SPEAKERS AND PANEL SESSIONS

 

FEATURED SPEAKERS


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

Wednesday, October 8

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

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

 

Wednesday, October 8

Noon – 1:30 p.m.  

Luncheon with Speaker *

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

Chairman

One Laptop Per Child

 

Thursday, October 9

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

The Honorable Sergio Jaramillo Caro (confirmed)

Vice Minister of Defense, Colombia

 

Thursday, October 9

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 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

 

Thursday, October 9

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.   

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

Commander

U.S. Southern Command

* Ticket required for meal. Click here to purchase tickets.

 

PANEL SESSIONS

Wednesday, October 8

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
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

Panelists:

Charles E. Allen (confirmed)
Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis

Department of Homeland Security

Michael A. Braun (confirmed)
Chief of Operations
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

David M. Luna (confirmed)
Director, Anticrime Programs
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
U.S. Department of State

 

Wednesday, October 8

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.              

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

Panelists:

RADM Philippe Arnould (confirmed)
Superior Commander

French Forces Antilles

RDML Joe Castillo, USCG (confirmed)
Office of the Assistant Commandant for Operations

Headquarters U.S. Coast Guard

Neil Giles (confirmed)
Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA)

Tim Manhire (confirmed)
Executive Director

Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre - Narcotics (MAOC-N)

 

Wednesday, October 8

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.  

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

Panelists:

RADM Joseph H. Nimmich, USCG (confirmed)
Director
Joint Interagency Task Force South


John R. Stanton (confirmed)
Executive Director, National Air Security Operations, CBP Air and Marine

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Bruce Stubbs (confirmed)
Director
Office of the DoD Executive Agent for Maritime Domain Awareness

 

Thursday, October 9

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

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

Panelists:

Christopher Day (confirmed)
Senior Vice President, Secure Information Services
Terremark Worldwide

RADM Jeff Hathaway, USCG (Ret.) (confirmed)
Vice President
L-1 Identity Solutions

RADM Robert C. Parker, USCG (confirmed)
Director, Security and Intelligence
U.S. Southern Command


CAPT Matthew Kohler, USN (confirmed)
Director, J-2
Joint Interagency Task Force South

 

 

Thursday, October 9

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

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

Panelists:

Stephen M. Carmel (confirmed)
Senior Vice President, Maritime Services

Maersk Lines


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

former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras

Nate Harrison (confirmed)
Corporate Vice President for Security Worldwide

United Parcel Service

RADM Joseph H. Nimmich, USCG (confirmed)
Director
Joint Interagency Task Force South