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5th Annual Maritime Domain Awareness - Coastal Surveillance 2008
Safeguarding commercial and national assets through advanced surveillance technology and strategy
November 10 - 12, 2008 · Grand Hyatt Hotel, Singapore


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Topics presented were excellent – Content was very relevant.
Phil Purganan, International Port Security Liaison Officer, U.S. COAST GUARD
Good background to what is actually known about the maritime domain.
Captain (Retd) Peter Martin, Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot, AUSTRALIAN REEF PILOTS PTY LTD
Very interesting talks and networking. I have met people who will benefit from our meeting… Looking forward to CS2008!
Karl Henriksson, Defence Attaché, SWEDISH EMBASSY
Maritime Security is a very important factor at the moment. If there's any threat from the sea, we'll be very vulnerable. So these conferences helps us to know each other and also learn from each other's experience - how every country is doing it, and then grow further.
Inspector General SPS Basra, Deputy Director General, INDIAN COAST GUARD

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The case studies and presentations at the 5th annual MDA: Coastal Surveillance 2008 will showcase current and future plans how to identify maritime threats and equip you with strategic objectives to deal with them. This will encompass areas such as:

You will also hear recent plans and strategies which will can help you to:

  • Maximize domain awareness
  • Embed security into commercial practices
  • Deploy layered security: unifying public and private security measures
  • Assure continuity of the marine transportation system

Top Reasons to attend:

  • Integrating and establishing a coordinated approach for Maritime Surveillance
  • Enhancing inter-governmental and inter-agency intelligence and information sharing
  • Assessing and maximising Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)
  • Evaluating the latest technologies available to enhance surveillance programmes
  • Peace-time core activities such as: Search& Rescue, disaster at sea response and management
  • Combating illegal seaborne drug trafficking, immigration and fishing

The 5th Annual conference on Maritime Domain Awareness: Coastal Surveillance 2008 is the region's and globally recognised critical forum for addressing the key challenges on maritime security faced by littoral states. We are also excited to bring together high-level speakers and senior experts from across the globe to cover the latest developments, programmes, requirements and technologies associated with coastal and maritime surveillance. This event is recognized by the US DoD and UK MoD as a premier global forum and they continually support theconference with top level speakers.

Confirmed Speakers for 2008:

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Admiral (Ret.) Tan Sri Anwar Nor
Former Chief of Navy
Malaysia

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Admiral Timothy J. Keating
USN Commander
U.S. Pacific Command

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Captain Lars Sauners
Chief of Naval Operations Joint HQ
Norwegian Navy

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Vice Admiral Michel de Fresse de Monval
Deputy-Chief of Staff for International Affairs
French Navy

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Special Agent Bradley Howell
Deputy Assistant Director for Maritime Domain Awareness
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)

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Admiral (Ret.) Walter Doran
President
Raytheon Asia (Formerly Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet)

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Rear Admiral DM S Balachandran
Chief of Staff Officer (N)
India

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Commander Georg Lárusson
Coast Guard Director General
Iceland

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Colonel Baki Bala
Director of Project Management Directorate
Ministry of Defence Albania

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Captain Gerald M. Swanson
Commander, Coast Guard Activities Far East
US Coast Guard

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Captain (NN) SMD Usman
Commander, Maritime Guard Command
Nigeria Maritime Administration & Safety Agency

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Major Andrew Mallia
Staff Officer 2 Maritime & Air Operations
Armed Forces, Malta

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Vice Admiral (Ret.) Premvir Das
Current Member
National Security Advisory Board of India

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Dr. Xu Ke
Specialist Maritime Security Matters ,Centre for Maritime Studies
National University of Singapore

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Dr. Evangelos Kotsakis
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen

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Speaker to be Advised
Sri Lanka Navy

Captain Gabriel Kinney
USCG (Ret.) Business Development Maritime Systems and Sensors
Lockheed Martin Corporation

Roger Cook
Director of Waterside Security Systems
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Manfred Scheiring
Global Sales Director
Scotty Group

Jack Rienzo
Raytheon

Mijndert Wiesenekker
Design & Proposal Manager High Speed and Naval Craft
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Simon Hughes
General Manager
Kelvin Hughes

Dr. Bernard Tomasini
Maritime Safety & Security Business Manager, Safety & Information Systems Division
DCNS

Thomas Robison
Business Development Director for Civil Security & Response (CSRP) Programmes
Raytheon

2007 speakers included:

  • Rear Admiral Tyrone Pile, Commander of Maritime Forces and Joint Task Force Pacific, CANADIAN FORCES
  • LCDR Arnaldo Lim, Manager, ReCAAP INFORMATION SHARING CENTRE
  • Dr Charles Kimzey, Science and Technology Advisor, US PACIFIC COMMAND
  • Commodore Dan Thorell, Director Generals Staff, SWEDISH COAST GUARD
  • Inspector General SPS Basra, Deputy Director General, INDIAN COAST GUARD
  • Admiral (Retd) Walter F. Doran, President, RAYTHEON ASIA
  • Commander Yves Cuny, Plan and Policy Office, FRENCH NAVY STAFF

PostShowReportTo see full speaker list from last year please download our 2007 Post Show Report

Also in the Report… Photos from Coastal Surveillance 2007
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