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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

• 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

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

• 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"

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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,

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center

(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, 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 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?

*The workshop will be held in the memory of Prof. Ehud Sprinzak z''l (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

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• 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

• 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

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• Ms. Liat Shetret, Senior Analyst, Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation,

United States of America

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

*The workshop will be held in the memory of Lt. Col. Emmanuel Morenzo z''l (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

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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 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 z''l (1958-1995)

• 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

• Prof. Emmanuel Sivan, Professor, Department of History, Hebrew University,

Jerusalem, Israel

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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

• 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 z''l

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

**Special Introduction by the filmmaker: Mr. Pierre Rehov

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• 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

• 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 Counter-

Terrorism (ICT) & Senior Lecturer, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and

Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel

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• 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

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• 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

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

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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 Counter-

Terrorism, 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

� Iran: Mr. Meir Javedanfar, Adjunct Lecturer, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy

and Strategy, IDC Herzliya, Israel

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� 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