2023 CanAm Agenda

May 24, 2023 (Registration opens at 10:00)
10:00- 12:30: Conference Registration Open
(all activities at Gull Lake Center unless otherwise noted)
11:00- 12:30: Lunch (provided) (Norway Center)
12:30: Business Meeting (All members encouraged to attend)
13:00 – 13:30 : TRAINING CONFERENCE OPENING CEREMONIES
Presentation of Colors – MN National Guard Counter Drug
Bagpipes- Jim Dougherty
Pledge of Allegiance
National Anthem – Brainerd High School Choir Small Group
Moment of Silence
Welcome – MSANI President Andy Johnson

13:30 – 14:15: MN Medical Marijuana Update- Chris Tholkes, Director, Office of Medical Cannabis
14:15 – 14:30: Break
14:30 – 15:00: Update within MN District US Attorney’s Office- Allen Slaughter, Assistant US Attorney
15:00 – 17:15: KEYNOTE SPEAKER – CW4 Mike Durant (US Army Ret.)-
In the Company of Heroes
17:15 – 17:30: Break
17:30 – 17:45: MOCIC Update- Bob Bushman & Jason Westphal, MOCIC Field Representatives
17:45 – 18:00: Introduction of vendors / Nominations for board positions
18:00 – ? : Intelligence Exchange
18:30: Dinner with music by Devyn Rae (Norway or outside- weather dependent)

May 25, 2023
08:00 – 09:45: BREAKOUT SESSION 1
09:45 – 10:00: Break
10:00 – 11:45: BREAKOUT SESSION 2
12:00 – 13:00: Lunch provided
13:00 – 14:45: BREAKOUT SESSION 3
14:45 – 15:00: Break
15:00 – 16:45: BREAKOUT SESSION 4
17:00 – 18:00: Intelligence Exchange
18:00 – Banquet, Board Nominations, First Raffle , Awards Ceremony (Norway Center)

May 26, 2023
08:00: Board Elections
08:00 – 11:45: ENDNOTE SPEAKER – Ann M. Carrizales, Officer, Meadows Place PD, TX- The Fight After the Fight
11:45 – 12:30: Closing Remarks, second Raffle and Gun Raffle