2016 Security Conference

2016 Security Conference

Monday, April 11 - Wednesday, April 13, 2016
JW Marriott Houston
5150 Westheimer Road
Houston, TX 77056

Schedule of Sessions and Special Events


Monday April 11, 2016
12:00 pm - 05:00 pm Registration

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm Recognizing and Responding to Bomb Threats -
Don Kern, Flint Hills Resources, Lance Boyer, BP, and Mitchel Miller, Houston Police

02:00 pm - 03:00 pm Emerging Security Technologies -
Kevin Stauffer, PlateSmart, and Stephen Grein, Avigilon

03:00 pm - 03:30 pm Coffee Break

03:00 pm - 05:00 pm Cyber and Physical Security Working Together -
Jeff Melrose, Yokogawa


Tuesday April 12, 2016
07:00 am - 08:00 am Morning Coffee & Rolls

07:00 am - 06:00 pm Registration

08:00 am - 08:15 am Welcome -

Chet Thompson, President AFPM

08:15 am - 09:00 am Keynote Address -

Kathleen "K.T." McFarland, Global Flashpoints in 2016, Fox News

09:00 am - 10:00 am Inspections Lessons Learned from a Site Perspective -

Morris Jackson, LyondellBasell, Don Ostmann, DuPont, and Steve Roberts, Chemical Security

10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break

10:30 am - 11:30 am CFATS Program Updates, Issues and Future Directions -

David Wulf, Department of Homeland Security

11:30 am - 12:30 pm Lone Wolves and Insider Threats: A Presentation on Actual Security Incidents -

Phil Bunten, Sinclair and John Gaddis, LyondellBasell

12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Luncheon

01:30 pm - 02:30 pm Preventing and Preparing for Kidnapping -

Armand Gadoury, Control Risk

02:30 pm - 02:45 pm Coffee Break

02:45 pm - 04:00 pm The Art of Interrogation: A 360° Perspective -

Kevin Navarro, Hunt Consolidated

04:00 pm - 05:00 pm Drone Response Plans and Future Policy Issues -

Terry Donahue, ExxonMobil, Lisa Ellman, Hogan Lovells, and Gary Miller, FAA

05:00 pm - 06:00 pm Reception


Wednesday April 13, 2016
07:30 am - 02:00 pm Registration

08:00 am - 08:45 am USCG Regulatory and Policy Issues -

Commander Jeff Morgan, United States Coast Guard

08:45 am - 09:30 am Contractor Background Check -

Del Mitchell, Citgo and Bob Lee, Alpha 6 Security

09:30 am - 10:00 am Coffee & Rolls

10:00 am - 11:00 am Security During Construction Projects and Turnarounds -
Robert Moore, Tesoro

11:00 am - 11:30 am DHS: Voluntary Programs and PSAs -
Scott Cubbler & Mike Macha, PSA, and Mike Bowen, SOPD

11:30 am - 12:00 pm DHS: CFATS Compliance and CFATS Tools -
Rick Cary, Jessica Falcon, & Josiah Hortega, ISCD

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm Luncheon

01:00 pm - 01:15 pm Introduction to Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) - Houston Chapter -

Andrew Baer, Weatherford International and Lance Boyer, BP

01:15 pm - 03:00 pm Assessing High Risk Individuals in the Workplace -

Dr. Marc McElhaney, WPV

(session times and topics are subject to change)