OSS '99, the Global Information Forum, will take place in Washington, D.C. 23-26 May 1999, and will attract an international audience of policy, military, and law enforcement professionals with special interest in all sources of information. Invitations to speak have been extended to the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the Global Disaster Information Network. Other confirmed speakers include representatives from the U.S. Pacific Command, the U.S. Transportation Command, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A number of academic and business speakers will examine new uses of commercial imagery, online commercial information, and Internet sources. In particular, the severe shortfalls in existing U.S. defense doctrine relating to the collection of operationally critical open source information and operational all-source analysis, will be examined.
Ample room is available for last minute registrations, including at the door without prior notice.
The sponsor, OSS Inc., is the leading international advocate for increased use of open sources of information by both governments and corporations.