The 7th annual Maritime Infrastructure Protection Symposium (MIPS) will be held in conjunction with the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX). 

 

This year's MIP Symposium will be held on April 5-6, 2016 at the Sheraton Hotel in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

• Please reference "MIPS Symposium"  when making a reservation. 

Uniform

Military:  Summer White (Navy), service equivalent, National Dress 

• Purpose

Build and strengthen relationships among key stakeholders concerned with maritime infrastructure protection and enhance our collective understanding of the challenges associated with protecting that infrastructure in the Middle East to include: critical assets at sea and ashore, sea lines of communication, commercial shipping, and key choke points. This enhanced understanding of common challenges should inform solutions designed to ensure regional maritime infrastructure protection and the free flow of maritime commerce.

• Method

Conduct a two-day symposium bringing together leading experts from government, military, industry and academia concerned with maritime infrastructure protection. Using a combination of speakers, panel discussions, and interactive forum discussion the symposium will focus on: 1) countering challenges to the free flow of commerce, and their challenges to fixed critical maritime infrastructure, 2) identifying issues related to information exchange between key stakeholders in the maritime domain and propose solutions.

• End State

Arrive at a collective understanding of the challenges related to the protection of critical maritime infrastructure as well as a consensus to collaborate as we strive to improve the interoperability, capability, and capacity of all stakeholders to ensure maritime infrastructure protection.

•0800-0900 Registration

•0900-0930 Opening Remarks

•0930-1040 Topic 1: Panel, “Countering 

Challenges to the Free Flow 

of Commerce Inside the 

Territorial Sea”

•1040-1110 Break

•1110-1220 Topic 2: Panel, “Countering 

Threats to Critical Maritime

        Infrastructure”

•1220-1330 Lunch (No Host)

•1330-1425 Topic 3: Speaker: “MIP 

Through Partnership” 

•1900-2100  Reception (Smart Casual)

•0910-1015 Topic 4:  Panel, “Challenges to 

Information Exchange Between 

Key Stakeholders“ 

•1045-1145 Topic 5: Panel, “Framework for 

Enhanced International Maritime

Security Cooperation and

Awareness”

•1330-1430 Topic 6: "Dealing with the Threat 

to Maritime Infrastructure - 

Capability and Capacity vs 

Sovereignty and Political Will"