DEDICATED TO WESTERN HEMISPHERE MARITIME SECURITY
15 - 16 November 2023
| Intercontinental Cartagena
Agenda Day 2
8:00 am - 8:15 am
MORNING REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING COFFEE
8:15 am - 8:30 am
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Vice Admiral (Retd) Luis Ordóñez -
Former President of COTECMAR,
OPV Latin America Chairman
8:30 am - 9:00 am
DAY TWO OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ACQUISITION OF OPV FOR THE URUGUAYAN NAVY
Admiral Jorge Wilson -
Commander in Chief,
Uruguayan Navy
- Current situation of the Uruguayan Navy
- Process carried out by the Uruguayan Navy for the selection of an OPV
- Political decision and current purchase process
9:00 am - 9:30 am
SMALL TO LARGE PATROL VESSELS READY TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUILDING AND MARITIME SECURITY STRATEGY
Rear Admiral Exón Oswaldo Ascencio Albeño -
Deputy Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Armed Forces of El Salvador
Rear Admiral Exón Oswaldo Ascencio Albeño
Deputy Chief of the Joint Chiefs of StaffArmed Forces of El Salvador
9:30 am - 10:00 am
DEPLOYING SURFACE ASSETS TO CONFRONT ILLICIT MARITIME FLOWS
10:00 am - 10:30 am
PANEL DISCUSSION: CHALLENGES AND CONSIDERATIONS OF RENEWING THE SURFACE FLEET
Vice Admiral (Retd) Luis Ordóñez -
Former President of COTECMAR,
OPV Latin America Chairman
10:30 am - 11:00 am
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:00 am - 11:30 am
COASTAL POLICING WITH REAL-TIME, BIG DATA SYSTEM
Rear Admiral Miguel Angel Reyes -
Director of Vessel Traffic Service,
Prefectura Naval Argentina
- Previously, the Prefectura Naval Argentina’s primary enforcement tool was vigilance: constant patrolling and investigation of all ships within the porous, 200-mile EEZ border
- Through signal processing and radar images, new technology enables mission control to track the positions of ships inside and outside the EEZ in real time and detect ships that are not transmitting their position
- The Prefectura Naval can now get data from different systems and combine it with geographic information to provide a complete operating picture
Rear Admiral Miguel Angel Reyes
Director of Vessel Traffic ServicePrefectura Naval Argentina
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES PRESENTATION
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
PROSPECTIVE OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE MARINE OF GUATEMALA
Vice Admiral Edy Santiago Chinchilla Archila -
Deputy Minister of the Navy,
Guatemalan Ministry of National Defence
Vice Admiral Edy Santiago Chinchilla Archila
Deputy Minister of the NavyGuatemalan Ministry of National Defence
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
PERUVIAN NAVY CONTRIBUTION IN NAVAL INDUSTRY IN PERU, AS GOVERNMENT PROJECT
Rear Admiral Enrique Arnaez Braschi -
Director of Naval Projects,
Peruvian Navy
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
DELIVERING NEW OPVs TO THE PERUVIAN FLEET
Rear Admiral César Augusto Benavides Iraola -
Executive Director,
SIMA- Perú S.A
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
REINFORCING ANTI-DRUG AND ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATIONS
Rear Admiral Luis Fernando Marquez Velosa -
President of the Science and Technology Corporation,
COTECMAR
Rear Admiral Luis Fernando Marquez Velosa
President of the Science and Technology CorporationCOTECMAR
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: INDIGENOUS SHIPBUILDING AND OFFSET STRATEGIES
Vice Admiral (Retd) Luis Ordóñez -
Former President of COTECMAR,
OPV Latin America Chairman
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
AFTERNOON COFFEE AND NETWORKING
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
LEVERAGING NEW COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TO ENHANCE COUNTER-NARCOTIC SUCCESS
Commissioner Martin Arias Araya -
Vice Minister of Public Security and DG of the Coast Guard Service,
Government of Costa Rica
Commissioner Martin Arias Araya
Vice Minister of Public Security and DG of the Coast Guard ServiceGovernment of Costa Rica
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
ENHANCING REGIONAL MARITIME COOPERATION
- Building confidence by increasing the speed of operational response and strengthening the interoperability of naval units of Chile and her allies’.
- Developing naval control functions of maritime traffic, search, rescue, and maritime rescue exercises.
- In addition to pollution control in the waters of the Beagle Channel.
