III LATIN AMERICAN CONFERENCE and I MEXICAN CONFERENCE

ON DRUG POLICY

September 13^th and 14^th, 2011

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Mexico City

With the support of the Open Society Institute Foundation (FOSI)

Tuesday, September 13^th

9:00 -10:00 AM.: Opening

Jorge Hernández Tinajero. President of CuPIhD ¨Colectivo por una política integral hacia las drogas¨ Local Organizer.

Philippe Lamy. Mexican Representative of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organziation (PAHO/WHO).

César Núñez. Director of the Latin American regional support team for the Joint United Nations AIDS Program (ONUSIDA).

Carlos Tena Tamayo. Mexican National Commissioner against Addictions (CONADIC).

Alejandro Poiré Romero. Technical Secretary of the National Security Cabinet and spokesman for the Mexican National Strategy for Security.

José Ángel Córdova Villalobos. Mexican Health Secretary.

Graciela Touzé. President of Intercambios Civil Association. Organizer.

10:00 to 11:45 AM: Panel - Consequences of the War on Drugs

María Paula Romo Rodríguez. Deputy of the National Assembly of Ecuador.

Daniel Mejía Londoño. Researcher from the University of Los Andes, Colombia.

Roberto Calzadilla Sarmiento. Ambassador at The Hague for the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

Alejandro Madrazo Lajous. Professor and researcher at the Center of Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE), Mexico.

Moderator: Hernán Merlino. Head of the communication sector for the National Board on Drugs in Uruguay.

11:45 AM to 12:15 PM.: Break

12:15 to 2:00 PM: Panel - The perspective of inter-governmental organizations

Maristela Monteiro. Regional Advisor on Alcohol and Substance Abuse for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO).

Rafael Franzini Batlle. Adjunct Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission for Drug Abuse Control with the Organization of American Status (ICDAC/OAS).

Antonio Mazzitelli. Regional Representative of the United Nations on Drug and Crime (UNODC) for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

José Enrique Zelaya Bonilla. Mexican Coordinator of the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS).

Moderator: Juan Machin Ramirez. Caritas Training Center (CAFAC) Director, Mexico.

2:00 to 4:00 PM: Break

4:00 to 5:15: Panel - Drugs, Identities and Worldviews

Mary Ann Eddowes. Director of the Peruvian Coca Leaf Association and Member of the Transdisciplinary Committee of Traditional Medicine, Peru.

Bia Labate. Researcher at Heidelberg University on issues related to psychoactive substances, drug policy, religion and rituals, Brazil.

Epifanio Alonso. Major of the “Misioneros del temporal” Order, Mexico.

Julio Glockner Rossainz. Researcher at the “Alfonso Vélez Pliego” Social Sciences and Humanities Institute of the Autonomous University of Puebla. Mexico.

Moderator: Carlos Martínez Rentería. Director of the “Generation” magazine, Mexico.

5:15 to 5:45 PM: Award Ceremony for the Latin American Drug Journalism Award

Presentor: Eva Amorín. Press Head of Intercambios Civil Association.

Prize will be awarded by: Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, director of the Global Drug Policy Program of the Open Society Institute; Maristela Monteiro, Regional Advisor on Alcohol and Substance Abuse for the Pan American Health Organization; Andrea Domínguez Duque, Award panel judge.

5:45 to 6:15 PM: Book Presentation, Latin American debate on Drugs, I and II Latin American Conferences on Drug Policy

Presentor: Graciela Touzé. President of Intercambios Civil Association.

Commentator: Coletta Youngers. Head Advisor for the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).

Wednesday, September 14^th

9:00 to 10:00 AM: Conference - The impact of reduction strategies on the supply and availability of illicit drugs and violence

Dan Werb. Researcher for the Urban Health Initiative of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and for the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy (ICSDP), Canada.

Moderator: Ilona Szabó de Carvalho. Member of the Secretariat of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

10:00 to 11:30 AM: Panel - Drugs, security and human rights

Álvaro Henry Campos Solórzano. Vice-Minister of Justice and Public Safety, El Salvador.

Luis Gonzalez Placencia. President of the Human Rights Commission of the Federal District, Mexico.

Robson Rodriguez Da Silva. Unit Commander of the Peacekeeping Police of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Eduardo Guerrero Gutiérrez. Expert in the areas of security, violence, and organized crime, Mexico.

Pedro José Arenas García. Mayor of San José del Guaviare, Colombia.

Moderator: Raúl Félix Tovar RAISSS Secretary and Director of the “Viviendo” Organization. Colombia.

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM: Break

12:00 to 2:00 PM: Panel - Socially healthy responses: Experiences and Challenges

Yago Di Nella. National Director of Mental Health and Addiction, Ministry of Health, Argentina.

Andrea González. HIV/AIDS Mexico City Program Coordinator, director of the Specialized “Condesa” Clinic, Mexico.

Giselle Amador Muñoz. Coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Narcotic Dependence at the University of Costa Rica.

Laura Guzmán. Director of the Mission Center of Resources, San Francisco.  Trainer at the North American Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC), United States.

María Elena Ramos. Director of the “Compañeros” Program, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

Moderator: Javier Macario. Coordinator at the RECOISSS Training Center, Guatemala.

2:00 to 4:00 PM: Break

4:00 to 5:30 PM: Latin America in the international context

David Holiday. Coordinator of the Latin America Program of the Open Society Foundation, United States.

Fabio Mesquita. Head of the HIV Unit of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam.

Steven S. Dudley. Co-director of InSight-Organized Crime in the Americas, United States.

Mike Trace. President of the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC).

Moderator: Martin Jelsma. Transnational Institute (TNI) Drugs and Democracy Program Coordinator, Kingdom of the Netherlands.

5:30 to 6:30 PM: Closing

Representative from Latin American Youth

Representative of the Latin American Network of People who Use Drugs (LANPUD).

Jorge Hernández Tinajero. President of CuPIhD -Colectivo por una política integral hacia las drogas-. Local Organizer.

Pablo Cymerman. Head of Institutional Relations of Intercambios Civil Association.  Coordinator of the Organizing Committee for the Latin American Conferences on Drug Policy.