Sixth International Conference: Terrorism's Global Impact - Programme

The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya held its Sixth International Conference on Counter-terrorism, entitled Terrorism's Global Impact, from 11-14 September 2006.

Programme

September 11

The Second Lebanon War - Conclusions and Insights Connotations in Dealing with Terror and Guerrilla Warfare

Opening Remarks

• Prof. Uriel Reichman - Founding President Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

Panel 1 - The War Preparations

• Chair, Shabtai Shavit - Former Head of the Mossad; Chairman ICT Board of Directors.
• Dr Brig. Gen. (Res) Ariel Heimann - Former Chief Reserve Officer, IDF.
• Col (Res.) Shlomo Mofaz - International Consultant (terrorism & Intelligence) and ICT Research Fellow.
• Maj. Gen. (Res.) Uri Sagi, Former Intelligence Director, IDF.
• MK Dr. Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, former head of IDF Intelligence Research Division.

Panel 2 - Conduction of the War

• Chair, Col. (Res.) Lior Lotan - Executive Director ICT
• Maj. Gen. (Res.) Giora Eiland - Former Head of Israel's National Security Council.
• Dr (Col. Res.) Shmuel Gordon - Head of the Technology and National Security Program, Holon Institute of Technology
• Brig. Gen. (Res.) Ran Ronen (Pekker) - Former Senior Commander, Israeli Air Force.
• Brig. Gen. Danny Van-Buren - Chief Reserve Officer, IDF.
• Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yoram Yair

The Effects of the War on the Public Image of Political Leaders: Prime Minister Olmert and Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah

• Shaul Kimhi - Psychology Department, Tei Hai Academic College, Israel.
• Professor Yochanan Eshel - Psychology Department, Tei Hai Academic College and Haifa University.

Panel 3 - Ramifications of the War in Different Arenas

• Chair, Dr. Boaz Ganor - ICT Founder, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya.
• MK Silvan Shalom - Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• Dr. (Col. Res.) Eitan Azani - Senior Researcher, ICT, IDC Herzliya.
• Prof. Irwin Cotler - Member of Canadian Parliament, Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
• (Col Res.) Yoni Fighel - Senior Researcher, ICT , IDC Herzliya.
• Brig.Gen. (Res.) Shalom Harari - ICT Research Fellow.
• Dr Ely Karmon - Senior Research Scholar , ICT, IDC Herzliya.
• Dr Uzi Landau - Former Minister of Internal Security.
• Col. (Res.) Daniel Reisner - Former Head of the International Law Branch of the IDF Legal Division.

Opening Ceremony

Greetings

• Prof. Amnon Rubinstein - President, IDC Herzliya.
• Prof. Uriel Reichman - Founding president, IDC Herzliya.
• Shabtai Shavit - Former Head of the Mossad, Chairman, ICT Board of Directors.

Guest Speaker

• MK Avi Dichter - Minister of Internal Security.

Greetings

• Dr. Boaz Ganor - ICT Founder, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya.
• Col. (Res.) Lior Lotan - Executive Director ICT

Memorial ceremony commemorating victims of the 9/11 terror attacks in the US and victims of terrorism in Israel and throughout the world

• Michael Mason - Executive Assistant Director for Criminal Investigations, FBI.
• Jonathan Davis - Vice President for External Relations, IDC Herzliya.

September 12

Counter-Terrorism Policies: Best Practices

• Greetings - Prof. Moshe Barniv - Provost, IDC Herzliya
• The Terrorism of Global Jihad: The Challange to the Civilised World - Dr Boaz Ganor,ICT, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya.
• Unintended Consequences of Counter-Terrorist Policies - Prof. Martha Crenshaw, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University, US.
• Terrorism and Media: A Preliminary Quantative Analysis - Prof. Rafi Melnick, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya.
• Israel, the United States, and Approaches to Unconventional Conflict - Dr Thomas H. Henriksen, Senior Fellow, Joint Special Operations University and Hooever Institution, Stanford University, US.
• What Makes Tehran Tick: Preventing a Nuclear-Armed Iran; Coercing a Terror-Exporting Iran - Prof. Raymond Tanter, Founder and co-chair, Iran Policy Committee (IPC), Professor, Georgetown University, US.
• Terrorism and Human Rights: The Dilemma of Democracies - Prof. Irwin Cotler, Member of Canadian Parliament, Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
• Dr Sergey Kurginyan, President, the International Foundation Experimental Creativity Center, Russia.
• The Grand Deception: Militant Islam, the Media and the West - Steven Emerson, Executive Director, the Investigative Project on Terrorism, US.
• Al-Qaeda Threats to Israel and Jewish Interests - Col. (Res.) Lior Lotan, Executive Director ICT, IDC Herzliya.
• Guest Speaker - Benjamin Netanyahu, Former Prime Minister, Chairman of the Likud Party.

Film Screening - Suicide Killers

• Pierre Rehov - Director "Suicide Killers"
• Bassem Eid - Executive Director, Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
• Dr Boaz Ganor - ICT Founder, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya.

September 13

The Balkans as a Breeding Ground for Terrorists

• Co-chair, Dr Shaul Shay, Head of IDF Military History Department, Senior Research Fellow, ICT.
• Co-Chair, Darko Trifunovic, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Security Studies, Belgrade, Serbia.
• Prof. Gideon Biger, Professor of Geography, Department of Geography and Human Environment, Tel Aviv University.
• Dr Dejan S. Miletic, Founder Member of the International Counter-Terrorism Academic Community (ICTAC), Director of the Center For Terrorism Research and Center for Globalization Studies at the Institute for Strategic Studies and Development "Braca Karic" university, Serbia.
• Vojislav Milosevic, Director, Centre for Counter-Terrorism and World Peace, Belgrade, Serbia.
• Prof. Dr Dragan Simeunovic, Director of the Center for Terrorism Research; Head of Post-Graduate Studies on Terrorism, Belgrade University, Serbia.

The Challenge of Suicide Terrorism

• Co-Chair, Col. (Res.) Jonathan Fighel, Senior Researcher, ICT, IDC Herzliya
• Co-Chair, Prof. Robert Friedmann, Director, Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange, US.
• Michael Chandler, International Consultant on Terrorism, Security and Related Matters, UK.
• Prof. Rafi Eldor, Lecturer, Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya, Israel.
• Lt Col. Guermantes Lailari, USAF, US.
• Col. Behram A. Sahukar, Research Fellow, United Service Institution of India, Former Research Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, India, Member International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, England.
• Michael Whine, Government and International Affairs Director, Community Security Trust, UK.
• Maj. Gen. Israel Ziv, Former Head of the Operations Directorate, IDF.

Non-Conventional Terrorism: Assessment of the Threat

• Co-Chair, Dr Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar, ICT.
• Co-Chair, Dr. Leonard A. Cole, Adjunct Prof. Rutgers University, US.
• Asaf Ashkenazi, Security Planning and Counter CBRN Terrorism Division, Rotem Sharvit, Israel.
• Dr Yehoshua Gozes
• Peter Probst, Director of Programs, Institute for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.
• Col. (Res.) Yossi Sagiv, Former Head of Central Region, Home Front Command, IDF.
• Prof. Gerald Steinburg, Senior Research Associate, BESA Center for Strategic Studies.

Islamic Radicalism: Challenges to the Muslim World

• Co-Chair, Dr Guy Bechor,Lecturer, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya.
• Co-Chair, Steven Emerson, Executive Director, The Investigative Project on Terrorism.
• H.E. Ambassador Richard H. Jones, United States Ambassador to Israel.
• Itamar Marcus, Director, Palestinian Media Watch.
• Jonathan S. Paris, Middle East and Islamic Movement Analyst, London; Member and Former Middle East Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York, US.
• Dr Abe Wagner, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, President SRDC, US.

Terrorism and Medicine

• Co-chair, Prof. Shmuel Shapira, MD, MPH, Deputy Director General, Hadassah University Hospital.
• Co-chair, Dr Leonard A. Cole, Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University, US.
• Prof. Eran Dolev, Director of Internal Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
• Dr Moshe Michaelson, Director, Emergency & Trauma Services, Rambam.
• Dr Meir Oren, MD, MPH, M.Sc., Director-General, The Hillel-Yaffee Medical Center.

Anonymous and Accessible Communications: A Current Terror Arena

• Chair, Dalia Ya'iri, Journalist.
• Jonathan Davis, Vice President for External Relations, IDC Herzliya
• Itay Engel, Journalist, Channel 2, Israel.
• Jacob Perry, Chairman of the Board, Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank Ltd.
• Col. Sima Vajnin-Gil, Chief Censor, IDF.
• Prof. Gabriel Weimann, Chair Department of Communications, Haifa University.
• Zvi Yehezkeli, Report on Arab Affairs, Channel 10, Israel.

September 14

The Financing of Terrorism

• Co-chair, Dr (Col. Res.) Eitan Izani, Senior Researcher, ICT, IDC Herzliya.
• Co-chair, Dr Loretta Napoleoni, Economist, political analyst and novelist.
• Dr Zachary Abuza, South East Asia Terrorism Expert.
• Victor D. Comras, Attorney and Consultant on Sanctions and Terrorism Financing, US.
• Stephen J. Landes, Partner, Wildman, Harrold Allen & Dixon, Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University School of Laws.
• Adv. David Scharia, Legal Officer, Counter-Terrorism Committee, Executive Directorate, UN.
• Darko Trifunovic, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Security Studies, Belgrade, Serbia.

Threat Asssessment as a Tool in Counter-Terrorism

• Chair, Col. (Res.) Lior Lotan, Executive Director, ICT, IDC Herzliya.
• LTC (Ret.) Patrick Bettane, Former Chief of Water Security and Safety, IDF.
• Col. (Res.) Haim Blumenblat, Special Advisor, Counter-Terrorism Bureau, Israel.
• Eric Herren, International Concultant and ICT Associate.
• Omer Laviv, Chief Operations Officer, Athena GS3 Security Implementations Ltd, Israel.

Iran: International Terrorism and the Nuclear Threat

• Co-chair, (Col. Res.) Dr Ephraim Kam, Deputy head of Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
• Co-Chair Prof. Raymond Tanter, Dounder and co-chair of the Iran Policy Commitee (IPC) and Professor (Georgetown University, US.
• Dr Allan Gerson, Chairman, AG International Law, PLLC, US.
• Col. (Res.) Shlomo Mofaz, International Consultant (Terrorism & Intelligence) and ICT Research Fellow.
• Dr Doron Zimmermann, Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies, Switerland.
• Dr Shaul Shay, Head of IDF Military History Department, Senior Research Fellow, ICT.
• Shabtai Shavit, Former head of the Mossad, Chairman, ICT Board of Directors.

Lunch and Guest lecture

• Radicalisation of the Sunni-Shi'a Divide: From Pakistan and Afghanistan to Iraq, Lebanon and the Gulf - Dr Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar, ICT, IDC Herzliya.

Terrorism Informatics and Data Mining

• Co-chair, Yael Shahar, ICT Senior Researcher, IDC Herzliya.
• Co-chair, Dr. Hinschun Chen, Director, The Artificial Intelligence Lab and McLelland Professor of Management Information Systems, University of Arizona, US.
• Dr Mark Last, Senior Lecturer, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
• Dr Joshua Sinai, Programme Manager for CounterTerrorism Studies and Education, The Analysis Corporation, McLean, VA, US.
• Dr Katharina Von Knop, Adjunct Professor at the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies.
• Mr Aaron Weisburd, Director, Society for Internet Research

International Cooperation in Counter-Terrorism

• Co-chair, Dr Boaz Ganor, ICT Founder, Deputy Dean Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya.
• Co-chair, Prof. Martha Crenshaw, Professor of Government, Wesleyan university, US.
• Co-chair, Prof. William Banks, Director, Institute for National Security and Counter-Terrorism, Syracuse University, US.
• Brig. Gen. (Res.) Dani Arditi, Director Counter-Terrorism Bureau, Israel.
• Col. (Res.) Nick Pratt, Director, Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, Marshall Center.
• Prof. Alex P. Schmid, Chair in International Relations, University of St Andrews, Director, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.
• Dr. Thomas Henriksen, Senior Fellow, Joint Special Operations University, and Hoover Institution, Stanford University, US.

Iran: State-Sponsored Terrorism

• Chair, Shabtai Shavit, Former Head of the Mossad, Chairman, ICT Board of Directors.
• Dr (Col. Res.) Eitan Azani, Senior Researcher, ICT, IDC Herzliya.
• Prof. David Menashri, Director of the Center for Iranian Studies and Dean of Special Programs, Tel Aviv University.
• Prof. Moshe Sharon, Hebrew University, Israel.
• Prof. Raymond Tanter, Founder and Co-chair of the Iran Policy Committee, and Professor, Georgetown University, US.
• Zvi Yehezkeli, Reporter on Arab Affairs, Channel 10, Israel.

Conclusion of the Conference

• Shabtai Shavit, Former Head of the Mossad, Chairman, ICT Board of Directors.
• Col. (Res.) Lior Lotan, Executive Director, ICT, IDC Herzliya.
• Dr Boaz Ganor, ICT Founder, Deputy Dean Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya.