Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean

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Every day, tens of thousands of visitors flock to islands’ resorts and beaches from airlines, cruise ships and pleasure yachts. The same beautiful pristine waters and coastlines used by tourists are exploited for criminal acts, among them being go-fasts and trawlers transporting concealed cargoes of illegal drugs and humans. Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean is the step forward to help resolve these and other critical maritime security issues.

Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean is a maritime security training event and regional strategy workshop hosted by Homeland Security Outlook, who has facilitated six maritime security conferences since 2011. At each of these events, security experts, government officials, law enforcement, and solutions providers converged from around the world to network and learn of best practices and tools to enhance securing their maritime domain. Consistently, experts and practitioners have commended Homeland Security Outlook for innovative approaches to their conferences, stressing the need for efficiency and cooperation in the pursuit of maritime security.

Homeland Security Outlook continues this innovative spirit in Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean, which promises to be different than any other event of its kind. Designed to be an interactive learning and collaborative experience, the event will be a hybrid of conference and workshop. Panels will comprise a mix of experts/policymakers of Caribbean maritime security and boots-on-the-ground practitioners that personally deal with the maritime security challenges daily. Interactive conversation amongst the panelists and audience will allow for an exchange of ideas and perspectives across a wide spectrum of levels experiences. Participants will interact with leading experts, regional colleagues, and solutions providers that will expand and enhance existing knowledge while improving the Caribbean maritime security strategy. 

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Turks and Caicos’ surrounding area poses challenges such as human migration and trafficking, tourism security, environmental safety, and transshipment of illegal drugs. Geographically, the coastlines of the Turks & Caicos Islands can serve as a strategic point for drug and human smuggling to the Bahamas and the United States. The Turks and Caicos' relevance and convenient location make it a prime spot to facilitate Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean.  

Letter of Support from former Governor Ric Todd, Turks & Caicos Islands

Part conference and part workshop, Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean will address challenges, successes and solutions to maritime security through the use of presentations, discussions and interactive panels. Caribbean law enforcement and government personnel will take away actionable strategies, awareness of the latest efficient tools, and a renewed sense of partnership with fellow stakeholders from across the region. European and North American law enforcement and government personnel are encouraged to participate in the event's dialogue, as fresh perspective and expanding networking capability will enhance a future Caribbean maritime security strategy.

Topics to be addressed:

• Existing successful collaborative programs such as CARICOM Maritime and Airspace Co-Operation Agreement, the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative and Operations Bahamas, Turks & Caicos (OPBAT)
• Assessing security capabilities
• Maritime security strategy and disaster response plan
• Information sharing and interagency/multi-national collaboration platforms and best practices
• Building of force capacity through engaging non-security stakeholders such as recreational and commercial boaters
• Training and resources for law enforcement response capabilities

Using this unique hybrid conference and workshop approach, Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean is poised to deliver actionable, realistic solutions to make the most of asset capacity and capability currently possessed by governments and law enforcement entities of the Caribbean. The event stresses the need for collaboration, creativity, best practices, and efficient tools to enhance maritime security.

To be effective, this message must be conveyed across rank and duty, from the highest levels of leadership to the security operations personnel to achieve collective and mutual understanding. Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean is designed for an audience as diverse as the problems it intends to address. All stakeholders are invited to participate; from government, military and police leaders, to security operations personnel, to port authority and critical infrastructure associates, all are welcome in the conversation.

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Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean presents an outstanding opportunity for security solutions providers to share and demonstrate products and services in the Caribbean market. Resilient and efficient products and services designed to enhance the security of the maritime domain will be presented to the key stakeholders of the region. Law enforcement and government personnel in attendance are eager to be exposed to cutting edge tools, so there will be significant opportunities to network and gain awareness of your product or service. Exhibition and sponsorship opportunities are very limited – capture this unique opportunity to be a part of this groundbreaking program. Click here for more information.