Media Advisory



Contact:
Scott Render
Governor's Office for Technology

scott.render@mail.state.ky.us
<mailto:scott.render@mail.state.ky.us>
502 330-8013 


The Governor's Executive Summit on Homeland Security is being held Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at the Executive Inn in Owensboro, Kentucky beginning at 8:30 a.m. (CST).  The summit is designed for state and local government officials across Kentucky related to homeland security, including police, fire, public health, transportation and emergency management.  

Featuring a keynote address by Nancy Wong, Deputy Director of the Federal Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office in the U.S. Department of Commerce, the summit also includes:    

§    Overview of Commonwealth of Kentucky and Federal initiatives related to homeland security

§    Breakout Sessions include:

-   Physical Security Preparedness

-   Information Security & Cyber-Terrorism

-   Public Health Emergency Preparedness

-   Transportation, Money Laundering and Business Continuity Planning

-   Agri-Terrorism

-   Panel discussions featuring FBI, Secret Service, and INS 

For full summit information go to: http://homelandsummit.ky.gov/ 

 The following day, the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Conference will hold their annual conference on "Assessing the Implications of 9/11"  http://www.kltprc.net/conference2002_1.htm. 

Note: Media interviews for the Governor's Executive Summit on Homeland Security will take place at 9:45 a.m. (CST) on November 20 in the Illinois Room of the Executive Inn.  All media will need to check in at the conference registration desk to show media ID and to receive credentials for the conference.