SASER 2008
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Creating a community dialogue to explore research and education priorities for
regional safety and security.
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| Featured Speaker |
| Gary Klein, Chief Scientist, Klein Associates Division of ARA |
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Naturalistic Decision Making for Regional Safety and Security
Thursday, October 30th
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Kane Hall, Room 210
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Gary Klein, Ph.D., is Chief Scientist of Klein Associates, a group he formed in 1978 to better understand how to improve decision making in individuals and teams. The Klein Associates Division is now part of Applied Research Associates, Inc. Dr. Klein is one of the founders of the field of Naturalistic Decision Making. Dr. Klein received his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1969. He was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Oakland University (1970-1974) and worked as a research psychologist for the U.S. Air Force (1974-1978). He has written: Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions (1998, MIT Press); The Power of Intuition (2004, A Currency Book/Doubleday); and Working Minds: A practitioner’s guide to Cognitive Task Analysis (Crandall, Klein and Hoffman, 2006, MIT Press).
Dr. Klein's speech will be open to the public.
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| Introductory Keynote |
| Professor Mark Haselkorn, University of Washington |
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A Research and Education Framework for Safety and Security Cooperation
Friday, October 31st
8:55am - 9:15am
Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room
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| Dr. Mark Haselkorn is founding chair of the Department of Technical Communication in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington, directs the Pacific Rim Visualization and Analytics Center (PARVAC), and also founded and directs the UW's Interdisciplinary Program in Humanitarian Relief. Dr. Haselkorn has led an NSF initiative on the emerging frontier of "Humanitarian Service Science & Engineering." He has worked with the military on a number of projects, including the integration of DoD and VA electronic medical records and the Air Force's strategic management of ICT under the threat of Y2K (a study published by the National Research Council). He has conducted foundational research in the area of intelligent transportation systems, managing projects totaling over $3M, including development of the first Web-based real-time traveler information system (Traffic Reporter, 1990). Dr. Haselkorn is currently the President of the IEEE Professional Communication Society, Chair of the University of Washington's Faculty Council on Research, and Chair of the recently established Interdisciplinary Committee on Safety and Security Research and Education. |
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| Opening Keynote |
CAPT Suzanne Englebert, U.S. Coast Guard; Commander, Sector Seattle
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Leading Communities through Crisis: A Regional View
Friday, October 31st
9:20am - 9:45am
Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room
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| Captain Englebert is a 1984 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. She has served as a Deck Watch Officer aboard the 180' buoy tender CGC IRIS which operated off the coast of Oregon, commanded a Long Range Aids to Navigation Station in Okinawa, Japan and trained as a junior officer right here in Puget Sound to become a fully qualified Marine Inspector. She has run inspection and marine safety field programs off the coast of Maine and in the Upper Great Lakes (Duluth, MN). Captain Englebert has been assigned to Coast Guard Headquarters, in Washington, DC where her work included developing national regulations for lifesaving safety standards, pollution prevention measures, and comprehensive maritime security requirements. She has also commanded USCG missions in the mid-west including the 11-state region known as Sector Upper Mississippi River. Prior to coming back to Seattle, she was the Chief of Prevention for the US Coast Guard’s 7th District in Miami, Florida. |
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| Closing Keynote |
| Captain Stephen P. Metruck, U.S. Coast Guard Fellow to the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group |
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Puget Sound's Regional Cooperation Readiness for the Next Decade
Saturday, November 1st
11:30am - 12:30pm
Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room
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| Captain Stephen Metruck is currently the Coast Guard Fellow on the Chief of Naval Operation's Strategic Studies Group located at the Naval War College in Newport, RI.
Metruck served as Commander, Sector Seattle from 2005 - 2008, where he led the Sector through its early years and was the Captain of the Port, Federal Maritime Security Coordinator, Federal on Scene Coordinator for Oil Spills and Hazardous Substances, and the Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection. He was the lead Federal Official on maritime safety and maritime homeland security issues throughout Puget Sound.
From 2001 to 2004, Captain Metruck served as the Commanding Officer of the Marine Safety Office in San Diego, CA, where he also served as Captain of the Port. He has also worked at Marine Safety Office Tampa, FL and Buffalo, NY.
In addition, Captain Metruck has served as a Congressional Fellow on the staff of Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, as the Coast Guard Liaison to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and as a Military Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Captain Metruck is a graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a B.S. in Ocean Engineering and holds a graduate degree in public administration from Harvard University.
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