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2024 Conference

Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 at The Getty Center

*Please note the schedule is listed in Pacific Standard Time. 

8:45 – 9 a.m.

Welcome

9 – 9:45 a.m.

Cultural Property Protection: The Year in Review

9:50 – 10:15 a.m.

Emerging Threats in Cultural Property Protection

10:15 – 10:50 a.m.

Identity War in Ukraine: Culture and Heritage on the Battlefield

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Getty Security and Visitor Services Training Team: Supporting Team Success Through Onboarding and Refresher Training

12:05 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.

Local, Federal, and International Crimes Against Art: Resources and Response

2 – 2:30 p.m.

Leading, Growing, and Enhancing the Visitor Experience

2:35 – 3:05 p.m.

International Travel Risk Management

3:20 – 3:50 p.m.

TIEM @ 20: Assessing After 20 Years the Innovative Framework of the First Teamwork for Integrated Emergency Management for Asia Pacific Heritage Conservators, Organized by the Getty, ICOM, and ICCROM

3:55 – 4:35 p.m.

Converged Security Metrics – Cultural Property Edition

Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 at The Broad

8:45 – 9:00 a.m.

Welcome

9 – 9:30 a.m.

Protests in Museums, an Age-Old Problem!

9:35 – 10:20 a.m.

Climate Activism – The Aftermath, Response, and Recovery

10:35 – 11:35 a.m.

Heritage Site Protection and Global Access: Case Studies of Kenya and Saudi Arabia

11:45 – 12:45 p.m.

Security Meets Hospitality: Crime Prevention Through Collaboration With Staff and Visitors

2:15 – 3:15 p.m.

Beyond the Vault: Technical Security Strategies for Protecting Cultural Assets

3:20 – 3:50 p.m.

Preventing Insider Threat Through Access Control and Employee Screening

4:00 – 4:30 p.m.

PANOPTIKUM – Safe, Green, and Cost-effective Answer to Storage and Conservation Challenges of Polish Museums & Much More

4:35-5:05  p.m.

The Museum at the Frontier: The Challenges of Armenian Border Museums in Post-War

Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024

Track 1

Track 1: LACMA, Petersen Automotive Museum, and Academy Museum

Track 2

Track 2: Norton Simon Museum , The Huntington, and the Autry Museum of the American West

Track 3

Track 3: Museum of Tolerance, The Grammy Museum, and MOCA

Speakers

Director, Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian Institution

Mark E. Wallace

Founding Director, The Broad

Joanne Heyler

Deputy Scientific Director, History Museum of Armenia

Nzhdeh Yeranyan

Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Allen Grove

Director, National Institute for Museums

Paulina Florjanowicz

Visiting Scholar, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne

Ana Maria Theresa P. Labrador

Director of Security and Visitor Services, J. Paul Getty Trust

Bob Combs

General Director, National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity (Maidan Museum)

Ihor Poshyvailo

Security Supervisor, The Broad

Darryl Bell

Executive Director, Antiquities Coalition

Tess Davis

Consultant

Michael Donnelly

Heritage Manager, National Museums of Kenya

Joyce Kabacho-Kinyanjui

Associate Chief Security Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Steven Hellman

Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, the J. Paul Getty Trust.

Jenn Stringer

Police Advisor

Kim Covent

Manager, Physical Security Program, Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian Institution

Kevin Roby

Director of Public Engagement, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Kevin Hull

Visitor Experience Lead, The Broad

Jennefer Vargas

Director of Cultural Heritage Protection and Security, Victoria and Albert Museum in London

Vernon Rapley

Chief of Protection Services, National Gallery of Art

Genia Reaves

Emergency Planning Specialist, The J. Paul Getty Trust

Les Borsay

Head of IT Infrastructure & Information Security, Hasso Plattner Foundation

Remigiusz Plath

Director of Security, The Broad

Jason Heberlein

Vice President of Facilities and Security Operations, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

LJ Hartman

Under Secretary for Administration, Smithsonian Institution

Ron Cortez

Associate Director of IT, Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian Institution

Dan Bailey

Principal, Ask McConnell, LLC

Jim McConnell

Senior Project Manager, Smithsonian Institution

Marie Morse

Visitor Experience Lead, The Broad

Gilbert A. Luna

Senior Law Enforcement Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice, International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program

Joseph Trindal

Trainer, The J. Paul Getty Trust

Isabel Yao

Trainer, The J. Paul Getty Trust

Evelyn Chicas

Senior Trainer, The J. Paul Getty Trust

Deanna Arisdakessian

Certified Protection Professional and Security Consultant, Smithsonian Institution

Frank W. Sulzer

Associate Director of Physical and Information Security, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Jonathan Silva

Speakers

Disaster Response Coordinator, Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative

Katelynn Averyt

IT Program Manager, Smithsonian Office of Protection Services

Dan Bailey

Supervisory Administrative Officer, Office of Protection Services

Adam Bartelt

Supervisory Special Agent and Unit Chief for International Operations, Programs, Homeland Security Investigations

Michelle Bednar

Personnel Security Specialist/Adjudicator, Smithsonian

Patrick Blasiol

Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at the National Gallery of Art

Eric Bruce

Emergency Planning Specialist, The J. Paul Getty Trust

Les Borsay

Cultural Resources Inventory, Monitoring, and Protection Program Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Carla D. Burnside

Physical Security Team Lead, Department of Health and Human Services

John Carter

Incident Response Manager, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lance Chwan

Director of Security and Visitor Services for the J. Paul Getty Trust

Robert (Bob) Combs

Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer and EEO Director, National Gallery of Art

Mikka Gee Conway

Sergeant, Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian

Sgt. Alia Davis

Planning Chief, Smithsonian Institution Office of Emergency Management

Ramon Davis

Associate Director of Operations, American Museum of Natural History

Glenn Dowd

Lieutenant, Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian

Theodore Ellis

Senior Security Manager at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lambert Fernando
Steven Fischer

Law Enforcement Team Leader, Division of Parks and Wildlife, Office of the Solicitor, Department of Interior

Kimberly L. Fondren

Security Operations Manager, Princeton University

Breh Franky

Sergeant, Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian

Sgt. Ronald Gaskins

Security Manager, Smithsonian

Mark Gonzales

Smithsonian Secretary’s Scholar and the Head of Research at the Smithsonian’s Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI)

Katharyn Hanson

Elizabeth MacMillan Director, National Museum of American History

Anthea M. Hartig

Vice President of Facilities and Security Operations at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA

LJ Hartman

Associate Chief Security Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Steven Hellman

Training Instructor, Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian Institution

Adrienne Jordan

Program Manager, Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian

Angie Kerns

Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Kristin Koch

Commander, Protection Services, National Gallery of Art

David Lee

Chief Security Officer for The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Regina Lombardo

Director, Office of Communications & Marketing, National Museum of American History

Melinda Machado

Control Room Operator in the Office of Protection Services at the Smithsonian Quadrangle

Charlotta Magruder

Collections Emergency Program Specialist, Smithsonian National Collections Program

Melissa Miller

Sergeant, Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian

Sgt. Will Palenscar

Executive Assistant to the Director of the Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian

Darielle Pasquito

Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, Smithsonian Institution

Meroë Park

Deputy Chief Security Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mario Piccolino

Chief of Protection Services at the National Gallery of Art

Genia Reaves

Head of the Photograph Conservation Section in the Conservation Division of the Library of Congress

Andrew Robb

‪Physical Security Specialist, Smithsonian Institution

Kevin Roby

Conservator and Program Manager, Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute

Dawn V. Rogala

Program Advisor for Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion, National Gallery of Art

Jeannette Ibarra Shindell

Senior Security Manager, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christopher Singh

Collections Management Specialist, Smithsonian National Collections Program

Sam Snell

Chief Spokesperson, Office of Communications and External Affairs, Smithsonian

Linda St. Thomas

Security Consultant, Smithsonian Institution

Michael Thornton

Lead Telecommunications Specialist, National Gallery of Art

Haywood Turnipseed Jr.

Director, Office of Protection Services (OPS), Smithsonian Institution

Mark Wallace

President Emeritus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Daniel H. Weiss

Director of Government Engagement, FirstNet Authority

Charlotte Whitacre
Katelynn Averyt
Dan Bailey
Adam Bartelt
Michelle Bednar
Patrick Blasiol
Eric Bruce
Les Borsay
Carla D. Burnside
John Carter
Lance Chwan
Robert (Bob) Combs
Mikka Gee Conway
Sgt. Alia Davis
Ramon Davis
Glenn Dowd
Theodore Ellis
Lambert Fernando
Kimberly L. Fondren
Breh Franky
Sgt. Ronald Gaskins
Mark Gonzales
Katharyn Hanson
Anthea M. Hartig
LJ Hartman
Steven Hellman
Adrienne Jordan
Angie Kerns
Kristin Koch
David Lee
Regina Lombardo
Melinda Machado
Charlotta Magruder
Melissa Miller
Sgt. Will Palenscar
Darielle Pasquito
Meroë Park
Mario Piccolino
Genia Reaves
Andrew Robb
Kevin Roby
Dawn V. Rogala
Jeannette Ibarra Shindell
Christopher Singh
Sam Snell
Linda St. Thomas
Michael Thornton
Haywood Turnipseed Jr.
Mark Wallace
Daniel H. Weiss
Charlotte Whitacre

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