Washington, D.C. Government Advocacy and Public Policy Partner J.C. Boggs presided over the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum in Addis Ababa on July 10 -11, 2026. Hosted by the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Speakers included the Honorable Tagesse Chaffo, Speaker of the House of Peoples’s Representatives; Jaak Madison, Member of the European Parliament for Estonia; Worku Gachena, PhD, Director General, Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute; Alexandru Muraru, Member of Parliament, Romania; Abrham Ayalew, Secretariat of the National Partnership Coalition on Migration, Ministry of Justice, Ethiopia; Senator Linda Reynolds, former Australian Minister of Defense; and Senator Salomon SK Della, Democratic Republic of Congo; among others. The Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum (www.pi-sf.com) hosts regular fora for international Parliamentarians and government officials to learn from preeminent experts regarding national security, counter terrorism, emerging technologies, cyber security, illicit finance, critical minerals, human trafficking, election integrity, and other relevant topics.