International Conference

 
"Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation:
Past and Future"

31 May - 2 June 2002
Academy for Communication and Information –
Strausberg (Berlin), Germany

Conference Organizer:
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Michael Wala, University Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Conference Program:

Keynote Address

Coffee in the Foyer

Informal Get-Together

Panel I – Chair: Kevin C. Ruffner (CIA History Staff)
"The Past in Perspective: Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation in the 20th Century"

Panel Members:
Wolfgang Krieger, Cees Wiebes, Siegfried Beer, Thomas F. Troy, Frank Cain

Panel II – Chair: Sigurd Hess (Rear Admiral, German Navy, ret.)
"Arms Reduction and Intelligence Cooperation"

Members:
Alexander Buschek, Wolfgang Krieger, Wies Platje, Charles G. Cogan, Doron Arazi, Shlomo Shpiro

Panel III – Chair: Cees Wiebes (University of Amsterdam)
"Terrorism, Organized Crime, and Intelligence Cooperation"

Members:
Volker Foertsch, Shlomo Shpiro, Frits Hoekstra, Brian R. Sullivan

Panel IV – Chair: Shlomo Shpiro (Bar-Dan University, Israel)
"Intelligence Cooperation in the Middle East/Atlantic Triangle"

Members:
Volker Foertsch, Wies Platje, Michael Gunter, Kevin Ruffner, Doron Arazi, Klaus Becher

Panel V – Chair: Siegfried Beer (University of Graz)
"Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation and Central and Southern Europe"

Members:
Sigurd Hess, Shlomo Shpiro, Cees Wiebes, Charles G. Cogan, Brian Sullivan, Wolbert Smidt, Alexander Buschek, John M. Nomikos

Panel VI – Chair: Michael Wala (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)
"NATO and the EU: The Future of Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation"

Members:
Wolbert Smidt, Frits Hoekstra, Wolfgang Braumandl, Hugh Montgomery, John M. Nomikos, Matitiahu Mayzel, Sigurd Hess

Panel VII – Conclusions and Summaries – Chair: Wolfgang Krieger (University of Marburg)
"Past, Present, and Future of Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation"

Members:
Wolfgang Krieger, Shlomo Shpiro, Michael Wala, Cees Wiebes, Kevin C. Ruffner, Siegfried Beer, Sigurd Hess