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Media Advisory
Embry-Riddle and Aviation Security Expert Panel Discuss Intelligence,
Security, and Operational Issues Facing Nation’s Airports
EVENT
Post 9/11 Airport Security Challenges—A Blueprint for Future Safety
88th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (Session 614)
Although it has been over seven years since 9/11, aviation intelligence and security experts continue to evaluate aviation safety and security. Are the flying public and our airports truly any safer? Recent terrorist attacks suggest we may need to examine new approaches in intelligence planning, security measures, and operational tactics and strategies. Leading aviation intelligence and security experts discuss today’s challenges in light of what we know post-9/11 and what we should know going forward.
WHO
Moderator: Dr. Richard W. Bloom.
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Professor,
Global Security Intelligence Studies, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Airport Security and Intelligence.
Dr. Bloom conducts and reviews applied research and policy analysis on aviation
intelligence and security systems. His specialties include threat, vulnerability, and risk assessment;
personnel security and counterintelligence; covert action; antiterrorism and counterterrorism; and the psychology of information warfare. He currently serves on the Governor of Arizona’s Homeland Security Coordinating Council and is the vice chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Aviation Security and Emergency Management Task Force.
Dr. Vahid Motevalli.
Faculty, School of Engineering and Applied Science, George Washington University.
Security Challenges in General Aviation and Very Light Jets.
He is the co-founder and previous director of the Aviation Institute at George Washington University and the Aviation Safety and Security Management Certificate Program. Dr. Motevalli was selected by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as a Congressional Fellow and served in the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science. He has been a co-chairman of the Safety Track of the International Conference on Aviation Safety and Security in the 21st Century co-sponsored by the Presidential (Gore) Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.
Robert Baker.
Associate Professor of Global Security and Intelligence Studies, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
An Operational Analysis.
Baker was previously a special agent in the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations and an investigator for the Transportation Security Administration. His research specialties include forensic science and aviation security technology.
Dr. Arnold Barnett.
George Eastman Professor of Management, MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
Airline Security: Where are We?
Dr. Barnett heads an FAA research team investigating antiterrorist measures. He is a recipient of the President’s Citation from the Flight Safety Foundation and the President’s Award from the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences for his contributions to flight safety.
Dr. Kenneth Button.
Professor of Public Policy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
Aviation Security in the 21st Century.
He was previously an international aviation advisor to the Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and a consultant to the European Union, Transport Canada, and the European Conference of Ministers of Transport. He’ll critique current aviation security programs/policies and offer advice for the future.
WHEN
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
WHERE
Omni Shoreham Hotel - Executive Room
2500 Calvert St. NW
Washington, DC 20008
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. The University educates more than 34,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs, with accreditation pending for Embry-Riddle’s first doctoral programs, in Aviation and in Engineering Physics. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 130 campus centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.
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