Schedule of Events

• Fusion Center Strategy Meeting: Monday, April 2 – Tuesday, April 3 (beginning at 8:00 a.m. on April 2 and ending at Noon on April 3)

• National Fusion Center Training Event: Tuesday, April 3 – Thursday, April 5 (beginning at 1:00 p.m. on April 3 and ending at Noon on April 5)

Agenda

The Strategy Meeting agenda will be based on the following topics:

• 2012 Performance and Capability Assessment Cycle

• 2012 National Fusion Center Network Priorities and Gap Mitigation Activities

• Collaborative Sustainment, Partnership Efforts, and Best Practices

• Approaches to Increase Executive-Level Fusion Center Engagement

The Training Event agenda will be developed based upon presentation proposals submitted and event planning committee review/input. Key themes that will be addressed include:

• Training Issues:

  • Managing the fusion process

  • Managing relationships between law enforcement and homeland security partners

  • Analyst skills and tradecraft

• Operational Best Practices and Lessons Learned:

  • Critical Operational Capabilities (Receive, Analyze, Disseminate, and Gather)

  • Enabling Capabilities (Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Protections; Sustainment Strategy; Communications and Outreach; and Security)

  • Partnering with multidisciplinary partners (health, fire, tribal, cyber, critical infrastructure/key resources)

  • Fusion center partnerships (e.g., HIDTAs, Fusion Liaison Officer Programs, RISS Centers)

Additional information regarding the agenda will be posted closer to the event.

For questions, please contact the event staff at (850) 385-0600, extension 295. E-mail inquiries can be made at fusioncenter@ncirc.gov.