Background: IFIP TC9 Workshop on ICT uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace

Dr Jackie PhahlamohlakaIFIP TC9 RSA RepresentativeCAM: Command, Control and Information Warfare, DPSS, CSIR

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Outline

• Where the idea comes from• How the idea was used leading to this workshop• The ultimate goal of the workshop• What we intend to achieve today• Introduction of IFIP President to open the workshop

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Where the idea comes from

• It comes from IFIP TC9 Annual Meeting• London School of Economics, London, 2007 September 28• Workshop itself took place on Saturday, 2007 September 29

• Technical Committee 9 on social implications of IT is one of the 13 Technical Committees of IFIP

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Where the idea comes from

• The workshop was to consider the possibility of a new TC9 WG around issues of ICT Uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace.

• The workshop was Chaired by Prof Chrisanthi Avgerou. • Peter Sommer (LSE, Lawyer and advisor to EU and UK Government) on

“Mapping Cyberwarfare”• David Nyheim (Incas Consulting) on “Conflict early warning information

systems”, and;• Noel Sharkey (Scheffield University) on “Autonomous battlefield weapons:

who is responsible for the fatalities?”

• Following the 3 presentations, TC9 delegates discussed the merits of a new WG and agreed that this is a topic that should be explored further as part of the TC9 responsibilities.

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How the idea was used leading to this workshop• As a member of the South African National Committee for

IFIP and an RSA TC9 representative leading a defence related Competency Area within the CSIR, I felt compelled to take the lead from an African point of view in following this up

• I bounced the idea of the IFIP President and my colleagues within DPSS

• Opinions of some members of the ENSP 15/07 were sought• The workshop was put as a formal activity of the

Competency Area• An Organising Committee was formed and we have today.

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The ultimate goal of the workshop

• That members in attendance today could form the nucleus of the envisaged ongoing activity in this regard, with CCIW continuing to take the lead.

• Present the results of this workshop to the next IFIP TC9 Annual meeting to be held at the University of Pretoria in September 2008

• The establishment of a Working Group (WG) under TC9 of IFIP, and in particular an African chapter of that WG that could hold an annual or a bi-annual workshop of this kind

• Keep the Science, Engineering and Technology researchers working closely with the military in areas of mutual interest and potential benefit.

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What we intend to achieve today

• Have fun and enjoy the presentations• Make yourself available for future interactions

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Introduction of IFIP President to open the workshop

• Professor Basie von Solms• Short Bio on page XI of the proceedings• An international scholar and an expert on Information Security• The Chairperson of the SA National Committee on IFIP