FORUM AGENDA

This is the 2024 agenda, provided to give you an idea of the topics and speakers featured. Please check back periodically for updates on the 2026 agenda.

WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE 2024
TIMESESSION
0700-0745Check-In / Registration / Technology Expo
0745-0800Administrative Remarks / Security Briefing
0800-0815NRO Welcome Remarks / Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Dr. Troy Meink
Principal Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
0815-0900Mr. Adam Cohen
Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Executive Office of the President (EOP)
0900-0930Break / Technology Exposition
0930-1030NRO Overview and Constellation Demonstration
  • NRO Overview - Maj Troy Hinson, Legislative Liaison, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs (OCPA), NRO
  • Constellation Demonstration - Mr. Vito Genovese, Lead Educator, Mission Integration Directorate, Training and Exercises Group, NRO
1030-1035Introduction of Distinguished Speakers
Mr. John Butler
Chief, Defense Programs Group, NRO
1035-1120Mr. Thomas Padden
Acting Director, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ)
1120-1200Assistant Director Mr. John Tobon
Assistant Director, Countering Transnational Organized Crime, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), DHS
1200-1300Lunch On Your Own / Technology Exposition
1300-1305“A Homeland Security Perspective”
Introduction of Distinguished Speakers
Mr. Beau Cosper
Deputy Chief, Defense Programs Group, NRO
1305-1345Mr. Steve Feinberg
Director, Transborder Security Center, Office of Intelligence & Analysis, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
1345-1430Ms. Julie Brewer
Deputy Under Secretary for Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
1430-1500Break / Technology Exposition
1500-1630CBP's Regional Perspectives on Illicit Drugs in the U.S.
  • Mr. Ty Eanes, Executive Director, Border Security Intelligence Center, Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  • Mr. Juan Fernandez, Executive Director, National Border Security Intelligence Watch, Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  • Mr. Chris MacDonald, Executive Director, Southern Border Intelligence Center (SBIC), Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Regional Intelligence Center (RIC) Directors
1630Day 1 Wrap-Up / Closing Remarks

THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2024
TIMESESSION
0745-0800Administrative Remarks / Security Briefing
0800-0815NRO Remarks / Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Mr. Russ Jeffries
Director, Mission Integration Directorate, NRO
0815-0900Mr. John Lowe
Chief, Americas and Transnational Threats Center (ATTC), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
0900-0905Introduction of Distinguished Speaker
Mr. John Butler
Chief, Defense Programs Group, NRO
0905-0945Mr. Joseph Bozenko
Senior Research Chemist, Special Testing and Research Laboratory, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
0945-1000Break
1000-1030NGA Global Counternarcotics Branch Overview
Ms. Jen Godfrey
Imagery Analyst, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
1030-1100Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Overview
1100-1130Tradecraft Development Overview - Intelligence Discovery Cell
1130-1230Lunch On Your Own
1230-1235Introduction of Distinguished Speaker
Mr. Beau Cosper
Deputy Chief, Defense Programs Group, NRO
1235-1300How Can Defense Intelligence and Law Enforcement Partner Against Fentanyl?
Dr. Barry Zulauf
Defense Intelligence Officer for Counternarcotics, Transnational Organized Crime, and Threat Finance, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
1300-1415Innovative and Emerging Technologies in Support of National Security/Counterdrug Mission
  • Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Overview
  • Advanced Systems & Technology (AS&T) Overview
  • Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) Overview
1415-1430Break
1430-1515NRO-NGA Interagency Capability Briefing
Ms. JM Van Pelt
Imagery Scientist, NGA
1515-1545Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Role of INTERPOL in Combatting Transnational Crime and Terrorism
Mr. Skip Sigmon III
Senior Advisor to the Director, INTERPOL Washington
1545-1615Using GIS to Support the USG Counternarcotics Mission
Mr. Patrick O’Brien
Senior Solutions Engineer, ESRI
1615Forum Wrap-Up / Closing Remarks