Since 1966 – International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts – Italian Pugwash Group

Detailed Program

Saturday 3 August 2002

Participants Arrival

Sunday 4 August 2002

09:00 – 09:30   Opening
Carlo Schaerf
Opening Remarks

09:30 – 11:00   Session 1  Chair: Carlo Schaerf
Cyberwar And Netwar
Gary Chapman

11:00 – 11:15   Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:45   Session 2  Chair: Mieke Massink
Cyber Weapons As New Means Of Combat. Classification Of Cyber Weapons
Vitaly Tsygichko

12:55     Lunch

15:30     Coffee

16:00 – 17:30   Session 3  Chair: Diego Latella
The Information Revolution: Reality Or Hype
Moshe Vardi

17:30 – 17:45     Break

17:45 – 19:15   Session 4  Chair: Mirco Elena
RMA And Space Weaponization. From Force Enhancement To Global Engagement
Mike Moore

19:30   Dinner

Monday 5 August 2002

09:00 – 10:30   Session 5  Chair: Gary Chapman
The Theory and Practice of The RMA And Its Development in the United States

Ahmed Hashim

10:30 – 10:45   Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15   Session 6  Chair: Moshe Vardi
Intelligence Collection for Asymmetric Threats
Kevin O’brien

12:45   Lunch

15:30   Coffee

16:00 – 17:30   Session 7  Chair: Giuliano Colombetti
Cyber Weapons and How They Transform the Entire Traditional Paradigm of Warfare
Vitaly Tsygichko

17:30 – 17:45   Break

17:45 – 19:15   Session 8  Chair: Mike Moore
Cyberwar And Arms Control: Implications, Policies And Outlooks
Olivier Minkwitz

19:30   Dinner

Tuesday 6 August 2002

09:00 – 10:30   Session 9  Chair: Ahmed Hashim
New security challenges in the Information Age
Dmitry Chereshkin


10:30 – 11:00   Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30     Session 10  Chair: Vitaly Tsygichko
How Has Information Technologies Changed The Way Terrorist Do Business
Stephanie Lanz

12:45   Lunch

15:30   Coffee

16:00 – 17:30   Session 11  Chair: Dmitry Chereshkin
Information Operations in the Kosovo War
Kevin O’brien

17:30 – 17:45   Break

17:45 – 19:15   Session 12  Chair: Paolo Carossini
National Missile Defense: When computers make the impossible become reality
Gert Harigel

19:30   Dinner

Wednesday 7 August 2002

09:00 – 10:30   Session 13  Chair: Vitaly Tsygichko
What makes software difficult?
Eric Roberts

10:30 – 11:00   Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30   Session 14  Chair: Stephanie Lanz
The international dimensions of conflict in cyberspace and possible forms of international cooperation to deal with it
Seymour Goodman

12:45   Lunch

Afternoon Free

19:30   Dinner

Thursday 8 August 2002

                ISODARCO — IRST Workshop

09:00 – 09:30     Opening
Luigia Carlucci Aiello – Director of IRST
Carlo Schaerf – Director of Isodarco
 
09:30 – 11:00   Session 15  Chair: Gary Chapman
Security of The Critically Important Sectors of a National Information Infrastructure
Dmitry Chereshkin & Peter Neumann

11:00 – 11:15   Break
 
11:15 – 12:45   Session 16  Chair: Diego Latella
The RMA Outside of the United States
Ahmed Hashim


12:45   Lunch

14:45 – 16:45   Guided Visit at IRST Laboratories
 
16:45 – 18:15   Session 17  Chair: Mieke Massink
Capabilities And Limits of (Digital) Critical Systems
Adolfo Villafiorita


20:00   Dinner

Friday 9 August 2002

Morning  Free

12:45   Lunch

15:30   Coffee
 
16:30 – 18:00   Session 18  Chair: Li Hua
Risks of Computer-Related Technology
Peter Neumann

18:30   The Bus to Verona Leaves

Saturday 10 August 2002

10:30 – 12:00   Session 19  Chair: Shu Yuan Hsieh
Paying For The RMA
Cindy Williams

12:15   Lunch

15:30   Coffee

16:00 ­ 17:30   Session 20  Chair: Mieke Massink
September 11th, One Year on: Turning Crisis Into Opportunity?
Simon Davies


19:30   Dinner

Sunday 11 August 2002

09:00 – 10:30   Session 21  Chair: Jeff Porten
European Union Policy And Initiatives in the Area of Cyberthreats and Cybercrime in General
Massimo Mauro

10:30 ­ 10:45   Coffee Break
 
10:45 – 12:15   Session 22  Chair: Joelien Pretorius
Vulnerability of C3I: An Effective Deterrent to Prevent Strategic Conflict
Li Hua

12:30   Lunch

15:30   Coffee
 
16:00 – 17:30   Session 23  Chair: Bruce Larkin
Civil-Military Relations in the Information Age
Ralf Bendrath


17:30 – 17:45   Break
 
17:45 – 19:15   Session 24  Chair: Gary Chapman
Panel Discussion
Privacy After September 11th
Gary Chapman, Simon Davies, Eric Roberts

19:30   Dinner

Monday 12 August 2002

09:00 – 10:30   Session 25  Chair: David Carlton
Rewarding and Managing All-Volounteer Militaries in the Information Age
Cindy Williams

10:30 – 11:00   Coffee Break
 
11:00 – 12:30   Session 26  Chair: Steve Wright
Not About Cyber-crime: International Cooperation And Regulatory Arbitrage in Criminal Matters
Gus Hosein

12:45   Lunch

15:30   Coffee
 
16:00 – 17:30   Session 27  Chair: Paul Guinnessy
Why Arms Control Matters. Proposals How To Implement Existing Arms Control Regimes In The It-Age
Georg Schoefbaenker
 
17:45 – 19:15   Session 28  Chair: Giuliano Colombetti
Panel Discussion
The RMA And The Italian Dilemmas
Antonio Castelli, Massimo Mauro, Mike Moore, Carlo Schaerf

19:30   Dinner

Tuesday 13 August 2002

Participants Departure