16th Homeland Security Week 2022 | IQPC | 27 January 2022 | Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center , 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD 20745, USA

With a new year comes new goals, priorities and challenges for stakeholders involved in Homeland Defense and Security for the United States. This senior and expert-led Summit will highlight the ongoing efforts to empower knowledge sharing and collaboration with those across the Military, Defense, Law Enforcement, Industry and Academic sectors at the local, state and national level.

Recent developments have highlighted the need for technology, strategies and approaches to bolster the homeland security of the United States against emerging threats. This event will cover diverse topics ranging from border security, cybersecurity, counter UAS, intelligence sharing, infrastructure protection and resilience, identity technology, agency collaboration, budget planning and much more.

2022 Speakers

Raul Ortiz
Chief, Border Patrol, US Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Robert J. Contee III
Chief of Police, DC Metropolitan Police Department

Richard McComb SES
Chief Security Officer, Department of Homeland Security

Nitin Natarajan
Deputy Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security

Joseph D. Wawro
Executive Director, Joint Requirements Council, Office of the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security

Donald Alway
Assistant Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Federal Bureau of Investigation

William Fallon
Deputy Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Department of Homeland Security

Dennis Michellini
Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Air and Marine Operations, US Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Monte Hawkins
Director, National Vetting Center, US Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Sean W. Haglund
Associate Director, Office for Bombing Prevention, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security

Wallace Sermons II
Deputy Director, Area & Field Program Execution, Small Business Administration (SBA)

Ryan Landrum
Chief, Border Patrol Academy, US Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Gloria Chavez
Border Patrol Sector Chief, El Paso, US Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Matthew Bettenhausen
Chief Security Officer, Anschutz Entertainment Group

Lori Vislocky
Technical Director, National Vetting Center, US Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Sheriff Raymundo Del Bosque
Sheriff, Zapata County, Texas

Urbino "Benny" Martinez
Sheriff, Brooks County, Texas

Eric Garza
Sheriff, Cameron County, Texas

Emily Keplar
Mission Manager, Transnational Organized Crime, Office of Intelligence and Analysis Department of Homeland Security

Christopher Moore
Chief, Distance Learning and Multimedia Training Branch, Federal Protective Service, Department of Homeland Security

Dr. Sherrie Pilkington PhD
Program Manager, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Lena Smart
Chief Information Security Officer, MongoDB

Mike Bergen
VP, Public Sector, SafeGraph

Andrea Garrity
Chief Growth Officer, goTenna

Steve Zakowicz
VP, Consulting Services, CGI Federal

Ron Bellavia
Federal Enterprise Account Executive, Skydio

Micah Walker
CEO, Grabba

Allison Patrick
Vice President of Programs, SAIC

Jay Meil
Chief Data Scientist, Artificial Intelligence, SAIC

Carl Landrum
Laredo Sector Chief, Border Patrol, US Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Jason Owens
Del Rio Sector Chief, Border Patrol, US Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Robert Chapman
Acting Director, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Department of Justice

Paul Haertel
Assistant Director, Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG), Federal Bureau of Investigation

Timothy Langan
Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Shonnie Lyon
Director, Office of Biometric Identity Management, Department of Homeland Security

Darlene Bullock SES
Executive Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of Homeland Security

CHAIRMAN:

Nelson Balido
Chairman, Border Commerce and Security Council