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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