International Terrorism Conference 2008

The International Terrorism Conference 2008 was a policy conference held on 2-3 October 2008 by the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence in cooperation with the Royal United Services Institute. The conference was called, "Countering 'Jihadist' Terrorism: Regional and Country Perspectives". It was sponsored by the security technology company Smiths Detection. The conference was held over two days with the first day focued on approaches to counterterrorism, and the second on "the important role of the private sector, both as a contributor to CT efforts and, together with the public sector, as a potential target to be protected."RUSI, International Terrorism Conference 2008 (accessed 16 October 2008)
Speakers including numerous experts from the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence as well as senior figures from the policy world including the Prime Minister's Security Advisor Lord West of Spithead, The Minister of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety, Tony McNulty and an unnamed "Senior Whitehall Official". for the International Terrorism Conference 2008 The BBC's Frank Gardner also spoke.
==The Programme==
International Terrorism Conference 2008
Thursday 2nd October
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0920-1115 SESSION ONE: Multilateral perspectives
:CHAIR: Dr Brian Lang
::Principal, University of St. Andrews
:SPEAKERS:
:*Sir David Veness
::Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, United Nations
:*Lord George Robertson
::Former Secretary-General of NATO
:*Dr Raphael Perl
::Head, Action Against Terrorism Unit, OSCE
:*George Gijs de Vries
::Clingendael Institute, The Hague; former EU CT Coorindator
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0920-1115 SESSION TWO: Hotspots of 'Jihadist' terrorism
:CHAIR: Simon Manley
::Director for Defence and Strategic Threats, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
:SPEAKERS:
:*Dr. Michael Boyle
::CSTPV, University of St. Andrews
::Terrorism, Civil War and Resistance in Iraq
:*Abdel Bari Atwan
::Editor in Chief, Al-Quds al-Arabi
:*Professor Max Taylor
::CSTPV, University of St. Andrews
::Somalia and the Horn of Africa
:*Lianne Kennedy-Boudali
::RAND, Washington D.C.
::Maghreb and North Africa
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1430 - 1630 SESSION THREE: Country and regional perspectives
:CHAIR: Professor Michael Clarke
::Director, RUSI
:SPEAKERS:
:*Senior Whitehall Official
::UK Perspectives
:*Ekaterina Stepanova
::Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
:Caucasus and Central Asia
:*Gregory Berry
::Political Minister Counselor, United States Embassy, London
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1430 - 1630 SESSION FOUR: Where do we stand?
:CHAIR: Stephen Phipson
::Group Managing Director, Smiths Detection
:KEYNOTE: Rt. Hon. Tony McNulty MP
::Minister of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety
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Friday 3rd October
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0930 – 1100 SESSION FIVE: Protection against terrorism: The role of public-private partnerships
:CHAIR: Stephen Cummings
::Director, Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI)
:SPEAKERS:
:*CPNI Speaker
:*Stephen Phipson
::Group Managing Director, Smiths Detection
:DCI *Chris Phillips
::Dead of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO)
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1130 - 1230 SESSION SIX: Measuring success and failure in terrorism and counter terrorism
:CHAIR: Professor Ali Watson
::Head of the School of International Relations
::University of St. Andrews
:SPEAKERS:
:*Professor Marco Lombardi
::Director, ITSTIME, Catholic University of Milan
::Al Qaeda’s Metrics of Global JIhad
:*Abdel Bari Atwan
::Editor in Chief, Al-Quds al-Arabi
:*Professor Alex P. Schmid
::Director, CSTPV
::US Government Metrics of the Global War on Terror
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1330 – 1500 SESSION SEVEN: Preventing terrorism: Counter-radicalisation straegies
:CHAIR: Robert Lambert
::CSTPV, University of St. Andrews
:SPEAKERS:
:*Professor Fernando Reinares
::Elcano Institute, Madrid
:*Theo Bot
::Deputy National Coordinator for Counterterrorism. Formerly, Deputy Director, AIVD, Netherlands
:*Professor Tore Bjorgo
::Police University College, Oslo, Norway
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1530 – 1700 PANEL DISCUSSION: Countering ‘Jihadist’ terrorism: Re-thinking strategy
:CHAIR: Sir David Omand GCB
::Vice President, RUSI PANELISTS:
:*Admiral The Lord West of Spithead
::Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counterterrorism
:*Sir David Veness
::Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, United Nations
:*Frank Gardner
::Security Correspondent, BBC
==Notes==
category:Terrorism conferences and seminars