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Friday , Jan. 11th

Focus: Protection of Children -
UNITED STATES (AM) & INTERNATIONAL (PM)

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Session I - UNITED STATES Choose 1 of 3 Panels: Domestic Child Trafficking Abolition International Shelter Association Dr. Jeffrey Barrows, Director Homeland Security Investigations Patrick Redling, Chief of the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit iEmpathize Mary Wade, Event and Project Manager National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Staca Shehan, Director of the Case Analysis Division Domestic Child Welfare Systems American Bar Association Howard Davidson, Director of ABA Center on Children and the Law Annie E. Casey Foundation Tracey Feild, Executive Director of Casey Family Services First Focus Yali Lincroft, Policy and Program Consultant National CASA Sally Wilson Erny, Chief Program Officer Virginia Beach Department of Human Services Brian Hawkins, Consortium Chairman of the Strengthening Families Initiative for Eastern VA Domestic Juvenile Justice National Association of Youth Courts Jack Levine, Volunteer Program Director National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Honorable Anthony Capizzi, Board Member and Vice Chair of the Juvenile and Family Law Advisory Committee Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Kathi Grasso, Senior Juvenile Justice Policy and Legal Advisor Virginia Beach Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Honorable Deborah Bryan, Chief Judge
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Luncheon Keynote: Martin D. Brown, Special Advisor to the Governor for Family Re-integration of State Offenders
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Session II - INTERNATIONAL Choose 1 of 3 Panels: International Child Trafficking Dalit Freedom Network Dr. Ana Aspras Steele, President Federal Bureau of Investigation David Rogers, Supervisory Special Agent Hope for Justice Benjamin Cooley, CEO Orphan's Promise Terry Meeuwsen, Founder U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Abraham Lee, Public Affairs Officer International Child Welfare Systems Focus on the Family Yuri Mantilla, Director of International Government Affairs U.S. Agency for International Development Dr. Clydette Powell, Medical Officer, Division of Infectious Disease and Nutrition Operation Blessing Bill Horan, President & COO International Juvenile Justice Defense for Children International Agnes Samler, President of DCI Canada Sixty Feet Dan Owens, President Samford University's Center for Children, Law, and Ethics David Smolin, Director
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Fair
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Paths to Human Rights Advocacy Discussion and Q & A with speakers and students Conservative Christian Fellowship Colin Bloom, Executive Director Focus on the Family Yuri Mantilla, Director of International Government Affairs Jubilee Campaign Ann Buwalda, Executive Director A21 Campaign Annie Dollarhide, Global Communications Manager
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Doors Open for Banquet
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Banquet Keynote: Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family
8:30 PM - 9:00 PM	Close of Evening Events

Saturday , Jan. 12th

Focus: Protection of Children -
ADOPTION - DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Open
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Session III - Panel: International Adoption Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute Rebecca Weichhand, Director of Policy Conservative Christian Fellowship Colin Bloom, Executive Director Orphan's Promise Nataliya Khomyak, Director of Operations Samford University's Center for Children, Law, and Ethics David Smolin, Director
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session IV - Panel: Domestic Adoptions Bethany Christian Services Emily Ruppert, Director of Bethany Christian Services, Hampton Roads Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute Rebecca Weichhand, Director of Policy Focus on the Family Katie Overstreet, Program Director of Adoption and Orphan Care
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Closing Remarks
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM	Close of Networking Fair