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

Conference Program:

Friday, 31 May 2002
13.00-14.00 Arrival
15.00 Welcome
Michael WALA (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Wolfgang KRIEGER (Chair, IIHA)
Rolf ZIMMERMANN (Commander, Akademie Strausberg)

15.00 Keynote Address

Coffee in the Foyer

Informal Get-Together

16.30 Break
17.00 Panel I – Chair: Kevin C. RUFFNER (CIA History Staff): The Past in Perspective: Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation in the 20th Century
Panelists:
Wolfgang KRIEGER, Cees WIEBES, Siegfried BEER, Thomas F. TROY, Frank CAIN

19.00 Dinner
20.00 Keynote Address:
Ambassador Hans-Georg WIECK: Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation — Past, Present, and Future
Introduction: Wolfgang KRIEGER (University of Marburg)

Saturday, 1 June 2002
8.00 Breakfast

9.00 Panel II – Chair: Sigurd HESS (Rear Admiral, German Navy, ret.): Arms Reduction and Intelligence Cooperation
Panelists:
Alexander BUSCHEK, Wolfgang KRIEGER, Wies PLATJE, Charles G. COGAN, Doron ARAZI, Shlomo SHPIRO

10.30 Coffee Break

10.45 Panel III – Chair: Cees WIEBES (University of Amsterdam): Terrorism, Organized Crime, and Intelligence Cooperation
Panelists:
Volker FOERTSCH, Shlomo SHPIRO, Frits HOEKSTRA, Brian R. SULLIVAN

12.15 – 13.15 Lunch Break

13.15 Panel IV – Chair: Shlomo SHPIRO (Bar-Ilan University, Israel): Intelligence Cooperation in the Middle East/Atlantic Triangle
Panelists:
Volker FOERTSCH, Wies PLATJE, Michael GUNTER, Kevin RUFFNER, Doron ARAZI, Klaus BECHER

14.45 Coffee Break
15.00 Panel V – Chair: Siegfried BEER (University of Graz): Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation and Central and Southern Europe
Panelists:
Sigurd HESS, Shlomo SHPIRO, Cees WIEBES, Charles G. COGAN, Brian SULLIVAN, Wolbert SMIDT, Alexander BUSCHEK, John M. NOMIKOS

16.30 Panel VI – Chair: Michael WALA (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg): NATO and the EU: The Future of Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation
Panelists:
Wolbert SMIDT, Frits HOEKSTRA, Wolfgang BRAUMANDL, Hugh MONTGOMERY, John M. NOMIKOS, Matitiahu MAYZEL, Sigurd HESS

18.00 Dinner

20.00 Informal Get-Together (IIHA Membership Meeting)

Sunday, 2 June 2002
8.00 Breakfast

9.00 Panel VII – Conclusions and Summaries – Chair: Wolfgang KRIEGER (University of Marburg): Past, Present, and Future of Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation
Panelists:
Wolfgang KRIEGER, Shlomo SHPIRO, Michael WALA, Cees WIEBES, Kevin C. RUFFNER, Siegfried BEER, Sigurd HESS

10.30 Tour of Intelligence Sites in the Berlin Area
Organizer: Steffen LEIDE (Berlin)

12.00 Lunch

15.00 End of Tour/Departure