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June 22-25, 2003: Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness "The Changing Face of Disaster Management: New Threats, New Approaches"
The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP)
is calling for presentations for the 13th World Conference on Disaster
Management (WCDM) ( http://www.wcdm.org/).
The Conference will be held in Toronto, Canada from June 22-25, 2003.
September 19-20, 2003: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF); Intelligence Oversight Committee, Norwegian Parliament; & the Human Rights Centre, Department of Law, University of Durham "The Changing Face of Disaster Management: New Threats, New Approaches" Venue: The Storting, Norwegian Parliament, Main Building Complex, Seminar Room, Karl Johans Gate 22, 0026, Oslo, Norway. Participation is invited from parties with a professional interest in the governance and accountability of security and intelligence agencies at an international conference on the theme of legislative and executive accountability of security and intelligence. The objectives are to stimulate an informed debate on intelligence oversight, to systematically collect and compare data on intelligence oversight systems and to initiate the drafting of a model law on intelligence oversight. The participants will include parliamentarians and practitioners involved in oversight, as well as academics with a specialist interests in political science, public administration, international studies and law. The conference aims to evaluate experiences of oversight institutions, mechanisms, and procedures and then to identify best practices. The programme includes presentations on accountability in eight different countries: the Argentina, Germany, Norway, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, the United States and the United Kingdom. Details can be found on the website of the Making Intelligence Accountable project: www.dcaf.ch/legalwg/intel/project.html Additional papers are invited on any of the following:
Costs: participants bear all costs other than meals and dinners during the two days. Proposals for papers may be sent by 30 June 2021 in the form of an abstract of no more than 400 words by post, e mail or fax to Professor Ian Leigh, Durham Human Rights Centre, Department of Law, 50 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET, United Kingdom; [email protected] ; fax: +44 (0) 191 33428001. They will be reviewed by the organising committee and proposers will be notified no later than 15 July 2021 whether their proposals have been accepted. October 3-4, 2003: Conflict Studies Conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredricton NB "Terrorism
and Transnational Crime: Evolving Challenges to Security and Policing"
Friday 3 October Keynote address: �Terrorism and Trans-National Crime:
A Global Perspective� Dr. Phil Williams, University of Pittsburgh Panel 1: �Terrorism and Crime: Case Studies � �Russian Intelligence Services, Organized Crime, and
Nuclear Terrorism� Julie Anderson (City University of New York) �Lessons of the �Nord-Ost�: Transformations of a
Criminal Chechen Network in the Russian Security Discourse� Viktoriya Topalova (University of British Columbia) �The Tamil Tigers, Terrorism, and Organized Crime� John Thompson (Mackenzie Institute) �Narco-Terrorism in Colombia: A View from Canada� Speaker TBA (from RCMP Criminal Intelligence
Directorate) Coffee Break Panel 2: �Comprehending and Responding to the
Challenge� �Boxing With Shadows: Understanding and Addressing the
Global Asymmetric Threat Complex� Christopher Corpora (American University) �The Emperor�s Leased Clothes: The Privatization of
Security and the American War on Terror� Christopher Spearin (York University) Reception Evening - free Saturday 4 October Panel 3: �Democracy, Terrorism, and Crime� �Democratic Counter-Terrorism: Fundamental Principles
and Best Practices� Dr. G. Davidson-Smith (Canadian Security Intelligence
Service) �The Role of Parliament in Security Oversight in
Canada� Roy Rempel (Defence Association Network News) �Responses to Terrorism by International
Organizations� Kate Bryden (Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade) Coffee Break Panel 4: �Perspectives on Intelligence-Led
Policing� �Intelligence-Led Policing: A Canadian National
Perspective� Assistant Commissioner Richard Proulx (RCMP) �Intelligence-Led Policing: A Provincial and Regional
View� Dr. David Charters (University of New Brunswick) �Can Intelligence-Led Policing Do More Than Round Up
the Usual Suspects?� Dr. Peter Gill (Liverpool John Moores University) Luncheon Panel 5: �Managing Intelligence and Security�
�Countering Terrorism and Serious Crime in the United
Kingdom� Detective Superintendent Colette Paul (Metropolitan
Police, UK) �The Experience of a Provincial Criminal Intelligence
Fusion Center� Speaker TBA (Department of Public Safety, Province of
New Brunswick) Coffee Break Panel 6: �The Crime-Terrorism Nexus in Critical
Perspective� Chair: Dr. Margaret Beare (Nathanson Centre);
Discussants: Phil Williams, Christopher Corpora, G. Davidson-Smith, Peter
Gill Summation: Dr. Charters (UNB) Evening: Closing Banquet
For more information please visit the Center for Conflict Studies.
March 17-20th, 2004: International Studies Association, Montreal "Hegemony and its Discontents"
INTELLIGENCE STUDIES: PROPOSED PANELS
Intelligence and Counter terrorism Strategies
National Intelligence and law Enforcement
The Iraq War and the future of US-UK Special Relationship.
Issues in the Theorisation of Intelligence:
Hegemony, Intelligence and Diplomacy. (with
Diplomacy)
Human Security and National Security: Why not
Co-operate on our Common Goal? (co-panel with UN/ Peace Studies).
For more information about this conference, please visit the ISA 2004 Conference web site.
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