24th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum, Parlatino, Panama, February 23-24, 2023

OPENING REMARKS (9:00-9:40)

• Robert Pittenger - CHAIRMAN, PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE- SECURITY FORUM, UNITED STATES
• Larry Pressler - SENATOR, Unitee States
• Alejo Campos - REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF CRIME STOPPERS
• Ted Cruz - Senator, UNITED STATES

REMARKS (9:50-10:00)

• Bol Gai Deng - The Republic of South Sudan Government in Exile

OMINOUS SECURITY CHALLENGES (10:00-10:30)

• Robert C. O’Brien - Chairman, American Global Strategies, Former National Security Advisor, United States

COFFEE BREAK (10:30 - 11:00)

HUMAN TRAFFICKING (11:00-12:10)(1 hour presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• Anne Basham - CEO of Ascend Consulting, Chair of PI-SF Taskforce on Human Trafficking, United States
• Alika Kinan - “Lived Experience Expert” and President of the Alika Kinan Foundation, Argentina
• Beatriz Yañiquez - MP, President of the Human Rights Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, Bolivia
• Carlos Cossio - Panama National Police, Head of the TIP Unit

LUNCH BREAK (12:10-13:10)

ENERGY SECURITY (13:10-14:05) (45-minute presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• Diana Furchtgott-Roth - Director, Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment and The Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow in Energy and Environmental Policy, The Heritage Foundation, United States
• François Baird - Chairman and Founder, Baird’s US LLC/Baird’s CMC Limited/Calbridge (Pty) Ltd/FairPlay, United States
• Lucian Pugliaresi - President, Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc, (EPRINC), United States

LLICIT FINANCE (14:05-15:15) (1 hour presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• John Walsh - President and Chief Executive Officer, SightSpan Inc. Washington D.C., United States
• Isabel Perez - Director of the FIU, Panama
• Jonathan Holden - FBI Attache - US Embassy in Panama
• Ezra Cohen - Representative of ITUR Financial Intelligence Ltd for Latin America

STRATEGIC MINERALS (15:15-15:55) (30-minute presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• Maria Gabriela Burgos - Congresswoman of Jujuy Province (Litio Triangle-Argentina)

ADVERSARIAL INFLUENCE THROUGH COERCIVE DIPLOMACY (15:55-16:35) (30 minute presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• Doug Fears - Former Deputy Assistant to the President and the Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor on the National Security Council staff, United States
• Andrew Publicover - Economic Officer, US Embassy in Panama

SUMMARY REMARKS (16:35-16:45)

• Anthony Kim - Research Fellow in Economic Freedom, Editor of the Index of Economic Freedom, and Manager of Global Engagement, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation

CRYPTO ASSETS / CRYPTOCURRENCIES (9:00-9:40) (30-minute presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• Combiz Abdolrahimi - Esq., Global Emerging Technology & Innovation Leader, Deloitte, United States
• Martin Rodriguez - Legal Advisor for DOJ - ICHIP US Embassy in Panama

TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCES FOR STRONG MARKET ECONOMIES (9:40-10:20) (30-minute presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• Carla Sands - Vice Chair, Center for Energy and Environment, America First Policy Institute, United States
• Michael Chen - President of the Colon Chambers of Commerce

ILLICIT DRUGS / GANGS STRUCTURES (10:50-11:30) (30-minute presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• Juan Manuel Pino - F., Minister of National Security of Panama
• Doug Fears - Former Deputy Assistant to the President and the Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor on the National Security Council staff, United States

COMBATING EMERGING THREATS IN TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME AFFECTING THE CARIBBEAN AND THE AMERICAS (11:30-12:25) (45-minute presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• Celina Realuyo - Professor of Practice, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University, United States
• Joseph Humire - Executive Director, Center for a Secure Free Society
• Sebastian Cal Urrutia - (Uruguay)

DOES CHINESE TECHNOLOGY RELIANCE HAVE ECONOMIC/SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA? (13:25-13:45) (15-minute presentation/5-minute Q/A)

• John Strand - CEO, Strand Consult, Denmark

EXTINCTION OF DOMAIN LAW, AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO FIGHT AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS (13:45-14:05) (15-minute presentation/5-minute Q/A)

• Jonathan Riggs - General Secretary of the Ministry of National Security of Panama

ILLICIT TRADE (14:05-15:15) (1-hour presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• Alejo Campos - Regional Director, Crime Stoppers Foundation, Americas and Caribbean, Panama
• Tayra Barsallo - Director of the Panama Customs Office
• Marissa Lasso de la Vega - Director of the Alliance against Contraband of Panama
• Juan Martín Rodríguez - Congressman of Uruguay and Parlatino Secretariat

DIGITAL MONEY AND THE IMPACT ON NATIONAL SECURITY (15:15-15:35) (15-minute presentation/5-minute Q/A)

• Erik Bethel - Distinguished Fellow, Chamber of Digital Commerce; former U.S. Representative to the World Bank

WHY WE NEED ATLANTIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN (15:35 15:55) (15-minute presentation/5-minute Q/A)

• Jeremías Urieta - General Director of the AERONAVAL Service, Panama

TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION IN THE DARIE GAP (15:55-16:35) (30-minute presentation/10-minute Q/A)

• Jussara Ramos - National Migration Office of Panama
• Luis Carlos Trejo - Sub-Director of the Border National Service of Panama