PLENARY SUMMIT
Day 1 - 19 September 2006
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Session 1: Welcome and Official Opening |
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Summit moderator: Dr Ian Wing, President, Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers |
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Chair: Dr Anthony Bergin, Director of Research Programs, Australian Strategic Policy Institute |
| 9:05 |
Welcome
Professor John Baird, Rector, UNSW@ADFA |
| 9:10 |
Australian Government initiatives and policy directions after the London bombings of 2005
Mr Robert Cornall, Secretary, Attorney-General's Department
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Session 2: The fifth anniversary: US experience with homeland security |
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Chair: Geoff Rhodes, General Manager, Australia and Asia Pacific, Tenix Datagate |
| 9:35 |
US Report Card: Message from the future - The strategic directory of homeland security
Dr. Dave McIntyre, Director, Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University, USA |
| 10:35 |
Break |
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Chair: Dr Anthony Bergin, Director of Research Programs, Australian Strategic Policy Institute |
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Session 3: Directions for Australian counter-terrorism policy and practice |
| 11:05 |
Where is the Government taking Australia on counter-terrorism?
- Gerard Henderson, Executive Director, The Sydney Institute
- Geoffrey Barker, Senior Foreign Affairs and Defence Columnist, The Australian Financial Review
- Professor Ian McAllister, Professor of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
- The Hon. Arch Bevis, MP, Shadow Minister for Homeland Security, Aviation and Transport Security
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| 12:15 |
Lunch |
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Chair: Dr Grant Wardlaw, National Manager - Intelligence, Australian Federal Police |
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Session 4: Home grown terrorism emerges |
| 1:15 |
After 7/7: Understanding and countering home grown terrorism in the UK
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, Head, Anti-Terrorist Branch, Metropolitan Police, UK |
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Session 5: Home grown terrorism in Australia? |
| 2:15 |
The potential for home grown terrorism
- Dr Samina Yasmeen, Director, Centre for Muslim States and Societies, University of Western Australia
- Professor Abdullah Saeed, Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies and Head of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne
- Professor Desmond Cahill, Professor of Intercultural Studies, RMIT University
- Dr Ameer Ali, Chairman, Muslim Community Reference Group
- Federal Agent Frank Prendergast, National Manager, Counter Terrorism, Australian Federal Police
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| 3:35 |
Break |
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Chair: Martin Studdert, Executive Director, Protective Security Coordination Centre |
| 4:05 |
Preventative tools for countering home grown terrorism
- Dr Waqar Ahmad, Improving Crisis Management sub-group, Muslim Community Reference Group
- Don Williams, International Association of. Bomb Technicians & Investigators
- Geoff McDonald, Assistant Secretary, Security Law, Attorney-General’s Department
- Chris Cass, Partner, Forensic, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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| 5:20 |
Day 1 ends |
| 6:30 |
Networking
Drinks, Foyer, National Convention Centre |
| 7:30 |
Summit Dinner, Ballroom, National Convention Centre
The US-Australian Alliance Under Bush and Howard
Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian |
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PLENARY SUMMIT
Day 2 - 20 September 2006 |
| 9:00 |
Welcome
Summit moderator: Dr Ian Wing, President, Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers
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Session 6: National Resilience: British approaches to dealing with major disaster |
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Chair: Jason L Brown, General Manager Country Security, ADI Limited |
| 9:05 |
UK developments in homeland security
Dr Sandra Bell, Director, Homeland Security and Resilience Department, Royal United Services Institute, UK |
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Session 7: Experience and technology in responding to critical national security challenges |
| 10:05 |
Dealing with crisis coordination - Cleaning up after Cyclone Larry
May Boisen, Business Manager, Telstra Country Wide Far North
Graeme Schmid, Major Incident Manager, Telstra |
| 10:35 |
Using technology to assist government agencies in the identification and isolation of potential threats to homeland security
John Slitz, Vice President, IBM Entity Analytics |
| 11:05 |
Break |
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Chair: Rebecca Irwin, Assistant Secretary, Domestic Security Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
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Session 8: Terrorism - Prevention and preperation |
| 11:35 |
Protection against suicide terrorists
Superintendent Nicholas O'Brien, Counter-Terrorism and Extremism Liaison Officer, British High Commission
Defence aid to the civil power
Murray Perks, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Policy, Department of Defence
Planning to protect mass gatherings
Mike Rothery, Assistant Secretary, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Attorney-General’s Department
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| 12.45 |
Lunch |
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Major General Peter Dunn (Ret.), former Emergency Services Commissioner, ACT |
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Session 9: Coping with catastrophic disasters |
| 1:45 |
Review of Australia’s ability to respond to and recover from catastrophic disasters
Tony Pearce,
Director-General, Emergency Management Australia &
Chair, Catastrophic Disaster Emergency Management Capability Working Group |
| 2:30 |
The medical response in a catastrophic disaster
Dr John Graham, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Sydney Hospital & Sydney Eye Hospital |
| 3:00 |
The way forward in Australian counter-disaster response
David Templeman, former Director-General, Emergency Management Australia and Senior Volunteer Member, National Staff, St John Ambulance Australia |
| 3:30 |
Break |
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Chair: Jack Waterford, Editor at Large, Canberra Times |
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Session 10: Boosting public awareness |
| 4:00 |
Communications and public involvement
- Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, Head, Anti-Terrorist Branch, Metropolitan Police, UK
- Dr. Dave McIntyre, Director, Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University, USA
- Professor Gary Bouma, Professor of Sociology and Head, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
- David Finlayson Assistant Secretary, Public Affairs, Attorney-General’s Department
- David Templeman, former Director-General, Emergency Management Australia and Senior Volunteer Member, National Staff, St John Ambulance Australia
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| 5:10 |
Close |
| 7:00 |
Networking dinner for Members of the RNSA at the National Press Club Information rnsa@homelandsecurity.org.au |
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SECURITY TECHNOLOGY SEMINARS
Day 2 - 20 September 2006 |
- Seminar A: Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Security & Technology Seminar
- Seminar B: National ICT Australia (NICTA) Security & Technology Seminar
Seminar A
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Security & Technology Seminar
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11:30 |
Welcome
Fernando Gesto, GNSS Seminar Convener, School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, UNSW@ADFA |
11:35 |
GNSS – Society’s Dependence on a Fragile Technology
Prof. Don Sinnott, Former Chairman, Australian GNSS Coordination Committee and Adjunct Professor of Radar Systems, University of Adelaide |
12:05 |
GNSS Security and its Implications to Critical Infrastructure
Prof. Kurt Kubik, University of Queensland |
12:35 |
Lunch |
1:40 |
European Navigation Policy and Galileo – Framework for Australian Based Applications
Lynne Hunter, Adviser, Delegation of the European Commission |
2:05 |
Galileo Security Issues - A European Perspective
Dr Chris Wullems, Technical Director, Qascom, Italy |
2:30 |
GPS as an Aid for Law Enforcement and Remote Emergency Response
Lindsay Ross, OmniTRACK, OmniSTAR (Australia) PTY LTD |
2:55 |
GNSS Security and Hazardous Materials Tracking: A Case Study
Dr Chris Wullems, Technical Director, Qascom, Italy |
3:20 |
Break |
4:00 |
Panel Discussion on the future of GNSS security and technology
Chair: Prof. Don Sinnott |
5:00 |
Close |
7:00 for 7:30 |
Networking dinner for Members of the RNSA at the National Press Club
Information rnsa@homelandsecurity.org.au |
Seminar B
Day 2 - 20 September 2006
National ICT Australia (NICTA) Security & Technology Seminar
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11:30 |
Welcome - Smart Applications For Emergencies
Dr Renato Iannella, NICTA |
11:45 |
Reliable Face Recognition for Intelligent CCTV
Ting Shan, NICTA & University of Queensland |
12:10 |
Smart Cameras: Enabling Technology for Proactive Intelligent CCTV
Dr Abbas Bigdeli, NICTA |
12:35 |
Lunch |
1:40 |
Emergency Management and Security Research in Australia / New Zealand - Survey and Comparison
Dr Andreas Meissner, NICTA |
2:10 |
Resource Messaging For Emergencies
Dr Karen Robinson & Dr Renato Iannella, NICTA |
2:40 |
Adaptive and resilient systems for emergency response
Dr Ricky Robinson, NICTA & A/Prof Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland |
3:20 |
Break |
4:00 |
Wireless Mesh Networks for Public Safety and Disaster Recovery Communications
Dr Marius Portmann, University of Qld & Asad Amir Pirzada, NICTA |
4:25 |
Combining Commercial Networks for Optimum Large Scale Emergency Communications: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr Selwyn Russell, NICTA & Queensland University of Technology |
4:50 |
Summary |
5:00 |
Close |
7:00 for 7:30 |
Networking dinner for Members of the RNSA at the National Press Club
Information rnsa@homelandsecurity.org.au |
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RNSA SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
Day 3 - 21 September 2006
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Security Technology Conference -
convened by the
Research Network for a Secure Australia (RNSA) |
| 9:00 |
Welcome
A/Prof Priyan Mendis, Convener, RNSA |
| 9:10 |
Critical Infrastructure Protection Modelling and Analysis Program (CIPMA)
Michael Jerks, Attorney-General’s Department and Greg Scott, Geoscience Australia |
| 9:45 |
Panel on the challenges and opportunities in establishing joint industry, research institution and government projects
• Dr Richard Davis, National Security Science and Technology Unit, Dept of Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Mike Rothery, Mike Rothery, Assistant Secretary, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Attorney-General’s Department
• Jason Brown, ADI Limited
• A/Prof Priyan Mendis, University of Melbourne |
| 10:30 |
Break |
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Stream 2 |
Stream 3 |
Stream 4 |
| 11:00 |
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An update on full scale blast tests in Woomera 2006
John Ramsay, A/Prof Priyan Mendis and R.Lumantarna, APTES, The University of Melbourne |
Transport network reliability and security implications
Prof Michael Bell, Imperial College, UK |
Threat and fraud intelligence
John Slitz, Vice President, IBM Entity Analytics
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A Multimodal Biometric System for User Authentication
Vamsi Krishna Madasu, Queensland University of Technology |
| 11:20 |
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Polymer reinforced CRC for improved performance under close-in detonations
B. Riisgaard, A. Gupta and T. Ngo, APTES, The University of Melbourne |
Intelligent video (behaviour analysis) solutions for critical infrastructure
Michael Henson, QOLiT Pty Ltd |
| 11:40 |
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An engineering-level tool for predicting airblast loads behind blast perimeter barriers and their effectiveness
Dr Alex Remennikov, University of Wollongong |
Development of the RNSA transport strategy for Australia: considerations for passengers and freight
Prof Mike Taylor, University of SA |
Redundancy and Resilience: A Contingent Approach to Risk Management
Dr Kevin Foster, Connell Wagner |
An Adaptive Rule-based Intrusion Detection Architecture
Kamran Shafi, Hussein Abbass, and Weiping Zhu, UNSW@ADFA |
| 12:00 |
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Blast Reliability Curves and Pressure-Impulse Curves: Complementary Information for Decision Makers
Michael Netherton
University of Newcastle |
Paths to radicalisation and other research of the Australian Homeland Security Research Centre
Athol Yates, Luke Howie & Chad Whelan |
HazWatch - Providing an up to date, common operating picture
Mark Carniello, Cooperative Research for Spatial Information |
On Securing Wireless Access to Government Information Systems
Rupinder Gill, Queensland University of Technology |
| 12:20 |
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Dynamics of Inelastic Plates Subjected to Blast Loading
Dr Gregory Szuladzinski, Analytical Service Co |
Technical aspects of ground security
Dean Vey, NR Pty Ltd |
The success and failure factors for incident management systems
Rob Bailey, Online Risk Management |
Computer Profiling to Assist Computer Forensic Investigations
Andrew Marrington, Queensland University of Technology |
| 12:40 |
Lunch |
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Stream 5 |
Stream 6 |
Stream 7
Imagery Intelligence |
Stream 8 |
| 1:40 |
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Numerical Simulation of Blast Wave Interaction with Structure Columns
Yanchao Shi, Hong Hao & Zhong-Xian Li, University of Western Australia |
Early Detection and Prevention of World Nuclear Threats Research and Development done in Australia
Prof Carl Munoz-Ferrada, Gammasonics Institute of Medical Research |
Imagery Intelligence for emergency management, intelligence and critical infrastructure
John Douglas, Apogee Imaging International |
Ensuring the Integrity of Australia’s e-Court Process
Dr Lauren May, Queensland University of Technology |
| 2:00 |
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Smart Fence - Perimeter Security for Critical Infrastructure Protection
Emanuel Stafilidis, Connell Wagner |
A framework for estimating direct costs and human casualties of hazards
Leorey Marquez, & Raden Kusumo, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences |
Enabling collaboration and increasing user capability using IP-based systems
Dr Daniel Floreani, Global Defence Space and Security, Cisco Systems
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The AVIAN Flu Tracker- Containing Pandemics through the Application of Location-Based Services
Dr Katina Michael, Muhlbauer, Nicholls, Berry, Stroh University of Wollongong |
| 2:20 |
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Blast Resistant Windows and Doors
Rod Acland
Diebold Australia |
How the concept of ethnicity can inform our understanding of the potential impact of security-related technology upon work practices and society
Paul Bennett & Lucy Resnyansky. DSTO |
Capability Assessment for Communications and Information Systems in Critical Incident Environments
Slade P. Beard, University of NSW & KAZ Technology Services |
The Requirement for Australia to have an Enhanced
National Video and Imagery Recognition Surveillance System
Ken Webb, Edith Cowan University |
| 2:40 |
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Ductal® - An Ultra-High Performance Material for Resistance to Blasts and Impacts
Brian Cavil
VSL Australia
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A new manifesto for Smartcards as national information infrastructure
Stephen Wilson, Lockstep Consulting |
Balanced Target Hardening:Protecting Australian Academic Institutions from Terrorism
Dr Alexey D. Muraviev, Curtin University |
Crisis Mobile Communications Technology Developments
Jeromy Wells, Crisis Mobile |
| 3:00 |
Break |
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Stream 10 |
Stream 11 |
Stream 12 |
| 3:30 |
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Detection of concealed threats using sub-THz imaging technologies
Andrew Hellicar, CSIRO |
The Role of Government Relative to Security and Privacy Issues arising from the Introduction of New Technologies - an Australian-European Comparison
Prof Lynn Batten, Deakin University |
How to communicate with the public in the time of a crisis
Dennis Benjamin, Informatel Group |
Risk modelling of SCADA Communications
Robert Dawson, Queensland University of Technology |
| 3:50 |
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Datatrace DNA®: A Rapid, Secure, Field-Based System for Tracking & Authentication of Sensitive Materials
Dr Gerry Swiegers, VP Strategic Research, DatatraceDNA DataDot/CSIRO Joint Venture |
Information Security and Civil Society Organisations
Mark Carey-Smith, Queensland University of Technology |
Melbourne as a Terrorist Target and the Human Response
Luke Howie, Monash University |
Defining and Measuring Resilience in Critical Infrastructure Protection Dr Paul Barnes, Queensland University of Technology |
| 4:10 |
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Remote Sensing - Emerging Technologies
Nick Weber, XTEK |
Mitigating the threat of counterfeiting to international security through public awareness
Dr Eleni Petraki & Zhou Bo, University of Canberra |
Understanding Human Attitudes to Location-Based Counter-Terrorism Measures
Holly Tootell, University of Wollongong |
Security Risk Assessment
Lester Sutton, Honeywell Automation & Control Systems |
| 4:30 |
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On-chip separation of CWA degradation products for high sensitivity detection
Yonggang Zhu & Karolina Petkovic-Duran, CSIRO |
Deployable Villages – Maximising Field Efficiency
Peter Murphy
, OPEC Systems |
Night time CCTV, Surveillance, Perimeter Protection
D. Ishchenko, J. Watson, E.Guyot, S. Lelièvre, N. Jdanoff
Applied Infrared Sensing |
Inter-Agency Transactions of Risk Within a National Security Architecture
Dr Rick Nunes-Vaz, DSTO |
| 4:50 |
A/Prof Priyan Mendis, Convener, RNSA, to award “Best Paper” and sum up the conference |
| 5:00 |
Close
Prof Joseph Lai, UNSW@ADFA
Prof Ed Dawson, Queensland University of Technology |
| 5:05 |
Networking drinks, Foyer, National Convention Centre |
