More About the Speakers

Keynote Address by:

Brigadier Andrew D. Mackay
Former Commanding General,
Civilian Police Assistance Training Team (CPATT),
Multi-National Security Transition Command -Iraq (MNSTC-I)

Panel I: Training Police Forces in Post-Conflict Environments

Michael W. Smith
Vice President, USIS International and former U.S. State Department Senior Consulant for CPATT, Counterterrorism and Special Operations Division

Karl Wycoff
Associate Coordinator for Press, Policy, Programs, and Plans, Office of Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Defense and Homeland Security, The Heritage Foundation

Moderator:

Brigadier Andrew D. Mackay


Panel II: Logistics of Police Training in Post-Conflict Environments

Dean Bromiley
Vice President, DFS Logistics

Karen Nies-Vogel
Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (Invited)

Kais Hikmet Hadi Kubba
Vice Chairman, Kubba Group, Iraq

Amy Burns
Director for Communications, Iraq Project and Contracting Office, U.S. Department of Defense

Moderator:

Dana R. Dillon
Senior Policy Analyst, Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel III: Force Protection

Alan Bigler
Vice President, USIS International and former Program Director, Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) Program, Bureau of Diplomatic Security,
U.S. Department of State

Bill Miller
Chief, Security and Law Enforcement Training Division, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State and former Regional Security Officer, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad

Doug Brooks
President, International Peace Operations Association (IPOA)

Moderator:

Jack Spencer
Senior Policy Analyst, Defense and National Security, The Heritage Foundation