Main Conference Day Two: Wednesday 24th October 2007

8:10 SBInet

• Integrated systems approach and acquisition strategy used in SBInet for systems development and deployment
• System functions and metrics: detect, identify, localization, blue force tracking, communication, command and control
• How DHS intends to meet fencing and barrier requirements

Dr. Kirk Evans
Program Manager
SBINET

8:50 Boeing Perspective on SBInet

• Results of Project 28
• Next steps
• Working with the Boeing SBInet team

Dan Korte
VP & Program Manager, SBInet Program, IDS Network & Space Systems
The Boeing Company

10:10 Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), Ultra Low Light EMCCD Camera Technologies

• Overview of the technology
• Rapid deployment of EMCCD for border management applications

Ruben Uribe
President
PHYSIMETRICS, INC

10:50 Tactical Communications in Border Protection

• Integrating IT infrastructure
• Providing the right information at the right time

Kenneth M. Ritchhart
Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information and Technology
US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

11:30 UAS Operations and Vision

• Mission and integration into Customs and Border security initiatives
• Operations on the southwest border
• Vision for persistent surveillance on all of the nation’s borders and coastlines

Mr. Douglas Koupash
Executive Director, Mission Support
US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AIR AND MARINE

12:10 Border Security – Achieving a Secured Common Operating Picture

Gina Marie L. Hatheway
Industry Manager for Homeland Security
Microsoft

Glenn Schoonover
Chief Technical Architect for Homeland Security
Microsoft Public Sector Industry Unit

Sponsored by

1:20 HSARPA Update

• Current programs
• Future technology for border security

Ed Turner
Program Manager
HSARPA

2:00 Borders Security and Access Denial Work at Sandia National Laboratories

• R&D around tunnel detection
• Unmanned land and water sensors
• Tracking movement with radarusing high range-resolution and clutter attenuation

Terry Stalker
Manager, Exploratory Real-Time Systems Department
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES

3:20 Case Study: Distributed Video Arrays for Enhanced Situational Awareness ("Eagle Eyes")

• Overview of a wide-area, multiple camera, computer-vision system now deployed at a key US-Mexico border crossing in Eagle Pass, TX
• An operational partnership of the federalgovernment, university researchers, and local law enforcement
• Discussion of technical, legal, and practical challenges associated with new generation video surveillance systems

Dr. Mohan Trivedi
Director, Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory, and Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, UC SAN DIEGO

4:00 Conclusion of Main Conference