U.S. mid-term review on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in America Conference
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Mid-Term Review Agenda

Monday, April 3th
9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 Introduction of Goals and Conditions of the Mid-Term Review
Linda Smith, Founder and President, Shared Hope International
10:20 Special Guest Speaker
Ambassador John Miller, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons, U.S. Department of State
10:35 Special Guest Speaker
Laura Parsky , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
10:50 The U.S. Laws Against CSEC and International Legal Institutions - A Comparative Perspective
Dr. Mohamed Mattar, Executive Director, The Protection Project of The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
11:15 CSEC in the International Sphere
Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, General Rapportuer for the Second World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and recipient of the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
11:45 Review of the Second World Congress and Agenda for Action
Carol Smolenski, Executive Director, ECPAT-USA
12:00
The Jaron Brice Case: Prosecuting Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the U.S.
•  Myesha Braden, Trial Attorney, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
•  Sharon Marcus-Kurn, Assistant United States Attorney, D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office
12:30 Lunch - Special Guest Speaker:
Richard Greenberg, Dateline NBC
1:30
Child Trafficking Panel
Moderator:  Derek Ellerman, Co-Executive Director, Polaris Project
Panelists:
1. Representative, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice
2. Marisa Ugarte, Executive Director, Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition of San Diego, California
3. Susan Krehbiel, Director for Children's Services, Lutheran Immigration Refugee Services
4. Julianne Duncan, Associate Director for Children's Services, Office of Refugee Programs, Migration and Refugee Services, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
3:00
Child Prostitution Panel
Moderator:  Tom Kennedy, Senior Vice President for Program and Advocacy, Covenant House
Panelists:
1. John Hauger, Intelligence Analyst, Crimes Against Children Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation
2. Rachel Lloyd, Founder and Executive Director, Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS)
3. Sergeant Ernest Britton, Special Victims Unit/Child Exploitation Division Atlanta Police Department
4. Myesha Braden, Trial Attorney, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
4:30
Child Pornography Panel
Moderator:  Howard Davidson, Director, American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
Panelists:
1. Claude Davenport, ICE Cyber Crimes Unit, Department of Homeland Security
2. Ernie Allen, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
3. John Ryan, Chief Counsel, Compliance and Investigations, America Online Inc.
4. Damon King, Deputy Chief, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Tuesday, April 4th
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 The International Code of Conduct
Carol Smolenski, Executive Director, ECPAT-USA
9:15
Child Sex Tourism Panel
Moderator:  Amy O'Neill Richard, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State
Panelists:
1. Marlene Richter, Director of the Community Involvement Center, WestCare Nevada
2. Kim Olson, Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, Carlson Companies
3. Andrew Oosterbaan, Department of Justice
4. Perry Woo, Senior Special Agent, ICE Office of International Affairs
11:00
Prevention of Supply and Demand Panel
Moderator:  Vanessa Garza, Acting Director of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
Panelists:
1. Norma Hotaling, Founder and Executive Director, Standing Against Global Exploitation
2. Frank Barnaba, Founder and President, Paul and Lisa Project
3. Richard LaMagna, Director, Worldwide Investigative and Law Enforcement Programs, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Corporation
4. Heather Cartwright, Chief, Victim Witness Assistance Unit D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office
12:30 Lunch- Special Guest Speaker:
Jose Diaz, Documentary Filmmaker
1:30 Especially Vulnerable: Protecting the Child and Punishing the Predator
Lou de Baca, Special Litigation Counsel, Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
2:00 Presentation and Discussion: Next Steps in Combating Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, General Rapportuer for the Second World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children


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