The First National Security Professionals Symposium

Executive Order 13434, issued in direct response to lessons learned from 9/11, Katrina and other disasters that have threatened our national security, calls for the establishment of a corps of National Security Professionals (NSPs); leaders who will be called upon to work across the interagency in response to various domestic and international crises.  Past responses have proven that working across departmental boundaries requires leadership capabilities derived from an interagency perspective.  To effectively serve in this capacity, NSPs must be prepared - trained, educated, and experienced.  They must be able to work together to respond quickly, efficiently, and effectively.

To aid in readiness, the DoD NSPD Implementation Office is conducting the first National Security Professional Development symposium, hosted by the National Defense University August 4 – 5, 2010.  The symposium, entitled, "National Security Professionals: Forming an Interagency Community," is intended to lay the foundation towards the development of a community of National Security Professionals. Enhanced awareness, expanded cultural acuity, collaboration and developed networks are critical characteristics demonstrating readiness and key outcomes of this symposium.

The DoD NSPD Implementation Office formed an interagency symposium working group responsible for developing the content.  Representatives on the working group are from participating agencies including Department of State, Energy, Justice, Commerce, Agriculture, National Defense University, Defense, NSPD Integration Office, and the United States Institute of Peace.

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Target Audiences

• National Security Professionals
• Organizational Leadership

Learning Objectives

• Meet NSPs from various agencies
• Enhance their interagency partnerships
• Increase their awareness of the criticality of collaboration, and
• Initiate and  sustain collaboration across government and between NSPs
• Gain an understanding of partnering agency cultures
• Learn strategies to build and develop interagency networks
• Develop awareness of challenges hindering collaboration and ways to mitigate them, and
• Form interagency alliances

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