AGENDA

Wednesday, March 18, 2026
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM(1730 - 1900) Welcome Reception
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM(1730 - 2000) Registration Open
Thursday, March 19, 2026
7:30 AM - 3:00 PM(0730 - 1500) Registration Open
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM(0830-0845) Welcome
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM(0845 - 0930) Private Roundtable: Countering the Cartel Drone Threat
8:45 AM - 9:30 PM(0845 - 0930) More Than a Label: The Imperative of Recognizing Drug Cartels as Terrorist Groups
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM(0915 - 1015) Private Roundtable: Ending the Horror of Human Trafficking
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM(0930 - 1030) Sharpening Joint Training and Exercises Across the Hemisphere
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM(1030 - 1100) Break
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM(1045 - 1145) Private Roundtable: Unfunded Priorities: Overcoming Budgetary Barriers to Hemispheric Security
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM(1100 - 1145) Leveraging Data Tools for Hemispheric Security
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM(1145 - 1330) Networking Luncheon
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM(1400 - 1430) Rebuilding and Modernizing Armed Forces Across the Americas
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM(1400 - 1500) Private Roundtable: The Situation in Cuba Today: Repression and Prospects for a Transition
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM(1430 - 1450) Break
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM(1430 - 1530) Private Roundtable: Inside the Fight: The Ukrainian Frontline Experience
2:50 PM - 3:35 PM(1450 - 1535) Confronting the Illicit Maritime Trades of the Western Hemisphere
3:35 PM - 4:20 PM(1535 - 1620) Malign Foreign Influence: Lessons from Europe
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM(1630 - 1830) Reception
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM(1730 - 1830) María Corina: The Conquest of Freedom Film
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM(1900 - 2030) Open Evening for Dinners
Friday, March 20, 2026
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM(0700 - 1400) Registration Open
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM(0730 - 0815) Faith and Security Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM(0830 - 0840) Welcome
8:40 AM - 9:25 AM(0840 - 0925) Leveraging Extra-Hemispheric Partners and Allies in the Americas
8:40 AM - 9:25 AM(0840 - 0925) Private Session: Taiwan’s Relationship with the Western Hemisphere
9:25 AM - 10:10 AM(0925- 1010) Intelligence Sharing and Gathering on Hemispheric Threats
9:40 AM - 10:40 AM(0940- 1040) Private Roundtable: Driving Legislative Leadership for Hemispheric Security
10:05 AM - 10:55 AM(1005- 1055) Private Roundtable: Puerto Rico
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM(1010 - 1040) Keynote Address
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM(1015 - 1115) Private Roundtable: Warfighting Below the Military Threshold: Lithuania's Vision from the Frontlines
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM(1100 - 1145) Private Roundtable: The Path for Restoring Colombia’s Historic Security Gains
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM(1145 - 1200) Break
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM(1200 – 1245) Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM(1245 - 1315) Keynote and Fireside Chat
1:15 PM - 1:35 PM(1315 - 1330) Break
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM(1330 - 1415) Charting a Course for Caribbean Basin Security
2:15 PM - 2:40 PM(1415 - 1440) Energy Security: A Golden Age Agenda for the Americas
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM(1415 - 1515) Private Roundtable: Argentina and Southern Cone Security
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM(1445 - 1500) Break
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (1500 - 1600) Private Roundtable: Assessing the Mexican Cartel Threats
3:05 PM - 3:50 PM(1505 - 1550) Political Realignment of the Americas: Implications for the Future of Hemispheric Security
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM(1550 - 1600) Keynote Address & Closing Remarks
4:00 PM(1635) Adjournment

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