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Border Issues |
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12th Annual
Congressional U.S.- Mexico
Border Issues
Conference |
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Tuesday, March 11 |
Library of Congress, Jefferson
Building
10 First St. S.E., Washington,
D.C. |
9:00 -
9:30
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WELCOME
Welcoming and Introduction:
Congressman Silvestre Reyes
(D-TX)
Congressman Steve Pearce
(R-NM)
Honorable Al Zapanta, President
& CEO, USMCOC |
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9:30 - 11:00 |
ROUNDTABLE: HEALTH &
ENVIRONMENT
Co-conveners:
Congressman Ed Pastor
(D-AZ)
Congressman Steve Pearce
(R-NM)
Moderator:
Elaine Koerner, Designated Federal Officer,
Good Neighbor Environmental
Board
Panelists:
-Dr. Robert Anders,
Co-Director of Hispanic Health Disparities
Research center, University of Texas at El Paso
(UTEP)
- Dr. Antonio Peña Diaz, Professor at
the Medical School, Biology Institute, National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
- Alex
Marxer, COO, Health Travel Guides
- Hector
Camacho, Deputy Managing Director, North American
Development Bank |
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11:00- 12:30 |
ROUNDTABLE: INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZATION /
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Co-conveners:
Congressman Ciro Rodriguez
(D-TX)
Congressman Dan Lungren
(R-CA)
Moderator:
Dr. Miguel Rios,
CEO, Orion International
Technologies
Panelists:
- Juan José
Bravo, Administrador, Mexico´s General Customs
Administration
- Bob Jacksta - Deputy
Assistant Secretary, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection
- Louis Escareño, Director, Public
and Governmental Affairs, Duty Free Americas
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Gerald Schwebel, Executive Vice President,
International Bank of Commerce
- Maria Luisa
O'Connell, President, Border Trade
Alliance |
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12:30 - 13:45 |
LUNCHEON
Keynote Speaker:
- Lic. Eduardo Medina Mora,
Mexico´s Attorney General (PGR) |
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14:00
- 16:00 |
FORUM: MERIDA
INITIATIVE
Moderator:
Hon. Al Zapanta,
President & CEO, USMCOC
Keynote Speakers:
-Congressman
Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
-Congressman Michael
McCaul (R-TX)
- Congressman Eliot Engel,
Chairman, Western Hemisphere Sub-
Committee
-Amb. Arturo Sarukhan, Embassy of
Mexico, Washington D.C.
- David Johnson,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs |
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Library of Congress, Madison
Building
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
Washington, D.C.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION
HONORING
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
Master of Ceremonies:
Honorable Al
Zapanta
Welcoming and Introduction of Special
Guests:
Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D TX)
Guests of
Honor:
- Lic. Eduardo Medina Mora,
Mexico's Attorney General
- Mayor Raúl Salinas,
City of Laredo, TX
- Mayor Ramón Garza Barrios,
Municipality of Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. |
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Sponsorship opportunities available. If you
are interested in becoming a Sponsor while
helping bring these important issues to the
Nation’s capitol, please click
here or contact us at
202-312-1525
For more information please contact Adriana
Gil at 202-312-1526 or via e-mail at
events@usmcoc.org |
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