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Homeland Security: Tracking Trends in Spending and Technology

Date: April 06, 2005

Keynote Speakers:
 
Roger W. Cressey
President of Good Harbor, Mr. Jack Mallon Mallon Associates, Inc., Brian Ruttenbur Equity Research Analyst - Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc, Scott Sacknoff, President , The Spade Defense Index®, Dr. R. Soundararajan President, Hanford Nuclear Services, W. David Stephenson: Homeland Security Consultant, Writer, and Lecturer

Media Sponsors:
Defense-Update.com
Military.com
PrimeZone Media Network



Format: Audio Presentations and Power Point Presentations


Participating Public Companies:

Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: AEMD) is pioneering the development of viral filtration devices that rapidly reduce the presence of infectious disease and toxins in the body. Aethlon has published compelling human blood studies of the Hemopurifier(TM) to treat HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis-C (HCV), and most recently, has announced that it is developing pathogen filtration devices to treat infectious agents used in biological warfare and terrorism.

BlueBear Network International, Inc. (OTC.PK: BLBR) a Nevada Company, headquartered in Ottawa, ON has developed the world’s first system that uses biometrics and text records to securely and simultaneously search and share biometric and records information among linked police and integrated justice databases.

CryoPort, Inc (OTC.PK: CYRX) develops leading edge, proprietary, technology driven shipping and storage products for use in the rapidly growing global biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. CryoPort’s cryogenic shippers have been certified for the safe transport of infectious materials such as anthrax as well as other diagnostic and infectious biological material and, are therefore able to assist in helping provide countermeasures against bioterrorism. These same shippers have also been recently evaluated by departments within the US military as capable of providing a more effective transportation system, over any other methods currently available today, for such biologicals.

CombiMatrix (CBMX) has developed a core technology that is comprised of a semiconductor chip, that enables the execution of multiple, independent nano scale chemical experiments in parallel. This "lab-on-a- chip" is an interdisciplinary marriage of nanotechnology, biology and microelectronics. This chip consists of an array of 1,000 to 1.8 million microelectrodes on a square centimeter, each of which is independently addressable. In analogy with conventional microprocessors, each microelectrode can be thought of as a transistor, which performs a chemical reaction. Consequently, the density of microelectrodes can be increased to levels up to several million per square centimeter. Experiments that would take months or years, can now be performed in days using CombiMatrix chips. CBMX Homeland Security More Info

Electronic Sensor Technology (OTCBB: ESNR) Founded in 1995, Electronic Sensor Technology has developed and patented a breakthrough chemical vapor analysis process. The company's product line is positioned to eliminate key vulnerabilities in the homeland security market, specifically in commercial building HV A C security, maritime port security, airport security, and border security.


FaceKey™ Corporation (OTC.PK: FEKY) is the developer of a new generation of access control and time and attendance products. These products utilize the newest biometric technologies and the best of the traditional card based technologies. All the products are designed to be compatible with the existing computer networks common in business today.


Global Matrechs, Inc. specializes in the acquisition, development, marketing and sales of next-generation technologies that provide advanced safety and storage solutions for the nuclear, environmental and chemical industries. Global Matrechs business strategy uses both licensed and acquired technologies to bring long-awaited solutions to these critical infrastructures assets. The majority of Global Matrechs’ portfolio of products is directed to serve the growing Homeland Security sector.

Law Enforcement Associates (AMEX: AID) manufactures and markets a diverse line of undercover surveillance products including a complete line of audio surveillance equipment  and a new less lethal technology for  the Military, law enforcement, security and corrections personnel throughout the world.

Markland Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: MRKL) has four business segments, which address the needs of the Homeland Security marketplace: Chemical Detectors, Border Security, Advanced Technologies and Sensing Technologies. for  the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the Department of Homeland Security, and various other U.S. Intelligence agencies.

OnScreen Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ONSC) is developing next generation LED video displays utilizing a revolutionary patent pending architecture. Our OnScreen™ Technology based LED video displays are specially designed to provide display solutions for the Department of Transportation, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Emergency Responders and Outdoor Advertising. 

Strategy X, Inc. (OTC.PK: SRGX) provides over 40 years of experience applying Modeling and Simulation, Performance Criteria and System Reliability coupled with over 100 years of Security Management and On-Site Field experience in Installations, Integration Management and Security System Maintenance.

Technest Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: THNS) Technest Holdings, Inc. is committed to setting next-generation standards in defense and security through the provision of innovative emerging technologies and expert services. Technest's solutions support military, law enforcement and homeland security personnel. Through strategic development, Technest focuses on the creation of dual-use technology and products with applications in both the defense market and civilian homeland security and law enforcement fields. 

Universal Detection Technology (UDTT:OTC ) is a developer of monitoring technologies, including bio-terrorism detection devices specifically relating to the detection of Anthrax. Management believes that the Company's Anthrax detection technology, together with third party technologies and devices, has positioned it to capitalize on growth and value opportunities related to Homeland Security. UDTT, in cooperation with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has developed a bio-terror Anthrax 'smoke' detector, which combines JPL's bacterial and biological spore detection technology with UDTT's aerosol capture device http://www.udetection.com 


Keynote Speakers:


Roger W. Cressey, President of Good Harbor, served in senior cyber security and counterterrorism positions in the Clinton and Bush Administrations. He is a NBC News consultant and has been a crisis manager in Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. http://www.goodharbor.net/sides/aboutus-cressey.html

Roger W. Cressey advises clients on homeland security, cyber security and counterterrorism issues. He is currently an on-air counterterrorism analyst for NBC News.

Previously, Mr. Cressey served as Chief of Staff to the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board at the White House from November 2001 to September 2002. From November 1999 to November 2001, Mr. Cressey served as Director for Transnational Threats on the National Security Council staff, where he was responsible for coordination and implementation of US counterterrorism policy. During this period, he managed the U.S. Government's response to the Millennium terror alert, the USS COLE attack, and the September 11th attacks.

Prior to his White House service, Mr. Cressey served in the Department of Defense, including as Deputy Director for War Plans. From 1991 - 1995, he served in the Department of State working on Middle East Security issues. He has also served overseas with the US Embassy in Israel and with United Nations peacekeeping missions in Somalia and the former Yugoslavia. While in the former Yugoslavia, he was part of a United Nations team that planned the successful capture of the first individual indicted for war crimes in Croatia.

Mr. Cressey received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell in 1987 and a M.A. in Security Policy Studies from The George Washington University in 1991. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches a graduate course on U.S. counter-terrorism policy. He is a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Cressey is the recipient of the State Department's Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards and the Defense Department's Exceptional Civilian Service Award.



Mr. Jack Mallon
- Mallon Associates, Inc. - Publisher of leading industry financial newsletter, Mallon’s Security Report http://www.mallonassociates.com

Senior Managing Director: Mallon Associates

Mr. Mallon has more than 25 years of financial, legal and operational experience in the security industry. Before joining C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, he was the founder and managing director of Mallon Associates, an investment banking firm exclusively serving the Security & Crime Control Industry. The firm initiated, structured and advised on mergers & acquisitions, raised capital and performed industry research and strategic consulting services. Mr. Mallon also publishes Mallon’s Security Report, a quarterly financial newsletter providing information on investment opportunities, news and commentary on important transactions, events and executives in the security industry . He was a co-founder and President of IBI Security Service, Inc. a former public company engaged in alarm, guard and armored carrier services. As a member of the bars of the states of New York and Connecticut, he also performed legal services in the industry, representing security companies in labor and securities matters. Mr. Mallon commenced his work career as a journalist and was a police and investigative reporter for the New York Daily News while attending college and law school. He received his B.S. degree from Colombia University, a LLB (law degree) from St. John’s School of Law and did graduate work in securities and labor law at New York University Law School.


Brian Ruttenbur - Equity Research Analyst , Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc (http://www.morgankeegan.com): Homeland Security Technology

Brian Ruttenbur joined Morgan Keegan in June 2000. As Managing Director, Mr. Ruttenbur follows the homeland security technology sector. Prior to joining Morgan Keegan, he was a senior analyst with SunTrust Equitable Securities from November 1995 to May 2000. From August 1993 to March 1994, he was a staff consultant with Anderson Consulting. Mr. Ruttenbur holds a B.A. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a M.A.S. from the University of Montana, Missoula. He also served as a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force.

Homeland Security Stocks Covered:

Biometrics and Security Tech ActivCard Corp. (ACTI)

American Science & Engineering (ASE)

Armor Holdings, Inc. (AH)

CompuDyne Corp. (CDCY)

Digimarc Corp. (DMRC)

Drexler Corp. (DRXR)

FLIR Systems, Inc. (FLIR)

Identix, Inc. (IDNX)

OSI Systems, Inc. (OSIS)

Taser International, Inc. (TASR)

Verint Systems Inc. (VRNY


Scott Sacknoff - President, The Spade Defense Index® (AMEX: DXS)

His 20-year career has included a range of diverse assignments including: Vice President of a venture capital firm that invested in defense and space companies with responsibility for research and due diligence; Consulting for clients such as ITT, General Dynamics, the Department of Defense, NASA, and FMR/Fidelity Investments; Due diligence of proposals into NASA and the Department of Defense as part of issuing more than $300 million in contracts for small businesses; Analysis of Department of Defense and NASA budgets to identify opportunities for clients; and Performing a scenario modeling exercise on the role for space and satellites in 2030.

During the 1990s, Mr. Sacknoff was a regular guest of financial institutions interested in having a non-broker/dealer analyst at its meetings to answer questions from potential investors.

Mr. Sacknoff is the author of numerous reports including the 'State of the Space Industry' and has been quoted or featured in publications ranging from Business Week to the Journal of Indexing to the Washington Post

About the SPADE Defense Index http://www.spadeindex.com

The Spade Defense Index® (AMEX: DXS) is a modified capitalization-weighted index comprised of publicly traded companies that benchmarks the performance of companies involved with the defense, homeland security, and space marketplace.


Containment of chemical, biological and radioactive materials released by the explosion of "dirty bombs"

Dr. R. Soundararajan - President, Hanford Nuclear Services, Inc./RMC Environmental and Analytical Laboratories

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

· Subcontractor, Fluor Daniel Northwest
· Project Director, Bechtel, Hanford Inc.
· Subcontractor BNFL
· Technical advisor, British Nuclear Fuel, Hanford, WA
· Consultant, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C. (Expert witness 702 in the area of stabilization/solidification, Hazardous Waste and Environmental Chemistry).
· Consultant, U.S. EPA, on Hazardous Waste Stabilization/Solidification.
· Consultant U.S. Department of Energy
· Principal Chemist, Health Department, Springfield, Missouri.
· Consultant, Olin Corporation, Marion, Illinois.
· Consultant, Bond Tech/Ashland Chemicals
· Consultant, Foster Wheeler
· Consultant, International Waste Technologies
· Consultant, PRC Environmental Waste
· Consultant, Mactech, Hanford
· Consultant, Nukem, Germany
· Consultant, Siemens, Germany
· Member, Editorial Board, “Remediation”

W. David Stephenson: Homeland Security Consultant, Writer, and Lecturer.

He created the "Terrorist Survival" suite of programs that put all the information necessary to prepare for and/or respond to a terrorist attack in an easy-to-use data base for handheld devices. Stephenson also edits "W. David Stephenson blogs on homeland security" , which CIO.com says is the top blog on homeland security, and concentrates heavily on news of new technologies.

His homeland security consulting concentrates on:
innovative use of technology, especially to leverage the billions of dollars of mobile communications technology, from cell phones to Wi-Fi laptops, that is already in individuals' hands
 - how to create "smart mobs" that can fend for themselves
 - community education and empowerment
 - win-win collaborations between government and the private sector that provide both security and economic benefits
 - bio-terrorism preparation

Stephenson is a frequent speaker on "outside-the-box" thinking at national and international homeland security conferences. He also teaches security management and issues in technology and criminal justice in the Criminal Justice Department at UMass-Lowell.


Media Sponsors:

Defense-Update.com is an online defense magazine published bi-monthly, and updated continuously. Media Sponsor covers various technological aspects of modern warfare, including some of the aspects related to homeland security, counter-terror and force protection, which are relevant to your activity. www.Defense-Update.com

HOMELAND SECURITY NEWSLINE Homeland Security has become an important new beat at newspapers, wire services and broadcast media. PrimeZone has developed a distribution circuit that targets the specific reporters who cover homeland security. Since "security" is a global issue, PrimeZone has incorporated distributions to Canada and Europe as part of the Homeland Security Newsline.

The Homeland Security Newsline includes distribution to thousands of media outlets and online sites, including International Internet sites such as Yahoo UK!, Stockhouse and Yahoo! Canada.



Military.com is the largest online military destination, offering free resources to serve, connect, and inform the 30 million Americans with military affinity, including active duty, reservists, guard members, retirees, veterans, family members, defense workers and those considering military careers. Military.com helps defense contractors and agencies hire "security-cleared" and talented people, as well as reach procurement decision-makers and influencers. Military.com has 4 million members.  http://www.Military.com


Contact:

Public companies that would like to present, participate or sponsor please contact:
($1500 participation fee for public companies that are not featured companies)
Participating companies must adhere to all SEC disclosure requirements.

Dawn Van Zant / Trevor Ruehs
Toll free: 800-665-0411
Email: dvanzant@HomelandDefenseStocks.com, truehs@HomelandDefenseStocks.com 



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