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Session 1
8:00am - 9:00am (Panama Time, GMT-5)
Inauguration, Introduction and Words, moderated by Jorge E. Zequeira, IFRC Regional Security Coordinator
Moderator: Jorge E. Zequeira, IFRC Regional Security Coordinator
Key Speakers:
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Xavier Castellanos, IFRC Under Secretary General, National Society Development and Operations Coordination
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Emmanuelle Pons, Director of the International Operations of the French Red Cross
The Lay of the Land Conference / Reading of the last Drafted Non-Binding Resolution (2 years ago).
Moderator: Jorge E. Zequeira, IFRC Regional Security Coordinator
Session 2
9:10am - 10:10am (Panama Time, GMT-5)
​What Are Civil Military Relations (what they mean to us?) and Pillar Advances in Civil Military Relations (What are they?)
Presenter:
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Nelson Castaño, IFRC
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Peter Evans, Head of Unit for Relations with Arms Carriers International Committee of the Red Cross
Session 3
10:20am - 11:20am (Panama Time, GMT-5)
Civil Military Relations and Research – What is being done and accomplished in academia?
Presenter:
“Civil-military what?! Making sense of conflicting civil-military concepts”
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Henrique Garbino - Swedish Defence University
Presenter:
​Partnering to protect? UN mission leadership and civil-military relations: Research findings and policy implications
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Lisa Ekman, Swedish Defence University (S
Session 4
11:30am - 12:30pm (Panama Time, GMT-5)
Civil Military Relations and the Academic Advance.
Moderator: Mr. Guillermo Pacheco
Panel Guests:
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P. K. (Ken) Keen, Lieutenant General, USA, (Retired)
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Jorge Arguindegui, Argentine Diplomat
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Scott Moreland, Faculty, Practice & Capability, Defense Security Cooperation University
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Alexandra J. Nylen, Research Associate, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies
Closed Session
13:30pm - 14:00pm (Panama Time, GMT-5)
RCRC Caribbean CMR Commitment Drafting Committee.
Moderator: Jorge E. Zequeira, IFRC Regional Security Coordinator
Participants:
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World Food Programme
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Other Region Armed Forces Perspective in CMR
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Government Perspective
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French Armed Forces Representative
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SouthCom Representative
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CAN Armed Forces Representative
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Caribbean RCRC NS Representative
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PIRAC Representative