National Security Expert Dr. Erroll Southers to Keynote RS2 Annual Conference
Dr. Erroll G. Southers will deliver the keynote address at the RS2 Technologies 2019 Annual Conference on March 6, 2019 at the Coronado Island Marriott Resort in San Diego, Calif.
Dr. Southers, a former FBI Special Agent and currently Director of International Programs of the National Center for Risk and Economic Terrorism Events at USC, will deliver an address on security infrastructure for schools, stadiums, and other venues. He will concentrate on the process for assessing vulnerabilities and developing appropriate countermeasures specifically related to these venues. Dr. Southers will also discuss the cutting edge research he is doing for the National Science Foundation ("Impact of Building Design Attributes on Occupant Behavior in Response to Active Shooter Incidents in Offices and Schools"). Dr. Southers previously served as California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Deputy Director of the California Office of Homeland Security and as Chief of Homeland Security and Intelligence for the Los Angeles World Airports Police Dept. (the nation’s largest airport police department). He was President Barack Obama’s first nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), has lectured at Joint Chiefs of Staff Antiterrorism Seminars and testified before Congress.