Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean

Maritime Security 2013 Caribbean is 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.

Every day poses new challenges for Caribbean maritime security. Every day, tens of thousands of visitors flock to islands’ resorts and beaches from airlines, cruise ships and pleasure yachts. On these same revenue generating coastlines and prestine waters, there are 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 issues.

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 facilitateMaritime Security 2013 Caribbean.   

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.  

Topics to be addressed:

• Existing sucessful 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