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THE MIDLAND, MANCHESTER
8-10 NOVEMBER 2004

MONDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2004

Registration - Delegates will be able to register in the main hotel lobby area between 1600-2000

Drinks reception - There will be an eve of conference drinks reception between 1900-2000 in the hotel's Octagon Court. Sponsored by i2 Limited in the Octagon Court

TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2004

The Conference will be chaired by Neil Bennett, Crime Correspondent, BBC News

From 08.00 REGISTRATION
Alexandra Suite

09.15 Introduction

09.20 Welcome

Andy Hayman, Chief Constable Norfolk Constabulary
Chair of ACPO Drugs Committee

09.30

Keynote address: Putting the Drugs Business Out of Business


Cliff Dixon, Former Deputy Chief Constable, Bedfordshire Police


SESSION ONE

10.00

Drug Trafficking & Organised Crime in Canada: a case study

Dr Frederick Desroches, Professor of Sociology and Criminology & Director of Legal Studies and Criminology, St. Jerome's University, University of Waterloo, Ontario


11.00 

COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
Octagon Court


11.25 

Going for Brok: Busting the Organised Crime Business out of the Market Place

Trevor Pearce
, Deputy Director General, National Crime Squad
Kathryn Hallam-Howard, Detective Chief Inspector


12.05

Question Time chaired by Neil Bennett


12.30

LUNCH & NETWORKING
Octagon Court


SESSION TWO

13.30

Tackling the Profit of Drug Traffickers/Organised Crime

Felix McKenna, Detective Chief Superintendent & Chief Bureau Officer, Criminal Assets Bureau


14.15

Death and Taxes: Providing the Second Certainty to the Drug Business

Kyle G. Smith, Special Agent and Director of Public and Governmental Affairs, Kansas Bureau of Investigation


15.00

TEA BREAK & NETWORKING
Octagon Court


15.25

Operation McArthur - A Case Study

Keith Taylor, Detective Constable, Merseyside Police


16.10

Panel Discussions chaired by Neil Bennett

End of Main Conference Session


16.40

Sponsor's Specialist input:
Drug Driving: An Italian Operational Experience

Roberto Opizzi, Area Commander, Local Police Force, Italy
Presented by Dr Roberto Liddi
Sponsored by Cozart plc


Unwind ahead of the Gala Dinner by experiencing a simulator race track ride in Norfolk Constabulary's Lotus Elise.This unique community engagement tool has been used to raise public awareness of issues such as the dangers of drug driving. The simulator is situated in Albert Square, outside of Manchester Town Hall, and just 200 yards from The Midland Hotel.

18.30 - 19.30

CIVIC RECEPTION

Hosted by Manchester City Council


The Great Hall, Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square


20.00

CONFERENCE GALA DINNER and ACPO AWARDS
Alexandra Suite (Smart/casual dress requested) The Midland Hotel

WEDNESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2004

From 08.00 REGISTRATION
Alexandra Suite

09.00

Introduction and Overview

Stephen Otter, Deputy Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police and ACPO Drugs Committee


09.10

Using Asset Recovery to Help Break the Drugs Business

Jane Earl, Director, Assets Recovery Agency


SESSION THREE

09.50

Drug Markets, Sellers and Local Communities

Tiggey May, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Criminal Policy Research Kings College, London


10.30

COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
Octagon Court


10.55

My Drugs Business: A Dealer's Perspective

Facilitated by Robin Blackmore


11.55

Demand and Supply Reduction, Blueprint Drug Education Research Programme

Ruth Joyce OBE, Blueprint Manager, Home Office

Police Support for Schools on Drugs Issues


Ian McPherson
, Assistant Chief Constable, Merseyside Police and ACPO Drugs Committee


12.35

Panel Discussions, chaired by Neil Bennett


13.05

LUNCH & NETWORKING
Octagon Court


SESSION FOUR

14.05

The CIDA Delivery Strategy and Multi-Agency Working

Paul Evans, Director, HM Customs & Excise Law Enforcement Investigation
Concerted Inter-Agency Drugs Action group


14.45

Ministerial Address

Caroline Flint MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary, Anti-Drugs Co-ordination and Organised Crime


15.15

Plenary Session, chaired by Neil Bennett


15.45

Conference Close

Andy Hayman
, Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary Chair, ACPO Drugs Committee

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