WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release was issued today by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence:
What: The University of Texas at El Paso and Congressman Silvestre
Reyes, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence (HPSCI), will host Mr. Mike McConnell, Director of
National Intelligence, at the "Border Security Conference:
Securing and Managing our Nation's Borders" in El Paso, Texas.
Director McConnell will deliver a keynote address on the role
of intelligence in protecting our nation's borders.
When: Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (MDT) (*See Additional Instructions Below*)
Location: The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Tomas Rivera Conference Center, Union Building - East, 3rd
Floor
El Paso, TX 20062
For more information, visit: http://ia.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=44127
Additional Instructions:
1) Credentialed members of the media are invited to attend. For more
information, or to register to attend, please contact Kimberly Miller
(UTEP Public Affairs) at 915-747-5747 or 915-491-8907 (Cell).
2) Media should be in place no later than 11:45 a.m.
Set-up: TV Quality Lighting & Sound
Mult Box Available
3) Director McConnell will take questions from conference attendees.
Border Security Conference: Securing and Managing our Nation's Borders
Conference Agenda
Monday, August 13, 2007
*All events will take place in the Undergraduate Learning Center, Room 106,
unless otherwise noted*
1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Opening Remarks
Dr. Diana Natalicio
President
The University of Texas at El Paso
The Honorable Silvestre Reyes
Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
U.S. House of Representatives
Admiral James G. Stavridis
Commander
U.S. Southern Command
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Panel One: Integrating Technology
The Honorable Jay Cohen
Undersecretary for Science and Technology
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Ann C. Gates, Ph.D.
Chair, Computer Science Department
The University of Texas at El Paso
General (Ret) John D. Thomas
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Operations, Intelligence and
Security
SAIC
Mr. James J. Zok
Director of Identity Management and Credentialing Initiatives for the
North American
Public Sector
CSC
Mr. Allen Bloodgood
Director, Credentialing and Identity Management Products
Lockheed Martin
Mr. John Stammreich
Vice President, Enterprise Homeland Security
Boeing
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Panel Two: Strengthening Intelligence Through Diversity
Mr. Charlie Allen
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Michael Delaney
Staff Director
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
BG (Ret) Douglas Murray
Dean of Academics
New Mexico Military Institute
BG (Ret) Jose D. Riojas
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
The University of Texas at El Paso
Mr. Jose Rodriguez
Director, National Clandestine Service
Central Intelligence Agency
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Reception
The Honorable Silvestre Reyes
Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Arturo Sarukhan (Invited)
Ambassador
Embassy of Mexico
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Dr. Diana Natalicio
President
The University of Texas at El Paso
The Honorable Silvestre Reyes
Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Michael Chertoff
Secretary
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Panel Three: Working with Our Neighbors
Admiral Thad W. Allen
Commandant
U.S. Coast Guard
MG Guy Swan
Director of Operations
U.S. Northern Command
Chief Vic Manjarrez
Chief Patrol Agent, El Paso Sector
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Lic. Patricia Lucila Gonzalez Rodriguez
Attorney General
State of Chihuahua, Mexico
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
Panel Four: Drug Trafficking
Mr. Anthony Placido
Assistant Administrator and Chief Intelligence Officer
Drug Enforcement Agency
Mr. Joseph E. Donovan
Acting Assistant Director
National Drug Intelligence Center
Howard C. Daudistel, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at El Paso
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon
*Tomas Rivera Conference Center, Union Building - East, 3rd floor, UTEP*
The Honorable Silvestre Reyes
Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Mike McConnell
Director of National Intelligence
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
