prevention ol violent extremism: foreign fighters at home

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Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)/Community Engagement Conference

November 18-19, 2014

Prevention ol Violent Extremism: Foreign Fighters at Home and Abroad

Welcome to the 2014 CVE/ Community Engagement Conference hosted by the Notional Counterterrorism Center. Day l w ill address Foreign Fighter Recruitment and Flow: Domestic and lntemationallmpacts and Strategies, and Day 2 wil l address USG, Foreign Partner, and Community CVE Strategies . Throughout the conference p art icipants will be m ked to focus on innovative and crealive solutions to the problems of foreign fighters as they relate to everything from community engagement and grass roots efforts to socia l med ia and other technological solutions.

This two-day conference w il l be held at the UNCLASSIFIED level. It will feature rema rks from keynote speakers and a series of panel discussions with some of the notion's leading practitioners, commentators, and scholars from the CVE community.

This conference provides on opportunity for CVE/ community engagement p ractitioners to (1) network; (2) share

information and best practices; and (3) identify areas for collaboration on the CVE mission set. Participants

represent the broadest range of our community of interest, including civil rights professionals; military personnel;

researchers and academics; policy makers, and community outreach and engagement specialists.

The conference will toke place at the MITRE 1 Conference Center Auditorium at 7525 Colshire Drive Mclean, Virginia 22102. Once you arrive at the MITRE facility, follow the signs to MITRE 1. You may park on either the East or West side of the building. Please enter the build ing through South lobby Entrance at the back of the building and check in at the Conference Center reception desk.

The full conference agenda is on the follow ing pages.

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Opening Remarh- Rand Beer5, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security 9:15

Panel # 1: Foreign Terrorist Fighter Flow: 5Ws Moderator: Brette Steele, Senior Counsel, Office of the Deputy

Attorney Genera l This pone/ will discuu the sources, recruitment,

Matthew Levitt, Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and 9:15- motivations, destinations, financ ing, and facilitation Intelligence Fromer-Wexler Fellow, Washington Institute for Near 10:30 of foreig n fighters to frame future discussions. Eost Policy

Panelists will focus on the effects of social media Frank Cilluffo, Associate Vice President & Director, Homeland

and technology. Security Policy Institute, The George Washington University William Braniff, Exerutive Director, START, University of Maryland

10:30-Keynote Speaker- Congressman Michael T. McCaul, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security

11:00

11:00-Break

11:15 11:15- foreign Fighters Community Seamus Hughes from NCTC and lrfan Saeed from DHS will provide clarity to the problem

12:00 Awareness Briefing and one approach to community awareness and resilience

12:00-Lunch Break(@ MITRE Cafeteria)

1:30 U.S. International Media

Robert Bole from the the Broadcasting Boord of Governors (BBG) and Brian Conniff, 1:30- Strategy to Counter

2:00 Extremist Influences in President of the Middle East Broadcasting Network will present their strategy to increase

Syria/Iraq targeted programming to key audiences in Iraq & Syria

Pone I #2: Employing CVE to the Foreign Fighter Moderator: AMB Robert Bradtke, Senior Advisor for Partner

Problem Internationally - Prevention and Counter-Engagement on Syria Foreign Fighters, U.S. Deportment of Stole

Recruitment Eric Geelan Deputy Director, International Security Operations,

2:00-Representatives from U.S. efforts to combot

Pol/Mil Bureau, U.S. Deportment of State

3:15 foreign fighters will discuss current efforts to

Daniel Kimmage, Group Director for Digital Presence, Center for

counter this phenomenon, CVE best practices, and Strategic Counterterror ism Communications, U.S. Department of State

lessons learned. Damon Stevens, Chief, Midd le East Group, NCTC

CPT Robert McQueen, 92nd Civil Affairs Battalion

3:15-Break

3:30

e2o!::1 tf:J, Foreign Terrorist Fighters and the Moderator : David Gersten, Coordinator for Countering Violent

Homeland and Domestic CVE Resilience Strategies Extremism, U.S. Deportment of Homeland Security

This ponel will examine the effect on the homeland Andrew M. Luger, The United Stoles Attorney for the District of

Minnesota 3:30 - of the recruitment ond departure of foreign

Horoon Azor, Regional Director for Strategic Engagement-Los 4:45 fighters, the potential dangers inherent in their

Angeles, U.S. Deportment of Homeland Security eventual retvrn to the US, ond strategies to address

Darryl W. McSwain, Assistant Chief of Police, Montgomery County these including Commvnity Resilience Exercises, and Awareness Brie fing s.

Police Deportment

Chris Costillio, CT Program Coordinator for FBI Los Angeles

4:45-Keynote Speaker- HON Jeh Johnson, Secretory U.S. Deportment of Homeland Security

5:15 5:30-

No Host Social/Happy Hour- Harth at the Hilton at 7920 Jones Branch Drive in Mclean, Virginia 7:30

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7:30-Check In (MITRE 1 South lobby, bock of building)

8:30 8:30-

Security Brief 8:35 8:35-

Opening Remarks- Nick Rasmussen, A/ Director, Notional Counterterrorism Center 9:00

George Selim, Director for Community Partnerships, Notional Security Stoff, the White

9:00- White House CVE Summil House, will discuss the upcoming White House Summit on CVE, the Comprehensive U.S.

9:30 Government Approach to Countering Violent Extremism, the Pilot Cities program and on

overview of the President's Strategy going forward for CVE

PQn~l tf:4: CVE Beyond Foreign Fighters - lnternotionol Moderator: Horoon Ullah, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretory

Prevention and Counter-Recruitment for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Deportment of State

U.S. Government CVE procfitioners and partners Andrei Cotton, CVE Officer, U.S. Embassy, Dhaka

9:30-posted abroad will discuss the CVE work the U.S . is COL Mike lwin, Deputy Director, Information Operations &

10:45 supporting in Africa, Asia, ond Europe to prevent ond Director, Military Information Support Operations Policy in the

counter recruitment by violent extremists. The panelists Office of the Secretary of Defense

will offer unique perspectives ond challenges lhot con Dora Katz, USAID Senior Democracy, Governance, Peace and

help inform USG programs ond policies by exposing Security Adviser Middle East Bureau

new ideas, techniques, ond best practices. Jamie Morfin, Deputy Cultural Aliache, U.S. Embassy, London

10:45- Break 11:00

11:00- Keynote Speaker- HON Sorah B. Sewall, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights,

11:30 U.S. Department of State

Creative Approache• to CVE Three of the many Michael P. Davidson, CEO, Gen Next

11:30- innovative approaches to CVE will be presented lo Tony Sgro, Founder and CEO, EdVenture Partners

12:15 give participants some examples of new programs and Sosho Havlicek, CEO, Institute for Strategic Dialogue

resources available to CVE practitioners. -12:15- lunch Break(@ MITRE Cafeteria) 1:45

Mode rotor: Timothy Curry, Deputy Director of Counterterrorism,

Panel tf:S: Foreign Portner Perspectives on Foreign U.S. Deportment of Homeland Serurity Fighters and Strategies to reduce their llow B.M. (Mortijn} Meeder, Ministry of Security and Justice, the

1:45- This panel will include internotional allies and partners Netherlands

3:00 whose unique perspectives ond challenges con help to Adrian Morton, Police Liaison Officer (USA and Conodo) Counter

inform USG programs and policies by exposing new Terrorism, Australian Federal Police

ideas, techniques, ond best practices. Michael Carl Erich Vogel, Counselor, Embassy of the Federal

Republic of Germany

3:00- Break 3:15 3:15- Keynote Speaker- Mike Downing, Deputy Chief, Counrer-Terrorism and Spetiol Operations Bureau,

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Moderator: Amy Pope, Special Assistant to the President and

Pgn~l #6: Locaf Engagement: Private Sector and Senior Director, Tronsborder Security, Notional Security Council

Community Initiatives Stoff, The White House Mohamed Farah, Execu1ive Director, Ko Joog

3:45-This panel will explore the results of recent workshops

Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, President/Founder, World Organization and seek new ideas and input from non·USG

5:00 community leaders whose connections to and

for Resource Development ond Education (WOROE)

understanding of loco/ communities con help inform Haris Tarin, Director, Washington DC Office, Muslim Public

future programs. Affairs Council (MPAC)

Imam Mohamed Magid, Executive Director, All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS)

5:00- Closing Remarks- LTG Bennet Sacolick, Director, Directorate of Strategic Operational Planning, NCTC 5:15

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