World Summit on Counter-Terrorism: Terrorism's Global Impact

ICT’s 12th Annual International Conference

September 10-13, 2012, Herzliya, Israel

S c h e d u l e

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

Special Session: Talking Heads

10.00 – 11.30:

Opening Remarks: Dr. Boaz Ganor, Ronald S. Lauder Chair for Counter-Terrorism, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Founder & Executive Director, ICT, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Israel

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Amos Yadlin, Director, The Institute for National Security Studies and Former Head, Military Intelligence Directorate, Israel

Mr. Yaakov Peri, Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), Israel

Lt. Gen. (Res.) Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Former Chief of Staff, IDF, Israel

M.K. Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Shaul Mofaz, Leader of the Opposition and Head of the Kadima Party; Former Chairman, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Israeli Knesset; Former Minister of Defense; and Former IDF Chief of Staff, Israel

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

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

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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

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Giora Eiland, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Former National Security Advisor, 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

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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 

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"

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

Plenary Session

09.30 – 11.00:

Commissioner Adrian Leppard, Commissioner of the City of London Police, United Kingdom

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. Brian M. Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President, RAND Corporation, United States of America

Col. (Res.) Adv. Lior Lotan, Former Executive Director and Senior Researcher, ICT, IDC Herzliya, Israel

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

Prof. Peter Neumann, Director, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalism and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, United Kingdom

Ms. Jessica Tisch, Director of Policy and Plans, Counterterrorism Bureau, New York City Police Department (NYPD), United States of America

Mr. Henk Geveke, Managing Director Defense, Safety and Security, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO, The Netherlands

13:30 - 14:30: Lunch

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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:

Prof. Abraham Sofaer, George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 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

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

Master of Ceremonies:

Mr. Jonathan Davis, Vice President for External Relations. Head of the Raphael Recanati International School, IDC Herzliya, Israel

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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: Mr. Ehud Olmert, Former Prime Minister, Israel

Master of Ceremonies:Mr. Jonathan Davis, Vice President for External Relations, Head of the Raphael Recanati International School, IDC Herzliya, Israel

19:00 - 19:45: Refreshment

19:45 - 21:15: Expressive Terrorism: Lessons learned from Crisis Negotiators

This exclusive panel, led by IDF Crisis Negotiation Unit, will present a comprehensive

analysis of expressive terror events (Toulouse, Mumbai, Beslan, Flotillas), including its

psychological, communication, negotiation and media dimensions

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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

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

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?

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

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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

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, Bar-Ilan 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 Counter-Terrorism (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, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, & Fellow, Middle East Forum, Israel

Dr. Kemal Kaya, Senior Fellow for the Stockholm based Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), Sweden

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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

6. Syria and Lebanon: Escalating Challenges to the Grand Levant

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

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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 Asia

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 Emerging Role of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: Threat or Opportunity?

Dr. Barak Ben-Zur, Lecturer, IDC Herzliya, and Former Senior Director, Israel Security Agency (ISA), Israel

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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

Prof. Emmanuel Sivan, Professor, Department of History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

4. The Challenges and Implications of the Arab Spring on the Palestinian Arena

Chair: Maj. Gen. (Res.) Danny Rothschild, Director, Institute of Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya, Israel

Dr. Col. (Res.) Rateb Amro, Director General, Horizon Strategic Studies, Amman, Jordan

Mr. Bassem Eid, Director of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitor Group, East Jerusalem

Minister Davide La Cecilia, Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy

Mr. Salameh Nematt, Journalist and Analyst, Jordan

5. 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. Rephael Ben-Ari, 2011-2012 Global Research Fellow, Hauser Global Law School Program, New York University School of Law; Adjunct Professor, Bar-Ilan University Law Faculty, 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

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6. Public Resilience Against Non Conventional (CBRN) Terror Threats In Israel

Co-workshop with the Association of Civil-Military Scholars in Israel

*The workshop will take place in Hebrew without simultaneous translation

Chair: Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Dr. Avi Bitzur, Home-front defense expert; lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and Deputy to Head of Security and Home-Front Defense program at Beit-Berl Academic College. Former Head of the Reinforcement Branch of IDF and Commander and Principal of the Atomic-Biological-Chemical School of IDF, the founder Director General of the Ministry for Senior Citizens Affairs and Jerusalem Affairs, 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

Prof. Gabi Sheffer, The Political Science Department, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During the last two years heading a workshop on social-security relations in the Institute of National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Brigadier General (Res.) Dr. Dov Tamari, first Chief Intelligence Officer of the Intelligence Corps and former the commander of Sayeret Matkal of IDF, Head of Security and Home-Front Defense program at Beit-Berl Academic College, Israel

17:00 – 19:30 World premier of the documentary "Suicide Killing – Proliferation: The Path to Darkness"

To be followed by a scholarly discussion of the phenomenon of suicide terrorism:

*Special Introduction by the filmmaker: Mr. Pierre Rehov

Chair: Dr. Assaf Moghadam, Senior Researcher, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (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

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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

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

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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 Counter-Terrorism (ICT) & Senior Lecturer, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel

Mr. Don Rassler, Director, Harmony Research Program, Combating Terrorism Center (CTC), West Point Military Academy, United States of America

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. 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

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Anton Camen, Head of the Legal Department, ICRC Delegation in 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

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 Counter-Terrorism (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 Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel

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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 Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzlyia, Israel

Ms. Leah Soibel, Director, Spanish Media Program, The Israel Project, United States of America

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 : Lt. Gen. (Res.) Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Former Chief of Staff, IDF,

Israel

Foreign Minister : TBA IDF Chief of Staff : TBA Director of the Israel Security Agency : Mr. Yaakov Peri: Former Director of the Israeli

Security Agency (ISA), Israel

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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 Counter-

Terrorism, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya & Former Israeli Ambassador to

Egypt, Israel

European Union : TBA Hamas : TBA Hezbollah : Dr. Benedetta Berti, Associate Fellow and Lecturer, Institute for National

Security Studies (INSS) and Tel Aviv University, 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

Palestinian Authority : TBA 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 : TBA 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

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