Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 13:08:53 -0500
Subject: CONVENTION: Information Warfare
---------- Revised Draft DOI: 18 Jan 96 ----------
P L E A S E D I S T R I B U T E W I D E L Y
InfoWarCon (Europe) '96
Defining the European Perspective
Brussels, Belgium
May 23-24 1996
Sponsored by:
National Computer Security Association
Winn Schwartau, President and CEO, Interpact, Inc.
Robert David Steele, Chairman & CEO, Open Source Solutions Group
Information Warfare represents a global challenge that faces all
late-industrial and information age nation states. It also represents
the easiest and cheapest way for less developed nation-states and
religious or political movements to anonymously and grieviously attack
major nations and international corporations.
Not only are the definitions of InfoWar unclear, but they span many
areas and disciplines. This conference will examine the European
perspectives on all three classes of Information Warfare while
contributing some American lessons learned, mistakes made and successes
enjoyed.
Class I: Personal Privacy
Class II: Industrial and Economic Spying and Warfare
Class III: Global Conflict, Terrorism and the Military
As at all other InfoWarCon, this special European Conference encourages
active audience participation, contribution and debate.
May 22, 1996
17:00 - 20:00 Pre-Registration
18:00 - 21:00 Hosted Cocktail Party with Music
Most conference speakers will be in attendance. Meet
Mr. Schwartau and Mr. Steele.
May 23, 1995
07:00 - 08:30 Registration
07:00 - 08:30 Sponsored Continental Breakfast
PLENARY SESSIONS
08:30 - 09:00 Keynote Speech
Major General William Robbins
Director General of Information and
Communications Services
Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom (Invited)
09:00 - 10:00 "Information Warfare: Chaos on the Electronic Superhighway"
Winn Schwartau, President and CEO, Interpact, Inc., USA
An overview of Information Warfare from the civilian
perspective by one of the world's leading experts on the
subject. This will be an eye-opening presentation with
time reserved for questions from the audience. Mr. Schwartau
will be available throughout the conference for personal and
private
discussions as well as book signings.
10:00 - 11:15 East Versus West: Military Views of Information Warfare
Moderator: Robert Steele
East: General Nikolai Ivanovich Turko,
Information Warfare Expert
Russia (invited)
West: Captain Patrick Tyrell
Assistant Director, Information Warfare Policy,
Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
11:15 - 11:45 Sponsored Break
11:45 - 13:00 Law Enforcement in Cyberspace: Cooperation is the Key
Moderator: Winn Schwartau
Miguel Chyamorro, (invited)
Executive Assistant Director, Interpol
Sweden
Netherlands--Rotterdam Police (invited)
How will global partners respect each other's laws and
cooperate in their enforcement? Will extradition for
cyber-crimes become necessary? Leading experts will walk
us down the paths to success and offer lessons learned on
failures and risks.
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 Special Luncheon Presentation
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
14:30 - 16:00
Breakout I: Threats to European Civil Prosperity
Moderator: Winn Schwartau:)
Private Businesses
Germany, France, UK
Europe is becoming as dependent upon its econo-technical
infrastructure more than ever with the design and
construction of the European Space Initiative.
Communications systems create the basis for global
commerce, transportation systems permit the distribution
of goods, the financial infrastructure is a requisite
component of any information based economy and the power
grid glues it all together. But, the threats to their
stability and integrity are many and must be dealt with
on a continent that has a history of war and more recently
terrorism. What are the risks? The rewards?
And the solutions?
Breakout II: Information Warfare: Support for Conventional War Fighting
Moderator: SHAPE - NATO (invited)
Panel: US - Gen. Jim McCarthy USAF (Ret)
Russia: Admiral Vladimir Semenovich Pirumov (Ret)
Chairman of Scientific Counsel of the
Russian Security Counsel (invited)
Sweden - (Invited)
Conventional Wars and regional conflicts are replacing the
fear of East-West conflict. Advanced Industrial and
Information Age societies will supplement their armed
forces with enhanced information processing capabilities.
What are they and will they change the face of war?
16:00-16:30 Sponsored Break
PLENARY SESSION
16:30 - 18:00 "Hackers: National Resources or Merely Cyber-Criminals?"
Co-Moderators:
Mich Kabay, Ph.D., Director of Education, NCSA and
Robert Steele, President, OSS, Inc.
Panel:
Rop Gonggrijp - Hactic and The Digital City
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Chris Goggans, co-founder Leagion of Doom, US
CHAOS Computer Club, Germany (invited)
Are hackers merely criminals operating under the guise of
Internet freedom? Or are they national resources to be
cultivated and who have served as an early warning system
for Cyberspace? One group of American hackers have
threatened to "Declare War on France" on behalf of American
interests. How do we as nations deal with this?
Mich Kabay and Robert Steele will briefly debate the issue and
then
you will meet the hackers in person. The first Information
Warriors invite your questions, comments and interaction.
Learn first hand who they are, what they believe and how
they function.
18:00 - 21:00 Hosted Reception
21:00 - 23:00 "Dutch Dinners" for Birds of a Feather
Rallying points will be provided.
May 24, 1996
07:00 - 8:30 Sponsored Continental Breakfast
08:30 - 9:00 Keynote Speech
"Efforts to Maximize Information As New Age Weapon"
General Pichot-Duclos, France (Invited
PLENARY SESSIONS
9:00 - 10:00 "Creating Smart Nations Through National Information
Strategies: Intelligence And Security Issues"
Robert David Steele, President, OSS, Inc. US
Planning for the future requires new thinking and a new
"triad" of defense: Open Source Intelligence, Electronic
Home Defense and Information Warfare.21st Century realities
invite dozens more players whom must be monitored and
controlled. Governments and the military should avail
themselves of the publicly available open source
information as part of their ongoing intelligence
operations. Mr. Steele has suggested that nations should
"draft" the civil sector by requiring 'due diligence' and
very high standards of private sector communications and
computing security.
10:00 - 11:15 "The Convergence of Military and Commercial
Vulnerabilities"
Moderator:
Winn Schwartau
Panel:
Bob Ayers, DISA, Department of Defense, US
Dr. Leroy Pearce, Sr. Tech. Advisor, representing
MajGen Leech, Asst. Dep. Minister, Defence
Information Services, Canada
Holland / Belgium
Captain. Pat Tyrell, Ministry of Defence, UK
Much of military success depends upon the reliable operation
of civilian and commercial systems. No longer do the
government and military and private sector function in
isolation. What levels of cooperation are required to
assure proper defense and war fighting capability? How much
of the private sector must be viewed as a national security
asset - to be protected as much as is a forward deployed
military unit?
11:15 - 11:45 Sponsored Break
11:45 - 13:00 Societal Impact of Information Warfare
Moderator: Winn Schwartau,
Panel:
The Croatian View: Pedrag Pale, Chairman
InfoTech Coordinating Committee, Ministry of
Science, Technology, and Informatics.
General James McCarthy (ret) US
Society is absolutely dependent upon technology; without
networks and computers and communications, portions of
society can collapse within days. If major systems fail,
what will the reaction of a techno-reliant society be?
And, what are the ethics of a military who instigates the
collapse of an adversary's civilian infrastructure rather
then resort to bombs and bullets? Is a techno-phobic
society psychologically prepared for the consequences?
Mr. Predrag wired Croatia's electronic Internet backbone
in under two weeks!
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Special Luncheon Presentation
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
14:30 - 16:00
Breakout I: Legislation & Personal Privacy: A Global Electronic Bill of
Rights?
Moderator: Dr. Mich Kabay, NCSA
Simon Davies, Electronic Privacy International, UK
Sweden (invited)
This panel will examine the different approaches governments
take to protect the personal privacy of their citizens and
what steps need to be taken to create a global consensus.
How do differing privacy laws affect countries ability todo
business? How will authoritarian regimes counter the
perceived threat of free and open information flow?
Breakout II: "Industrial Espionage: An Update"
Moderator: Winn Schwartau
Phillipe Parant, Diecteur, DST, France (invited)
Miguel Chamorro, Exec. Director, Interpol (invited)
Kroll Associates US
122 Countries are actively engaged in industrial and
economic espionage to the benefit of their respective
states. It's a lot easier for a third world or agrarian
society to steal intellectual and proprietary property than
to invest time and resources develop their own. Who's
involved and what are they doing? What steps need to be
taken to defend such actions?
16:00 - 16:30 Sponsored Break
PLENARY
16:30 - 18:00 Defining War in the Information Age
"The New National Security"
Brief comments by Winn Schwartau and Robert Steele -
and then a lively interactive audience debate.
An enemy bomb landing in any country can be easily
construed as an act of war. However, in Cyberspace,
anonymous acts of aggression that lead to war or replace
conventional attacks are not so simple to classify.
This highly charged subject will consider what war is
and what it isn't:
- Is an attack against a financial institution an act of war?
- What about the intentional collapse of a communications
infrastructure?
- Is human lethality a necessary pre-requisite for war?
- Do we need to redefine national security for the post
Cold-War world?
18:00 - 18:10 Closing Comments
18:00 - 20:00 No-Host Reception
Hotel Information:
Hotel Palace
rue Gineste 3
1210 Brussels
Belgium
+32 2 203 62 00
+32 2 203 55 55 (Fax)
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