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Monday, April 11, 2011 |
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EISS Washington Final Report |
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Short video summary of EISS Washington |
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International Infrastructure Security Roadmap – 1st edition |
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Preliminary Agenda |
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| 07:45-08:15 |
Morning Reception and Coffee |
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| 08:15-08:30 |
Welcome and Introduction
"Dealing with Unprecedented, Continental-Scale Infrastructure Failure. A Call for Leadership."
Congressman Trent Franks
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| 08:30-09:00 |
Session I: Keynote Presentations
Chair: Congresswoman Yvette Clarke
“National Security Implications: DoD Perspectives”
Undersecretary of Defense Dorothy Robyn
Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Stockton
“Severe Space Weather: NOAA’s Role.” Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
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| 09:00-12:00 |
Session II: Problem and Impact- Severe Space Weather and EMP
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| 09:00-09:30 |
Introduction
Chair: Congresswoman Yvette Clarke
“Addressing the Challenge: the Role of Congress.” Congresswoman Yvette Clarke
“Societal Risks: A Swedish Perspective.” Mikael Odenberg, CEO of the Swedish Grid and former Defence Secretary of Sweden
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| 09:30-10:00 |
PANEL- Severe Space Weather: Understanding the Global Threat
Chair: Congresswoman Yvette Clarke
▪ Dr. Daniel Baker, NAS Severe Space Weather Study Director
▪ John Kappenman, Principal Investigator, NAS Severe Space Weather Study and U.S. Congress EMP Commission
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30-12:00 |
PANEL- EMP: Threat and Impact- EMP Commision Perspective
Chair: Congressman Trent Franks
▪ Dr. Michael Frankel, U.S. Congress EMP Commission Executive Director
▪ Earl Gjelde (invited), U.S. Congress EMP Commissioner
▪ Robert Hermann, U.S. Congress EMP Commissioner
▪ John Kappenman, Principal Investigator, NAS Severe Space Weather Study and U.S. Congress EMP Commission
▪ General (ret.) Richard Lawson, U.S. Congress EMP Commissioner
▪ Dr. Peter Pry, EMP Commission Senior Staff |
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| 12:00-01:00 |
Lunch
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| 01:00-01:30 |
Session III: Keynote Presentations
Chair Congresswoman Yvette Clarke
“Electromagnetic Threats and Energy Policy: DoE Perspectives.” Bruce Held, Director, DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
“Electric Infrastructure Security: DHS Perspectives.” DHS Assistant Secretary Douglas Smith
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| 01:30-03:15 |
Session IV: The Cause – Solar statistics, terrorists, rogue states, and government challenge: Imagining the Unimaginable
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| 01:30-02:30 |
PANEL- Introduction: Understanding the Challenge
Chair: Rt. Hon. James Arbuthnot MP
“Societal Risk vs Protection: Defining National Priorities.” Rt. Hon. James Arbuthnot MP, Chair, UK Defence Committee
“Facing Unprecedented Societal Threats: The Legislative Challenge.” Congressman Dan Lungren
“Severe Space Weather: Solar Statistics, Societal Impacts.” Thomas J Bogdan
Director, Space Weather Prediction Center, National Weather Service, NOAA
“Understanding the problem: Nuclear and Non-Nuclear EMP.” Curtis Birnbach, President and Chief Technology Officer, Advanced Fusion Systems |
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PANEL- “Rogue States and Trans-National Terror Groups: Current and Future Threat vs Vulnerability”
▪ Rt. Hon. Dr. Kim Howells, former Chair, United Nations Security Council; Former Chair, UK Intelligence and Security Committee; Former Minister, Counter Terrorism and Counter-Proliferation, UK.
▪ Patrick Miller, CEO EnergySec, Principal Investigator, DOE’s National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization Project
▪ Honorable R. James Woolsey Jr, Former Director, Civil Intelligence Agency; Chairman, Woolsey Partners LLC
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| 03:15-03:45 |
Break |
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| 03:45-04:45 |
Session V: The Solution: Policies and Approaches
Chair: Congressman Trent Franks
“Policy and Process: The cascading effects of a secure energy infrastructure.” William Bryan, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy
“Getting there: Approaches and Policies for Grid Protection.” Cheryl LaFleur, FERC Commissioner
“Where we are, where we need to go: Summarizing the FERC/ DOE/ DHS Study.” Joe McClelland, FERC Director, Office of Electric Reliability
“The International Electric Infrastructure Security Roadmap: Milestones on the Path.” Avi Schnurr, Coordinator, EIS Summit.
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| 04:45-05:00 |
Closing Remarks
EISS Washington D.C. Co-Chairs and Coordinator – Rt. Hon. James Arbuthnot MP, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, Congressman Trent Franks, EISS Coordinator Avi Schnurr |
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 |
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| 07:45-08:15 |
Morning Reception and Coffee |
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| 08:15-08:30 |
Greeting and introduction
Roundtable Co-Chairs, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, Congressman Trent Franks |
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| 08:30-09:00 |
Threat Summary
John Kappenman, Principal Investigator, NAS Severe Space Weather Study
and U.S. Congress EMP Commission
Robert Hermann, U.S. Congress EMP Commissioner |
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| 09:00-10:15 |
Government Perspectives
U.S. Congress: Representative Trent Franks
Representative Yvette Clarke
FERC: Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur
Director, Office of Electric Reliability, Joseph McClelland
Department of Energy: Patrick Willging
NARUC and State Regulatory Commissions: Miles Keogh, Director of Grants and Research, NARUC Commissioner Elizabeth (Lib) Fleming, Public Services Commission, S.C., Vice Chair, NARUC Committee on Critical Infrastructure
UK Department of Energy and Climate Change: Head of Energy Resilience Michael Rutter
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| 10:15-10:30 |
Break |
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| 10:30-12:00 |
Industry Perspectives
United States: Gerry Cauley, NERC President and CEO
John Houston, Vice President, Centerpoint Energy
Michael Heyeck, Executive Vice President, AEP
Curtis Birnbach, President and Chief Technology Officer, Advanced Fusion Systems
United Kingdom: Chris Train, Director, Network Operations, National Grid, UK
Ian Glading, CIO, IBM Corp. Business Continuity Program Mgr
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| 12:00-12:30 |
General Discussion
Facilitators: U.S. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, U.S. Congressman Trent Franks,
U.K. DECC Energy Resilience Head Michael Rutter |
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