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Agenda

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Wednesday, September

Time

Session and Speaker

 

0730 - 0800

Registration

0800 - 0815

Welcome, Presentation of the Colors & Administrative Remarks

Tony Klimkiewicz, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

0815 - 0840

Welcome, Opening Remarks and Moment of Silence

Cabinet Secretary John Wheeler

0840 - 0940

Keynote Address - "DHS Border Initiatives - Impact on Local Law Enforcement"

Melissa Smislova, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Analysis, Department of Homeland Security

0940 - 0950

Break

0950 - 0955

Mexico's War on Crime Panel Introduction

Moderator, Tony Klimkiewicz, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

0955 - 1045

Calderon's War on Crime and Its Consequences

Ron Seckinger, Department of Homeland Security

1045 - 1135

An Open Source Look at Mexico Since 2006

Brenda Fiegel, Foreign Military Studies Office

1135 - 1145

Panel Q & A

1145 - 1300

Lunch (attendees make own lunch arrangements)

1300 - 1400

Border Security - The Mexican Perspective

Fernando de la Mora Salcedo & Augustin Maciel, Mexican Consulate in El Paso, Texas

1405 - 1500

Border Violence Spillover - The Arizona Experience

Laurel Burgett, Phoenix Police Department

1500 - 1515

Break

1515 - 1530

Introduction to Rocky Mountain Information Network

Chuck Schoville, Rocky Mountain Information Network

1530 - 1600

Overview of Sandia National Laboratories Contribution to Border Issues

Jason Reinhardt, Sandia National Laboratories

1605 - 1700

Legal Framework for Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Clifford M. Rees, JD, University of New Mexico, Center for Disaster Medicine

1700 - 1715

Wrap up

Tony Klimkiewicz, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Time

Session and Speaker

 

0800 - 0815

Call to Order

Tony Klimkiewicz, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

0815 - 0820

Transnational Gang Panel Introduction

Moderator, Juanita Guy, New Mexico All Source Intelligence Center

0820 - 0855

ZETAS

Edgar Ortiz, Texas Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Information Analysis

0855 - 0930

Barrio Azteca

Louis Casale, US Department of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center

0930 - 0940

Break

0940 - 1015

MS-13

Eduardo Cordero, Inglewood Police Department

1015 - 1030

Panel Q & A

1030 - 1040

New Mexico Centric Gang Panel Introduction

Moderator, Juanita Guy, New Mexico All Source Intelligence Center

1040 - 1115

NM Gang Activity in the Prisons

John Solomon and Dwayne Santistevan, New Mexico Department of Corrections

1115 - 1150

NM Gang Activity in the Streets

Joshua Campos, Nate Lerner, Chuck Tuberville and Matt Wolke, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office

1150 - 1200

Panel Q & A

1200 - 1300

Luncheon Presentation - Historical Perspective on Border Security

Dr. Louis Ray Sadler, New Mexico State University

1315 - 1415

The Radical Islamic Bomb - A Threat to the Homeland?

Dr. Gary Richter, Sandia National Laboratories

1415 - 1430

Radiological/ Nuclear Threat Reduction Panel Introduction

Moderator, Lee Shin, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

1430 - 1500

Law Enforcement's Role in Radiological Response and Awareness

David Binder, Department of Homeland Security, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

1500 - 1530

Anthony Adjudication Process

Richard Stump, Sandia National Laboratories
1530 - 1540 Break

1540 - 1620

Dr. Gary Richter, Sandia National Laboratories

1620 - 1645

Radiation Portal Efforts on the Border

Mark Rowley, New Mexico Department of Public Safety, Motor Transportation Police

1645 - 1700

Panel Q & A

1700 - 1715

Wrap up & Evaluations

Tony Klimkiewicz, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management