12th World Summit on Counter-Terrorism

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The 12th World Summit on Counter-Terrorism, the conference of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism took place in Herzliya on 10-13 September 2012.[1]

Schedule

Monday, September 10, at the Center for Performing Arts, Herzliya

Special Session: Talking Heads 10.00 – 11.30

11:30 - 11:50: Break 11.50 – 13.30:

  • Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Ami Ayalon, Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) and Former Commander of the Navy, Israel
  • Commissioner (Ret.) David Cohen, Former General Commissioner of the Police, Israel
  • Maj. Gen. (Res.) Uri Sagi, Former Head, Military Intelligence Directorate, Israel
  • Prof. Uzi Arad, Professor, IDC Herzliya; Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Head of the National Security Council, Israel

13:30 - 14:30: Lunch 14:30 - 16:30:

  • Maj. Gen. (Res.) Prof. Itzhak Ben-Israel, Chairman, Israel National Council for Research and Development and Chairman, The Israeli Space Agency, Israel
  • Mr. Eitan Ben David, Director, Counter-Terrorism Bureau, Israel
  • Maj. Gen. (Res.) Danny Rothschild, Director, Institute of Policy and Strategy (IPS),The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
  • Commissioner (Ret.) Shlomo Aharonishki, Former General Commissioner of the Police, Israel
  • Brig. Gen. (Res.) Nitzan Nuriel, Former Director, Counter-Terrorism Bureau & Research Associate, ICT, IDC, Israel

16:30 - 17:00: Break 17:00 - 18:30:

  • Brig. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Head of the Ground Force Command, Israel Defense Force (IDF), Israel
  • Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amos Gilad, Head of the Political, Military and Policy Bureau, Ministry of Defense, Israel
  • Commissioner Yohanan Danino, General Commissioner of Police, Israel
  • Mr. Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy, Israel
  • Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Jonathan Davis, Vice President for External Relations, Head of the Raphael Recanati International School, IDC Herzliya, Israel

'Welcoming Ceremony & Reception 18:30 - 19:30:

  • Prof. Uriel Reichman, Founder and President, IDC Herzliya, Israel
  • Mr. Shabtai Shavit, Chairman of the Board of Directors, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Former Director of Mossad, Israel
  • Prof. Alex Mintz, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
  • Dr. Boaz Ganor, Founder & Executive Director of ICT
  • Keynote Speaker: Mr. Avi Dichter, Minister for Home Front Defense. Former Director, ISA
  • Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Jonathan Davis, Head of the Raphael Recanati International School, Vice President for External Relations, IDC Herzliya, Israel

19:30 - 21:30: Opening Cocktail reception and party with special musical guests Lee Ganor and "Deja-Vu"

Tuesday, September 11, at the Center for Performing Arts, Herzliya

Plenary Session 09.30 – 11.00:

11:00 - 11:30: Break 11.30 – 13.30:

  • Mr. Matthew Bettenhausen, Vice President and Chief Security Officer, AEG Worldwide; Former Homeland Security Advisor and Director, State of California’s Emergency Management Agency, United States of America
  • Lt. Col. Liam Collins, Director, The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC), West Point Military Academy, United States of America
  • Commander Roy Vincent Trinidad, Chief of the Administration Division, and Assistant Division Chief of Manpower and Organization Division of The Joint Staff for Operations (OJ3) of The Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Navy, The

Philippines

13:30 - 14:30: Lunch 5 14:30 - 16:30:

  • Dr. Boaz Ganor, Ronald S. Lauder Chair for Counter Terrorism, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Founder & Executive Director, ICT, IDC
  • Rt. Hon. Jim Murphy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defense, United Kingdom
  • Mr. Cyrus R. Vance Jr., District Attorney of Manhattan, The New York County District Attorney's Office, United States of America
  • Prof. Irwin Cotler, Member of Canadian Parliament and Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Canada

16:30 - 17:00: Break 17:00 - 18:00:

Master of Ceremonies:  

Memorial Ceremony 18:00 - 19:00: Memorial Ceremony In Remembrance of the Atrocities of September 11, 2001 and the Victims of Terrorism Worldwide

  • H.E. Daniel Shapiro, Ambassador of the United States of America to Israel
  • Mr. Cyrus R. Vance Jr., District Attorney of Manhattan, The New York County District Attorney's Office, United States of America

Keynote Speaker:

19:00 - 19:45: Refreshment 19:45 - 21:15: Expressive Terrorism: Lessons learned from Crisis Negotiators This exclusive panel will present a comprehensive analysis of expressive terror events (Toulouse, Mumbai, Beslan, Flotillas), including its psychological, communication, negotiation and media dimensions

Wednesday, September 12, at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya

Workshop Sessions 09:00: Reception 09:30 - 12:30: Morning Workshops 1. Iran: Exerting Influence on the Middle East • Chair: Prof. David Menashri, President of the College of Law and Business, Ramat Gan; and Founding-Director of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel • Mr. Ilan Berman, Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, United States of America • Prof. Irwin Cotler, Member of Canadian Parliament and Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Canada • Prof. Meir Litvak, Director, Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University, and Senior Lecturer, Middle East Studies Department, Tel Aviv University, Israel • Mr. Michael Singh, Managing Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Former Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council, United States of America • Prof. Raymond Tanter, President, Iran Policy Committee & Publishing Professor Emeritus, The University of Michigan, Former Senior Staff Member, National Security Council, United States of American 2. United States Promoting Democracy to Curb Terrorism: Wishful Thinking or Practical Solution?

  • The workshop will be held in the memory of Prof. Ehud Sprinzak zl (1940-2002)

• Chair: Dr. Amichai Magen, Senior Researcher and Head of Political Development, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). Lecturer, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Dr. Boaz Ganor, Ronald S. Lauder Chair for Counter Terrorism, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, Founder & Executive Director, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Mr. Brian M. Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President, RAND Corporation, United States of America 8 • Dr. Charles Asher Small, Director of The Institute for The Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), and the Koret Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, United States of America • Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum, Professor, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, BarIlan University, Israel

3. The Influence of Social Networks on Radicalization in Europe • Chair: Dr. Peter Neumann, Director, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalism and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, United Kingdom • Mr. F.W. Horst, Alumni, MA Program at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy , The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel • Mr. Daniel Kostoval, Director General, Section of Non-European Countries, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, Czech Republic • Mr. Stevie Weinberg, Director of Operations, The International Institute for CounterTerrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Mr. Michael Whine, Director, Government and International Affairs, Community Security Trust (CST), United Kingdom 4. Quo Vadis Turkey? • Chair: Dr. Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzlyia, Israel • Prof. Ofra Bengio, Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. Professor, Department of Middle Eastern History, Tel Aviv University, Israel • Prof. Efraim Inbar, Director, Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies, BarIlan University, Israel, & Fellow, Middle East Forum, Israel • Dr. Kemal Kaya, Senior Fellow for the Stockholm based Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), Sweden • Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss, Research Fellow, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv, Israel 5. Africa: The Emerging Global Jihadi Theater • Co-Chair: Dr. Eitan Azani, Deputy Executive Director, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Co-Chair: Dr. Col. (Res.) Shaul Shay, Research Fellow & Lecturer, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Mr. David Blose, Counter-Terrorism Analyst, Intelligence Fusion Centre, N.A.T.O. • H.E. Dr. Haim Koren, Ambassador of Israel to South Sudan, Israel • Ms. Liat Shetret, Senior Analyst, Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, United States of America 9 6. Syria and Lebanon: Escalating Challenges to the Grand Levant

  • The workshop will be held in the memory of Lt. Col. Emmanuel Morenzo zl (1971-

2006) • Chair: Dr. Benedetta Berti, Associate Fellow and Lecturer, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Tel Aviv University, Israel • Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Director General, Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, Israel • Dr. Heidi Elizabeth Lane, Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy and Director Greater Middle East Research Study Group/Area of Study Track, United States Naval War College, United States of America • Dr. Matthew Levitt, Senior Fellow and Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, United States of America • Amb. Jacob Rosen, Senior Counselor, Center for Political Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem, Israel 12:30 - 14:00: Lunch Break 14:00 - 16:30: Afternoon Workshops 1. China and Russia: Reactions to the Changes in the Middle East • Chair: Dr. Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky, Assistant Professor, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy & Research Associate, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel • Mr. Ilan Berman, Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, United States of America • Dr. Yoram Evron, Research Associate, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies, Haifa University, Israel • Prof. Aron Shai, Rector, Tel-Aviv University, Israel 2. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India: Islamic Challenges to South Asia10 • Chair: Dr. Marc A. Genest: Forrest Sherman Chair of Public Diplomacy in the Strategy and Policy Department and Co-Director of the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups, U.S. Naval War College, United States of America • Dr. Sajjan Gohel, International Security Director, Asia-Pacific Foundation, United Kingdom • Prof. Timothy D. Hoyt, Professor of Strategy and Policy, John Nicholas Brown Chair of Counterterrorism, US Naval War College, United States of America • Maj. Gen. Ashok Mehta, Former General Officer Commanding, Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF) in Sri Lanka, India • Mr. Jonathan Paris, Senior Advisor, The Chertoff Group, and Associate Fellow, International Centre for the Study of Radicalism and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, United Kingdom • Commander Roy Vincent Trinidad, Chief of the Administration Division, and Assistant Division Chief of Manpower and Organization Division of The Joint Staff for Operations (OJ3) of The Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Navy, The Philippines 3. The Challenges and Implications of the Arab Spring on Egypt and the Palestinian Arena

  • The workshop will be held in the memory of Major Eyal Ragonis zl (1958-1995)

• Chair: Dr. Col. (Res.) Shaul Shay, Research Fellow & Lecturer, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Dr. Col. (Res.) Rateb Amro, Director General, Horizon Strategic Studies, Amman, Jordan • Dr. Barak Ben-Zur, Lecturer, IDC Herzliya, and Former Senior Director, Israel Security Agency (ISA), Israel • Mr. Bassem Eid, Director of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitor Group, East Jerusalem • Ambassador Yitzhak Levanon, Lecturer, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, Senior Research Associate, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya & Former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt, Israel • Mr. Salameh Nematt, Journalist and Analyst, Jordan • Maj. Gen. (Res.) Danny Rothschild, Director, Institute of Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya, Israel • Mr. Barak Seener, Associate Fellow, The Royal United Services Institute, United Kingdom 11 4. The Role of Non-State Actors in Contending with Civil Unrest • Chair: Mr. Tommy Steiner, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Dr. Aaron M. Bugeja, Chair, Committee of Experts on Terrorism (CODEXTER), Council of Europe, and Head of Public Prosecution Service and Criminal Law Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Malta • Mr. Edward Flynn, Senior Human Rights Officer, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), United Nations • Ms. Biljana Milosevic, Deputy Head, ICRC Delegation in Israel and the Occupied Territories 5. Public Resilience Against Non Conventional (CBRN) Terror Threats In Israel

  • The workshop will take place in Hebrew without simultaneous translation

• Chair: Lt. Col. (Res.) Dr. Avi Bitzur, Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University and Deputy to Head of Security and Home-Front Defense Program, Beit-Berl Academic College, Israel • Dr. Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar, The Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) and the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzlyia, Israel • Dr. Anat Kurtz, Director of Research, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel-Aviv University, Israel • Adv. Elad Popovich, Ph.D. Candidate, Executive Director, Liberal Democracies Facing Asymmetric Conflicts (LD-AC), Herzl Institute - University of Haifa; Researcher, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Prof. Gabriel Sheffer, The Political Science Department, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel • Brig. Gen. (Res.) Dr. Dov Tamari, Former Head, Military Intelligence Directorate and Former Commander of the Sayaret Matkal, Israel Defense Force (IDF) and Head of Security and Home-Front Defense Program, Beit-Berl Academic College, Israel 17:00 – 19:30 World premier of the documentary "Suicide Killing – Proliferation: The Path to Darkness"

  • The film will be held in the memory of First Lieutenant Adi Rosen zl
To be followed by a scholarly discussion of the phenomenon of suicide terrorism: 
**Special Introduction by the filmmaker: Mr. Pierre Rehov 12

• Chair: Dr. Assaf Moghadam, Senior Researcher, International Institute for CounterTerrorism (ICT) & Senior Lecturer, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Prof. Ariel Merari, Professor Emeritus, Tel-Aviv University, Israel • Mr. Yoram Schweitzer, Senior Research Fellow and Director, Program on Terrorism and Low Intensity Conflict, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv University, Israel

Thursday, September 13, at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya

Workshop Sessions 09:30-12:30: Morning Workshops 1. Pharma-Terrorism: The Nexus between Drugs, Crime and Terrorism

  *Special introduction by: Dr. Boaz Lev 

• Co-Chair: Dr. Boaz Ganor, Ronald S. Lauder Chair for Counter Terrorism, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, Founder & Executive Director, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Co-Chair: Mr. Mickey Arieli, Director, Enforcement and Inspection Division Ministry of Health, Israel • Ms. Galy Bar Oz, Senior Director of Enforcement, Israel Tax Authority, Israel • Mr. Ori Ben Yehuda, Counter Terrorism Bureau (CTB), Israel • Dr. Miriam Halperin-Wernli, Vice President, Deputy Head Global Clinical Development, Global Head Business & Science Affairs, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland • Mr. George Hughes, Senior Advisor, Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Criminal Investigations, United States of America • Ms. Artemis X. Papadakis, Special Agent, DEA Country Office, Cyprus 2. Where is Global Jihad Headed? Al-Qaeda • Chair: Dr. Peter Neumann, Director, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalism and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, United Kingdom • Dr. John Bew, Director, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalism and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, and Lecturer, War Studies at King's College London, United Kingdom • Mr. Shiraz Maher, Senior Researcher, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalism & Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, United Kingdom • Mr. Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Research Fellow, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalism and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, United Kingdom • Dr. Assaf Moghadam, Senior Researcher, International Institute for CounterTerrorism (ICT) & Senior Lecturer, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel 14 • Mr. Don Rassler, Director, Harmony Research Program, Combating Terrorism Center (CTC), West Point Military Academy, United States of America • Mr. Yehaskel Sela, Counter Terrorism Bureau (CTB), Israel 3. The Challenges of Illegal Immigration for Law Enforcement

  • Special introduction by Chief Superintendent (Ret.) Asher Ben Artzi

• Chair: Prof. Robert Friedmann, Founding Director of the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) and Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at Georgia State University, United States of America • Commissaire Divisionnaire (Col.) Dominique Abbenanti, Police Attaché of France to Israel • Mr. Paul Benda, Director, The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency & Chief of Staff, Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology, United States of America • Mr. Matthew Bettenhausen, Vice President and Chief Security Officer, AEG Worldwide; Former Homeland Security Advisor and Director, State of California’s Emergency Management Agency, United States of America • Mr. Richard A. Jolles, Attaché, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States of America • Inspector Alvaro Lossada, Police Attaché of Spain to Israel, Israel • Mr. Denis Monette, Chairman, Stop Terrorism Aggressive Response Coordinated Operational Management (STARCOM) and Former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Nassau, New York, United States of America • Commander (Col.) Ilan Mor, Deputy "Sharon" sub-district, Central District, Israel Police 4. New Battlefield, Old Laws: A Dialogue between the Operational and Legal Facets of Counter-Terrorism • Chair: Dr. Daphné Richemond-Barak, Head of the International Law Desk at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) & Lecturer, Radzyner School of Law, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Ami Ayalon, Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) and Former Commander of the Navy, Israel • Mr. Anton Camen, Head of the Legal Department, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Israel and the Occupied Territories • Lt. Col. Liam Collins, Director, The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC), West Point Military Academy, United States of America • Mr. Edward Flynn, Senior Human Rights Officer, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), United Nations • Prof. Michael L. Gross, Professor of Political Science, The Division of International Relations, School of Political Sciences, The University of Haifa, Israel • Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Avihai Mandelblit, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Former Military Advocate General, Israel • Adv. Elad Popovich, Ph.D. Candidate, Executive Director, Liberal Democracies Facing Asymmetric Conflicts (LD-AC), Herzl Institute - University of Haifa; Researcher, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Col. (Ret.) Pnina Sharvit Baruch, Law Faculty, Tel Aviv University, Former Head of the International Law Department, Military Advocate General’s Office, Israel • Prof. Abraham Sofaer, George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, United States of America 5. Cyber Terrorism • Chair: Maj. Gen. (Res.) Prof. Itzhak Ben-Israel Chairman, Israel National Council for Research and Development and Chairman, The Israeli Space Agency, Israel • Dr. Eitan Azani, Deputy Executive Director, The International Institute for CounterTerrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel • Prof. François M.H. Géré, President, Institut Français d'Analyse Stratégique (IFAS), Paris, France • Brig. Gen. (Res.) Nitzan Nuriel, Former Director, Counter-Terrorism Bureau & Research Associate, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel • Mr. John B. Sandage, Director, Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, Austria • Ms. Yael Shahar, Research Associate, The International Institute for CounterTerrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel 6. Iran, Hezbollah, and Latin America: a Grave and Growing Threat • Chair: Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, Visiting Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and Former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs & Former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), United States of America • Mr. Ilan Berman, Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, United States of America • Dr. Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar, The International Institute for CounterTerrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzlyia, Israel • Mr. Martin Rodil, Associate at Vision Americas LLC, United States of America • Ms. Leah Soibel, Director, Spanish Media Program, The Israel Project, United States of America 16 12:30 -14:00: Lunch Break 14:00-17:00 – Simulation: The Emergence of the Sinai Peninsula as a "Glocal"

                Terrorist Threat and the Security Implications on Israel and the  
                Middle-East 
              Chairman: Prof. Alex Mintz, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy  
                                 and Strategy, IDC Herzliya, Israel 
                      Director:    Dr. Boaz Ganor, Founder & Executive Director, IC 

Moderator: Mr. Steve Linde, Editor in Chief, The Jerusalem Post, Israel • Israeli Security Team � Prime Minister: Prof. Uzi Arad, Professor, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Head of the National Security Council, Israel � Defense Minister: Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eitan Ben-Eliyahu, Former Commander of the Air Force, Israel � Foreign Minister: Mr. Roni Milo, Former Ministers in various Israeli Governments, Israel � IDF Chief of Staff: Maj Gen. (Res.) Yitzhak Eitan, Former Commander of the Central Command, IDF, Israel � Director of the Israel Security Agency: Mr. Yaakov Peri: Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), Israel � Director of the Intelligence Military Directorate: Col. (Res.) Lior Lotan: Former Executive Director, and Senior Researcher, ICT, IDC Herzliya, Israel ��� International Team � Al Qaeda: Mr. Don Rassler, Director, Harmony Research Program, Combating Terrorism Center (CTC), West Point Military Academy, United States of America � Egypt: Ambassador Yitzhak Levanon, Lecturer, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, Senior Research Associate, The International Institute for CounterTerrorism, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya & Former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt, Israel � France: Prof. François M.H. Géré, President, Institut Français d'Analyse Stratégique (IFAS), Paris, France � Hezbollah: Dr. Benedetta Berti, Associate Fellow and Lecturer, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Tel Aviv University, Israel 17 � Iran: Mr. Meir Javedanfar, Adjunct Lecturer, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya, Israel � Israel: Prof. Uzi Arad, Professor, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Head of the National Security Council, Israel � Russia: Dr. Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky, Assistant Professor, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy & Research Associate, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel � Syria: Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amnon Sofrin, Former Head, Intelligence Directorate, Israeli Intelligence Service (ISIS), Israel (TBC) � Turkey: Dr. Kemal Kaya, Senior Fellow for the Stockholm based Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), � United States: Mr. Michael Singh, Managing Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Former Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council, United States of America � United Nations: Dr. Daphne Richemond-Barak, Head of the International Law Desk at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) & Lecturer, Radzyner School of Law, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel[2]

Notes

  1. World Summit on Counter Terrorism: ICT's 12th International Conference, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, accessed 18 October 2012.
  2. World Summit on Counter Terrorism: ICT's 12th International Conference, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, accessed 18 October 2012.