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Christopher Koch, President & CEO of the World Shipping Council — a trade association representing the international liner shipping industry on public policy issues and public affairs.
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Michael Kuliasha, Director of Homeland Security at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory — a multiprogram science and technology laboratory operated under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy that is involved in developing new technologies to address security issues.
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William Nurthen, Manager for Strategic Support Initiatives at the Port Commerce Department of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey — the authority overseeing transportation and port commerce facilities and services that move people and goods both within the New York-New Jersey metropolitan region and out to other areas of the nation.
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Each day thousands of cargo shipments of many contents and origins arrive at the more than 300 US ports of entry. The events of last September have made it necessary to increase the level of security within all vulnerable areas, including economically vital ports. Although inspecting every shipment would provide a high degree of security, the disruption to supply chain logistics in a just-in-time economy could potentially devastate shippers and customers alike. Properly confronting the threats of terrorism inherent in global transportation without disrupting business is a major challenge facing the US and our trading partners. The willingness of terrorists to do the unthinkable has forced the development of a new paradigm for this battlefront in the first war of the 21st century.
Our September Tech Forum will address how technology may be merged with transportation and business models to protect our citizens and our economy.
