

             InfoWarCon (Europe) '96
        Defining the European Perspective
               Brussels, Belgium
                 May 23-24 1996

Sponsored by:

  National Computer Security Association
  Winn Schwartau, President and CEO, Interpact, Inc.
  Robert David Steele, Chairman & CEO, Open Source Solutions Group

CoSponsors:

  Internet Security Systems, Inc.
  Network Systems, Inc.


Information Warfare represents a global challenge that faces all
late-industrial and information age nation states.  It also represents
the easiest and cheapest way for less developed nation-states and
religious or political movements to anonymously and grieviously attack
major nations and international corporations.

Not only are the definitions of InfoWar unclear, but they span many
areas and disciplines. This conference will examine the European
perspectives on all three classes of Information Warfare while
contributing some American lessons learned, mistakes made and successes
enjoyed.

	Class I: Personal Privacy
	Class II: Industrial and Economic Spying and Warfare
	Class III: Global Conflict, Terrorism and the Military

As at all other InfoWarCon, this special European Conference encourages
active audience participation, contribution and debate.


May 22, 1996

17:00 - 20:00	Pre-Registration
18:00 - 21:00	Hosted Cocktail Party with Music
		Most conference speakers will be in attendance.  Meet
		Mr. Schwartau and Mr. Steele.

May 23, 1995

07:00 - 08:30	Registration
07:00 - 08:30	Sponsored Continental Breakfast

PLENARY SESSIONS

08:30 - 09:00	Keynote Speech
		Major General William Robbins
			Director General of Information and
			Communications Services
			Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom (Invited)

09:00 - 10:00	"Information Warfare: Chaos on the Electronic Superhighway"
		Winn Schwartau, President and CEO, Interpact, Inc., USA

		An overview of Information Warfare from the civilian
		perspective by one of the world's leading experts on the
		subject. This will be an eye-opening presentation with
		time reserved for questions from the audience.  Mr. Schwartau
		will be available throughout the conference for personal and
		private discussions as well as book signings.

10:00 - 11:15	East Versus West: Military Views of Information Warfare

		Moderator:	Robert Steele

		East: 	General Nikolai Ivanovich Turko,
			Information Warfare Expert
			Russia (invited)
		West: Captain Patrick Tyrell
			Assistant Director, Information Warfare Policy,
			Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom

11:15 - 11:45	Sponsored Break
11:45 - 13:00	Law Enforcement in Cyberspace: Cooperation is the Key
		Moderator: Winn Schwartau
		Miguel Chamorro, (invited)
			Executive Assistant Director, Interpol
		Sweden
		Netherlands--Rotterdam Police (invited)

		How will global partners respect each other's laws and
		cooperate in their enforcement? Will extradition for
		cyber-crimes become necessary? Leading experts will walk
		us down the paths to success and offer lessons learned on
		failures and risks.

13:00 - 14:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:00	Special Luncheon Presentation

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

14:30 - 16:00

Breakout I:	Threats to European Civil Prosperity

		Moderator: Winn Schwartau
			Private Businesses
			Germany, France, UK

		Europe is becoming as dependent upon its econo-technical
		infrastructure more than ever with the design and
		construction of the European Space Initiative.
		Communications systems create the basis for global
		commerce, transportation systems permit the distribution
		of goods, the financial infrastructure is a requisite
		component of any information based economy and the power
		grid glues it all together. But, the threats to their
		stability and integrity are many and must be dealt with
		on a continent that has a history of war and more recently
		terrorism. What are the risks? The rewards?
		And the solutions?

Breakout II:	Information Warfare: Support for Conventional War Fighting

		Panel:  US - Gen. Jim McCarthy USAF (Ret)
			Russia: Admiral Vladimir Semenovich Pirumov (Ret)
			Chairman of Scientific Counsel of the
			Russian Security Counsel (invited)
			Swedish Military (Accepted)

		Conventional Wars and regional conflicts are replacing the
		fear of East-West conflict. Advanced Industrial and
		Information Age societies will supplement their armed
		forces with enhanced information processing capabilities.
		What are they and will they change the face of war?

16:00-16:30	Sponsored Break

PLENARY SESSION

16:30 - 18:00	"Hackers: National Resources or Merely Cyber-Criminals?"
		Co-Moderators:
			Mich Kabay, Ph.D., Director of Education, NCSA and
			Robert Steele, President, OSS, Inc.
		Panel:
			Rop Gonggrijp - Hactic and The Digital City
				Amsterdam, Netherlands
			Chris Goggans, co-founder Legion of Doom, US
			Andy Mueller-Maguhn & Frank Rieger
				CHAOS Computer Club, Germany
			"Frantic" - Anthony C. Zboralski - Convicted French
								Hacker

		Are hackers merely criminals operating under the guise of
		Internet freedom? Or are they national resources to be
		cultivated and who have served as an early warning system
		for Cyberspace? One group of American hackers have
		threatened to "Declare War on France" on behalf of American
		interests. How do we as nations deal with this?

		Mich Kabay and Robert Steele will briefly debate the issue and
then
		you will meet the hackers in person. The first Information
		Warriors invite your questions, comments and interaction.
		Learn first hand who they are, what they believe and how
		they function.

18:00 - 21:00	Hosted Reception
21:00 - 23:00	"Dutch Dinners" for Birds of a Feather
			Rallying points will be provided.

May 24, 1996

07:00 - 8:30	Sponsored Continental Breakfast
08:30 - 9:00	Keynote Speech

		"Efforts to Maximize Information As New Age Weapon"
			General Pichot-Duclos, France

PLENARY SESSIONS

9:00 - 10:00	"Creating Smart Nations Through National Information
		Strategies: Intelligence And Security Issues"
			Robert David Steele, President, OSS, Inc. US

		Planning for the future requires new thinking and a new
		"triad" of defense: Open Source Intelligence, Electronic
		Home Defense and Information Warfare.21st Century realities
		invite dozens more players whom must be monitored and
		controlled. Governments and the military should avail
		themselves of the publicly available open source
		information as part of their ongoing intelligence
		operations. Mr. Steele has suggested that nations should
		"draft" the civil sector by requiring 'due diligence' and
		very high standards of private sector communications and
		computing security.

10:00 - 11:15 	"The Convergence of Military and Commercial
Vulnerabilities"

		Moderator:
			Winn Schwartau
		Panel:
			Bob Ayers, DISA, Department of Defense, US
			Dr. Leroy Pearce, Sr. Tech. Advisor, representing
			MajGen Leech, Asst. Dep. Minister, Defence
			Information Services, Canada
			Holland / Belgium
			Captain. Pat Tyrell, Ministry of Defence, UK

		Much of military success depends upon the reliable operation
		of civilian and commercial systems. No longer do the
		government and military and private sector function in
		isolation. What levels of cooperation are required to
		assure proper defense and war fighting capability? How much
		of the private sector must be viewed as a national security
		asset - to be protected as much as is a forward deployed
		military unit?

11:15 - 11:45	Sponsored Break
11:45 - 13:00	Societal Impact of Information Warfare
		Moderator:  Winn Schwartau,
		Panel:
			The Croatian View: Pedrag Pale, Chairman
				InfoTech Coordinating Committee, Ministry of
				Science, Technology, and Informatics.
			General Peter N. Schmitz - Germany (invited)
			General James McCarthy (ret) US

		Society is absolutely dependent upon technology; without
		networks and computers and communications, portions of
		society can collapse within days. If major systems fail,
		what will the reaction of a techno-reliant society be?
		And, what are the ethics of a military who instigates the
		collapse of an adversary's civilian infrastructure rather
		then resort to bombs and bullets? Is a techno-phobic
		society psychologically prepared for the consequences?
		Mr. Predrag wired Croatia's electronic Internet backbone
		 in under two weeks!

13:00 - 14:30	Lunch
13:30-14:00	Special Luncheon Presentation

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

14:30 - 16:00

Breakout I:	Legislation & Personal Privacy: A Global Electronic Bill of
Rights?
		Moderator: Dr. Mich Kabay, NCSA
			Simon Davies, Electronic Privacy International, UK
			Sweden (invited)

		This panel will examine the different approaches governments
		take to protect the personal privacy of their citizens and
		what steps need to be taken to create a global consensus.
		How do differing privacy laws affect countries ability todo
		business? How will authoritarian regimes counter the
		perceived threat of free and open information flow?

Breakout II:	"Industrial Espionage: An Update"
		Moderator: Winn Schwartau
			Phillipe Parant, Diecteur, DST, France (invited)
			Miguel Chamorro, Exec. Director, Interpol (invited)
			Kroll Associates US

		122 Countries are actively engaged in industrial and
		economic espionage to the benefit of their respective
		states.  It's a lot easier for a third world or agrarian
		society to steal intellectual and proprietary property than
		to invest time and resources develop their own. Who's
		involved and what are they doing? What steps need to be
		taken to defend such actions?

16:00 - 16:30	Sponsored Break

PLENARY

16:30 - 18:00	Defining War in the Information Age
			"The New National Security"

		Brief comments by Winn Schwartau and Robert Steele -
		and then a lively interactive audience debate.

		An enemy bomb landing in any country can be easily
		construed as an act of war.  However, in Cyberspace,
		anonymous acts of aggression that lead to war or replace
		conventional attacks are not so simple to classify.

		This highly charged subject will consider what war is
		and what it isn't:

		- Is an attack against a financial institution an act of war?
		- What about the intentional collapse of a communications
			infrastructure?
		- Is human lethality a necessary pre-requisite for war?
		- Do we need to redefine national security for the post
			Cold-War world?

18:00 - 18:10 	Closing Comments

18:00 - 20:00	No-Host Reception


Hotel Information:

	Hotel Palace
	rue Gineste 3
	1210 Brussels
	Belgium

	+32 2 203 62 00
	+32 2 203 55 55 (Fax)

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