invited speakers BRIG. GEN. KASHIF NAVEED ABBASI Force Chief of Staff African Union-United Nations Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
DR ABDURRAZAQ BALOGUN The Executive Secretary Lagos State Security Trust Fund
MOHAMED ESSEISSAH Chief Commissioner, Regional Coordinator G5 Sahel, Mauritania
BRIG. GEN. ABDALLA ABDALLA MOHAMED Deputy Director Somalia National Intelligence & Security Agency (NISA)
FARAH ABDULSAMED Senior Political Advisor, Conflict & Humanitarian Affairs IGAD Peace & Security Division (PSD)
TAJUDEEN BALOGUN State Commandant, Civil Defence, Lagos
COMMANDER ATONFACK GUEMO CYRILLE SERGE Technical Advisor Ministry of Defence, Cameroon
JAMES NYIRENDA Regional Security Consultant African Development Bank (AfDB)
KHALID AZMI Director of the Department of Counterterrorism Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ADEBAYO AKINADE Executive Secretary Institute of Security, Nigeria
LT COL PAUL “SHOVE” GILBY Chief of Staff International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC)
NEIL ROBERTS Regional Senior Immigration & Border Management Specialist International Organization for Migration (IOM)
JOHN C. DORRANCE Head Intelligence Production North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) HQ
ISMAILA IDRIS PHD Cyber Security Experts Association Of Nigeria (CSEAN)
GEN ABDIRASHID ADEN HERSI Commandant of General Kahiye Police Academy Somali National Police Force; Ministry of Internal Security
MG SALIHU ZAWAY UBA Force Commander United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
RT HON. ALI MOHAMED GEDI Former Prime Minister Government of Somalia
NAJIM EL HADJ MOHAMED Permanent Secretary G5 Sahel, Mauritania
PANKAJ JOSHI Military Planning Officer United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU)
DR. TAREK SHARIF Head of Defence & Security Division, African Union Commission (AUC); Committee of Intelligence & Security Service of Africa (CISSA)
OLUSHOLA KAMAR SUBAIR Head of Interpol, Commissioner of Police, Nigeria
CDR STEFAN MAYER Assistant Chief of Staff for Future Operations EUNAVFOR
BRIG. GEN. GEORGE M. MUSHAMBA Commander - Force Intervention Brigade UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
NYALE MUNGA Kenya National Police Service; Head of Anti-Terrorism Unit, Ministry of Interior & Coordination of National Government
COLONEL MASSINA YOTROFEI Director General, Gendarmerie Nationale (National Guard), Togo