Location // Agenda // Registration Information // Cancellation Policy // Exhibit Hall // Innovation Gateway Marketplace // Summit Fellows Program // Pre-Conference Workshop // Attendee Information

The sixth annual Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit & Exposition will be held on October 8-10, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii is a perfect location for an Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit, serving as a gateway for commerce and tourism and a strategic center for the United States military, dual-use technology companies and academia. In previous years, attendees have gathered to share views on how to best respond to the threat of terrorism and natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region.

Pacific Missile Range Facility

Summit attendees represent both government and private sector entities, either with homeland security responsibilities or with related products and services. In 2007, ten countries from the Asia-Pacific region were represented, including 19 US states, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the territories of Guam and American Samoa.
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    The Sheraton Waikiki Hotel
    2255 Kalakaua Avenue
    Honolulu, Hawaii 96815-2579
    Tel: (808) 922-4422    Fax: (808) 923-8785

A room block has been reserved at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel for conference attendees. Click on Hotel Information for room reservations. For more information about the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, click here.

AGENDA
This year’s theme is Scientific Research for Homeland Security: Fostering International Partnerships. The Summit is presented by the State of Hawaii, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate. The S&T Directorate is the primary research and development arm of DHS.

Versatile Tracking Mount (VTM)

The S&T Directorate, in partnership with the private sector, national laboratories, universities, and other government agencies (domestic and foreign), helps push the innovation envelope and drive development and the use of high technology in support of homeland security. This year’s afternoon concurrent sessions will offer panels on a wide array of subjects. Click on Agenda for the most updated agenda. All presentations will be in English. The conference is unable to provide language translators.

Speaker Hand-outs and Presentations are available on the conference website. All attendees have been sent an email to the email address provided with a password to access the speaker presentations.
The plenary presentations may be viewed at www.hawaii-hs.ConferenceOn.tv. A DVD compilation of the 2008 Summit plenary presentations was not made.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The complete conference registration fee includes all three days of plenary presentations, breakout sessions, entry into the Exhibit Hall, the opportunity to schedule an Innovation Gateway Marketplace meeting and participation in Friday’s Community Response Exercise. Conference meals include:
  ~ One (1) Welcome Reception Breakfast (Wednesday)
  ~ Two (2) Continental Breakfasts (Thursday & Friday)
  ~ Two (2) Lunches (Wednesday & Thursday)
  ~ Three (3) Morning coffee breaks (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)
  ~ Two (2) Afternoon coffee breaks (Wednesday & Thursday)

One day registrations are available for Wednesday and Thursday. A complimentary Friday Pass is available for the public to attend the plenary presentations (8:30 am – 12:30 pm), visit the Exhibit Hall (10:00 am and 2:00 pm), or participate in the Community Response Exercise (1:30 pm – 3:00 pm) which will have a maritime security scenario. Companies without attendees at the 2008 Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit & Exposition who submit an Innovation Gateway Marketplace meeting request for a Friday, October 10th meeting must register for a complimentary Friday Pass to enter the Exhibit Hall. Click on the Innovation Gateway Marketplace meeting application (.pdf) for information and the application form.

Registration Emails.
•  After completing the on-line registration, you will receive a confirmation email    saying “Thank you for registering for the 2008 Asia-Pacific Homeland Security    Summit & Exposition. Once your information has been verified a confirmation    email will be sent to the email address you provided. For reference, your    attendee ID is xxxx.”
•  If you chose “cashiers/corporate check, money order or purchase order” as your    payment option, the confirmation email will include an invoice. You will receive a    verification email after your registration and payment have been received and    accepted, including a receipt.
•  If you chose “credit card or credit card-other” as your payment option, you will    receive a confirmation email from the credit card processing company, verifying    that your credit card has been charged and the dollar amount. Credit card    charges will reflect a charge by Hawaii National Guard Volunteer Support    Organization, Inc. (HNGVSO).
If you chose “credit card or credit card-other” as your payment option and your credit card payment is unable to be processed, please contact

    Pacific Rim Concepts LLC
    45-520 Kamooalii Street
    Kaneohe, HI 96744
    (808) 864-9812
    prc@hawaiibiz.rr.com

Click on Register Online to register.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Conference Registrations
•  All cancellations, substitutions, and requests for refunds must be submitted in    writing.
•  If you have registered for the conference before September 1, 2008 and    indicated payment would be made via corporate check, payment must be    received by September 8, 2008. All unpaid registrants will be charged the    prevailing registration rate.
•  If you have registered for the conference during the period September 1st    through September 21st and indicated payment would be made via corporate    check, payment must be received by September 30, 2008. All unpaid registrants    will be charged the prevailing registration rate.
•  All unpaid registrations after October 3rd will be sent an invoice at the prevailing    rate.
•  Registrants who are unable to attend the conference and want to send a    substitute must fax or email their request by September 21, 2008.
•  Registrants who are unable to attend the conference and want to request a    refund must fax or email their request by September 15, 2008. If the request is    received before September 15, 2008, a $75 administrative fee will be applied.    No refunds will be issued for refund requests received after September 15,    2008.
•  No refunds will be issued for conference no-shows.

Sponsor and Exhibitor Commitments
•  Sponsors and Exhibitors must submit a completed commitment form by August    10, 2008 via fax or email.
•  Full payment must be received not later than September 1, 2008.
•  Sponsors and Exhibitors who must cancel out of the Summit Exhibit Hall and    have already submitted payment will receive a 50% refund if the conference    organizers are notified prior to September 1, 2008.
•  No refunds will be issued for cancellations after September 1, 2008.
•  No refunds will be issued for Summit Exhibit Hall no-shows.

A key component in this year’s Summit will be the Exhibit Hall, located next door to the plenary sessions. Public and private sector exhibitors will demonstrate the latest technology in homeland security. The Hawaii Technology Showcase, coordinated by the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT), will feature qualified dual-use technology companies in Hawaii. Click on the sponsor and exhibitor program (.pdf) for information about sponsor and exhibitor opportunities. Click on the sponsor and exhibitor application (.pdf) for the application form. Click on the Exhibitor Show Kit (.pdf) for exhibitor information. Attendees who send business collateral to the conference hotel may incur additional hotel charges.

Mauna Kea Observatories

Airborne Hyperspectral Imager (AHI)

The Innovation Gateway Marketplace will enable attendees at the conference to schedule private face-to-face meetings with representatives from a variety of organizations, including the DHS S&T Directorate, the DHS Office of Procurement Operations, industry, academic institutions, and other governmental entities. Interested companies are required to submit the requested information in advance to request a meeting. Meetings can not be scheduled on-site during the conference. The representative with whom the company meets will have read the submitted information in advance, and will be ready for immediate, focused discussion without preliminaries.

Priority for meeting requests will be given to registered conference sponsors, exhibitors and attendees. All individuals listed on a meeting request must be registered for the conference to qualify for priority status. Companies without attendees at the 2008 Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit & Exposition may submit a meeting request and will be considered on a space-available basis for Friday, October 10th meetings. Click on the Innovation Gateway Marketplace meeting application (.pdf) for information and the application form.

The 2008 Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit Fellows Program offers selected applicants the opportunity to learn about homeland security from international experts, meet industry leaders and see the latest technology. Students currently enrolled in a degree or certificate program at an accredited U.S. or foreign college or university and company-grade U.S. military officers are encouraged to apply. Click on the Summit Fellows program (.pdf) for information and application form.

Gemini North Telescope