On June 12 and 13 2023, the International Conference on Security, Intelligence and Defense will assemble key academics, strategists and practitioners from different parts of the world for two days of intensive presentations and debates at the University of the Southern Caribbean. The Conference will focus on seven main themes, namely:
- The Crime Challenge. (Including review of Regional Crime Symposium)
- Gangs, Violence and Crime
- Reintegration and Rehabilitation of FTFs, Women and Children
- Radicalization, De-radicalization and CVE
- Illegal Migration and Border Management
- Elements of Transnational Crime-illegal drugs, illegal weapons and human trafficking.
- Examination of Regional Security Institutions including CARICOM IMPACS, RSS and JRCC)
There will be five rounds of Q&A and highly interactive discussions with an aim of finding solutions to our crime problems. The Conference will feature over 30 speakers including:
- Professor Muqtedar Khan (University of Delaware)
- Professor Fabiana Perera ((William J Perry Centre)
- Professor Celina Realuyo (William J Perry Centre)
- Dr.Raghunath Mahabir (USC)
- Ambassador Dr. Manorma Soeknandan (Former Deputy Secretary General of CARICOM)
- Dr. Randy Seepersad (UWI)
- Dr. Wendell Wallace (UWI)
- Pastor Clive Dottin
- Ms. Casandra Seetahal (Ministry of the Attorney General, TnT)
- Commander Garvin Heerah
- Mr. Keron Ganpat (former Deputy Director SSA)
- Ms. Alana Wheeler (former Director, CTU
- Dr. Andre Clarke(IMPACS)
- Mr. Callixtus Joseph (IMPACS)
- Mr. Stevenson Byng (USC)
The conference will provide a timely opportunity to discuss many of the most difficult, and often uncomfortable questions on current security dynamics. From the need to quell the crime surge in TnT and other CARICOM countries to the need to understand the impact of returning women and children from previously ISIS held strongholds, from the need to provide strong and effective recommendations to the Region in dealing with Transnational Crime to the imperatives of ensuring stronger border management and from to need to challenge the elements of radicalization and extremism to the imperatives of reviewing our security institutions for the purpose of making them stronger and more effective. As always, a detailed agenda will not be published until the eve of the conference.
For further details and registration kindly visit: https://usc.edu.tt/icsisd/
Email: Dr. Raghunath Mahabir: mahabir@usc.edu.tt
