Available

Several presentations from the 2008 Summit are now available to download in PDF format from the Summit Materials page.

Hear it Here Too!

The audio recordings of several of this year's conference speakers are now available on the site, under Audio Recordings.

2009 Summit

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