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WILL YOU ATTEND?
 May 14, 2010 Executive Roundtable with Richard Spires, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
REGISTRATION IS FULL, if you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please contact the Council.
May 20, 2010
Industry-Government Reception
May 27, 2010
Aviation Security Technology Demonstration and Reception
June 3, 2010
Executive Brief with Civitas Group, Challenges & Opportunities in the Homeland Security Market: The Imperatives of Building an Effective & Efficient Process REGISTER
June 15, 2010
Executive Roundtable with Under Secretary Rand Beers, NPPD, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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NEW MEMBER
The Council is pleased to announce the new addition to its already world class membership. To nominate companies for Council membership, please contact us.
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WAYNE ESSER
NAMED TO COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Council welcomes our newest Board Member, Wayne Esser, Vice President, Homeland Security, Thales North America, Inc. Congratulations to Wayne -- we look forward to your insight on the Board!
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FEATURED WHITE PAPER
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READ UNISYS' WHITE PAPER about biometrics and the enablement of identification and credentialing.
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| COUNCIL'S NEW DIGITAL LIBRARY -- SUBMIT YOUR WHITE PAPERS TODAY! | As part of our new website, the Council has started to compile and develop a Digital Library that features your white papers and thought leadership pieces. The Council invites you to submit papers you'd like included in this comprehensive resource of private sector thought leadership (and/or forward this to your marketing division) to assure we have represented your company and your views. Please contact Kristina Tanasichuk with questions or to submit papers for consideration.
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Marc Pearl, President & CEO
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Joe Carden, Vice President
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Membership | Government Affairs
Kristina Tanasichuk, Vice President
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Thought Leadership | Strategic Partnerships Communications
Events | Public Affairs
Homeland Security & Defense Business Council
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| COUNCIL MEMBERS NAMED RISING STARS BY HS TODAY |
HS Today profiled four of our member companies, as part of the "The Rising 10 of 2010." Ten companies were chosen for their promise to grow in areas within homeland security. Click here to read the article in Homeland Security Today Magazine. Congratulations to the following Council members!
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| AVIATION SECURITY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION ON CAPITOL HILL |
 In coordination with the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, the Council will facilitate a technology solutions demonstration focused on aviation security on Capitol Hill on Thursday, May 27, 2010. The purpose is to educate members of Congress and their staff on the capabilities of technologies designed to protect, respond and or recover aviation security incidents. The focus will be on passenger, cargo and facilities security solutions. Please join us at the demonstration and at the social reception following the event. REGISTER
DETAILS
Thursday, May 27, 2010 | 2 PM - 7 PM Rayburn Foyer, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. AGENDA2:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Demonstration 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM - Reception
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| EXECUTIVE BRIEF ON CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HOMELAND SECURITY MARKET | |
 Together with our Strategic Partner: The Civitas Group, we invite you to attend our next Executive Brief on the Challenges & Opportunities in the Homeland Security Market: The Imperatives of Building an Effective & Efficient Process, on Thursday, June 3, 2010 from 8:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. at Lockheed Martin's Global Vision Center in Arlington, Virginia.
We look forward to you and your colleagues joining us at this important discussion building on the release of our new Executive Brief white paper and hear a discussion focused on how to better harness the robust technological innovation and systems integration capabilities of the private sector in coordination and collaboration with the public sector.
The Executive Brief will discuss some of the structural, policy, and economic impediments that exist in both industry and government for the limited success and promising opportunities in marshalling the full resources, capabilities and innovation of the private sector to the benefit of our security and our society. Confirmed Panelists Include:
- Mike Kelly, Director of Homeland Security, Battelle
- Benn Tannenbaum, Ph.D., Associate Program Director - Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Fred L. Schwien, Director of Homeland Security Strategy for The Boeing Company; former Senior Advisor and Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Mark Shaheen, Managing Director Civitas; former Foreign Service Officer and Senior Advisor for the Middle East in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State
- Anne Petera, Director of Homeland Security, Lockheed Martin Corporation; former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Programs in the National Protection and Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Stay tuned for more....
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| THOUGHT LEADERSHIP WORKING GROUPS BEGIN | | The Thought Leadership Committee has finalized the Council's platform on federal contracting, and has formed numerous workgroups to develop vehicles to highlight members' points of view on critical topic areas. Each work group will be led by a member of the Thought Leadership Committee and develop their concept papers for a full meeting of the Committee in June.
If you are interested in signing up for a thought leadership work group and shaping the Council's perspective on any of the following topics, please contact Kristina Tanasichuk. |
| GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE | | Members of the Council's Government Affairs Committee heard from Mike McBride, Minority Staff Director, Subcommittee on State, Local and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration, U.S. Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee at a luncheon hosted by Hassett Willis & Company on April 16. Mike discussed the Subcommittee's examination of state and local fusion centers, coordinating with the private sector, and provided members with an update on other legislative matters in the U.S. Senate. |
| JOIN US AT INOX FOR OUR INDUSTRY-GOVERNMENT RECEPTION | |
Please join us for our Quarterly
Industry-Government Reception
Thursday, May 20, 2010
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
at Inox in Tyson's Corner
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