Meeting & Event Blog

We will be recording today’s Utilities Resiliency meeting for on-demand streaming later.

With federal law enforcement veteran Kathleen Kiernan leading the way, InfraGard is ready for its coming-out party, reports Dan Kaplan.

Visit SC Magazine for an article on InfraGard under the new leadership.

Assistant Director Mark Mershon was interviewed by David Andelman, Executive Editor of Forbes.com regarding Corporate Security and Terrorism. The interview includes some terrific references to InfraGard by ADIC Mershon.

== Agenda ==
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Welcome – Introductions and Key Business Issues
Joseph R. Concannon, President, NYM InfraGard

Michael McAndrew, Special Agent, InfraGard Coordinator, FBI

Panel Presentation
Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO, Partnership for NY
Robert Wright, Clinical Associate Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business
Amity Shlaes, Council on Foreign Relations
Our panelists will provide tremendous insight as to the history, mechanics involved in the sub-prime meltdown, and a business impact now and looking into the future.

The Meltdown: Why Risk and Control Systems Were Ineffective
Ciaran Henry, Senior Technology Executive. Electronic Trading Specialist
Formerly Managing Director, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan & Credit Suisse First Boston

Financial Investigations Overview
David Cardosa, Special Agent in Charge, NYO Criminal Division
Peter Grupe, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of NYO White Collar Crime Branch
Patrick Carroll , Supervisory Special Agent, Securities Fraud Squad Manhattan Office
Dave Chaves, Supervisory Special Agent, Securities Fraud Squad Brooklyn/Queens Office

Media Panel: Discussion of Coverage and Recent Events
Brian Shactman, CNBC Reporter
Amir Efrati, Wall Street Journal

Our July Summit will be an Intelligence Briefing and is to be held at the New York Law Enforcement Expo at the Jacob Javits Center on July 10, 2008.
Virage Security & Surveillance is a Proud Sponsor of this Briefing

== Agenda ==
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Welcome – Introductions and Key Business Issues
Joseph R. Concannon
President, NYM InfraGard

Michael McAndrew
Special Agent, InfraGard Coordinator, FBI

Keynote
Mark J. Mershon
Assistant Director in Charge, FBI New York Field Office

Fighting Terrorism with Technology: Information Sharing-Local Police Departments and the FBI’s CJIS
William M. Casey
Deputy Superintendent, Boston Police Department

Security Surveillance & Video Analytics: Advanced Conceptual Analytics and Data Search for Structured and Unstructured Access
David Humphrey, Managing Director, Virage Security & Surveillance

Lunch Keynote
Charles Gunther, Acting Section Chief, Cyber Intelligence, FBI

Smart Sound Sensor Technologies: Office of Naval Research Development “Acoustic Pattern Recognition for Security Breaching Noise Detection”
Sally Fernandez , President of Safety Dynamics
Fernandez Enterprises Unmanned Vehicle Technologies

Intelligence Gathering: A Cyber Defense Deploying Sophisticated State Of The Art Tools to Combat IT Crimes
Yalkin Demirkaya, CEO Cyber Diligence
Retired Cyber Crimes Investigator – NYPD

Trends in Security: How the Evolution of Data Is Transforming the Way We Protect Our Infrastructures
Steve Hunt, CPP, CISSP, CEO, Hunt Business Intelligence