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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.<ref>[http://pictureit.co.il/ict/ Terrorism's Global Impact, ICT's Sixth International Conference], accessed 23 May 2009.</ref>

==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 [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]] Board of Directors.
*Dr Brig. Gen. (Res) [[Ariel Heimann]] - Former Chief Reserve Officer, IDF.
*Col (Res.) [[Shlomo Mofaz]] - International Consultant (terrorism & Intelligence) and [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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 [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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]] - [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]] , [[IDC Herzliya]].
*Brig.Gen. (Res.) [[Shalom Harari]] - [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]] Research Fellow.
*Dr [[Ely Karmon]] - Senior Research Scholar , [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]] Board of Directors.
'''Guest Speaker'''
*MK [[Avi Dichter]] - Minister of Internal Security.
'''Greetings'''
*Dr. [[Boaz Ganor]] - [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]] Founder, Deputy Dean, [[Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy]], [[IDC Herzliya]].
*Col. (Res.) [[Lior Lotan]] - Executive Director [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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]],[[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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 [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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]] - [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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 [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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 [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]].
*[[Shabtai Shavit]], Former head of the [[Mossad]], Chairman, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]], [[IDC Herzliya]].
====Terrorism Informatics and Data Mining====
*Co-chair, [[Yael Shahar]], [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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]], [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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 Schmid|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]] Board of Directors.
*Dr (Col. Res.) [[Eitan Azani]], Senior Researcher, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|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, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]] Board of Directors.
*Col. (Res.) [[Lior Lotan]], Executive Director, [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]], [[IDC Herzliya]].
*Dr [[Boaz Ganor]], [[International Institute for Counter-terrorism|ICT]] Founder, Deputy Dean [[Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy]], [[IDC Herzliya]].

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