11th Annual Homeland Security Symposium and Expo
Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies
March 12-13, 2024
Co-Hosted by Christopher Newport University's Center for American Studies and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).
About the Conference
Join us as CNU's Center for American Studies and HII presents our 11th Annual Homeland Security Symposium & Expo. Bringing together experts from government, industry, and academia, along with political science, American studies, and national security studies.
We will have a variety of Keynote Speakers, panel discussions, and networking breaks, along with a Welcome Reception on the 12th and a Continental Breakfast and Luncheon on the 13th. Same-day registration will occur on March 12 from 12 to 1 p.m. and March 13 from 8 to 9 a.m.
Agenda
March 12, 2024Time | Event | Location |
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noon-1 p.m. | Registration | Gaines Theatre |
1-1:15 p.m. | Welcome Session
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Gaines Theatre |
1:15-2 p.m. | Keynote Address Hon. Jason Miyares, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia |
Gaines Theatre |
2-2:45 p.m. | Keynote Address Todd Borkey, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, HII; ranked by Washington Exec as a 2023 "Top AI Exec to Watch" |
Gaines Theatre |
2:45-3 p.m. | Coffee and Networking Break | Freeman Center Lobby |
3-4:15 p.m. | Panel 1: Intelligence and Data Collection Moderator: Patrick Schreiber, Senior Intelligence Officer Naval Crime Investigative Service (NCIS), Norfolk Field Office
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Gaines Theatre |
4:30-5:45 p.m. | Panel 2: Cybersecurity Challenges Moderator: William Hogan, Cybersecurity Services Program Manager, Threat Tec
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Gaines Theatre |
5:45-7:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception | Torggler Fine Arts Center Atrium |
March 13, 2024
Time | Event | Location |
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8-9 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast | Gaines Theatre |
9-9:45 a.m. | Keynote Address Brian C. Turner, Associate Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Gaines Theatre |
10-10:50 a.m. | Panel 3: Unmanned Systems Moderator: Nathan Smoots, Special Agent, WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) Coordinator FBI
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Gaines Theatre |
10:45-11 a.m. | Coffee and Networking Break | Freeman Center Lobby |
11 a.m. - noon | Panel 4: Supply Chain Networks Moderator: VADM William Andrew (Andy) Brown (USN, ret.), President & CEO, National Defense Transportation Association
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Gaines Theatre |
12:15-1:45 p.m. | Luncheon Keynote Address Jeffrey Radgowski, Deputy Assistant Commandant for Intelligence, U.S. Coast Guard |
David Student Union Ballroom |
2-3:15 p.m. | Panel 5: Infrastructure Protection and Insider Threats Moderator: CAPT Robert McKenna (USN, ret.), President, Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
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Gaines Theatre |
3:30-4:15 p.m. |
Keynote Address David Carroll, Associate Director, Mission Engineering, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, Department of Homeland Security |
Gaines Theatre |