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."[1]
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". [2] The BBC's Frank Gardner also spoke.
The Programme
International Terrorism Conference 2008
Thursday 2nd October
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
- Clingendael Institute, The Hague; former EU CT Coorindator
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
- Editor in Chief, Al-Quds al-Arabi
- Professor Max Taylor
- CSTPV, University of St. Andrews
- Somalia and the Horn of Africa
- RAND, Washington D.C.
- Maghreb and North Africa
1430 - 1630 SESSION THREE: Country and regional perspectives
- CHAIR: Professor Michael Clarke
- Director, RUSI
- SPEAKERS:
- Senior Whitehall Official
- UK Perspectives
- Caucasus and Central Asia
- Political Minister Counselor, United States Embassy, London
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
Friday 3rd October
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)
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
- Editor in Chief, Al-Quds al-Arabi
- Professor Alex P. Schmid
- Director, CSTPV
- US Government Metrics of the Global War on Terror
1330 – 1500 SESSION SEVEN: Preventing terrorism: Counter-radicalisation straegies
- CHAIR: Robert Lambert
- SPEAKERS:
- Professor Fernando Reinares
- Elcano Institute, Madrid
- Deputy National Coordinator for Counterterrorism. Formerly, Deputy Director, AIVD, Netherlands
- Professor Tore Bjorgo
- Police University College, Oslo, Norway
1530 – 1700 PANEL DISCUSSION: Countering ‘Jihadist’ terrorism: Re-thinking strategy
- CHAIR: Sir David Omand GCB
- Vice President, RUSI PANELISTS:
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counterterrorism
- Sir David Veness
- Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, United Nations
- Security Correspondent, BBC
Notes
- ↑ RUSI, International Terrorism Conference 2008 (accessed 16 October 2008)
- ↑ Programme (PDF) for the International Terrorism Conference 2008
