Homeland Security and Emergency Management Symposium

Safeguarding America
University Place Hotel & Conference Center
IUPUI Campus, Indianapolis, Indiana

February 4, 2009 8:45 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Executive Education Program in cooperation with the Indiana University Center for American and Global Security presents a Homeland Security and Emergency Management Symposium: Safeguarding America.

The FREE symposium will be held on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana from 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in University Place Conference Center 118. The focus of this unique conference is "Safeguarding America through Homeland Defense."

The Conference brings together defense leaders, military leaders, industrial security managers, experts on terrorism, physicians of disaster medicine and cyber security experts to explore a broad range of ideas, subjects and theories including but not limited to:
  • National Homeland Defense Initiatives
  • New Army National Guard Homeland Defense Plans
  • Cyber security
  • Industrial Security Assurance with a focus on recent terrorist events in Mumbai, India
  • Terrorism and counter-terrorism
  • Disaster and Emergency Medicine
A partial list of presenters includes:

Keynote Speaker: General Gene Renuart
The Commander of the United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)

The general entered the Air Force in 1971 following graduation from Indiana University. He was commissioned through the Officer Training School in 1972. He has commanded a NATO support group and two fighter wings. He served as Commander of the 76th Fighter Squadron during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and supported Operation Deny Flight as Director of Plans for the NATO Combined Air Operations Center at Headquarters 5th Allied Tactical Air Force. In addition, he commanded Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia and 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Southwest Asia, responsible for control of Operation Southern Watch. The general has served as the U.S. Central Command Director of Operations, wherein he oversaw the planning and execution of all joint and allied combat, humanitarian assistance and reconstruction operations for operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He also served as Vice Commander, Pacific Air Forces, where he was responsible for Air Force and Air Component Command activities for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command. The general has flown combat missions in operations Desert Storm, Deny Flight, Northern Watch and Southern Watch.

Dr. Samuel Nunn
Nunn is a professor of criminal justice in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, and director of the IUPUI Center for Criminal Justice Research.

Nunn has been a principal investigator on funded research projects for Indiana Project Safe Neighborhood, the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, the Indiana Counter Terrorism and Security Council, and the City of Indianapolis Office of Emergency Management. He has authored or co-authored client reports on traffic safety statistics and policies in the state, Indiana crime victimization programs, federally funded corrections drug treatment programs, the activities of Indiana multi-jurisdictional drug task forces, the role of wireless technologies in state policing strategies, and the impact of street lights on neighborhood crime. His published peer-reviewed research has appeared in the "Public Administration Review, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management", "Police Quarterly", "Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management"," Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security International", "Police Practice and Research, Evaluation Review" and other journals.

Brigadier General Omer Clifton (Clif) Tooley, Jr.
Commanding General, Muscatatuck Center for Complex Operations, Indiana National Guard; the Joint Forces Land Component Commander, Indiana National Guard; and the Director for Joint Operations, Military Department of Indiana.

During his 34 years of service, Brigadier General Tooley has served in a wide variety of command and staff positions in the Active and Reserve Components of the U.S. Army. He is married to the former Connie Turner and has three sons and three grandchildren.

Fred Cate
Director, Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research.

Cate is a senior policy advisor to the Center for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams and a member of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board. Previously, Professor Cate served as counsel to the Department of Defense Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee, directed the Electronic Information Privacy and Commerce Study for the Brookings Institution, chaired the International Telecommunication Union's High-Level Experts on Electronic Signatures and Certification Authorities, and was a member of the Federal Trade Commission's Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security. He is the author of many articles and books, including Privacy in the Information Age, Privacy in Perspective, and The Internet and the First Amendment, and he serves on the board of editors of Privacy Information Law Report. He is a senator and fellow of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and an elected member of the American Law Institute. Professor Cate received his J.D. and his A.B. with Honors and Distinction from Stanford University.

Joseph Wainscott
Director, Indiana Department of Homeland Security

As IDHS's executive director, Wainscott will be responsible for the state's emergency management and homeland security efforts, which include planning and assessment, preparedness and training, emergency response and recovery, fire and building safety and the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center. Wainscott also oversees the strategic plan for responding to homeland security emergencies, ensuring the training of first responders through the statewide fire training system, application and disbursement of federal homeland security funds, acting as the single emergency operations coordinator during state emergencies and serving as the director of the Counter Terrorism and Security Council, which is chaired by Indiana's Lieutenant Governor.
Wainscott is a certified Indiana Law Enforcement Academy instructor, specializing in the area of Police Tactical Operations and Tactical Units. He also has served as an advisor for the Indiana School Safety Specialist Academy and received national certification in school safety leadership from the National School Safety Center.

Mike Russo
Deputy Director of Global Security, Eli Lilly and Company

About Indianapolis
If you haven't visited Indianapolis in the last decade prepare to be surprised. Indianapolis is the 12th largest city in the United States, with a population approaching one million people. Even so it is often called "the largest small town in America." It has been consistently ranked as one of the Top Ten Cities on lists of "America's Best Places to Live & Work." The downtown area is an exciting destination with its sports stadiums, including the amazing Lucas Oil Stadium now completed, world class museums, amazing shopping and a multitude of restaurants. When you are downtown you can walk along the canal and wander through scenic parks, gardens and trails

Indianapolis is the home of a number of world class attractions including: the NCAA Hall of Champions, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (home of the Indianapolis 500, the Brickyard 400 and the MotoGP), the Indianapolis Zoo with its new and unique underwater Dolphin Dome; the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Eiteljorg Museum (which contains one of the best Native American and Western art collections in the world). See http://www.indy.org for more of what is happening in Indianapolis.

Fee:
This symposium is FREE and includes professional and promotional items and a fine lunch buffet to all attendees. There is limited seating for 125 attendees so register today!
Update January 26: we have reached our attendence maximum.

For Further Information:
School of Public and Environmental Affairs - Executive Education Program
801 W. Michigan Street
Business/SPEA Building, BS4088
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-274-3418
Fax: 317-274-3753
Email: ExecEduc@iupui.edu

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Founded in 1972, Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (IU SPEA) is currently the largest school of public affairs in the country. Its master's degree in public affairs ranks second among 250 public affairs programs nationally (tied with Harvard's Kennedy School of Government). It is the highest ranked public affairs degree at a public university by US News and World Report. IU SPEA is ranked number one in the nation in environmental policy and management, and nonprofit management, and third in the nation in public finance and budgeting specialties.