Deputy Assistant Secretary James A. Walsh for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) will moderate a panel highlighting the international response to the opioid crisis. Panelists may discuss efforts related to regulating, monitoring, and enforcing opioid and synthetic drug production and controls. Presentations will focus on information sharing, best practices, and coordination on illicit opioid and heroin trafficking.

Panelists will include:
- Mauricio Ibarra, General Director for North America Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
- Raymond Donovan, DEA Special Agent in Charge for the Special Operations Division
- Justice Tettey, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Chief of the Laboratory and Science Section