2nd Annual Maritime Risk Symposium - Developing Public-Private Partnerships in Homeland Security: How Risk Impacts Government Policy and Business Requirements
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On November 7-9, 2011, CCICADA, the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), and the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) in partnership with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Area Commands hosted the 2nd Annual Maritime Risk Symposium - Developing Public-Private Partnerships in Homeland Security: How Risk Impacts Government Policy and Business Requirements. The three-day event, held on the campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The theme of the symposium was risk and economic assessment and risk management methodologies applicable in the maritime domain and included expert panel discussions and presentations by researchers, members of academia, and government. The symposium also included participation from various DHS research centers and partners such as CCICADA, the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE) the Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR), Center for Island, Maritime, and Extreme Environment Security (CIMES) and the Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL).
The program focused on the following specific areas:
- Maritime security risk assessment, modeling, and analysis
- Algorithmic approaches to maritime security decision making
- Security risk policy making: government and industrial perspectives
- Impact of risk mitigation on business requirements
- International perspectives
- Analysis of threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences
- Port resilience; reopening ports after natural or man-made disasters
- Risk-based decision making
- Game theory applications
- Simulation modeling and applications to maritime risks
The first two days addressed these in the context of university/researcher partnerships with both government and industry through the presentation of those projects and policy matters that represent joint interests and collaboration. The last day in the symposium was set aside as a ‘research day’. Researchers from academia and various centers and labs had the opportunity to present and discuss their research findings and seek input on defining significant questions and identifying emerging trends in the field.
The event was highlighted by many prominent and featured speakers such as Admiral Thad Allen, Former Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard; Admiral Peter Neffenger, U.S. Coast Guard; Stephen Flynn, President, Center for National Policy; Laurence Smallman, RAND Corporation; Robert G. Ross, Retired Captain, USCG, Chief, Risk Sciences Branch, Science and Technology Directorate, DHS and many more.
The inaugural event was held last Fall on the campus of the University of Southern California and at the USCG Base Support Unit, San Pedro, CA, under the leadership of CREATE and VACCINE, with CCICADA participation. Next year’s symposium is expected to be held back on the West Coast.