SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Tuesday, October 7

U.S. Southern Command meetings by invitation only

Wednesday, October 8

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Featured Speaker Introduction

Lt Gen Glenn F. Spears, USAF (confirmed)
Deputy Commander

U.S. Southern Command

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Plenary Address

Gen Victor E. Renuart, USAF (confirmed)
Commander
U.S. Northern Command

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Coffee Break on the Exhibit Floor

Sponsored by

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Panel Session: "Narco-Trafficking: What is the Nexus with the War on Terror?"
Moderator:
VADM D. Brian Peterman, USCG (Ret.) (confirmed)
former Commander, Coast Guard Forces Atlantic

Noon – 1:30 p.m.  

Luncheon with Speaker *

“Education: The Ultimate Anti-Drug”
Mr. Nicholas Negroponte (confirmed)

Chairman

One Laptop Per Child

Lunch sponsored by

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Dessert Break on the Exhibit Floor *

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.              

Panel Session: “The Global Impact: Where Is the Unity of Effort to Combat Trans-national Threats?”
Moderator:

Mr. George V. Galdorisi (confirmed)

Director, Corporate Strategy Group

SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.  

Panel Session: “How Do We Build Capacity for Joint and Combined Counter Narco-Trafficking Operations?”

Moderator:

Ambassador Charles A. Ford (confirmed)
Business Engagement Advisor to the Commander, HQ U.S. Southern Command

former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Technology Reception on the Exhibit Floor

Sponsored by

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

"SOUTH" of the Border Fiesta Poolside*

Dress: Casual

Sponsored by

Thursday, October 9

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Plenary Address

The Honorable Sergio Jaramillo Caro (confirmed)

Vice Minister of Defense, Colombia

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Coffee Break on the Exhibit Floor

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Joint Staff Presentation - "GIG 2.0"

VADM Nancy Brown, USN (confirmed)
Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (J-6)

The Joint Staff

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Panel Session: “Narco-Trafficking Technologies/Innovations: How Do We Counter the Emerging Threats to National Security?”

Moderator:

Scott C. Truver, Ph.D. (confirmed)
National Security Programs
Gryphon Technologies, LC
Greenbelt, Maryland

10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

GSA 1122 Purchasing Program Session
Presenter:

Steve McFarland (confirmed)

Senior Marketing Specialist
GSA - Federal Acquisition Service

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Panel Session: “How Do We Promote Public-Private Partnerships to Win the Counter Narco-Trafficking Fight?”

Moderator:

VADM Tim LaFleur, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)

Principal, Navy Marine Corps Market
Booz Allen Hamilton

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.   

AFCEA South Florida Chapter Luncheon*
Speaker:
ADM James Stavridis, USN (confirmed)

Commander

U.S. Southern Command

Lunch sponsored by

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Dessert Break on the Exhibit Floor *

2:45 p.m.

Optional Tour - Terremark Network Access Point of the Americas (NAP), Miami **

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** Additional registration required. See the Special Events page for details.