2025

Monday, Sept. 22

Location:	Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
8:00 – 8:45 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Welcome
9:05–9:15 am	Smithsonian Welcome
9:15–10:00 am	A Museum of the Moment: Case Studies from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.	The Year in Review: A Survey of Incidents at Museums and Other Cultural Properties
11:00–11:40 am	The SiLK network for CPP in Germany – a multi-disciplinary approach
11:40 am–1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00–2:30 pm	The 2025 LA Fires: Public Sector Response
2:40–3:40 pm	Securing the Cultural Commons: Museum Leadership in the Spotlight of Global Events
3:50–4:50 pm	Partnering for Protection: Collaborative Strategies in Museum Security
4:50–5:30 pm	The Insider Threat: Applying Structured Analytic Techniques to Museum Security
5:45 p.m.	Private Access to Galleries
5:45-8:30 p.m.	Reception

Tuesday, Sept. 23

Location:	National Gallery of Art \| East Building
8:00–8:45 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 –9:10 am	Welcome
9:10–10:10 am	Masterpieces & Misdeeds: The Hidden World of Art Crime
10:20–11:05 am	Security of Art in Transit
11:15–12 pm	Interconnectivity of Global Events: When International Incidents Have Local Impacts
12–1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30–2:10 pm	Preparedness for Demonstrations and Protests
2:10–2:50 pm	Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian and Beyond
3–3:40 pm	The Art of Security: Assessing and Communicating Threats
3:40–4:30 pm	Two Approaches, One Mission: Balancing Safety and Warmth Through Cross-Departmental Training
4:40–5:20 pm	Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Craft a Scalable Security Program
5:30 p.m.	Private Access to Galleries

Wednesday, Sept. 24

Location	National Museum of Asian Art
	Continental Breakfast
Track 1	National Museum of Asian Art, Folger Shakespeare Library, Library of Congress
Track 2	National Museum of Asian Art, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington Monument
Track 3	National Museum of Asian Art, The International Spy Museum, Daughters of the American Revolution

Speakers

Administrator and Chief Operating Officer	Jeffrey Anoka
Emergency Planning Specialist, The J. Paul Getty Trust	Les Borsay
Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington	Catie Anchin
National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute – Animal Care Sciences	Tony Barthel
Fire Chief, Pasadena Fire Department	Chad Augustin
Senior Trainer, J. Paul Getty Trust	Deanna Arisdakessian
Associate Director of Technology, Smithsonian Institution	Dan Bailey
Training Program Manager, MCI-Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative	Stacy Bowe
Senior Security Consultant, Museum Security Expert, Expertise & Security Consultants	Ibrahim Bulut
Managing Director, Argus Cultural Property Consultants	Tim Carpenter
Assistant Vice President, Visitor Services & Security, J. Paul Getty Trust	Robert (Bob) Combs
Advisor, Lokale Politie Gent	Kim Covent
Head of Museum Security, Middlebury College Museum of Art	Brian Collupy
Managing Director, Trident Manor Limited	Andy Davis
Registrar, National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute	Jenn Donato
Project Manager, SiLK Guidelines for the Protection of Cultural Property	Alke Dohrmann
Deputy Director for Physical Security and Business Operations, Smithsonian’s Office of Protection Services	Dylan Garon
Associate Chief Security Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art	Steven Hellman
Preservation Specialist, Collections Safeguarding Plan Coordinator, Library of Congress	Megan Keister
Associate Director, Security Technology, MoMA	Samuel Koenig
Chief Security Officer for The Metropolitan Museum of Art	Regina Lombardo
Associate Chief Security Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art	Angelique Loffredo
Chief of Police for the United States Capitol Police (retired)	Tom Manger
Senior Security Specialist, Trinity Consulting & Design, Inc.	Dominic Mason
Associate Registrar for Loans, National Gallery of Art	Rebecca Myles
Deputy Chief Security Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art	Mario Piccolino
Chief of Protection Services at the National Gallery of Art	Genia Reaves
Director of Security Systems Operations, National September 11 Memorial & Museum	Zebadiah Rabsatt
Author	Paula Ratliff
Vice President of Operations & Visitor Experience, The Maryland Center for History and Culture	Scott Rubin
Director, National Museum of Asian Art	Chase F. Robinson
Director of Security, Norton Simon Museum	Keith Roberts
Cultural Heritage Preservation Lead, Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)	Laura Searson
Supervisory Physical Security Specialist, Smithsonian Institution	Cory D. Smalls
Project Manager, SiLK Guidelines for the Protection of Cultural Property	Almut Siegel
Collections Management Specialist, Smithsonian Institution, National Collections Program	Samantha Snell
Lead Security Analyst, North America and the Caribbean, International SOS	Tim McShane
Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, Smithsonian	Meroë Park
Senior Advisor, Smithsonian, Office of Protection Services, OPS	Darielle Pasquito
Emergency Management Coordinator, City of Los Angeles, Emergency Management Department	Richard Pope
Division Chief, Forest Service, Angeles National Forest-FIRE	Oscar Vargas
Director, Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Protection Services Chair for the National Conference on Cultural Property Protection	Mark E. Wallace
Physical Security Specialist, Smithsonian’s Office of Protection Services	Wes Walser