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2026 Speakers

Celebrating the 11th Annual Hemisphere Security Conference

Join us in Miami, the gateway to the Americas, for one of the leading security forums in the Western Hemisphere.

11^th Annual Hemispheric Security Conference
Florida International University
Tuesday, May 5 to Thursday, May 7, 2026

Stay tuned for a full list of 2026 speakers!

Brian Fonseca

Director,
Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy
Jeanette Nuñez

President,
Florida International University
Mario Montoto

President,
TAEDA Foundation
Eric Farnsworth

Vice President,
The Americas Society and Council of the Americas
Dan Restrepo

Former NSC during the Obama Administration
Juan Cruz

Former NSC during the Trump Administration
Amb. Frank Mora

Former Ambassador to the OAS, Senior Research Scientist,
Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy
Gerard Johnson

Senior Advisor to the Caribbean,
SEAF
Martin Redrado

Former Central Bank President of Argentina, Visiting Professor,
Florida International University
Ramon Escobar

Managing Director,
Actum
Carlos Díaz-Rosillo

Founding Director,
FIU Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom
Aranxta Loizaga

Network News Anchor,
NBCUniversal Telemundo
Frederick P. Wong, Jr.

Deputy Director,
PortMiami
Alexandre Muyl

Head of Security,
CMA CGM
Lt. Col. Kirk Johnson

Vice President Security and Safety,
Port Authority Jamaica
Azeem Ali

Security Superintendent,
Port Authority Trinidad & Tobago
Ryan Berg

Director, Latin America Program,
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Mahnaz Khan

Vice President,
Silverado Policy Accelerator
Raul Jungmann

President & CEO,
Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM)
Yamilee Bastien

Principal Consultant,
Fulcrum Ventures, LLC
Kjirstin Breure

President & CEO,
HydroGraph
Ali Rahman

President & CEO,
LEXI Lithium
Jose Ramon Icaza Clement

Minister for Canal Affairs,
Panama
Kristina Rosales

Senior Director, Programming and Regional Initiatives,
Concordia
Javier Alberto Ayala Amaya

President,
Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia
Sandra Quincoses

Google
Andrew Spear

Director of Intelligence,
Strider Technologies
Tyler Johnson

Director, Defense and Dual Use-Innovation,
eMerge Americas
Saif Ishoof

CEO,
Lab22C
Carlos Solar

Senior Fellow,
RUSI
Donavon Johnson

Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Administration,
Florida International University
Jovianna Gonzalez

President & CEO,
Digital Forensics Now
Marc Asturias

SVP Marketing and Field Chief Information Security Officer – Government, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada,
Fortinet
Mike Asencio

Director of Cybersecurity Policy,
Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy
Laura Delgado Lopez

Non-Resident Space Policy Fellow,
William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
Bruno Martini

Researcher,
Brazilian Air Force University
Deirdre Kirsten Tatlow

Senior Reporter for International Affairs,
Newsweek
Guido Torres

Executive Director,
Irregular Warfare Initiative
Shlomi Dinar

Dean,
Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs
Daniel Hadad

CEO,
Infobae
Douglas Farah

Senior Advisor on Transnational Crime,
TAEDA Foundation
Pablo Zeballos

Senior Advisor,
TAEDA Foundation
Eduardo Gamarra

Associate Director of Basic Research,
Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy
Myah Havertong

Doctoral Candidate in Criminal Justice
Anthony Pereira

Director,
FIU Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center
Fernando Marengo

Chief Economist and Partner,
Black Toro Global Investments
Jennifer Prescott

Director for International Trade and Tax Policy and Director of Latin American Public Policy,
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Juan Gonzalez

Former NSC under the Biden Administration
Sylvia Cesaratto

Consul General,
Canadian Consulate of Miami
Mark Rosenberg

Senior Fellow,
Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy
Felix Maradiaga

President,
RELIAL
Wolf Pamphile

Executive Director,
Haiti Policy House
Katharina Krakow

Regional Project Manager Latin America,
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Angela Bruhjell

Senior Director of Operations,
C4ADS
Amanda Gore

Researcher,
Center for Global Affairs
Martin Vladimirov

Director, Geoeconomics,
Center for the Study of Democracy
Nicholas Schumann

US Financial Crime Framework,
HSBC
Sara Galvez

Analyst,
Center for the Study of Democracy
Jessica Ludwig

Global Policy Fellow,
George W. Bush Institute
Nancy Helena Arellano Suarez

Founding President of Veneactiva and Program Director,
CEDRO
Vladimir Rouvinski

Associate Professor, Department of Political Studies,
ICSI
Ruslan Stefanov

Program Director,
Center for the Study of Democracy
Marilyn Crichlow

Water Resources Consultant, Hydrologist & Former General Manager
Andrea Crosta

Executive Director,
Earth League International
Wazim Mowla

Associate Director,
Atlantic Council
Carlos Flesia

Retired Colonel of Argentine Army,
TAEDA Foundation
Juan Pablo Toro

Executive Director,
AthenaLab
Juan Ignacio Canepa

TAEDA Foundation
Yanina Kogan

Director,
TAEDA Foundation
Sam McGovern

C4ADS
Katy Dalton

Conservation International
Giana Fiore

Coalition for Fisheries Transparency
Gregg Casad

Senior Compliance Advisor for Marine Program,
WildAid
Mark Bond

Institute of Environment