Homeland Security Conference Print Page On February 27, 2003, the Lexington Institute will be hosting a one-day conference titled "Progress Towards Homeland Security: An Interim Report Card." Our team of scholars will present their findings on the state of homeland security seventeen months after September 11. Congressman Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security in the Department of Homeland Security, will deliver the morning address. Admiral James M. Loy, Under Secretary of Transportation for Security at the Transportation Security Administration, will deliver the luncheon address. Other speakers include: Joel Feldschuh, former CEO of El Al Airlines, on Air Transportation Security. David Kay, former Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector for the United Nations on Nuclear Defense. Ellen Laipson, former Vice Chairwoman of the National Intelligence Council, will discuss the state of Foreign Intelligence. Loren Thompson, Chief Operating Officer of Lexington Institute, will discuss Public Education and the Media. Other presentations will include Emergency Response & Consequence Management, Border Security and Infrastructure Protection. Draft Papers (Requires Adobe Acrobat) Domestic Intelligence Challenges in the 21st Century By Robert M. Blitzer Safe Skies: The Current State of Aviation Security By Brigadier General Joel Feldschuh Border Security: Closing The Ingenuity Gap By Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Frank Hoffman Improving Public Surface Transportation Security: What Do We Do Now? By Brian M. Jenkins Homeland Security and Nuclear Defense By Dr. David Kay On June 11, 2003, Former U.N. Special Commission chief nuclear weapons inspector David Kay was appointed as a special advisor for strategy to assist the United States in searching for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The transcript of his presentation at the Lexington Institute's Homeland Security Conference on February 27, 2003 is provided here. Foreign Intelligence Challenges post-September 11 By Ellen Laipson Military Support to Homeland Security By Steven Metz Preparedness for Chemical and Biological Threats to Homeland Security: A Glass Half Empty; A Glass Half Full By Michael Moodie Biographical Information for Conference Participants Copyright © Lexington Institute. All rights reserved. |