8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

Mr. William “Bo” Fielding
Anti Piracy Unit Managing Director
Phoenix Intelligence Support Inc

Keynote Presentation

8:20 Rise Of Piracy And Other Maritime Insecurity In Somalia

• Dangers along Somali shores
• The legal background
• The international naval response
• Next steps

Ambassador David Shinn
Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia

IMB Situational Update

9:00 The Global Response To Piracy

• The extent of piracy and armed attacks around the world including the numbers, hotspots and types of attacks
• Responses that work
• The value of public private partnerships
• The unique situation off Somalia and responding to piracy in a failed state

Captain Pottengal Mukundan
Director
International Maritime Bureau

10:25 Victims Of Piracy – The Human Side Of The Crime

• Discussion of first hand experiences with Piracy
• What crewmembers should and should not do during a pirate attack and when pirates are aboard
• Ensuring hostage safety and well being

John Burnett
Author of “Dangerous Waters, Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas”

11:05 Multilateral Responses To Somali Piracy -- The Programmes Of The United Nations

John B. Sandage
Deputy Director, Division for Treaty Affairs, Chief
Treaty and Legal Assistance Branch
and Officer-in-Charge
Terrorism Prevention Branch United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Current NATO Operations

11:45 NATO Maritime Component Command Operations To Deter Piracy In The Gulf Of Aden

• NATO maritime operations to disrupt and deter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa
• Building partnerships for increased security in high risk areas including benefits of the recommended transit corridor

Commodore Hans Helseth
RNoR, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
NATO MCC Northwood

1:30 Successful Security Alternatives For Combating Piracy

• Paradoxes of current lethal and non-lethal tactics and how they are resolved by elite assault K9 solutions
• Critical strategies to detect-avoid-repel and deter
• Elite assault K9 solutions to combating piracy

Grant Goldin
Director of Security
S.E.A.L Security

2:15 Anti-Piracy Training And Its Role In Piracy Prevention And Mitigation

• IMO model maritime security training curriculum
• MTSA security training standards
• Advanced and non-traditional training methods

CAPT Jon Helmick
USMS, Chairman
MARAD/USCG MTSA 109 Committee

3:30 Panel Discussion: Non-Lethal Options To Combat Piracy

Scott Young
Marketing Manager, Allied Tube and Conduit
Tyco Electrical and Metal Products

John Eichenlaub
Midwest Sales Manager, Allied Tube and Conduit
Tyco Electrical and Metal Products

Clint Meyers
B.E Meyers

Matthew Murphy
B.E Meyers

4:15 The Legal Challenges Of Piracy: Consequences For Public And Private Organizations

• Reducing the legal liability of pirate attacks
• Overcoming challenges to prosecuting acts of piracy
• Defending against civil suits and damage claims

H. Allen Black
III, Partner
Winston & Strawn, LLP

5:00 Building Public/Private Partnerships To Support Safe And Secure Maritime Operations

• Identifying the proper roles of public and private entities
• Realistic first steps and direction for collaboration
• Data sharing and AIS improvement

CAPT Gordan Van Hook
USN (Ret.), Senior Director, Innovation and Concept Development
Maersk Line, Limited

5:45 End Of Day One