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This page is a resource for those attending the 2014 Summit. It will be updated, as needed, leading up to and during the Summit.

Contents will include information about ground transportation between the airport and the hotels and between the hotels and the Summit venue. Also, details for networking opportunities/social events, Summit information and announcements, and local amenities.

THE VENUE:
AMU Finance Center
393 North Lawrence Street, Charles Town, WV 25414


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finance centre

PARKING
AMU has allocated FREE parking for those attending the summit. Look for the signs directing you to the designated area.

Parking map

GROUND TRANSPORTATION
Ground Transportation (link) for Dulles International Airport.

stop graphicMembers of the Summit team will be picking up speakers and guests from Dulles airport on Sunday at the following times:
6.30am, 12.00noon, 1.00pm, 6.30pm, and 10.40pm
Internal flights: we will meet you at baggage reclaim.
International flights: we will meet you as you exit from customs.
You will be able to identify us by signs we will be carrying.

Supershuttle offers shared-ride van service for groups and private cars from Dulles. Upon arrival, after collecting your luggage, proceed to the SuperShuttle ticket counters located on the lower level by Door 2 for international arrivals, and Door 6 for domestic arrivals. After checking in, a uniformed representative will direct you to the loading areas located at curb 1E. Supershuttle epresentatives are on site 24-7. If for any reason you need assistance locating a representative, or if you have any questions, please call 1 (800) 258-3826 for further assistance.

DAILY SUMMIT SHUTTLE TRANSPORTATION
Transportation from hotels to The Summit venue (AMU) and back to the hotels is provided courtesy of The Inn at Charles Town and AMU.

Shuttles will collect delegates from the three participating area hotels – starting at The Inn at Charles Town and then stopping at The Hampton Inn & Suites and Holiday Inn Express – then travel directly to the AMU Finance Centre. At the end of each day they will return to AMU to take delegates back to the hotels.

Shuttle Bus Schedule

REGISTRATION
Location: The Attrium at the AMU Finance Centre
Sunday November 16 – Registration is open from 5.00-7.00pm
Then daily from 8.00am-4.00pm

NETWORKING EVENTS
Sunday 16, 7.00pm-9.00pm
Screening and discussion at AMU FInance Centre
Monday 17 from 5.00-7.00pm
Cocktail Reception

LOCAL AMENITIES
A booklet of local amenities provided by AMU will be in your delegates bag.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Outside (all day Monday and Tuesday)
Truckers Against Trafficking, a non-profit organization that mobilizes the trucking industry to fight human trafficking, will support the event by bringing its Freedom Drivers Project mobile exhibition full-size rig to AMU.

See aerial view parking map (above) for location.

 

 




 

  • Who is Hosting
  • Who is Speaking
  • Who is Attending
  • Who is Supporting
  • Who is Helping
AMU

American Military University is a distinguished university providing quality and career-relevant online education to motivated students worldwide. [More]

Speakers:

The Summit will be a collaborative, international three-day working conference, where the views and expertise of speakers are actively sought to inform and ignite the conversations of the working groups. By Summit close, we hope to have developed the definitive technical and operational specification for the world's first fully-connected, 24/7 International Resource and Coordination Centre. [More]

Attendees:

Summit attendees will be drawn from the worlds of law enforcement, border agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), health, communications, legal, finance, transportation, logistics and victim support to name but a few.

Sponsors:

The IPTI team is actively seeking commercial partners to champion and help fund this ambitious and potentially world-changing Global Resource Centre and the collaborative process designed to develop it.

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Helping:

An event of this scale and significance requires extensive expertise and assistance provided by a wide range of companies, and volunteers.

As not-for-profit organizations, The IPTI operate within extremely modest budgets, and we are therefore hugely grateful to: [More]