The 2008 Homeland Security S&T Stakeholders Conference East takes place June 2-5 at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, DC, presented by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) with subject matter support provided by the Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) of the Department of Homeland Security. The theme of the conference is “Partnering for a Safer Nation.”
The Science & Technology Directorate is the gateway into DHS for innovative technologies
and new ideas. This conference will focus on the future of S&T while highlighting
partnerships for a safer nation being built in the U.S. and around the world. Attendees
from the private sector, academia, and all levels of government will learn of exciting
business opportunities for partnership with S&T for science and technology research.
Exhibitors will meet extremely well-qualified visitors in the conference exhibition hall.
The Honorable Jay Cohen, Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of
Homeland Security, will be a principal speaker throughout the event. Other notable
speakers to be announced soon include key leadership figures from the Department of
Homeland Security, Members of Congress and Senators, Hill staffers, and leaders from other
organizations partnering with S&T in science & technology research. There also will be a
significant international component to the event.
The leadership and key staff of the S&T Directorate will be broadly represented throughout
the S&T Stakeholders Conference East. Registered attendees will have extensive
opportunities for formal and informal interaction with Directors, Division Heads, and
Program Managers from the S&T Directorate.
The DHS S&T Directorate is responsible by law for providing homeland security capabilities
to DHS and other Federal agencies, State and local governments, First Responders and
private sector entities with a homeland security mission. The 2008 Homeland Security S&T
Stakeholders Conference East will focus extensively on the customers for the science and
technology research supported by the S&T Directorate, and the important partnerships that
have been created to deliver new mission capabilities to those customers. Conference
attendees can anticipate intense discussions with S&T Directorate personnel about
capability gaps and technology requirements that customers need filled, which translate
into business opportunities in S&T research in the U.S. and around the world.
Conference attendees will hear the S&T Directorate’s Portfolio Directors and Division
Heads describe their areas of research responsibility, and highlight key deliverables and
technologies where S&T is ready to make significant investments. Innovative research
initiatives such as the Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions (HIPS) and High Impact
Technology Solutions (HITS) efforts and the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects
Agency (HSARPA) will be spotlighted. The Capstone Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) that
align research with S&T customers will be described as well, and the research expenditures
that are aligned with the customer requirements delivered by the IPTs will be detailed.
Presented by NDIA with subject matter support provided by DHS S&T.
For more information, visit the NDIA website:
Partnering for a Safer Nation.