National Conference

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Missing Persons National Round Table Conference 2010
“EXPANDING THE VISION”
Where: Holiday Inn Conference Center 5032 Market Street Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
When: March 18th thru 21st, 2010
Fee of $300.00 covers all conference lodging, meals and materials

Thank you to our Major Sponsors 2010

Allison Jackson Foy Memorial Fund

Want to Sponsor CUE National Conference? Download our 2010 Sponsor Packet here

In March the CUE Center for Missing Persons will host its 6th annual “National Round Table Conference”, bringing people from across nation together once more to aid in national awareness of missing people.

You should plan to arrive Thursday anytime after 4:00 pm and depart anytime after 2:00 pm on Sunday

Meet and Greet – March 18th, Thursday 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Refreshments Provided)

Training, Speakers and Victims Hour - March 19th, Friday (All Day – Lunch, Snacks & Dinner Provided)

Friday Night Sponsors Party - March 19th, Friday – 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Training, Speakers - March 20th, Saturday (All Day – Lunch, Snacks & Dinner Provided)

National Candle Light Vigil Service – March 20th, Saturday – 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Recognitions/Closing Remarks/ Round Table Discussions – March 21st, Sunday (ending 1:00 pm)

TRAINING SESSION, Certificate Classes
* Fundamentals of Advocacy - Instructor, Brad Dennis (Klaaskids Search Center)
* Death, Identification, Investigation Matters - Instructor, Diana Trepkov
(Certified Forensic Artist (IAI) Forensic Identification Services
* Rules to follow while Writing Grants & Questions Asked- Instructor, Beth Gaglione (BG Consulting, Proprietor)

GUEST SPEAKERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Victims Hours, Friday

Christy Davis, Missing Austin Davis & Finders Hope, The Lost Stories – A Mother’s Quest to be Heard

Dawn Drexel, Missing Brittanee Drexel

Melissa Moore, Missing Laura Whitten, WPD

Sexual Slavory, History and Definitions – NCMEC Speaker, Patrick Atkinson

Understanding How Geographical Profiling Can Help Find Missing Persons - Dr. Maurice Godwin, Godwin Trial & Forensic Consultancy

Safety & Prevention Tools - Michael E. & Pamela Bronson (Guard A Kid)

A Source for Serial Homicide and Sexual Assault Investigations” – John Raleigh, VICAP – FBI

Child Safety in the Palm of your Hand - Frank Del Vecchio, Amber Ready

H.R. 3695 Billy’s Law - Jan Smolinski, Missing Billy Smolinski

Canal Sweep Project - Elisa Stirling, In Memory of Mathew Stirling

Focused Therapy – Positive Results – Bridge Builders, Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy, PA

National Candle Light Service – HONOREES

March 20, 2010 @ Riverfront Park, Downtown Wilmington Waterfront – 7:30 pm, the public is welcome

MC – Kim Ratcliff, Anchor WECT TV6, Fox News

Guest Speaker – Marc Klaas, KlaasKids Foundation

Reading of the Poem – Sheree Justus

Vocal Tribute – Markus and Priscilla TeMoney

National Prayer – Angie Davis

Unveiling of the Wall

Service Dedication (see posters)

Keep checking back more updates to be announced

Who Should Attend?

Families of the Missing
Non Profit Organizations and Organizations Alike
Advocates for Missing Persons and Crime Victims
Private Investigators
Law Officials
Coroners and Death Investigators
Search and Rescue/Recovery Teams
Public and Social Agencies
Counselor Services, Trauma/Grief
Volunteer and Community Leaders seeking professional training

The event will focus on improving communication among agencies, learning about each other’s services, exchanging ideas, and creating a unified support system for victims. The conference will also feature professional education/training/techniques, advanced technology, advocacy, investigation and exploring other aspects of missing person cases.

Our primary focus is to offer a safe place for those who suffer a missing loved one and educate those who work daily for missing persons, the search thereof. The conference promises all attendees to be informative, presenting new technology and offer ideas to make a difference in the way missing person cases are handled. Our main stream goal is to provide resources and technique in locating the missing and or lost.

All attendees will receive a certificate for each training session from various agencies and a plaque from the conference in general. Rooms and meals will be provided by the host “CUE Center for Missing Persons and covered by your registration fee. Transportation for arrival and departures from Wilmington airport will be provided. This event will be powerful and we hope you will make plans to participate.

Information will be updated often on training, speakers and other activities; please request a registration form; you can RSVP now with the online registration form, as space will be limited.

For more information please contact the CUE Center (910) 343-1131
Email CUE: cuecenter@aol.com

Thanking you in advance for your much-needed participation in this important event.

National Round Table Conference Goals:

Sharing a trained and professional view for solving cold case and search there of; missing persons
Understanding the resources available to be deployed when needed, what their capabilities are and how to obtain them.
Exploring the relevant positive and negative experiences of people who have experienced a missing loved one.
Creating new approaches to missing persons cases, and effectively deploying available resources; building communication and support
Developing a high-level view of the modifications needed to our current resources and organizational community over the next five years.

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Hotel Location:
Holiday Inn Hotel Conference Center
5032 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28405 (910) 392-1101

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Conference fee: Includes all meals, materials and lodging. All conference 2010 attendees should arrive after 4:00 pm on Thursday night, March 18th and check in; the room will be listed under the main registrars name on this form.
The fee “per room” is $300.00 and must be received by March 5, 2010, you can make payment by postal mail or go the CUE Center’s web site at www.ncmissingpersons.org and click on the donate button, it will take you to the pay-pal submission form.

How will you be submitting your fee?
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Shuttle Service: will be provided to all who fly into the Wilmington Airport only, once your flight information is submitted we will handle your pick up and departure through the hotel. Please do not contact the hotel to make your reservations or pick up arrangements, the CUE Center will handle it for you.

Not staying at the conference hotel?
If you choose to stay elsewhere and or are local and just plan on attending the conference festivities your fee is $50.00, which includes lunch, snacks and dinner and conference training materials. You must still complete the registration form.

National Candle Light Vigil Service
During the conference a national candle light service will be held to feature missing persons from across the nation and photos will be displayed on our wall that will be unveiled. If you have a missing loved one and will be attending please advise us as we will include him/her in the service. All conference attendees will be shuttled to the waterfront vigil service.

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Can you hold my spot now?
Yes… complete the registration form now to assure your attendance at this year’s conference; space will be limited, so registered early!

We are very excited and look forward to seeing each one of you this year.

Thanking you in advance for making this our annual conference a success.

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