1. 10/16, Los Angeles - CIS at public hearing on the impact of immigration enforcement on California children - [New Listing]
2. 10/16, Brussels - Discussion on rethinking EU migration and asylum policies
3. 10/16, Cambridge, MA - Discussion on migration and belonging from the persepective of the arts and social sciences - [New Listing]
4. 10/17, New York, NY - Symposium on forced migration, protection, and border control
5. 10/17, New York, NY - Book launch: Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime - [New Listing]
6. 10/17-18, Trier, Germany - Annual conference on European asylum and migration Law 2019
7. 10/17-18, Florence, Italy - Workshop on cities and the global governance of migration
8. 10/24, Cambridge, MA - Seminar on the 20th century Jewish diaspora in Paris and Berlin
9. 10/29, Cambridge, MA - Workshop on the methodology of immigration law
10. 10/30, DC - House hearing on global terrorism and threats to the homeland
11. 11/4, DC - Book panel: Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration
12. 11/4, Cambridge, MA - Discussion on America's immigration dilemma
13. 11/4-6, Miami - Conference on Building a cooperative maritime response to illicit flows across the Atlantic - [New Listing]
14. 11/7, Tougaloo, MS - House field hearing on the impact of immigration raids on communities in Mississippi - [New Listing]
15. 11/14, San Diego - Book panel: Migration Control
16. 11/19, Cambridge, MA - Workshop on moralized political messages and attitudes toward immigrants
17. 11/20-22, DC - 2019 Homeland Security Week conference
18. 11/20-24, Vancouver, BC - Immigration at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting
19. 12/2, San Diego - Seminar on dealing with unaccompanied child migrants
20. 12/4-6, San Antonio - Border Management South conference
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The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on California Children
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Los Angeles Central Library
Mark Taper Auditorium
630 West 5th Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
https://www.usccr.gov/press/2019/10-09-California-SAC-Immigration-Enforcement-Flyer.pdf
Description: The California Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights is hosting a public meeting to hear testimony regarding federal immigration enforcement impacting California children. The Committee will examine (a) the impact of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement practices on access to public education for California K-12 students; (b) access to equal protection under the law for individuals based on their perceived national origin; and (c) the extent to which due process is denied to K-12 students and their families. This meeting is free and open to the public.
9:00–9:15 a.m.
Tentative Agenda
9:00-9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks and Introductions
9:30-10:55 a.m.
Impact of Immigration Enforcement
11:10-11:40 a.m.
Access to Legal Justice and State Response
11:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Morning Open Comment Session
1:40-2:30 p.m.
Law Enforcement Perspectives
2:45-4:05 p.m.
Impacted Communities
4:15-4:50 p.m.
Afternoon Comment Session
4:55-5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
The Committee will hear public testimony during open public comment sessions, as time allows. Please arrive early if you wish to address the Committee. Members of the public may submit written comments by November 15 to [email protected], as the record will remain open for thirty days following the meeting. For more information and any request for special accommodations please contact the Western Regional Office of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Speakers include Jessica M. Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies, Center for Immigration Studies, Washington, DC.
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Rethinking EU migration and asylum policies: Managing immigration jointly with countries of origin and transit
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 16, 2019
1 Place du Congrès 1000
CEPS, Bruxelles, Belgium
http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/event/rethinking-eu-migration-and-asylum-policies-managing-immigration-jointly-with-countries-of-origin-and-transit-16-october-2019-brussels/
Description: Asylum and migration policy continues to be high up on the EU policy agenda and will remain an important topic for the next European Commission. Though current positions in the European Council regarding how to make progress on the Common European Asylum System seem deadlocked, there is considerable scope for dialogue and debate on the future of EU asylum policy as well as the wider issue of improving overall management of migration.
This ‘Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration’ (MEDAM) conference is launching the annual assessment report on asylum and migration policy. This year’s report is titled “Rethinking EU migration and asylum policies: Managing immigration jointly with countries of origin and transit”. State Secretary for Migration María del Consuelo Rumí Ibáñez (Spain), Ambassador H.E. Ms. Teneng Mba Jaiteh (Gambia) and MEP Delara Burkhardt are among the confirmed speakers.
Anyone working on international migration, development and cooperation is encouraged to join the panellists at this debate and to contribute to the discussion during the three Q&A sessions, and coffee and lunch breaks.
For more information and to register to the conference, consult the event page.
The MPC is one of three partner institutions of the ‘Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration’ (MEDAM), funded by the Mercator Foundation and led by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
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Bridging Divides: Migration and Belonging - A View from the Arts and Social Sciences
4:00-5:15 p.m., Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Adolphus Busch Hall, Lower Level Conference Room
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard
27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2019/10/bridging-divides-harvard
Description: The speakers will address the notion of belonging in conjunction with the exhibition “Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art” at the Harvard Art Museums.
The panel brings together the exhibition's curators, Makeda Best and Mary Schneider Enriquez, and two social scientists, Friederike Römer and Jonathan Laurence, to explore questions such as: How might we expand our understanding of the ways in which refugees and immigrants assert their own sense of belonging while navigating the expectations of their new societies? How do visual representations shape our notion of what it means to belong? How are processes of belonging shaped by social, cultural, and political contexts?
Speakers:
Makeda Best, Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography, Harvard Art Museums
Jonathan Laurence, Professor of Political Science, Boston College; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University
Friederike Römer, Postdoctoral Researcher, CRC Global Dynamics of Social Polity, University of Bremen; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2019-2020, CES, Harvard University
Mary Schneider Enriquez, Houghton Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums
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Forced Migration, Protection, and Border Control
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Thursday, October 17, 2019
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP
One New York Plaza, 1 FDR Drive
New York, NY 10004
https://cmsny.org/event/2019-symposium/
Description: On October 17, 2019, the Center for Migration Studies will hold its annual academic and policy symposium at the law offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. The event will open with a keynote address by T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, about new directions for forced migration policy studies. The keynote will be followed by panels about enforcement, responding to the needs of refugees, and access to the US asylum system. In the closing session, panelists and attendees will engage in an open discussion about research and policy priorities. This is CMS’s sixth annual academic and policy conference, which celebrates the work of leading scholars and thinkers on international migration.
Agenda:
9:00–9:15 a.m.
Welcome:
Karen Grisez, Public Service Counsel
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Introduction:
Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio
Bishop of Brooklyn
9:15–10:30 p.m.
Keynote: New Directions for Forced Migration Policy Studies
T. Alexander Aleinikoff
Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility
The New School
10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Session I: Enforcement Efforts and their Adverse Impact on Protection: A Discussion about North America, Europe, and the Global South
Over the last few years, we have seen increased efforts to build barriers and systems that prevent refugees and asylum seekers from reaching safety and applying for asylum protection. How are enforcement efforts in various regions of the world impacting refugee protection and access to asylum? What challenges do enhanced enforcement efforts impose? How have efforts to externalize borders and prevent access to asylum countries impacted genuine refugees? How can we address these problems?
Moderator: Michele Pistone, Non-Resident Fellow and Associate Editor, Journal on Migration and Human Security, Center for Migration Studies; Professor of Law and Director of the Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES), Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Speakers will be announced shortly.
1:15–2:30 p.m.
Session II: Challenges in Responding to the Needs of Refugees, Displaced Persons and their Host Communities in Protracted Situations
A majority of refugees and internally displaced persons are in protracted situations—defined by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees as five years or longer. Many of them are in low and medium income countries that have few resources available to provide security, education, livelihood and entrepreneurship opportunities, healthcare and other services for host communities, let alone refugees and displaced persons. This panel will discuss opportunities and challenges in addressing protracted situations, particularly in the context of adoption of the Global Compact on Refugees in December 2019.
Moderator:
Susan Martin, Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emeritus in the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Speakers:
Sarah Deardorff Miller, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Leah Zamore, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
2:45–4:00 p.m.
Session III: Access to Asylum on the US-Mexico Border
The Trump administration and DHS officers have pursued a series of strategies to restrict access to the US asylum system. Most of these strategies – interception, turn-backs, zero tolerance enforcement, the separation of children from parents, requiring asylum-seekers to await the US asylum process in Mexico and barring asylum to most migrants who arrive at the US-Mexico border – have been focused on the US southern border. Other measures, such as the expansion of expedited removal, began at the border but have now been expanded to cover the entire United States and persons in the country for two years or less. The panel will review, critique and discuss alternatives to these policies.
Moderator: Donald Kerwin, Executive Director, Center for Migration Studies
Speakers:
Josiah Heyman, Professor of Anthropology, Endowed Professor of Border Trade Issues, and Director of Center for Interamerican and Border Studies, University of Texas, El Paso
Carmen Maquilon, Director of Catholic Charities Immigration Services of the Diocese of Rockville Centre
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Closing Presentation:
Jaime Winders will moderate an open discussion of research and policy priorities.
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Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime
4:00 p.m., Thursday, October 17, 2019
The New School University Center, Room UL104
63 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10003
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-detain-and-deport-the-chaotic-us-immigration-enforcement-regime-by-nancy-hiemstra-tickets-75039458039
Description: Join us for a presentation and discussion with author Nancy Hiemstra on her newly published book Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime.
The discussion will be moderated by Professor of Global Studies at The New School, Alexandra Delano.
Nancy Hiemstra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. She is a political and cultural geographer, whose research focuses on Latin American immigration to the U.S., immigration enforcement practices, and detention and deportation.
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Annual Conference on European Asylum and Migration Law 2019
Thursday-Friday, October 17-18, 2019
ERA Conference Centre
Metzer Allee 4, 54295
Trier, Germany
https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms
Objective: The aim of this conference is to provide legal practitioners with an update on the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), the efforts undertaken to harmonise standards in EU asylum policy, as well as challenges in the management of migration policy including return and readmission. Recent developments in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights will also be addressed. Who should attend? Staff of government bodies and national asylum authorities, asylum lawyers and judges in national courts, NGOs, EU civil servants You will learn...
* the state of play in reform of the CEAS
* about challenges in managing European asylum and migration policy on European and national level
* about implementation of the Dublin system
* about relevant new legislative developments
* about challenges in asylum procedures
* cases in which applicants for national protection can be detained and alternatives to detention
* about new case law of the European courts
* about protection of vulnerable groups
Conference programme:
Thursday, October 17, 2019
9:00 a.m.
Opening of the conference
Magdalena Kedzior
I. REFORMING THE COMMON EUROPEAN ASYLUM SYSTEM (CEAS) – STATE OF PLAY AND OUTLOOK
9:10 a.m.
Setting the scene: Reform of the CEAS – where do we stand? The European Commission perspective
Borbala Szigeti
9:45 a.m.
Managing migration and asylum policy – Priorities of the Finnish Presidency of the EU
Laura Yli-akkuri
II. CHALLENGES IN POLICY MANAGEMENT ON EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL LEVELS
11:00 a.m.
National implementation of the Dublin system: best practices and potential solutions – the German example
Caroline Sheldon
11:30 a.m.
Balancing an effective asylum policy with returns and readmission of irregular migrants
* Latest EU developments: Returns Directive (recast) – first assessment
* Main national developments in the field of returns
III. ASPECTS OF THE CEAS AND RELATED EU POLICY INSTRUMENTS
1:15 p.m.
Asylum procedures: between efficiency and fundamental rights protection
* UNHCR’s interventions before the ECtHR and the CJEU
* Relevance of asylum procedures under the Returns Directive
* The intersection between asylum and return decisions Samuel Boutruche
2:00 p.m.
Selected subjects of evidence assessment in the context of the CEAS
* The EU legal framework for evidence assessment in conjunction with case law of the ECtHR
* Specific rules, general principles and concrete standards in relation to Article 4 Qualification Directive and Article 16 Procedures Directive
Bostjan Zalar
3:30 p.m.
Grounds and conditions of detention in the context of the CEAS
* Legal developments in the EU Member States regarding detention during the asylum procedure
* Cases in which applicants for international protection may be detained
* Detention conditions and alternatives to detention
Lenka Horáková
IV. EXTERNAL DIMENSION OF EU ASYLUM POLICY
4:15 p.m.
Legal and safe pathways to Europe for people in need of international protection
* Focus on the Commission proposal to establish an EU Resettlement Framework
* The scope of legal pathways for protection in the EU
* Refugee and non-refugee-specific complementary pathways
* Initiatives currently implemented by selected Member States Roberto Cortinovis
Friday, October 18, 2019
V. TOWARDS A COHERENT JURISPRUDENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COURTS IN ASYLUM AND RETURN MATTERS
9:30 a.m.
The ECtHR’s jurisprudence on current issues related to asylum and return decisions
Pamela McCormick
10:15 a.m.
Asylum and return: recent jurisprudence of the CJEU
Lars Bay Larsen
VI. ENHANCING PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE GROUPS
11:30 a.m.
The role of EASO in vulnerability assessment
* EASO support for national authorities in identification of vulnerable asylum seekers
* Operating Plans for Greece and Italy Marina Capriola
12:15 p.m.
Guaranteeing the fundamental rights of unaccompanied minors in European asylum and migration policy
Karen Mets
For programme updates: www.era.int Programme may be subject to amendment.
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Workshop: Cities and the global governance of migration. An under-explored link.
Thursday-Friday, October 17-18, 2019
Seminar Room, Villa Malafrasca
Migration Policy Centre
Florence, Italy
http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/event/cities-and-the-global-governance-of-migration-an-under-explored-link-17-18-october-2019/
Description: In the last two decades research on various aspects of subnational governments’ policymaking on migration and diversity issues has been expanding and consolidating, leading to a ‘local turn’ in migration scholarship. Case studies and comparative research in Europe and beyond have shed light on how migration policies and laws are not only implemented but also actively produced and shaped in local arenas in which actors with different interests and conceptions of migration-related challenges continuously interact. More recently, a relational and multilevel governance perspective has been emerging: local governments are conceptualised more and more as actors in complex regulatory processes which include a multiplicity of actors at different territorial scales, both public and non public.
In this panorama though, the dimension of the global mobilisation of local governments on migration is still underdeveloped, especially vis-á-vis other policy fields such as environment and climate change. Why and how cities get engaged in policy processes around migration issues beyond the borders of their national principals are still open questions. Yet cities are becoming more and more active on the international and global migration scene, as demonstrated by their participation in the Global Compact of Migration or by the mobilisation of – old and new – transnational city networks on the issue of refugees’ reception.
In this workshop we aim at establishing a dialogue between scholars who, from different disciplinary perspectives and using different theoretical and methodological approaches, are working on the mobilisation of cities in the global governance of migration. We welcome studies that take a city perspective as well as those that focus on the organisations (e.g. City Networks) or venues (e.g. GCM forum) promoting/enabling cities’ international mobilisation on various aspects of migration-related policies (e.g. integration, asylum seekers reception, access to social assistance etc.).
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Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Diasporic Home-making: Jews in Paris and Berlin in the 20th Century
4:30-6:00 p.m., Thursday, October 24, 2019
Adolphus Busch Hall, Hoffmann Room
27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2019/10/diasporic-home-making-jews-in-paris-and-berlin-in-the-20th-century
Speaker:
Leora Auslander
Professor of European Social History and the Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor in Western Civilization
The University of Chicago
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The Methodology of Immigration Law
12:00-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 29, 2019
William James Hall, Room 450
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
https://mii.sociology.fas.harvard.edu/schedule
Speakers:
Tally Kritzman-Amir, Israel Institute Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University
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Global Terrorism: Threats to the Homeland, Part II
10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 30, 2019
House Committee on Homeland Security
310 Cannon House Building
Washington, DC 20510
https://homeland.house.gov/activities/hearings/global-terrorism-threats-to-the-homeland-part-ii
Witnesses:
Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Russell Travers, Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
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Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration
5:00 PM to 6:15 PM EST, Monday, November 4, 2019
Cato Institute, F.A. Hayek Auditorium
1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001-5403
https://www.cato.org/events/open-borders-science-ethics-immigration
Speakers:
Bryan Caplan, Author and Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Zach Weinersmith, Illustrator, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic strip; New York Times bestselling author
Commentator:
Tim Kane, JP Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Moderator:
Alex Nowrasteh, Director of Immigration Policy Studies, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute
Description: In their new graphic nonfiction book Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, authors Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith turn the heated public debate over immigration on its head by proposing a radical and controversial solution: open borders. Caplan argues that opening all borders would practically eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy?greatly benefiting all of humanity, including Americans. With a clear and conversational tone, exhaustive research, and vibrant illustrations by Zach Weinersmith of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal fame, Open Borders makes the case for unrestricted immigration in a new format sure to spark lively debate. Caplan and Weinersmith will be joined by Tim Kane, the JP Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, who is a supporter of liberal immigration laws but a critic of open borders. Please join us for a timely and lively discussion.
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America’s Immigration Dilemma
Co-sponsors: MIT Starr Forum, MIT Center for International Studies (CIS), and The Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration
1:00-2:30 p.m., Monday, November 4, 2019
Building E15, 070 Bartos
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/StarrForumImmigrationDilemma
Speaker:
Cristina Rodríguez, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School
Discussant:
Justin Steil, Assistant Professor of law and urban planning
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Atlantic Strategy Group 2019 United States: Illicit Flows Across the Atlantic: Building a Cooperative Maritime Response
Monday-Wednesday, November 4-6, 2019
Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
http://www.gmfus.org/events/atlantic-strategy-group-2019-united-states-illicit-flows-across-atlantic-building-cooperative
Description: The Atlantic Strategy Group (ASG) is the core activity in our wider Atlantic work. Through twice-yearly meetings, the group has explored emerging developments in Atlantic geopolitics and geo-economics, and their implications for transatlantic partnerships. The next meeting of the ASG will be held in Miami, November 4-6, 2019, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts, and will address the topic of illicit trafficking across the Atlantic and the need to further develop and improve maritime security cooperation at the regional and transatlantic levels. This edition of the ASG is organized in partnership with the Policy Center for the New South, the Luso American Development Foundation, and the Green Family Foundation, and with the cooperation of I.R. Consilium.
Participation to the Atlantic Strategy Group is upon invitation only. For more information please contact Laura Basagni at [email protected].
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Immigration Raids: Impacts and Aftermath on Mississippi Communities
10:00 a.m., Thursday, November 7, 2019
House Committee on Homeland Security
Holmes Hall Auditorium, Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, MS 39174
https://homeland.house.gov/activities/hearings/immigration-raids-impacts-and-aftermath-on-mississippi-communities
Witnesses:
TBA
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Migration Control - Book Panel
2:00-4:00 p.m., Thursday, November 14, 2019
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
University of California, San Diego
Eleanor Roosevelt College Provost’s Building, Conference Room 115
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
https://ccis.ucsd.edu/events/Seminars.html
Speakers:
John Torpey, Presidential Professor of Sociology and History, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Invention of the Passport, 2nd Edition
Daniel Martinez, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
The Shadow of the Wall: Violence and Migration on the US-Mexico Border
David FitzGerald, Theodore E. Gildred Chair in US-Mexican Relations, UC San Diego
Professor of Sociology and Co-Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego
Refuge Beyond Reach
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Moralized Political Messages and Attitudes Toward Immigrants
12:00-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 19, 2019
William James Hall, Room 450
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/event/kristina-simonsen-moralized-political-messages-and-attitudes-toward-immigrants
Kristina Simonsen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Aarhus University.
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14th Homeland Security Week
Wednesday-Friday, November 20-22, 2019
Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H St NW
Washington, DC 20001
https://www.idga.org/events-homelandsecurityweek
https://plsadaptive.s3.amazonaws.com/eco/files/event_content/hsw-draft-agenda_VhYFVL8UUbZWEBNVzgJx8NCUOnEeFFHeCxZ8RG8k.pdf
Preliminary program:
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
9:00 a.m.
FEMA’s Strategic Plan for the Future 2018-2022
-Increasing resilience through increasing disaster preparedness on a local level
-Enhance coordination with intergovernmental agencies
-Streamline FEMA’s grant management and improve data analytics
9:45 a.m.
Modernizing Maritime Security And Border Management
-Future strategies of the Coast Guard
-Current theatre of operations and capability gaps
-Procurement priorities and strategic shifts
11:15 a.m.
Procurement and Border Management
-Border management modernization requirements.
-The improvement of border management integration, including tailored procurement of specialized equipment
Rose Marie Davis, Director, Innovative Program Acquisitions, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
DOJ’S Counter-UAS Protection and Acquisition Priorities
-Pinpointing unique requirements of the DOJ to fulfill its objectives - Taking lessons from DOD’s counter-UAS acquisition strategies applying them at home
-Testing and fielding counter-UAS technologies to determine the suitability of solutions
Scott Miller, Assistant Section Chief, Surveillance & Aviation, FBI
12:00 p.m.
Confronting the Opioid Crises and Protecting the American People
-Working with interagency and international partners on a comprehensive approaches
-Identifying and monitoring networks of foreign suppliers and domestic importers of fentanyl
-Increasing investigation and prosecution efforts
Combating Nuclear Terrorism: DHS’s Efforts to Protect Key Cities from WMDs
-Providing local agencies with equipment for detecting nuclear material
-Training local law enforcement
-Track progress by collecting data from the key cities
Jeffrey H. Musk, Chief, Nuclear Detection Division, Nuclear Technologies Department Research & Development Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
1:30 p.m.
Challenges and Opportunities in Protecting Energy Critical Infrastructure
-Invest in next-generation physical security controls and cybersecurity technologies
-Continually analyzing and gaming the energy cyber-threat landscape
-Share and communicate cybersecurity information between the public and private sectors
Ronald Keen, Senior Energy Advisor, National Risk Management Center, CISA, DHS
Protecting the Nation’s Food Supply
-Identifying sector-wide vulnerabilities and gaps
-Identifying indicators and warnings that could signify planning for an attack
-Develop mitigation strategies to reduce the threat/prevent an attack
Jennie Melin, Consumer Safety Officer, FDA
2:15 p.m.
War on Drugs: Combating Organized Drug Cartels at the Border
-Increasing cohesion between federal, state and local agencies at the border
-Partnering with foreign nations to deny drug cartels a safe haven
-Monitoring money laundering and smuggling operations to hamper drug operations
Increasing the Nation’s Preparedness Against Chemical and Biological Threats
-Improving threat awareness through intelligence collecting and sharing
-Investing in advanced detection and surveillance technologies
-Putting in place responsive countermeasure policies
3:30 p.m.
Procurement standards and guideline for providing goods and services to FEMA
-Purpose and importance of current rules in place
-Providing a broad overview of federal procurement rules
-Relationship between Federal rules, State, Local and Tribal procurement rules
4:15 p.m.
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks
Thursday, November 21, 2019
9:00 a.m.
Identifying and Mediating National Security Threats
-Monitoring activities of groups and movements potentially at risk for radicalization and violence
-Improving information sharing policy for the Department
-Building partnerships with nation-wide State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers
David Glawe, Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security
9:45 a.m.
CISA’s Priorities for Advancing Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resiliency
-Strategies in working with private partners to secure our infrastructure
-Priorities for coordinating national cyber security and communications integration center
-Coordinating security and resiliency efforts through public private partnerships
Brian Harrell, Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security, CISA, DHS
11:15 a.m.
DHS’s Evolving Requests for DoD Support Along the South-West Border
-DHS’s support requirements from April 2018 to present
-How and why those requests have evolved along with the evolving situation at the SWB
-DHS’ expectations for DoD support in FY20 and beyond
LTC Kelly Brown, Senior National Guard Advisor to DHS, U.S. Army
Leadership in Cyber
-Strategic and forward thinking
-Mentoring and nurturing talent to increase potential
-Learning and improving by listening
Kevin Nally, Chief Information Officer, US Secret Service
12:00 p.m.
Engaging with the Private Sector to Better Protect Critical Infrastructures
-Weather related threats to critical supply chains
-Improving emergency protocols
-Conducting research into improving strategies and practices Kay Mereish, Senior Advisor, DHS
The race for 5G: Protecting Emerging FifthGeneration Wireless Networks
-End-to-end protection of network traffic
-Investing in R&D to address threats and vulnerabilities to mobile networks
-Improving visibility of traffic from mobile devices to detect malware, cyberattacks and data exfiltration attempts
12:30 p.m.
Interactive Discussion Groups
During this part of the conference, each attendee will have the opportunity to select three topics of their interest from the list below and will rotate between those sessions. Discussion groups are kept small to ensure all attendees get the opportunity to ask their most pressing questions, ensuring a perfectly tailored experience.
1:30 p.m.
IDG Group 1
Key to Identifying Potential Terrorists through Research
-Identity crises often plays a significant role in a person’s transition to terrorism
-Often potential terrorists will take part in certain activities that raise red flags about their intents
-Connections with known terrorists online or offline are a big factor in radicalization
Allison G. Smith, Social Scientist, DHS
IDG Group 2
Using AI for Video Analysis and Increasing Security
-Improving multimedia analytics
-Increasing video data processing time through automation
-Increasing automatic threat detection
Jeff Alstott, Program Manager, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
IDG Group 3
sUAS Threats and Policy Hurdles Facing Local Police Authorities
-sUAS threat profile for local communities
-Laws and policies limiting the abilities of local law enforcement
-Partnership opportunities with DHS to counter the threat of sUAS
IDG Group 4
Deploying Biometrics Technologies To Secure Sensitive Facilities
-Assessing security vulnerabilities of facilities
-Adding biometrics as an added layer of security
-Picking the best biometric security solutions for your facility
2:15 p.m.
Key Updates On The National Vetting Center Operations
-What are some of the lessons learned?
-Approaches to working with the IC community to support NVC’s operations
-Plans for expansion of vetting and enabling advanced analytics capabilities
National Security Threats Posed by Quantum Computing & Strategies to Mitigate Them
-Deploying more resilient cryptography standards
-Investing in quantum computing solutions
-Developing partnership with private industry to share technological know how
Using Artificial Intelligence and Situational Awareness Technologies for Critical Incident Response
-Enhancing quick decision-making skills
-Improving awareness connectivity between first responders
-Improving patient outcomes and healthcare
The Future of Biometrics & Identity Technologies
-What does the future of identity verification look like?
-Strategies and policies for biometric technology for the next 10 years
-Addressing privacy concerns and data leaks
2:45 p.m.
Improving Airport Security with the Help of AI
-Using machine learning-powered tools that can aide agents to identify threats
-accurately predict the location of threat objects on the body
Using Blockchain Technology to Improve Safety of Critical Infrastructures
-Blockchain shows promise to better protect IoT
-Improved defense mechanisms against collaborative intrusion detection
Dangers of Irregular Migration to National Security
-Human trafficking and drug smuggling networks
-Risk of potential terrorists
-Increased chance of spread of infectious diseases
Blas Nunez-Neto, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND
Transitioning Identity Management Systems To The Cloud
-Update on the development of HART
-Addressing stakeholder challenges
-Increasing collaboration and data sharing
4:00 p.m.
Promoting Best Practices and Streamlining Acquisition Management at DHS
-Establish cross-functional teams in which key stakeholders coordinate and execute the acquisition tasks
-Strategically assess agency needs and how acquisition can meet those needs
-Establish mechanisms that promote the participation of small business suppliers
4:30 p.m.
Cyber threats to critical infrastructure (what are the threats? How to counter them? How to mitigate impact of?
Bob Kolasky, Director, National Risk Management Center, CISA
Lara Schmidt, Director, Strategy, Policy, and Operations Program, RAND
Ryan Consaul, Senior International Defense Researcher, RAND
Friday, November 22, 2019
9:00 a.m.
Breaking Down the DHS Information Technology Strategic Plan 2019-2023
-Optimize workplace technologies with cost-efficient and high impact solutions
-Developing a plan for safe and swift cloud migration
-Implement data protection practices to safeguard DHS systems and applications
9:45 a.m.
Keynote Presentation -James P. O'Neill, Police Commissioner, NYPD
11:15 a.m.
The Nexus Between Homeland Defense and Homeland Security Homeland Defense: A Whole of Nation Mission
-The strategic environment demands an urgent reexamination of Homeland Defense
-Any gaps between Homeland Defense and Homeland Security must be addressed
-DoD Mission Assurance requires whole of community partnerships
Neal Anderson, Senior Advisor to DHS, NORAD
Promoting Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Security and Increase Resilience within the Nation’s Chemical Industry
-Developing and implementing partnerships -Strategies and protocols during natural disasters
-Promoting good practices among federal, state and local agencies
Eric Choy, Chief, Chemical Sector Specific Agency, CISA, DHS
Amy Graydon, Deputy Director at Infrastructure Security Compliance Division, DHS
Jonathan Buckles, Section Chief, Government & Industry Affairs, DHS
12:00 p.m.
Engaging with the Private Sector to Better Protect Critical Infrastructures
-Establishing protocols to promote information sharing
-Equipping Private Sector critical infrastructure owners and the intelligence needed to protect instrumental assets
-Strengthening and expanding current partnership agreements
Modernizing CBP’s IT Infrastructure to increase network resilience and streamlining CBP operations
-Implementing cloud technologies to better connect the vast CBP IT network
-Using machine learning and data analytics tools to improve CBP’s threat and fraud detection capabilities
-Modernizing CBP network to increase bandwidth for all users and increasing protection against attacks
1:30 p.m.
Developing Effective Response Plans to CBRN Attacks That Minimize Risk to Personnel
-Training federal government employees in how to best respond to CBRN attacks with minimal loss of services
-Identifying new and emerging technologies in the field and finding their applications within Homeland Security
Sean Crawford, Director, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Office, FEMA
Investing in full spectrum impedance and denial capabilities to reduce illegal immigration, drug smuggling and human trafficking
-Increasing infrastructure investment at the border and enforcement of immigration and criminal laws
-Equipping our law enforcement professionals with the latest tools, technology, and training they need to do their job
-Collaborating with federal and local law enforcement agencies and international
2:15 p.m.
Supporting Border Response And Recovery Capabilities With And Between Federal, State, Local And Canadian Partners
-Implementing plans to promote open communication and strategies across the international boundary
-Evaluating progress toward addressing capability gaps in the Northern and Southern Border
-Policies & Plans to facilitate effective response and recovery operations
Manpower, the core of CBP: Recruiting, Hiring, training, and retaining the most qualifies people
-Enhancing recruiting and hiring efforts and reducing obstacles to attracting quality candidates
-Improving the messaging of recruitment campaigns to more closely align with CBP’s mission
-Offering incentives to increase staff retention
3:15 p.m.
Intelligence Sharing Panel Discussion
Protecting the American people from ever-changing domestic and transnational threats requires a DHS that shares intelligence not only with internal agencies but also partnering federal intelligence agencies. In this panel leaders from various national intelligence agencies will discuss how far they have come since 9/11 when it comes to intelligence sharing and pinpoint areas for improvement.
Panelists:
Sean Moon, Chief, Global Strategies, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, DHS
Lilian Alessa, Deputy Chief, Global Strategies, DHS
3:45 p.m.
Enforcing our Immigration Laws by Empowering and Modernizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
-Increasing the numbers of law enforcement officers and support personnel
-Investing in safe and secure detention facilities
-Partnering with foreign governments to expedite necessary removals
4:30 p.m.
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks
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American Anthropological Association annual meeting
Wednesday-Sunday, November 20-24, 2019
Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver, BC, Canada
https://www.americananthro.org/AttendEvents/landing.aspx?ItemNumber=14722&navItemNumber=566
Immigration-related sessions:
Wedneday, November 20, 2019
4:30 p.m.
Race, Representation and Migration
Elizabeth Ann Kozlowski – Tulane University
Sabia McCoy-Torres – Tulane University
Shao-Yun Chang – Tulane University
Sarah M. Reynolds – Tulane University
Diane Ghogomu – Tulane University
Thursday, November 21, 2019
10:15 a.m.
Privatization of Migration Enforcement and Humanitarian Management in Borderland Infrastructures
Carolina Sanchez Boe – Université Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Cité
Vincent Nicolas Joos – Florida State University
Sarah Elaine Dillard Mitchell – Clark University
Asher Goldstein – Linkoping universitet
2:00 p.m.
Volunteering Compassion and Solidarity: Creating Inclusive Climates for Migrants and Refugees in Europe
Ashley Laurel Witcher – University of Amsterdam
Michael C. Ennis-McMillan – Skidmore College, Department of Anthropology
Ashley Laurel Witcher – University of Amsterdam
Nicola L. Bulled – Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP), at University of Connecticut
Monika Palmberger – University of Vienna
Frances Trix – Indiana University
Laura Schack – Royal Holloway, University of London
Katherine C. Donahue – Plymouth State University
9:30 p.m.
Society for the Anthropology of Europe (SAE) Café Europa: Migration and Affect
Dace A. Dzenovska – University of Oxford
Elena Popa
Friday, November 24, 2019
2:00 p.m.
Examining the Boundary and Border-Producing Practices that Immigrant Youth and Refugee Families Encounter in U.S. Institutions
Theresa A. McGinnis – Hofstra University
Sally Bonet – Colgate University
Sophia L. Ángeles – University of California, Los Angeles
Daryl M. Gordon – Adelphi University
Iris M. Ramirez – University of California, Los Angeles
4:15 p.m.
Borders, Policing, and Latinx Immigrant Vulnerability: A roundtable discussion of four new ethnographies of immigrant policing in the United States
Nolan Kline – Rollins College, Department of Anthropology
Ruth M. Gomberg-Munoz – Loyola University Chicago
Christina Marisa Getrich – University of Maryland, College Park
Nolan Kline – Rollins College, Department of Anthropology
William D. Lopez – University of Michigan School of Public Health
Jeremy Slack – The University of Texas at El Paso
Heide Castaneda – University of South Florida
Sarah B. Horton – University of Colorado Denver, Department of Anthropology
Migration, mobilities and “vitality’ in la francophonie canadienne
Gabrielle Breton-Carbonneau – Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto
Thierry Deshayes – Université de Montréal
Monica Heller – University of Toronto; Yves Frenette
Patricia Lamarre – University of Montreal
Carsten Quell – Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Migration, Placemaking and the Interrogation of Nation-based Discourses
Glynis George
Nicola Mooney
Jennifer Cook – Southern Methodist University
Mark McIntyre – University of Victoria
Diane Riskedahl – University of Toronto Scarborough
Migration, scale, language ideologies
Adrienne Lo – University of Waterloo
Elise C. Berman – University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Lydia Catedral – City University of Hong Kong
Kathryn C. Hardy – Ashoka University
Adrienne Lo – University of Waterloo
Sibusiwe Dube – Pennsylvania State University
Cecile Vigouroux - Simon Fraser University
Saturday, November 23, 2019
8:00 a.m.
Class Acts: Migration and Social Mobility in Africa and its Diasporas
Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg – Carleton College
Cati Coe – Rutgers University, Camden
Julia Pauli – University of Hamburg, Germany
Yolanda D. Covington-Ward – University of Pittsburgh
Chelsie Yount-Andre – University of Montpellier, France
Abdoulaye Kane – University of Florida
Lena Luise Kroeker – Bayreuth University
Ethnicity, Migration, and Labor in Modern Turkey
Deniz Duruiz – Northwestern University
Elif Irem Az – Columbia University
Nikolaos Michailidis – Princeton University
Onur Gunay – Princeton University
Elif Babul – Mount Holyoke College
Salih Can Aciksoz – University of California, Los Angeles
10:15 a.m.
Executive Session - Oral Presentation Session - The Migrant Caravan and Legacies of Violence: The Changing Climate of Immigration and Asylum at the U.S./Mexican Border and Beyond
Timothy J. Smith – Appalachian State University
Ellen Moodie – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Anthropology
Jon Horne Carter – Appalachian State University
M. Gabriela Torres – Wheaton College
Victoria D. Sanford – CUNY - Herbert H Lehman College
Mariana Mora – CIESAS
Lynn M. Stephen – University of Oregon
Ruth M. Gomberg-Munoz – Loyola University Chicago
Articulating Morality in Return Migration
Valerio Simoni – The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Jeremie Voirol – Graduate Institute Geneva
Mikaela H. Rogozen-Soltar – University of Nevada Reno, Department of Anthropology
Paul Stoller – West Chester University
Marina V. Sapritsky-Nahum – London, UK
Ellen Oxfeld – Middlebury College
Jarrett Zigon – University of Virginia
Edward F. Fischer – Vanderbilt University
2:00 p.m.
Coming of Age Between the US, Mexico, and Central America’s Northern Triangle: Youth, Im/migration, and Education - Session 1
Michelle Bellino – University of Michigan, SOE
Edmund T. Hamann – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Department of Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Educ.
Maxie Gluckman – University of California, San Diego
Gabrielle Oliveira – Boston College
Susan C. Bibler Coutin – University of California, Irvine
Andrea E. Dyrness – University of Colorado, Boulder
Ariel Borns – University of Wisconsin - Madison
Familiar Strangers: The Making and Continuity of Canada-U.S. State-sanctioned 'Seasonal' Migrant Labor
Luis F.B. Plascencia
Christian Zlolniski – University of Texas Arlington
David Griffith – East Carolina University
Stephanie Mayell; Lidia Esther Munoz
Meeting of SUNTA's Committee on Refugees & Immigrants (CORI)
Suzanne Scheld – California State University, Northridge
Faedah M. Totah – Virginia Commonwealth University School of World Studies
4:15 p.m.
Coming of Age Between the US, Mexico, and Central America’s Northern Triangle: Youth, Im/migration, and Education - Session 2 (of 2)
Maxie Gluckman – University of California, San Diego
Michelle Bellino – University of Michigan, SOE;
Edmund T. Hamann – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Department of Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Educ.
Jen Stacy – California State University, Dominguez Hills
David Martinez-Prieto – University of Texas at San Antonio
Bradley A. Levinson – Indiana University, Bloomington
Mobile Solidarities: Thinking About Migration Through Kinship and Indebtedness
Fiori Sara Berhane – Brown University
Carla Hung – Arizona State University
Lilith Mahmud – University of California, Irvine
Jamie Fuller – University of Florida
Justinas Stankus
Sarah A. Smith – SUNY - Old Westbury
Sunday, November 24, 2019
10:15 a.m.
Cultural Capital, Immigration, and Bilingual Acquisition: Transnational and Transgenerational Perspectives of Chinese Parents’ and Communities’ Practices in Canada
Guofang Li – University of British Columbia
Caroline Chung-Hsuan Locher-Lo – University of British Columbia
Ai Mizuta – University of British Columbia
Cindy Lau – University of British Columbia
Zhuo Sun – University of British Columbia
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Suffer the Little Children: Unaccompanied Child Migrants and the Geopolitics of Compassion in Postwar America
12:00-1:00 p.m., Monday, December 2, 2019
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
University of California, San Diego
Eleanor Roosevelt College Provost’s Building, Conference Room 115
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
https://ccis.ucsd.edu/_files/Event%20Flyers-Programs-Agendas/Event-Flyer---Bradford-12-2-19.pdf
Speakers:
Anita Casavantes Bradford, PhD
Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History, UC Irvine
Co-Director, UC-Cuba Multi Campus Academic Initiative
Discussant:
John Skrentny
Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego
Director, Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research, UC San Diego
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Border Management South
Wednesday-Friday, December 4-6, 2019
Hilton Garden Inn San Antonio
8101 Pat Booker Rd.
Live Oak, Texas, 78233, USA
https://www.idga.org/events-bordermanagementsummit/landing/official-border-management-south-brochure
https://plsadaptive.s3.amazonaws.com/eco/files/event_content/border-management-south-2019.pdf
Overview: The southern border shared between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. is an enormous economic gateway for the United States, but it requires control, safety and modernization to maintain it. Enforcing laws and securing the border is a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security. As time passes, the need for operator driven policies and solutions, modern devices, and fully integrated border becomes more crucial.
This year’s Border Management South Summit will aim to connect local, federal and state officials to discuss the top challenges and priorities in the field. Interactive group discussions and panels will address procurement initiatives and aligning border solutions with development of operators.
Agenda:
Focus Day, Wednesday, December 4, 2019
8:50 a.m.
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
9:00 a.m.
USING THE INTEGRATION OF IT SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE RESPONSE AT THE BORDER
The U.S./Mexico border is in need of becoming a fully integrated border. This session will evaluate how communication between law enforcement officials and security personnel will be seamless and sufficient using integration strategies.
* Understanding how the integration of technological systems will enhance communication across the border
* Enhancing border mobility
* Managing information data flow across the border
10:30 a.m.
OPTIMIZING THE USE OF SECURITY PERSONNEL USING SECURITY APPLICATIONS
This session will provide a break down of how the use of advanced analytics can transform and protect the border. Advanced analytics will be able to detect security breaches from objects, unauthorized people and more. Security personnel will be able to receive knowledge of potential threats and act accordingly and in a timely manner.
* Using AI and ML to not only stockpile data, but also manage it
* Utilizing analytical tools to enhance perimeter protection
* Enabling security personnel to recognize threats using intelligent video
12:30 p.m.
ANALYZING DATA TO PREDICT FUTURE EVENTS AND OUTCOMES
Data will only become sufficient and useful if it is then transformed into action. Join us as we learn about the transforming of paper data into visionary plans and help detect future events. Information management allows room for improvement to border services and protection of citizens.
* Managing current data and transforming it into visionary plans and action
* Collecting and exploiting data to drive border decision making Timothy Bennett, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
Thursday, December 5, 2019
8:50 a.m.
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
9:00 a.m.
TEXAS IN REAL-TIME: RESPONDING AT THE BORDER
* Gain insight on how front line law enforcement officials are tackling border issues in real-time
Sheriff Waybourn, Tarrant County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez, Del Val Verde County
9:45 a.m.
ANALYZING THE U.S. BORDER AS A SYSTEM: THE MEMBRANE, THE SURVEILLANCE AND THE HUMAN ELEMENT
In order to effectively secure the U.S. / Mexico border, it should be thought of as a system divided into three parts. A representative of the DHS will outline ways of uniting the organizational structure and breaking down each border element into compartments that work together to provide one outcome - effective border security.
* Evaluating the border as a whole system and not in parts
* Identifying the humanity aspect when working at the border
11:00 a.m.
ADVANCING ALL SITUATIONAL AND DOMAIN AWARENESS TO SUPPORT BORDER MISSIONS
Supporting border missions through situational and all domain awareness allows room to address challenges and provides understanding on how to respond in a threatening environment. Custom Border Patrol representatives will share how to appropriately notice changes across the border and respond rapidly.
* Building and sustaining situational awareness in a threat environment
* Using all domain awareness to predict future actions and threats
* Being aware of air, land and maritime border challenges and opportunities
Jennifer Barreras-Rawls, Operations Section Chief of Joint Task Force West, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
11:45 a.m.
ENSURING INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN OPERATIONS IN A THREAT ENVIRONMENT
It is important to use intelligence for improvement of the border system as a whole. Understanding how to share intelligence between partners and how to utilize the data given is a key component in securing the border.
* Understanding a threat environment using information and data
* Sharing Intelligence between Law Enforcement Enterprise Partners
Brad Skinner, Deputy Director Office of Field Operations Laredo Field Office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
* Advancing the border using intelligence and innovative technology
* Enhancing operation objectives to increase border protection productivity
* Bringing the human element back into border management
1:30 p.m.
USING A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO ADDRESS BORDER CHALLENGES
Scientific breakthroughs and advancements have caused a huge gateway for the use of CIP and enhancing threat management. Here you will understand how intelligence pictures and process help conquer nearby threats.
* Using common intelligence pictures to showcase threat capabilities
* Establishing the ability to detect threats beyond the border
* Deploying a systematic process for analyzing and distributing data
2:15 p.m.
ENHANCING PARTNERSHIPS AND ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION
Establishing partnerships will assist the border in creating meaningful relationships and thus, actively creating new ways to guard the U.S. / Mexico Border. Utilizing department-wide cooperation and international input will help overcome border threats.
* Establishing a unity of effort approach to effectively guard the U.S/Mexico Border
* Building international partnerships to effectively detect threats
* Enhancing supply chain security to conduct thorough examinations at the border
Ismael Navarez Jr., Special Agent in Charge, IRS
3:00 p.m.
ADVANCING THE BORDER WITH THE MODEL PORTS PROGRAM
The Model Ports Program was designed to improve overall experience and operations at the port of entry. This session will showcase the reasoning and effectiveness behind the Model Ports Program.
* Improving wait time monitoring and processing
* Conducting meetings with senior level industry leaders for establish goals and monitoring techniques
* Using Public-Private Partnerships to enhance operation at the ports of entry
Friday, December 6, 2019
8:50 a.m.
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
9:00 a.m.
PROCUREMENT: FUTURE INITIATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
A DHS representative will disclose the 2020 Vision for the Department of Homeland Security. Attendees will understand where important investments are being made and how future policy will evolve border management.
* The 2020 outlook for the U.S./Mexico Border
* How policy changes will provide solutions to current border challenges
* Understanding future border investments
Rose Marie Davis, Director innovation Program Acquisitions, DHS
9:45 a.m.
IMMIGRATION OF FAMILIES ACROSS THE BORDER
The border is currently filled with multiple families including children seeking to come to the U.S. Due to the increase of migrants, facilities constantly become over crowded. Gain insights on how to ensure maintenance of facilities and navigate current and future border policies to secure the border.
* Maintaining protocol and policies when dealing with families at border
* Creating a safe and ethical environment at the U.S. /Mexico border
Robert Gross, DHS Attaché, Department of Homeland Security
11:00 a.m.
PROMOTING INNOVATION AND INTEGRITY AMONGST PERSONNEL
Training personnel on how to react in force situations and maintaining DHS ethical standards is important. Join us as we evaluate new initiatives taking place to reconstruct and advance CBP’s organizational structure.
* Reconstructing the border’s organizational structure
* Ensuring ethical conduct and integrity along the border
* Advancing training initiatives in assisting use of force situations
11:45 a.m.
PREVENTING COUNTERTERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME AT THE BORDER
Joining forces across law enforcement allows one to maximize its resources and enhance operational integration. Leaders of the Department of Homeland Security will share how the interaction of global partners will assist with reducing crime and potential threats.
* Joining forces with local, state, and federal law enforcement to increase resources
* Using integrated operations to detect weapons and disrupt illegal crossings
* Expanding mobility to quicken response to threats John Jones, Divisional Director Intelligence and Counterterrorism, Texas Department of Public Safety
1:30 p.m.
ADVANCING BORDER TRADING IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE U.S.
Implementing strategies and trade intelligence will protect against unlawful items from entering. This session will break down the use of trade intelligence in real time and how it will shape enforcement efforts.
* Collaborating with advanced technology and enforcement to intercept high-risk shipment
* Responding to border risk in real-time using trade intelligence
* Integration of law enforcement to help protect the border from illegal trade
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