Audio Recordings

Below are links to the audio recordings from the 2011 DHS University Network Summit. These files 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 30, 2011

Morning Session (one audio file for all speakers)

Welcome Under Secretary Tara O’Toole, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Keynote Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Plenary Neil Stansfield, Office of Security and Counter Terrorism, UK Home Office
Plenary David V. Aguilar, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
 

Concurrent Panel Sessions (10:30 - 11:00 am)

The Role of Transportation in the Spread of Disease Grace Mei-Hua Hwang, John Korah, Jon Parker, Jürgen Richt, Katherine Waters
Balancing Commerce and Security: Threat Identification Methods and Promising Security Initiatives Samrat Chatterjee, Paul Kantor, Stephen Hora, Brian Jenkins, Fred Roberts
Data Driven Solutions for Preventing Cross-Border Terrorist Attack Victor Asal, Mary Daughtrey, Gary LaFree, Jay Nunamaker, Brent Smith

Concurrent Panel Sessions (1:30 - 3:00 pm)

Agricultural Supply Chain Vulnerabilities and Solutions Claire Andreasen, Tammy Beckham, Alan Erera, Michael Orosz, Heather Simmons
Balancing Commerce and Security: Technical Challenges in Cost-Benefit Analysis, Simulation Modeling, and Stakeholder Involvement Tayfur Altiok, Samrat Chatterjee, Renee Graphia Joyal, Isaac Maya, Adam Rose
Novel Information Technology Solutions to Pervasive Issues in Homeland Security Carl Crawford, Trent DePersia, David Ebert, Eugene Fink, Alyssa Mangino

 

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Morning Session (one audio file for all speakers)

 
Welcome Peter Appel, Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation
Plenary Panel Session: Emergency Large-Scale Event Evacuation Panel: Pilot Studies Capt. Richard Aschenbach, Daniel DeLorenzi, Chris Doyle, Jeff Miller
Plenary Speaker Under Secretary Tara O’Toole, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
 

Concurrent Panel Sessions (10:30 - 12:00 pm)

The Role of Social Media in Understanding and Managing Complex Catastrophic Events Eduard Hovy, Andrea Jerkovic, John Preston, Alexander Siedschlag, Hayley Watson
Transportation Infrastructure Analysis and Damage Assessment Robert Abercrombie, John Fortune, Lee Glascoe, Andrzej Nowak, Bill Plott
The Role of Transportation in Large-Scale Event Evacuation Yi-Chang Chiu, Mike Matthews, Scott Parr, Emily Saulsgiver, Jeffrey Wojtowicz

Concurrent Panel Sessions (1:30 - 3:00 pm)

The Role of Transportation in Community- and Individual-Level Resilience Michael Bruno, Leonid Lantsman, Thomas Montz, Brian Sauser, William Wallace
Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Pre- and Post-Event Richard Christenson, Mary Ellen Hynes, Denise Kruse, James O’Daniel, Eric B. Williamson
The Role of Transportation Systems in Regional Evacuation Models Yi-Chang Chiu, Vinayak Dixit, Herb Engle, Eva Kassens-Noor, Brian Wolshon

 

Friday, April 1, 2011

Morning Session (one audio file for all speakers)

Keynote John S. Pistole, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration
Plenary Boaz Ganor, Executive Director, The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Plenary W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
 

Concurrent Panel Sessions (10:30 - 11:00 am)

Risk and Opinion: Assessing the Impact of Transportation Counterterrorism Policies William Burns, Robin Dillon-Merrill, Richard John, Heather Rosoff, Jun Zhuang
Risk, Network, and Data Driven Approaches to Assess Vulnerability of Transportation Systems Michael Accorsi, Bruce Butterworth, Rod Diridon, Michael Greenberg, Nicholas E. Lownes
System Optimization for Mitigation, Response and Recovery Christos Cassandras, Blaine Fahey, Ali Mostashari, Heather Nachtmann, Angelica Sogor, Thomas Wakeman

Concurrent Panel Sessions (1:30 - 3:00 pm)

Threat Recognition and Prevention Douglas B. Boyd, Richard Moore, Mariah Nobrega, Jimmie Oxley, Michael Silevitch
Challenges and Innovations in Risk Assessment for the Homeland Security Enterprise Samrat Chatterjee, Debra Elkins, Douglas Himberger, John Lickfett, Henry H. Willis
Modeling Risk and Disruptions on Transportation Networks Jack Aherne, Alexei Kolesnikov, Carol Lewis, Adel Sadek, Jeffrey Short
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