The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is pleased to invite you to the Border Security Conference: Fostering a 21st Century Relationship of Cooperation and Shared Responsibility, which will be held on August 10-11, 2009, on the UTEP campus. Now in its sixth year, this annual conference is hosted by UTEP in cooperation with the Office of Congressman Silvestre Reyes. This conference brings together leaders from the public and private sectors in both the United States and Mexico to explore how best to safeguard our common borders, while simultaneously fostering the continued human and economic development of our two nations.
The titles for this year’s panels are: The Merida Initiative: A Shared Responsibility to Confront Illicit Narcotics Trafficking; Integrating Technology and Connecting Communities; Forming a Comprehensive Homeland Security Operation; and The Importance of Strengthening Civic Society, Commerce, and Academia.
UTEP’s ability to contribute to this dialogue is greatly enhanced by both our unique location on the U.S.-Mexico border and the wide range of border-related research and educational programs on our campus, including the established National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI), the Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (IC CAE), and the Center for Defense Systems Research (CDSR).
We hope you will join us for the 2009 Border Security Conference: Fostering a 21st Century Relationship of Cooperation and Shared Responsibility. Please explore this website for more information and to register.