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Building Security Symposium Program

12.75 AIA/CEU LUs provided for architects & engineers!

 DAY   TIME  SESSION SPEAKER
Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:30-8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast  
  8:30-9:00 GENERAL KEYNOTE James Kallstrom, Senior Advisor to the Governor of New York for Counterterrorism, Invited
  9:00-9:30 TECHNICAL KEYNOTE: The Assessment Methodology Behind FEMA 426 and 452 Earle Kennett, Vice Pres., NIBS
  9:30-10:15 Threat Analysis, Assessment, Risk and Utility Stephanie King, Ph.D., P.E., Dir. of Risk Analysis, Weidlinger Assoc.
  10:15-10:30 Morning Break  
  10:30-11:15 Site Planning Considerations David Thompson, AIA, Vice Pres., RTKL Assoc. Inc.
  11:15-12:00 Constructing an Architecturally Safe and Secure Building Martin Denholm, AIA, Vice Pres., SmithGroup Inc.
  12:00-1:15 Lunch Break  
  1:15-2:00 Building Envelope: Glazing, Film and Design Examples Joseph Smith, PSP, Sr. Vice Pres., Applied Research Assoc., Inc.
  2:00-2:45 Utilities I: MEP Charles Meyer, P.E., Pres., Henry Adams, LLC
  2:45-3:00 Afternoon Break  
  3:00-3:45 Blast: Basics, Analysis, Design of Components and Systems Robert Smilowitz, Ph.D., P.E., Principal, Weidlinger Assoc.
  3:45-4:30 Guidelines: Site, Architectural, Building Envelope and Non-Structural Components Darrell Barker, P.E., Vice Pres., ABS Consulting
  4:30-5:15 Physical Security Daniel Mumaw, CPP, FSO, Sr Security Consultant, Gage-Babcock & Assoc., Inc.
Friday, March 11, 2005 8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast  
  8:30-9:00 GENERAL KEYNOTE: Terrorism and Building Security Senator Sam Brownback
  9:00-9:30 TECHNICAL KEYNOTE: Importance of a Multidiciplinary Approach to Infrastructure Security Harry Capers Jr., P.E., NJDOT Office of Transportation Security
  9:30-10:15 Progressive Collapse: Theory and Practice Tod Rittenhouse III, P.E., and Mohammad Ettouney, Ph.D., P.E., both of Weidlinger Assoc.
  10:15-10:30 Morning Break  
  10:30-11:15 Egress Design David Collins, FAIA, Pres., Preview Group
  11:15-12:00 Utilities II: Fire Protection William Koffel, P.E., Pres., Koffel Associates
  12:00-1:15 Lunch Break  
  1:15-2:00 Management of Building Security Mark M. Hankewycz, CPP, Director, Security Services, The Protection Engineering Group, PC
  2:00-2:45 Utilities III: Chem-Bio Norman Glover, P.E., R.A., L.S., AEGIS Institute, and James Woods, Ph.D., P.E., The Building Diagnostics Research Institute, Inc.
  2:45-3:00 Afternoon Break  
  3:00-3:45 Building Envelope: Curtain Walls and Cladding Nanci Buscemi, P.E., Managing Dir., Hinman Consulting Engineers
  3:45-4:30 Guidelines: Blast and Progressive Collapse James Brokaw, Dir of Security Engineering, Applied Research Assoc., Inc.