The 12th annual Securing New Ground™ (SNG) conference will take place Nov. 13-14 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. The conference will include seminars noting strategic industry insights, perspectives and issues shaping the future of the security market.
SNG was created to bring awareness of all aspects of the investment community to the business of security, while exploring market trends and driving new business endeavors. Industry leaders and investors from the security, financial and government sectors are expected to attend this networking event.
Julie Donahue, vice president, IBM Global Technology Group, will be this year’s keynote speaker. Donahue will address the evolution of the physical security market and how to position a company and its clients for success.
President of ADT America John Koch will also be in attendance as a featured speaker and will discuss how his company continues to lead the market in creativity and new services.
Both speakers will be joined by more than 50 other industry executives and investors, according to a press release. Industry trends, challenges, opportunities and new profit strategies will be addressed throughout diverse sessions.
The 2007 preliminary agenda includes:
Tuesday, Nov. 13
The Industry’s Magicians: Systems Integrators
Antonio Cintra – United Technologies Corp. (UTC), president of the Security Services Americas
John Sheridan – Nortel Networks, director Security Solutions
George West – Siemens Building Technologies Inc. (SBT), vice president & division head, Security Systems
Follow the Money
Gretchen Gordon – CIT, director
Ed Perry – Murphree Venture Partners, general partner
Bill Polk – Capital Source, managing director
Steve Sebastian – Nogales Investors Management LLC, partner
Reinventing the Dealer
Robert Farenhem – Devcon Int’l Corp., CFO
Joseph Nuccio – ASG Security, president & CEO
Dick Seger – Securitas Direct AB, president & CEO
Verification & False Alarm Reduction
Richard Chace – Security Industry Association (SIA), executive director
Carole Vanyo – Brink’s Home Security Inc., sr. vice president Customer Operations
Gerald Vento – Westec InterActive, chairman
Report Card on Convergence & Business Solutions
Baber Amin – Novell Inc., Sr. product manager, Identity and Security Management
Guerry Bruner – Tech Systems Inc., vice president
End Users – What Keeps Us Up at Night?
Bob Brand – Cox Enterprises Inc., vice president of Corporate Security
Ken Damstrom – Lehman Brothers Inc., head of Global Security
Richard Hudak – Loew’s, former director of Corporate Safety and Security
View From the Top
Brett Bontrager – Stanley Security Solutions, president of Stanley Convergent Security
Greg Burge – GE Security, vice president and general manager, Americas Commercial
Robert LaPenta – L-1 Identity Solutions Inc., chairman, president and CEO
Dick Seger – Securitas Direct AB, president & CEO
Wednesday, Nov. 14
Wall Street Insights
Jeffrey Kessler – Lehman Brothers Inc., senior vice president
RFID Transportation & Supply Chain Security
Scott Brosi – Transcore, vice president of Secure Services
Andre Cote – Checkpoint, sr. director of Business Development
Kathleen Carroll – HID Global, director of Government Relations
Tech Trends in the 21st Century: Video, Analytics and Other Products
Robert Beliles – CISCO Systems Inc., sr. manager Physical Security
Fredrik Nilsson – Axis Communications Inc., general manager
John Romanowich – SightLogix, president & CEO
Scott Schafer – Pelco, sr. vice president of North American Sales & Marketing
For more information and to register, visit www.securingnewground.com.
