Fourth Annual International Conference on Public Safety: Technology & Counter-Terrorism
Fairmont San Francisco Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA
March 14-15, 2005

Keynote Speakers

George J. Tenet

George J. Tenet Former Director US CIA

Tenet was sworn in as the 18th Director of Central Intelligence on July 11, 1997, following a unanimous vote by both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the full Senate. In this position, he led the United States Intelligence Community, a team of fourteen foreign intelligence organizations and presided over the daily activities of one of its members, the Central Intelligence Agency.

Stephen E. Flynn
Homeland Security Expert & former U.S. Coast Guard Commander

Stephen E. Flynn Homeland Security Expert & former U.S. Coast Guard Commander

Dr. Stephen Flynn is Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. A retired U.S. Coast Guard commander, Flynn is an expert on homeland security, transportation security, border control, and international crime. His book "America the Vulnerable" points out shortcomings in America's homeland security, and outlines his own bold yet practical plan.

Robert C. Bonner
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Robert C. Bonner Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Robert C. Bonner was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as Commissioner of the United States Customs Service on June 24, 2001. He was sworn in as the 17th Commissioner of U.S. Customs on September 24, 2001. Since March 1, 2003, he has served as the first Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for managing, controlling and securing our Nation�s borders.

Commissioner Bonner brings a highly distinguished record of public service to U.S. Customs, now U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He has served as the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, as a United States District Judge, and as the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Commissioner Bonner is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland and the Georgetown School of Law. After clerking for a U.S. District Judge, he served for three years on active duty in the United States Navy, Judge Advocate General�s Corps. Following his service in the military, Commissioner Bonner spent four years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles before turning to private practice in 1975.

In 1984, Commissioner Bonner returned to public service after he was appointed by President Reagan to be the United States Attorney for the Central District of California (1984-1989). He was subsequently appointed by former President George Bush in 1989 to serve as United States District Judge for the Central District of California (1989-1990). Former President Bush went on to appoint him as Administrator of the DEA in 1990 (1990-1993).

Immediately prior to assuming his duties at U.S. Customs, Commissioner Bonner was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. A member of the firm�s Litigation Department, Commissioner Bonner�s practice focused on business crime matters, governmental investigatory and regulatory actions, complex civil cases, and alternative dispute resolution. He has extensive experience as a trial lawyer, and is a recognized national expert on crime, justice, drug and global trade issues.

Commissioner Bonner is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a past president of the Federal Bar Association, Los Angeles Chapter. He was the Chairman of California�s Commission on Judicial Performance (1997-99), and is a member of the California and District of Columbia bars. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.