Intelligence and Technology
8-10 May 2015
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