Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Planning for 2012 Joint HSC/AMSC Conference


The initial kickoff planning meeting for the 2012 Joint National Harbor Safety and Area Maritime Security Committee Conference to be held in Pittsburgh, PA was held on October 5th with a great turnout. Many details including potential conference dates, hotel selection, conference theme and topics were discussed. "America’s maritime Infrastructure: Investment for Safety and Security" was proposed as a conference theme. Also various Safety and Security presentation topics were suggested including:
MTS Infrastructure
• Locks and Dams
• Dredging
• St. Lawrence/Great Lakes
• Canals (Panama Canal)
Intelligence Sharing
• Fusion Centers/Joint Terrorism Task Force/Anti Terrorism Advisory Committee
• Local Emergency Operations Centers
• Maritime Operations Centers
• Interagency Operations Centers
• Region 13/Regional Partnerships
Maritime Domain Awareness
• Common Operating Picture/Automatic Identification System
• Inland Rivers Vessel Movement Info Centers
• Vessel Traffic Services
• Certain Dangerous Cargo Issues

We hope to make final selections for a Hotel and set the conference dates at the next planning teleconference which will be held on October 26, at 2:00pm EDT. If you would like to participate, please contact Mr. Dennis Fahr at 202-372-1531. Your input is important.

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