Sponsoring Organizations:

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)

United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)

Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness (OGMSA)

National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC)

Naval War College (NWC)

Venue:

NORAD & USNORTHCOM Headquarters, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO

Event Attendance (Government, Industry, etc):

Representatives from US and Canadian Defense, Inter-Agency and Other Government Departments, as well as select representation from academic circles.

All conference attendees must have a minimum of SECRET REL ACGU clearance

Keynote Speakers:

Under development

Event Schedule:

The Conference is schedueld for Monday 29 March 2010 to Friday 02 April 2010. An agenda will be published in early February 2010.

Benefits of Attending

1. Share information (increase awareness) between the Canadian/US maritime community of interest stakeholders on current initiatives to improve information sharing, maritime domain awareness and comprehensive shared understanding within the maritime domain; with a focus on North American Maritime Security and Defense.

2. Identify gaps and seams (particularly related to processes/procedures) which complicate achieving comprehensive shared understanding in the maritime domain.

3. Identify and share best practices in information sharing.

4. Renew and build partnerships to enhance future collaboration in the maritime domain.

Event Cost:

Minimal conference fee of approximately $25 to be collected at the Conference.

Additional Event Information:

Conference Registration: Conference registration is available at the following site located on the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Web-Portal,

https://operations.noradnorthcom.mil/sites/NJ3/NJ32/NORAD%20Maritime%20Summit/Lists/NORAD%20Maritime%20Summit%20Registration/AllItems.aspx.

If you do not have a US government common access card (CAC) or you're having difficulties, you can register for portal access via the following site, https://registration.noradnorthcom.mil/gateway/default.aspx.

As a matter of last resort please contact the conference POCs who can arrange for registration by separate means.

Event Point of Contact:

Mr. Klay Kerns, DSN 834-5906, COMM 719-556-5906, Kameron.Kerns.Ctr@Northcom.mil;

Mr. Hank Haynes, DSN 692-9985, COMM 719-554-9985, Harry.Haynes.Ctr@Northcom.mil;

Mr. Greg Coupe, DSN 834-5907, COMM 719-556-5907, Gregory.Coupe.Ctr@Northcom.mil

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