International Intelligence History Association (IIHA)
Annual Conference 2015
8-10 May 2015
Intelligence and Technology
Hotel “I”, Ulica Ive Robica 2,
10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
FRIDAY (8th of May, 2015)
12:30 Arrival and Registration
13:30 Opening Ceremony
Shlomo SHPIRO, Chairman of the IIHA
Gordan AKRAP, Conference Organizer
Slavko BARIC , Commander, Croatian Defence Academy
Guest of Honour: Drago LOVRIC, Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces
14:00-16:00 Panel I: Strategic Intelligence and Technology
Chair: Shlomo SHPIRO, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
- Gerhard SCHMID, Vice President of the European Parliament (ret.), Germany:
Five Eyes everywhere – is Privacy a Stake?
- Miroslav TUDJMAN, University of Zagreb, Croatia:
Why SIGINT is not enough for strategic Intelligence Estimates – the Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ephraim LAPID, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
The updated Role of OSINT in the Israeli Intelligence
- Sean N. KALIC, US Army Command and General Staff College, USA:
Eyes in the Sky: U.S. Military, Satellites, and the need for Intelligence 1945-1960
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-18:30 Panel II: Intelligence and Technology in World War II
Chair: Gordan AKRAP, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Christian ROSSÉ, Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Switzerland:
The Hunt for Clandestine Emitters in Switzerland during WW II
- Jerca VODUSEK STARIC, University of Maribor, Slovenia:
„Decoding“ Yugoslavia – The State and the Role of Intelligence Communication
- Pawel PRZEZDZIECKI, Polish Military Centre of Civic Education, Poland:
High Speed Radiotelegraphy
- Egemen BEZCI, University of Nottingham, UK:
Anglo-Turkish Reconnaissance Activities during WW II
19:00 Dinner
Keynote Speech: Dr. Ljerka Mintas Hodak, Former Minister of European Affairs (to be confirmed)
SATURDAY (9th of May, 2015)
9:00-10:30 Panel III (Young Researcher Forum / parallel workshops)
Chair: Charlotte BACKERRA, University of Mainz, Germany
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00-13:00 Panel IV: Intelligence Cooperation and Technology
Chair: John NOMIKOS, RIEAS, Athens, Greece
- Eyal PASCOVICH, University of Haifa, Israel:
The Quest for Nuclear Technologies – Israeli Bureau of Scientific Liaison (LAKAM)
and the Fiasco of the Pollard Affair
- Anna ABELMANN, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany:
From Paris with Love? French-Israeli Intelligence Cooperation in the 1950s and the Dimona Project
- Adi FRIMARK, Bar Ilan Universty, Ramat Gan, Israel:
David versus Goliath: Israeli Intelligence Technology and the USSR
- Darko TRIFUNOVIC, University of Belgrade, Serbia:
Intelligence and New Technology
13:00-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-16:00 Panel V: Codebreaking and Cryptography
Chair: Thomas WEGENER FRIIS, University of Southern Danmark, Danmark
- Cees WIEBES, Senior Analyst (ret.), National Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, The Netherlands:
The US Great Seal Bug and the Dutch Effort to build a Replica for the CIA
- Samantha HOSSACK, University of Calgary, Canada:
With Morality on the Line – The United States Use of Codebreaking and Unrestricted Submarine Warfare in the Pacific War
- Detlev VREISLEBEN, Process Control Engineer (ret.), Germany:
Clandestine Communication and Cryptography in Germany during the Cold War
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 Panel VI: New Challenges and Intelligence – Internet and Social Media
Chair: Anna DAUN, University of Cologne, Germany
- Tonći PRODAN, Split Faculty of Maritime Studies, Croatia:
Internet, Terrorism, Counterterrorism
- Azriel LORBER, IDF Major (ret.), Israel:
Technological Intelligence and Technological Surprise
- Verena DIERSCH, University of Cologne, Germany:
The framing of Cyber Surveillance
18:00-19:00 IIHA Annual Membership Meeting (IIHA Members only)
19:30 Dinner
Keynote Speaker Shlomo SHPIRO: 20 Years of Intelligence Studies – What did we learn?
SUNDAY (10th of May, 2015)
9:00-11:00 Panel VII: Homeland Wars and Intelligence
Chair: Chris MORAN, University of Warwick, UK
- Per-Arne PERSSON, Swedish Army Officer (ret.), National Defence College / Jan-Inge Svensson, Folke Bernadotte Academy, Sweden:
Managing the Boundary Zone – Intelligence Lessons from the Balkan Wars from a Swedish Perspective
- Ivan POKAZ, Brig. General (ret.), Croatia:
The Importance of SIGINT for the Planning, Preparation and Execution of Military Operations – Experience Comparison from the Homeland War and the recent Military Intelligence Doctrine
- André RANSON, Lt.-General (ret.), France:
The Hunt for PIFWCs in Bosnia-Herzegovina: a French Perspective
- Wesley JOHNSON, Athens, Greece:
Yugoslav National Army Counter Intelligence and Croatian Arms Acquisition 1990-91
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30-13:30 Panel VIII: Cold War and Counterintelligence
Chair: Wolfgang KRIEGER, University of Marburg, Germany
- Michael SCHOENHALS, University of Lund, Sweden:
The Golden Age of Steam – Mail Inspection and Counterintelligence in Cold War China
- Michael WALA, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany:
KIBITZ-15: A Stay-Behind-Networks Career in the Early Federal Republic
- Susanne MEINL, University of Trier, Germany:
Intelligence between Denazification and the Cold War: The Civil Censorship Division in Germany 1945-1947
- Patryk PLESKOT, Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw, Poland:
Technology on Duty – Technological tools used by Polish Counter-Intelligence in the Surveillance of Western Diplomats
13:30 Closing remarks
Shlomo SHPIRO
Miroslav TUDJMAN
14:00 End of Conference