Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns to Keynote Infragard 2006 National Conference

Business Wire, August 16, 2006

ATLANTA -- The InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA or InfraGard) today announced that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns will be the featured keynote speaker of the InfraGard 2006 National Conference. Hosted by INMA and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the InfraGard 2006 National Conference will gather government agencies, private sector experts and members of the law enforcement community from August 22-24, 2006 at the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel to discuss the ongoing protection of and potential threats to national and global critical infrastructures. The conference is open to the public and members of the press.

For more details about the InfraGard 2006 National Conference, please visit www.infragardconferences.com.

Featured Speakers and Panels

--Keynote address by Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture on inter-agency cooperation and protecting America's agriculture sector from threats

--Featured Plenary speaker Tommy Thompson, former Secretary of Health and Human Services on Avian Flu preparedness

--Featured Plenary speaker John Hofmeister, President of Shell Oil Company

--Featured Plenary speaker Christopher Painter, Deputy Chief of Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Department of Justice on the evolution of computer attacks

--Featured Plenary Panel on Information Sharing and Interoperability with LTG Steven Blum, Chief of the National Guard Bureau and John Miller, Assistant Director for Public Affairs, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Speaker schedules are available at www.infragardconferences.com/pages/Speakers.> Tracks

WHEN:   August 22-24, 2006

    WHERE:  Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
            999 Ninth Street NW
            Washington, DC 20001