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LARC SPRING 2022 CONFERENCE
On April 13, 2022, the Latin America Regional Committee (LARC) held its first in-person events since 2019 at the Graham Center at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida. FIU has been a longtime host of the LARC .
More than 140 participants representing 100-plus organizations enjoyed the robust conference, which began on April 12 with a welcome reception at The Doral Yard. The program included an array of security experts from across OSAC’s global public-private partnerships and examined timely issues.
PROGRAM
Welcome remarks by Eduardo Jany, CSO – SVP Global Security, Newscorp; Pete Kapoukakis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of State; and James Weston, Deputy Executive Director, U.S. Department of State
Confessions of a CIA Spy – The Art of Human Hacking presented by Peter Warmka, Founder, Counterintelligence Institute
Improving Personal and Travel Risk Judgment and Decision Making presented by Filippo Marino, Founder and CEO, Safe-esteem
Foreign State Actors’ (Russia and China) Influence in Latin America panel discussion with Evan Ellis, Research Professor, U.S. Army War College; Brian Fonseca, Director, FIU; Cynthia Merchant, Associate Director; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Tradecraft During a Crisis: How Do We Collaborate? Panel discussion with Christopher Broomfield, Manager Global Intelligence and Security, Royal Caribbean Group; Claire Campbell, Principal Security Intelligence Analyst, Mayo Clinic; Wayne Hunt, Regional Security Manager Americas, Shell; and Alex Solorzano, Director, Latin America Division, LDS Church
Regional Presidential Elections and Security panel discussion with Fernando Matus, Senior Regional Security Officer, U.S. Embassy Bogota; and President Luis Guillermo Solis, Former President of Costa Rica and Interim Director, FIU
Cryptocurrency panel discussion with Claire Campbell, Principal Security Intelligence Analyst, Mayo Clinic; Lisbeth Carley, Special Agent, Secret Service; Jeremy Kennelly, Senior Manager, Mandiant
LARC Activities and Regional Matters with Michael Ferguson, Mexico Analyst, U.S. Department of State/OSAC and Andie Tuemmler, Analyst, OSAC
FIU Student Presentations under guidance of Mark Mooney, FIU Professor
Closing Remarks given by Cynthia Merchant, Associate Director, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
SPONSORS
Thank you to Florida International University for hosting this event. The ISF extends its deep gratitude to the following sponsors. Their generous gifts made the LARC Spring 2022 Conference possible:
Gold
Global Guardian
Pinkerton
Silver
Allied Universal®
Cigna
Genric Security
Bronze
Crisis24
Helmerich & Payne
News Corp
VDI
Patron
Muscogee International
Supporter
Impossible Foods
To sponsor a LARC event or another Common Interest Committee program, visit securityfdn.org/cic or contact Siobhan Clune, ISF Director of Development.