World Summit on Counter Terrorism: Terrorism's Global Impact - ICT's 9th International Conference

The World Summit on Counter-Terrorism: Terrorism’s Global Impact The 9th International Conference of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism took place at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel on 7-10 December 2009.Schedule - World Summit on Counter-Terrorism: Terrorism’s Global Impact, September 7-10, 2009, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, accessed 8 February 2010.
==Schedule==
Monday, September 7, at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya
Opening Evening
19:00 Reception
20:00 Greetings:
*Prof. Uriel Reichman, President, IDC Herzliya, Israel
*Mr. Shabtai Shavit, Former Head of the Mossad; Chairman, ICT Board of Directors, Israel
*Dr. Boaz Ganor, Executive Director of ICT; Deputy Dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya, Israel
Special Award Ceremony, honoring the Guardians of the ICT:
*Mr. Steven E. Stern, Chairman, National Security Round Table, New York, U.S.A.
Keynote speakers:
*Congressman Mike Rogers, Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Counter-terrorism and Human Intelligence, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S.A.
Topic: America’s War on Terrorism in Year Eight
*MK Tzipi Livni, Chairperson of the Kadima Movement and Chairperson of the Opposition, Israel
*Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Jonathan Davis, Head of the Raphael Recanati International School, Vice President for External Relations, IDC Herzliya, IsraelSchedule - World Summit on Counter-Terrorism: Terrorism’s Global Impact, September 7-10, 2009, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, accessed 8 February 2010.
Tuesday, September 8, at the Center for Performing Arts, Herzliya
Plenary Session
Morning Sessions
9:00 – 11:00
*Prof. Alex Mintz, Dean of Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy; Director of Program on Applied Decision Analysis (PADA), Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Topic: The Cognitive Fingerprint of Terrorists
*Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Moshe Yaalon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs, Israel
*Mr. Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy, Israel
*Dr. Yaron Zalika, Former Accountant General, Ministry of Finance, Israel
11:00 – 11:30 - Break
11:30 – 13:00
*Prof. William C. Banks, Director, Institute for National Security and Counter-Terrorism, Syracuse University, U.S.A. Topic: Converging Paradigms in Modern Asymmetric Warfare
*Mr. Abraham Sofaer, George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs, Hoover Institution, U.S.A. Topic: Preventing Harm Through Force
*Dr. Sergey Kurginyan, President, International Public Foundation Experimental Creative Center, Russian Federation Topic: Geopolitical alliances in the 21st century. Their influence upon the fate of Israel and Russia
*Mr. Michał Tomasz Kamiński, President, European Conservatives and Reformists Political Group, European Parliament, European Union
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
Afternoon Sessions
14:30 – 16:30
*Mr. Mike Smith, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), United Nations Topic: The United Nations and Counter-Terrorism – Finding the Comparative Advantage of a Multilateral Approach
*Dr. Matthew Levitt, Senior Fellow and Director of the Washington Institute's Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, U.S.A Topic: Contending with Iran's Sponsorship of Terrorism and Weapons Proliferation
*Mr. Eugen Wollfarth, German Diplomat; Head of Counter-Terrorism Task Force in the Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office), Berlin, Germany Topic: Homegrown Terrorists and Aspirants Rambling in the Afghan-Pakistani Border Area: Activities and Possible Impact as seen from Germany
*Mr. Jonathan S. Paris, Associate Fellow, International Center for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), King’s College London; Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, U.K. Topic: Where is the global jihad likely to strike next? Current and Future Challenges facing the West
*Mr. Amos Gilad, Head of the Political, Military and Policy Bureau, Ministry of Defense, Israel
16:30 – 17:00 - Break
17:00 – 19:00
*Dr. Boaz Ganor, Executive Director of ICT, Deputy Dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya, Israel
*Dr. Daniel Pipes, Director, The Middle East Forum; Taube Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, U.S.A. Topic: Does Terrorism Achieve Islamist Goals?
*Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, Head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Topic: Current and Emerging Terrorist Threat
*Mr. Alain Bauer, President, French Strategic Security Mission; Co-founder, Defence and National Security Council (CDSN), France
Master of Ceremonies:
*Mr. Jonathan Davis, Head of the Raphael Recanati International School, Vice President for External Relations, IDC Herzliya, IsraelSchedule - World Summit on Counter-Terrorism: Terrorism’s Global Impact, September 7-10, 2009, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, accessed 8 February 2010.
Wednesday, September 9, at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya
Workshop Sessions
09:00 Reception
09:30 - 12:30 Morning Workshops
1. Renditions and Guantanamo - Challenges of Terrorism Prosecution in the Post-Bush Era.
*Adv. Dvora Chen, Attorney at Law, Former Director of the Department of Security Matters, State Attorney's Office, Ministry of Justice, Israel
*Col. Adv. Daniel Reisner, Former Head of the International Law Branch, IDF Legal Division, Israel
*Prof. William C. Banks, Director, Institute for National Security and Counter-Terrorism, Syracuse University, U.S.A.
*Prof. Emanuel Gross, Senior Lecturer, Haifa University, Israel
*Adv. Shai Nitzan, Deputy State Attorney for Special Affairs, Israel
2. Leaderless Jihad or Organized Scheme? - Global Jihad Structure and Modus Operandi.
*Dr. Col. (Res.) Shaul Shay, Head of Security Policy Division, National Security Council; Senior Research Fellow, ICT, IDC Herzliya, Israel
*Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, Head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
*Dr. Ariel Merari, Professor, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
*Dr. Col. (Ret.) Eitan Azani, Deputy Director, ICT, IDC Herzliya, Israel
*Col. Behram A. Sahukar, Research Fellow, United Service Institution, India
*Prof. Gabriel Weimann, Department of Communications, University of Haifa, Israel
3. Terrorism and Democracy - Do Our Values Protect Us or Threaten Us?
*Dr. Boaz Ganor, Executive Director of ICT, Deputy Dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya, Israel
*Dr. Peter Berkowitz, Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow Hoover Institution, Stanford University Washington Office, U.S.A.
*Prof. Asa Kasher, Laura Schwarz-Kipp Chair in Professional Ethics and Philosophy of Practice, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
*Dr. Randall G. Rogan, Associate Dean Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Wake Forest University, U.S.A.
*Maj. Gen. Uzi Dayan, Former IDF Deputy Chief, Former National Security Adviser, Israel
*Mr. Eugen Wollfarth, German Diplomat; Head of Counter-Terrorism Task Force in the Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office), Berlin, Germany
4. National Security Prisons as a Mechanism for Countering Terrorism
*Mr. Henrique Cymerman, La Vanguardia, Spanish TV Network Antena 3 Televisión, Portugal
*Brig. Gen. Haim Szmulewitz, Legal Advisor of the Israeli Prisons Service, Israel
*Mr. Ehud Ilan, Former Head of the Investigation Division, I.S.A., Israel
*Maj. Gen. Dov Lutzky, Deputy Commissioner and Head of Operations in the Israel Prison Service, Israel
12:30 -14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 -17:00 Afternoon Workshops
1. Converging Paradigms in Modern Asymmetric Warfare
*Prof. William C. Banks, Director, Institute for National Security and Counter-Terrorism, Syracuse University, U.S.A.
*Mr. Abraham Sofaer, George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs, Hoover Institution, U.S.A.
*Mrs. Daphné Richemond-Barak, Lecturer, Radzyner School of Law, IDC Herzliya, Israel
*Mr. Geoffrey S. Corn, Associate Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, Houston, U.S.A.
*Ms. Corri Zoli, Research Fellow, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, Syracuse University
*Ms. Keli Perrin, Assistant Director, Institute for National Security and Counter-Terrorism (INSCT), Syracuse University, U.S.A.
*Mr. Eric Jensen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Fordham University Law School, U.S.A.
2. How Does an Extreme Ideology From 100 Years Ago Influence Our Life Today? – The Muslim Brotherhood and Us.
*Dr. Sergey Kurginyan, President, International Public Foundation Experimental Creative Center, Russian Federation
*Dr. Yoram Kahati, Research Fellow, ICT; Deputy Director, Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC), Israel
*Mr. Reuven Paz, Director, Project for the Research of Islamist Movements (PRISM), GLORIA Center, IDC Herzliya, Israel
*Mr. Ronald Sandee, Director of Analysis and Research, NEFA Foundation, U.S.A.
*Mr. Steve Merley, Senior Analyst, NEFA Foundation, U.S.A.
*Dr. Yuri Byaly, Vice President for Research of the Experimental Creativity Center, Russian Federation
3. Manipulation of Western Mainstream News Media in Asymmetrical Warfare
*Dr. Richard Landes, Department of History, Boston University, U.S.A.
*Mr. Stuart Green, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, U.S.A.
*Mr. Lee Smith, Visiting Fellow at Hudson Institute, U.S.A.
*Mr. Noah Pollak, Assistant Editor of the Middle East Quarterly, U.S.A.
*Ms. Tamar Sternthal, Director of the Israel office of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), Israel
*Mr. Daniel Moro, Chief Editor of TG5, Italy
4. Is the Prison System Rehabilitating Terrorists or Radicalizing Them? - Challenges of Working with Imprisoned Terrorists.
*Gen. (Ret.) Orit Adato, Former Commissioner of the Israeli Prison Service, Israel
*Ms. Sagit Yehoshua, Applied Criminologist, Ph. D. Candidate, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
*Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, Head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
*Dr. Mark Hamm, Professor of Criminology, Indiana State University, U.S.A.
*Mr. Joel Mowbray, Syndicated Columnist, U.S.A.Schedule - World Summit on Counter-Terrorism: Terrorism’s Global Impact, September 7-10, 2009, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, accessed 8 February 2010.
Thursday, September 10, at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya
Workshop Sessions
09:30-12:30 - Morning Workshops
1. Where is the Western Society Heading? - Demography, Immigration and Terrorism.
*Dr. Peter Neumann, Director, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR), U.K.
*Mr. Jonathan S. Paris, Associate Fellow, International Center for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), King’s College London, U.K.
*Mr. Michael Whine, Director, Government & International Affairs at the Community Security Trust, U.K.
*Mr. John Solomon, Global Head of Terrorism Research at World-Check, Singapore
*Dr. Daniel Pipes, Director, The Middle East Forum, U.S.A.
*Ms. Yehudit Barsky, Director, Division on Middle East and International Terrorism, American Jewish Committee, U.S.A.
2. On The Legal Battlefield - What are the Particular Requirements for Achieving Success in Prosecuting Terrorism Trails?
*Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Fighel, Senior Researcher, ICT, IDC Herzliya, Israel
*Adv. Barry Jonas, Prosecutor, Department of Justice Counter-Terrorism Section, U.S.A.
*Adv. Sean Carter, Cozen O’Connor Law Firm, U.S.A.
*Adv. David Scharia, Legal Officer, Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) of the UN Security Council
*Adv. Brooke Goldstein, Director, The Legal Project at the Middle East Forum; Director, The Children's Rights Institute, U.S.A.
3. The Ethical Challenges of Fighting Terrorism - The Gaza War as a Case Study
*Prof. Asa Kasher, Laura Schwarz-Kipp Chair in Professional Ethics and Philosophy of Practice, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
*Lt. Col. (Ret.) Daniel Beaudoin, Humanitarian Operations and Civil-Military Advisor, Israel
*Ms. Yael Shahar, ICT Researcher, Israel
*Col. John E. Chere Jr., Army Attaché at the U.S. Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel
*Col. Bentzi Gruber, Deputy Commander of a Reserve Armored Division, I.D.F., Israel
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4. How Can Modern Policing Assimilate CT with Many Other Conflicting Assignments? - Synergic CT Policing.
*Dr. Robert R. Friedmann, Director, Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange, U.S.A.
*Maj. Gen. Shahar Ayalon, Deputy Commissioner, Israel Police, Israel
*Mr. Brett Lovegrove, Former Head of Counter-Terrorism at City of London Police, U.K.
*Mrs. Didi Nelson, Law Enforcement Coordination Manager, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia, U.S.A.
*Sheriff James A. Cannon Jr., Charleston County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina, U.S.A.
*Det. First Grade (Ret.) Mordecai Dzikansky, NYPD Intelligence Division, U.S.A.
*Mr. Denis Monette, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Nassau, New York, U.S.A.
5. CBRN Terrorism - Prevention, Detection, Scenarios, Response
*Lt. Col. (Res.) Dr. Avi Bitzur, Home-Front Defense Expert, Israel
*Dr. David Bogolub, Medical Officer in the US Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, U.S.A.
*Dr. Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar, ICT, IDC Herzliya, Israel
*Superintendent Alan King, Metropolitan Police Services(MPS) Central Operations (CO), U.K.
*Col. (Res.) Ori Ben Yehuda, Director for CBRN in the Counter-Terrorism Bureau at the National Security Council, Israel
*Mr. Moshe Loebel, Senior Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University and Jerusalem College of Technology; Homeland Security Consultant, Israel
*Dr. Yehoshua Socol, Chairman, Academic Forum for Nuclear Awareness; Director, Falcon Analytics Consultancy, Israel
12:30 -14:00 - Lunch Break
14:00-17:00 - Afternoon Workshops
1. Is Technology Working for Us or Against Us? - New Trends in CT Technology and the Use of Technology by the Terrorists.
*Dr. Yuval Eshed, Senior Research Fellow, ICT, Israel
*Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Arik Yakuel, Former Head of the Israeli Police Strategic Planning and Technology Department, Israel
*Dr. Gil Ariely, Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO), ICT, Israel
*Mr. Dror Erez, Manager, C4-Security LTD, Israel
*Mr. Eric Herren, Senior Consultant, ISSN and ICT, Switzerland
2. Middle East or Missile East? - Analyzing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and its Ramifications on the Middle East and International Terrorism
*Col. (Res.) Shlomo Mofaz, International Counter-Terrorism Consultant, Research Associate, ICT, Israel
*Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Eitan Ben Eliyahu, Former Commander of the Israeli Air Force (IAF)
*Prof. Eyal Zisser, Director, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel
*Prof. Hillel Frisch, Senior Research Fellow, BESA Center, and Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
*Dr. Barak Benzur, Lecturer, IDC Herzliya, and Former Senior Director, I.S.A., Israel
*Mr. Uri Resnick, Deputy Director, Department for UN Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IsraelSchedule - World Summit on Counter-Terrorism: Terrorism’s Global Impact, September 7-10, 2009, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, accessed 8 February 2010.
==Notes==
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