Agenda

Tuesday, January 22nd

7:30 a.m.
Registration Opens — Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.
Conference Opens
Katherine H. Stevenson, Associate Director for Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships, National Park Service

Plenary Sessions include:

• Lessons Learned from New York from the State Historic Preservation Office & Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• Military Security at Historic Buildings from the Department of Defense
• Challenges of Security for Historic Places from the Architect of the Capitol
• Coordinating Local Preparedness Plans for Historic Cities
• Using Legal Tools for Cultural Resource Protection from Federal Judge
• Risk Assessment and Vulnerability from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Maintaining Historic Integrity of Irreplaceable Landmarks from Commissioner of Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration

Four Break-out Sessions will be held in the morning and repeated after lunch on:

• Protecting Historic Icons as Targeted Structures: Explore with experienced persons the steps taken and products used in securing buildings that have been targets of terrorist acts.
  
  Representative from the Golden Gate Bridge; Representative from Office of Overseas Buildings, Department of State; Representative from the National Park Service - Security at National Landmarks; Representatives from leading architectural firms
  
  
• Planning for Security in the Nation’s Capital: Learn about the issues faced in the development of a security plan for the nation’s most significant downtown and discuss the landscape choices they pose.
  
  Executive Director, National Capital Planning Commission; a landscape architect; and security experts from the Pentagon Renovation Program and Security Design Coalition
  
  
• Collections in Historic Buildings: Balancing safety, building protection, and fragile and unique collections. Join the experts and hear about their experiences.
  
  Jerry Podany - The J. Paul Getty Institute; Jane Long - Heritage Preservation, Inc.; Ann Hitchcock - National Park Service; Pete Brake - US Army Corps of Engineers, Electronic Security Center
  
  
• Collateral Damage Preparedness Plans for States and Towns: Massachusetts and the New England States have developed comprehensive programs for disaster preparedness. This session will focus on how to coordinate your plans with others.
  
  Chief of Police, Stockbridge, MA; Massachusetts Emergency Management and Preparedness Task Force; Federal Emergency Management Agency; a structural engineer
  
  

Lunch included in registration
Speaker on Federal Design Guidelines

Plenary Sessions continued

4:30 p.m.
Adjourn

Reception
Follows immediately in the hotel. An opportunity to mingle with the speakers and share ideas.