Agenda

Below is the agenda at a glance as of February 5, all times are listed in Eastern Time. Please note that the agenda is subject to change, please check back regularly for updates!

Wednesday, March 18
 

WELCOME RECEPTION                                                                                                              

5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Thursday, March 19  

NETWORKING BREAKFAST

8:00 A.M. - 8:30 A.M.

MORNING MAIN STAGE SESSIONS

  • Welcome 
  • Reexamining the Role of the Armed Forces in Hemispheric Security
  • More Than a Label: The Imperative of Recognizing Drug Cartels as Terrorist Groups
  • Morning Keynote Address
  • Leveraging Data Tools for Hemispheric Security

8:30 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.

MORNING ROUNDTABLES - Invitation only

  • Countering the Cartel Drone Threat 
  • Ending the Horror of Human Trafficking 
  • Unfunded Priorities: Overcoming Budgetary Barriers to Hemispheric Security 
  

NETWORKING LUNCH

11:45 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.

AFTERNOON MAIN STAGE SESSIONS 

  • Border Security and Sovereignty: A Hemispheric Approach
  • Rebuilding and Modernizing Armed Forces Across the Americas    
  • Malign Foreign Influence: Lessons from Europe
  • Afternoon Keynote Address

1:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.

AFTERNOON ROUNDTABLES -Invitation only

  • The Cost of Crime: How Insecurity Undermines Prosperity  
  • Confronting the Illicit Maritime Trades of the Western Hemisphere
  • Synthetic Supply: Uncovering the Global Illicit Supply Chains Behind the Fentanyl Epidemic          
  

BREAK

4:30 P.M. -6:00 P.M.

RECEPTION

6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Friday, March 20  

NETWORKING BREAKFAST

8:00 A.M. - 8:30 A.M.

MORNING MAIN STAGE SESSIONS 

  • Welcome

  • Leveraging Extra-Hemispheric Partners and Allies in the Americas

  • Morning Keynote Address 

  • Ports to Power: Ensuring Sovereign Control and Development for Critical Infrastructure

  • Countering Criminality of Authoritarian Regimes in the Americas

8:30 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.

MORNING ROUNDTABLES - Invitation only

  • Driving Legislative Leadership for Hemispheric Security
  • Bad Money: Countering Hemispheric Threat Financing and Money Laundering 
  • The Path for Restoring Colombia’s Historic Security Gains              
  

LUNCHEON AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS

11:45 A.M. - 1:15 P.M.

AFTERNOON MAIN STAGE SESSIONS

  • Minerals and Energy: A Golden Age Agenda for the Americas
  • The Conservative Reawakening of the Americas
  • Towards a New Hemispheric Security Pact  
  • Keynote Address & Closing Remarks

1:15 P.M. - 4:15 P.M.

AFTERNOON ROUNDTABLES - Invitation only

  • Charting a Course for Caribbean Security 
  • Argentina and Southern Cone Security 
  • Narco-Gold: Confronting the Illegal Mining Threats Empowering Narcos
  

ADJOURNMENT

4:15 P.M.