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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:54:14 -0500 From: Gary Chapman Subject: ISODARCO '99

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

SUMMER COURSE OPEN TO GRADUATE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO, UNIVERSITY OF ROME "TOR VERGATA" ISTITUTO TRENTINO DI CULTURA, OPERA CAMPANA DEI CADUTI, Rovereto ISTITUTO CNUCE, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE FORUM TRENTINO PER LA PACE, PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO UNION OF SCIENTISTS FOR DISARMAMENT, Section of Trento

ITALIAN PUGWASH GROUP INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ISODARCO ON DISARMAMENT AND Founded in 1966 RESEARCH ON CONFLICTS

20th SUMMER COURSE

"COMPUTERS, NETWORKS AND THE PROSPECTS FOR EUROPEAN AND WORLD SECURITY"

ROVERETO (TRENTO) - ITALY 7 - 17 August, 1999

ISODARCO has been organizing residential courses on disarmament and arms control since 1966, and has already held ninteen summer courses and twelve winter courses. The courses are intended for people already having a professional interest in the problems of disarmament and conflicts, or for those who would like to play a more active and technically competent role in this field. The courses have an interdisciplinary nature, and their subject matters extend from the technical and scientific side of the problems to their sociological and political implications.

PRINCIPAL LECTURERS (preliminary):

JAMES ADAMS

  • Information Warfare: the New Frontier
  • Wars are US: Defending the Nation's Critical Infrastructure

    • DENILO BRUSCHI UNIV. OF MILAN, ITALY

  • An introduction to computer security

    • GARY CHAPMAN LBJ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN TX, U.S.A.

  • The Role of High Tech Conventional Weapons in the Modern Military

    • HARRY CLEAVER DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN TX, U.S.A.

  • The Role of the Internet in Linking Indigenous Insurgent and Revolutionary
    • Movements around the World

    SIMON GORDON DAVIES LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, LONDON, U.K.

  • Global Surveillance and the Elimination of Communication Privacy

    • RICHARD GARWIN IBM RESEARCH DIVISION, T. J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER, YORKTOWN HTS NY, U.S.A.

    GIAMPIERO GIACOMELLO EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE, SAN DOMENICO DI FIESOLE, FLORENCE, ITALY

  • Information Technology and War: a Historical Introduction
  • Computer Simulation and the Battlefield

    • SEYMOUR GOODMAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND ARMS CONTROL, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, PALO ALTO CA, U.S.A.

  • Assuring and Protecting Critical International Information and
    • Communications Infrastructures

    KATIE HAFNER NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK N. Y., U.S.A.

  • What Motivates Hackers to Break into Computer Systems? Ananalysis of
    • the Hacker Culture
  • The Hystory of Internet

    • GERT HARIGEL CERN, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

  • Accidental Nuclear War

    • PAUL INGRAM

  • Information Technology and Political Action

    • ALEXANDER KAFFKA

  • Global Information Networks and the Policy-Making: the Russian Viewpoint

    • MICHAEL KRAIG BRITISH AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION COUNCIL, WASHINGTON DC, U.S.A. -The Impact of the Year 2000 Bug on NuclearWarfare

    BRUCE LARKIN COWELL COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ CA, U.S.A.

  • Can Computers and Communication Enhance Global Security?

    • MATTHEW LYON UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, BERKELEY CA, U.S.A.

  • The Internet and the Military

    • SERGEY OZNOBISTCHEV INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

  • The Process of Nuclear and Conventional Arms Control - The
    • Problems of Computer Implementation
  • Russia: Evolution of the National Security Identity - The
    • Problems of Computer Implementation

    ELIZABETH RINDSKOPF ATTORNEY AT LAW, COUNSEL OF BRIAN CAVE, WASHINGTON DC, U.S.A.

  • Public Policy Controversies Surrounding Digital Encryption

    • LEONID RYABIKHIN CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

  • Information Technology: Defence and Security Implication

    • GIANPIERO SIROLI CERN, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

  • Strategic Information warfare

    • VITALI TSYGICHKO INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

  • National Information Security for Russia. Problems and Concepts
  • Russia's View on the Threat of Cyberterrorism

    • STEVE WRIGHT OMEGA FOUNDATION, MANCHESTER, U.K.

  • The Rise of Global Surveillance Networks - the EU Response
  • The Rise of Global Surveillance Networks - the NGO Response

    • DOROTHY ZINBERG CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE MA, U.S.A.

  • Social Psychology of the Internet - How it Influences the Behavior
    • of Nations Toward Each Other?

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    Confirmations are expected from additional eminent scholars who have been invited to lecture at the School. The course will be articulated in formal lectures, seminars offered by the participants, round tables and general open discussions.

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    GENERAL INFORMATION

    A) English will be the working language of the School.

    B) There will be approximately 60 participants. They are expected to attend all lectures and seminars.

    C) Applications should be submitted with the following information which is compulsory also for those who have previously attended:

  • Full name, date and place of birth, sex, full address
    • (including Email address, telephone, telex and fax numbers if available);
  • Present nationality;
  • Degree and/or other academic qualifications;
  • Present professional activities and work address;
  • Publication list and fields of interest;
  • In lieu of publications, a letter of recommendation
    • from a professor or a scholar in the field. No special application form is required.

    D) Letters of application should arrive not later than June 30, 1999 and should be addressed to the Director of the School:

    Prof. CARLO SCHAERF Department of Physics University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica I-00133 Rome, Italy Tel. : (++39-06) 7259-4560/1 Fax.: (++39-06) 2040309 Telex 626382 FIUNTV I E-mail SCHAERF@ROMA2.INFN.IT

    E) Applications will be considered by the Organizing Committee on the basis of the information submitted. All the applicants will be informed of the Committee's decision as soon as possible but not later than July 15, 1999.

    F) Participants are requested to arrive at Rovereto (Trento) any time on August 7 and leave in the morning of August17, 1999.

    G) The nominal admission fee which includes attendance, accommodation and full board is Lit. 340,000 (approximately US$ 200) and Lit. 240,000 (approximately US$145) for students without a salary up to the age of 26 who ask for it. Participants will be housed in double or triple rooms. The admission fee for single rooms, if requested and available, will be Lit 570,000; participants asking to share a room with somebody in particular, if this is possible, will be charged Lit. 100,000 extra for each person. The School is unable to provide any contribution towards travelling expenses.

    H) The Course will meet at Le Ginestre Residence, Via Trieste 44, 38068 Rovereto (Trento) Italy, Phone & Fax ++39-0464-432934.

    I) A limited number of family members can be accommodated at Le Ginestre Residence. Room and board for each member is Lit. 650,000 for the entire period. Admission of families is limited and will be examined on an individual basis. Participants wishing to bring their families are requested to submit their applications as soon as possible.

    J) Participants wishing to introduce a seminar should enclose a short abstract of their proposed contribution in their application. The Director of the School will reserve some time for seminars considered particularly relevant to the programme of the Course.

    K) The Organizing Committee reserves the right to introduce any necessary changes to the programme.

    L) Please mention in your application if you need a visa, indicating to which Italian Consulate you intend to apply. As it could take some time to get a visa, it is advisable to apply for it not later than the end of June or immediately after being accepted to attend the School.

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    GARY CHAPMAN CARLO SCHAERF DIEGO LATELLA ALESSANDRO PASCOLINI DIRECTORS OF THE COURSE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL ```

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