Events supporting the Global Campaign against IEDs will be announced on this page. If you would like to be notified of upcoming events, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">
If you would like someone from the Global Campaign to speak at your event, complete and submit a speaker request form.
The Global Campaign against IEDs will host a series of events at GovSec 2013 May 12-15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
November 13 – 14, 2012, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
The Global IED Threat: From Around the World to the Homeland – See the M-Step Website
Hosted by: Representative Elton Gallegly
Monday, 23 April 2012, 2pm - 3pm
Rayburn 2456
Featured:
LTG (USA, Ret) Francis Kearney, Former Deputy Director, Strategic Operational Planning at the National Counter Terrorism Center and Col (USA, Ret) Robert C. Morris, Jr., Founder, Partners International Foundation both representing the Global Campaign against IEDs.
LTG Kearney and COL Morris presented a brief covering the impact of IEDs on Veterans, global stability, and homeland security with an emphasis on the Letter to the President from the House of Representatives.
Download a PDF version of the invitation (153 KB).
The Global Campaign against IEDs hosted two panels and a special Key Stakeholder’s event at GovSec 2012 April 2-4 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
1) The Global IED Epidemic: Much More than Just a Military Problem(April 3, 2012: Time: 3:15PM – 4:15PM)
Panel Members included:
Gerald Gahima – Former Chief Justice of the Rwanda Supreme Court, leading expert in rule of law, conflict resolution, and post conflict resolution.
BG(P) Austin Miller – Deputy Director, Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO)
COL (Ret) Bob Morris (Moderator) – Global Campaign against IEDs
Jim Young - Google, Department of Defense Programs
Primary Learning Objectives
2) The Power of Social Media in Combating Terrorism(April 4, 2012: Time: 1:00PM – 2:00PM)
Panel Members Included:
Gerald Gahima – Former Chief Justice of the Rwanda Supreme Court, leading expert in rule of law, conflict resolution, and post conflict resolution.
LTG (Ret) Francis H. Kearney, III – Former Deputy Director, Strategic Operations Planning at the National Counter-Terrorism Center
COL (Ret) Bob Morris (Moderator) – Global Campaign against IEDs
Chief of Police (Ret) David Peck – Former Chief of Police, Fairfield, Connecticut
Steve Ressler – Founder, GovLoop
Jim Young - Google, Department of Defense Programs
Primary Learning Objectives:
3) By invitation only closed door session for potential international stakeholders (April 4, 2012 Time: 8:30am – 11:30am):
This was not connected to GovSec and was only open to select invitees by the Global Campaign against IEDs. Ambassadors or their representatives from 20 Embassies in the United States were invited. Germany, Canada, and Norway agreed to provide representatives. Germany facilitated invite to representatives of other embassies as well. This open dialogue, non-attribution session:
Although the Global Campaign against IEDs and Partners International Foundation as neutral parties and non-profit entities are not affiliated with GovSec, its organizers, or vendors in any way, GovSec agreed to support the Global campaign’s work through in-kind donations.