Agenda

8:30 am

Welcome and Introduction

  Mayor Richard Sardella, City of Newport

  Senator Jack Reed, United States Senate

  Congressman Patrick Kennedy, United States   
  House of Representatives

  Jonathan Ortmans, the Public Forum Institute

9:00 am

Where are the Business Opportunities in Homeland Security?

  Steven I. Cooper  
  Chief Information Officer
  US Department of Homeland Security (Time tentative)

9:30 am

Rhode Island Partnering for Homeland Security

• Emergency Preparedness and Response
  
    Lieutenant Governor Charles Fogarty
    State of Rhode Island
  
    Andy Mitchell
    Deputy Director
    Office for Domestic Preparedness
    US Department of Homeland Security
  
    Armond Mascelli
    Executive Director of Operations Response
    American Red Cross National Headquarters
  
    Major General Reginald Centracchio
    Commanding General, RI National Guard
    Director, RI Emergency Management Agency
  

• Marine and Border Security
  
    Lieutenant Governor Charles Fogarty
    State of Rhode Island
  
    Captain Francis Dutch
    Commanding Officer
    US Coast Guard Research & Development  
    Center 
  
    Sue Romano
    Program Manager, Maritime Surveillance
    Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
  

• Science and Technology
  
    Lieutenant Governor Charles Fogarty
    State of Rhode Island
  
    Dr. Hratch Semerjian
    Acting Director
    National Institute of Standards and Technology  
    (NIST)
  
    Mike McMahon
    Executive Director
    RI Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC)
  
    Bernie Patterson
    Vice President
    Marine Acoustics, Inc.

11:15 am

Concurrent Break-Out Sessions

• Procurement and Contracting
  
    David Drabkin
    Deputy Associate Administrator
    Acquisition Policy
    General Services Administration
    
    M. Thomas Davis
    Director, Strategic Planning & Homeland   
    Security Programs 
    General Dynamics
  
    Thomas D. Ray
    Director, Small and Disadvantaged Business   
    Utilization
    Defense Logistics Agency
  
  - OR -

• Private Sector Procurement Readiness: Sales and Marketing, SBIR Funding, and Protecting Intellectual Property Rights
  
    Paul Quinn
    Partner
    Perkins, Smith & Cohen, LLP
  
    Jacob Erlich
    Partner
    Perkins, Smith & Cohen, LLP
  
    Christopher Cushing
    The Commonwealth Group
  
    Dorothy Reynolds
    Director, RI Procurement Technical Assistance 
    Center (PTAC)
    RI Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC)
  
  
  - OR -

• Terrorism Preparedness and Response
   
    Dr. Patricia Nolan
    Director, RI Health  Department
  
    Charles Schable
    Director, Terror Preparedness and  
    Emergency Response
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
  
    Dr. John J. McGowan
    Director, Division of Extramural Activities
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious    
    Diseases (NIAID)
    National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  

12:15 pm

Lunch and Business Expo

1:30 pm

Afternoon Keynote Speaker

  Kevin Boshears
  Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged   
  Business Utilization
  US Department of Homeland Security

2:00 pm

Concurrent Break-Out Sessions:

• Technical Assistance Resources in Rhode Island: An Update
  
    Dorothy Reynolds
    Director, RI Procurement Technical Assistance 
    Center (PTAC)
    RI Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC)
  
    John Cronin
    Director, RI Manufacturing Extension Services 
    (RIMES)
  
    Raymond Fogarty
    Director, RI Export Assistance Center
  
    Richard Barrette
    Port Director, U.S. Customs and Border   
    Protection
  
  - OR -

• Becoming a Federal Sub-Contractor
  
    Dave Rego
    Small Business Advocate
    Naval Underseas Warfare Center (NUWC)
  
    Dr. Theresa Baus
    Technology Transfer Manager
    Naval Underseas Warfare Center (NUWC)
  
    Captain Barbette Lowndes
    SCUSN Commander
    Defense Contract Management Agency, Boston
  
  - OR -

• Opportunities and Resources for Women, Minorities and Small Businesses
  
    Carol Malysz
    Executive Director
    Center for Women & Enterprise
  
    Denise Barge
    Director
    Minority Investment  Development Corporation
  
    Bob Hamlin
    Director
    Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
  
    Philomena Texeira
    Director, Small Business Lending Program
    RI Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC)
  
    Lori Adamo
    President
    Code Red Business Continuity Services