The Inter-American Defense Board (IADB), with the support of the Inter-American Defense Foundation (FID), will hold a virtual meeting of the Council of Delegates on “Military Challenges in Times of Crisis” on May 7, 2020, at 10 AM », to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications for the Armed Forces and Security Forces in the Western Hemisphere. The virtual meeting will address shared challenges in the Americas, as well as country-specific challenges, with a focus on: cyber defense, cyber security, transnational organized crime and border security.
Participants: Delegations from the IADB and the Hemispheric Security Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), as well as cyber defense authorities, border security authorities and experts in transnational organized crime from the Ministries of Defense of the Western Hemisphere.
The event will have the following agenda:
10:00 – Opening: Major General Luciano José Penna, President of the Council of Delegates of the IADB.
10:05 – US defense policy and alliances in Latin America and the Caribbean during the pandemic: Mr. Sergio de la Peña, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of Defense – USA.
10:15 – Cyberphysical Systems and COVID-19. A dimensional approach: Dr. Martin Trevino, member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Defense Foundation.
10:30 – Cyberattacks and critical infrastructure in the COVID-19 era: Mr. Marc Asturias, Vice President of Marketing, Communications, Public Relations and Government Affairs, Fortinet.
10:45 – Question and answer session.
10:55 – COVID-19 and emerging challenges in cyber defense: Major General Guido Amin Naves, Commander of the Cyber Defense Command Center – Brazil.
11:10 – Implications of COVID-19: Colonel Francisco Palomo Pérez, Chief of Operations of the Spanish Cyber Defense Command (to be confirmed).
11:25 – Question and answer session.
11:35 – COVID-19 in Transnational Organized Crime in the Americas: Professor Celina Realuyo, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University.
11:55 – COVID-19 and implications for security at country borders: General Hugo Roberto Urbina Marroquín, Chief of Staff of National Defense – Guatemala.
12:10 – COVID-19 and implications for border security in Mexico (speaker to be confirmed).
12:25 – Question session.
12:35 – Closing message: Major General Luciano José Penna, President of the Council of Delegates of the IADB.
12:40 – End of the meeting.
