18th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum, Panama City, Panama, June 29 – 30, 2021

9:00 – 10:00 OPENING REMARKS

• Jorge Pizarro - President of Parlatino
• Robert Pittenger - Chairman, Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum
• Alejo Campos - Regional Director – CEO, CBLA Crime Stoppers
• Juan De Dianous - Ambassador of Panama to the United States of America
• Marcos Castillero - President of The Panama National Assembly
• Laurentino Cortizo - President of Panama

10:00 – 10:45 “CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES” (PRESENTATION)

• Erik Bethel - Distinguished Fellow at Chamber of Digital Commerce
• Paul Touw - Former Chief of Strategy, E-Commerce, US State Department

10:45 – 11:45 “BEST PRACTICES” AML/CTF (PANEL)

• Andreas Frank - AML/CFT advisor for the Bundestag, Council of Europe and the European Parliament
• Andreas Jahn - Bundestag Foreign Policy Senior Advisor
• Mariano Federici - Managing Director, k2 Integrity and former chair of the Egmont Group
• Jeffrey Cooper - Director Fintech at SAS and former Director International Operations , IRS Criminal Investigation

11:45 – 12:45 LUNCH BREAK

12:45 – 13:30 KEYNOTE MESSAGE

• Bill Cassidy - United States Senator
• Marco Rubio - United States Senator

13:30 – 14:30 “TRADE BASED MONEY LAUNDERING” (PANEL)

• Bill Cassidy - United States Senator
• Andreas Schwarz - Member of German Bundestag
• John Cassara - former CIA and Treasury special agent
• Emanuele Ottolenghi - Foundation for Defense of Democracies

14:30 – 15:10 “5G SECURITY CHALLENGES” (PANEL)

• John Strand - CEO, Strand Consult
• Sohan Dasgupta - Former Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

15:10 – 15:40 COFFEE BREAK

15:40 – 16:40 “MITIGATING CYBER SECURITY THREATS TO DEFENSE AND FINANCE SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE” (PANEL)

• Marco Zanni - Italian MEP
• Victoria Beckman - Director Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) Americas
• Surjeet Mahant - Managing Director at K2 Integrity and head of Cyber Risk Management Services

16:40 – 17:30 “REGIONAL SECURITY PERSPECTIVES”

• Jorge Pizarro - President of Parlatino
• Severino Mejía - Security Advisor of the Presidency in Panama
• David Saied - FIU President of Panama

17:30 – 17:55 OPEN DISCUSSION Q&A

17:55 – 18:00 “CLOSING REMARKS”

• Robert Pittenger - Chairman, Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum

18:00 – 19:30 COCKTAIL RECEPTION AT PARLATINO

19:30 TRANSFER TO HOTEL

09:00 – 10:15 “BLOCKCHAIN/BITCOIN ILLICIT FINANCE” (PANEL)

• J.C. Boggs - Co-lead, Fintech, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency practice, King & Spalding
• Patrick Campos - Chief Strategy Officer, Securrency
• Jackson Mueller - Director, Policy & Government Relations, Securrency
• Seth Hertlein - Head of Policy & Government Relations, Stellar Development Foundation

10:15 – 10:45 COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 11:45 “ILLICIT FINANCE” (PANEL)

• Luis Petri - Deputy of Nation, Argentina
• Sarah Paquet - Chairman of IEWG (Egmont Group); Director and CEO of FINTRAC/CANAFE
• Joseph Humire - Executive Director, Center for a Secure Free Society
• Celina Realuyo - Professor of Practice, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University

11:45 – 12:45 LUNCH BREAK

12:45 – 13:15 “ADVERSARIAL FOREIGN INVESTMENTS” (PRESENTATION)

• Brent McIntosh - Former Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury

13:15 – 14:15 “EXTINCTION OF DOMAIN TO COMBAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIME” (PANEL)

• Juan Manuel Pino - Minister of National Security of Panama
• Germán Garavano - former Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Argentina
• Alejo Campos - Regional Director – COO, CBLA Crime Stoppers

14:15 – 14:45 COFFEE BREAK

14:45 – 15:45 PARLATINO – MODEL LAW TO COMBAT ILLICIT TRADE AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME (PANEL)

• Silvia Giacoppo - Senator, Argentina
• Werner Ovalle - Vice President of World Customs Organization
• Albert Sandy - Executive Secretary - Caribbean Customs and Law Enforcement Council
• Juan Carlos Buitrago - Former Chief of Economic and Financial Police

15:45 – 16:45 FREE TRADE ZONES AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME (PANEL)

• Giovanni Ferrari - Manager of Colon Free Zone
• Piotr Stryszowski - OECD Public Governance Directo
• Juan Jose ́ Vides - Honduras Customs Director

16:45 – 17:15 “REGIONAL SECURITY PERSPECTIVES”

• Michael Chen - VP Colon Chamber of Commerce
• Mauricio Vieira - Chair on Countering Illicit Trade and Preventing Transnational
• Elías Castillo - General Secretary of Parlatino

17:15 – 17:45 OPEN DISCUSSION Q&A

17:45 – 18:00 “CLOSING REMARKS”

• Robert Pittenger - Chairman, Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum
• Alejo Campos - Regional Director – COO, CBLA Crime Stoppers

18:00 – 19:30 COCKTAIL RECEPTION IN PARLATINO

19:30 TRANSFER TO HOTEL