National and International Efforts to Address the Opioids Crisis and Transnational Organized Crime

National and International Efforts to Address the Opioids Crisis and Transnational Organized Crime
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May 15, 2018 - 08:30 to 16:45 (Eastern)
Abraham Lincoln Hall Auditorum
Fort Lesley J. McNair
Washington, DC 20319
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The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies will co-host a full-day forum on national and international efforts to address the opioid crisis and the role of transnational organized crime. Forum speakers will address policy and propose strategic initiatives to reduce transnational organized crime (TOC) from a national security threat to a manageable public safety problem in the United States and in strategic regions around the world.

With the exception of the breaks and reception, the entire event will be streamed live at the links above.

0745 - 0830 Icebreaker/Coffee and Conference Registration
0830 - 0845 Opening Remarks
  • LTG (ret.) Frederick S. Rudesheim, USA, Director, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
  • VADM Frederick J. Roegge, USN, President, National Defense University
  • Mr. James W. Carroll, Deputy Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
0845 - 0945 Congressional Perspectives
  • Senator Joseph Manchin III (D-WV), Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Energy and Natural Resources Committee; Select Committee on Intelligence; and the Committee on Veterans Affairs
  • Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
  • Moderator: Ms. Celina B. Realuyo, Professor of Practice, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
0945 - 1000 Break
1000 - 1030 Congressional Perspectives (cont.)
  • Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH, 2nd District), Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force
1030 - 1130 Academic Panel Discussion I - Domestic Efforts Against Illicit Opioids
  • Mr. Kemp Chester, Associate Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
  • Ms. Shannon Kelly, Deputy Director, National High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
  • Ms. Helen Hernandez, Director, Drug Free Communities Program
  • Moderator: CAPT Paul Brooks, USCG, Policy Analyst, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
1130 - 1230 Keynote Address
  • LTG Reynold N. Hoover, USA, Deputy Commander, USNORTHCOM
  • Moderator: Mr. Michael Miklaucic, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University
1230 - 1330 Break - Lunch
1330 - 1400 Guest Speaker
  • His Excellency Gerónimo Gutiérrez, Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
  • Moderator: Dr. William Godnick, Professor of Practice, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
1400 - 1500 Academic Panel Discussion II - Developing an Intelligence Picture of Illicit Networks
  • Mr. Gerardo Rodríguez Sánchez Lara, Academic Coordinator, Center for Studies on Impunity and Justice, University of the Americas in Puebla
  • Mr. John Lombardi, National Intelligence Manager for Transnational Crime, Homeland, and Western Hemisphere, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  • Ms. Celina B. Realuyo, Professor of Practice, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
  • Moderator: LTC Albert J. Marckwardt, USA, Colombia Country Officer, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs
1500 - 1600 Academic Panel Discussion III - Transnational Criminal Organizations - Disrupting the Production and Movement of Illicit Opioids
  • Mr. Carlos Rodriguez Ulloa, Regional Integration, Security, and Defense Specialist, Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia (CASEDE)
  • Mr. Joseph McMenamin, Principal Director for Counternarcotics and Global Threats, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
  • Mr. Paul E. Knierim, Deputy Chief of Operations, Office of Global Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Moderator: LTC Michael Burgoyne, USA, Policy Analyst, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
1600 - 1615 Break
1615 - 1715 Academic Panel Discussion IV - Security Cooperation Against Illict Opioid Trafficking
  • Mr. Sergio De La Peña, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs, United States Department of Defense
  • Dr. Athanasios Hristoulas, Professor of National and International Security, National Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico
  • Mr. Raul Benitez Manaut, Researcher, National Autonomous University of Mexico
  • Moderator: Mr. Iñigo Guevara, Consulting Director, Jane’s Defence
1715 - 1720 Closing Remarks
  • LTG (ret.) Frederick S. Rudesheim, USA, Director, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
1720 - 1830 Reception