Date: May 14, 2007

CREATE has partnered with the Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles and the International Institute for Counter-terrorism (ICT) to host "Building US/Israeli Partnerships for Counter-terrorism Solutions" on May 14, 2007 at the Davidson Conference Center on the campus of the University of Southern California.

Leading Israeli and American academic and counter-terrorism experts will present sessions in the areas of Risk & Decision Analysis, The Global Jihadi Terrorist Threat, Hezbollah and the Emerging Threat of Shiite Terrorism to the United States, Terrorist Networks: The Internet or Fundraising, Threat Assessment Methodology and Emerging Terrorism Challenges to the United States Interests & Security.

Conference Agenda

8:30 - 9:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:20
Welcome - Dr. Detlof von Winterfeldt, Director, CREATE

9:20 - 9:30
Opening Remarks - Ehud Danoch, Israel Consul General

9:30 - 10:00
New Trends in Global Jihadi Terrorism and Challenges to Combating Terrorist Efforts - Dr. Boaz Ganor, ICT Executive Director and Deputy Dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya

10:00 - 10:30
Iran and its Proxies: The Emerging Threat of Shiite Terrorism; Case Study Hezbollah - Dr. (Col. Res.) Eitan Azani, ICT Deputy Director

10:30 - 10:45
Break

10:45 - 11:15
Decision Analysis - Dr. Richard John, CREATE Researcher and Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California

11:15 - 11:45
Risk Analysis - Dr. Detlof von Winterfeldt, Director, CREATE

11:45 - 12:15
Bioterrorism - Dr. Terry O'Sullivan, CREATE, Post-doctoral Researcher

12:15 - 1:15
Lunch

1:15 - 1:45
Islamic Radical Terrorist Organization Fundraising - Col. (Res.) Yoni Fighel, ICT Senrio Researcher and former Military Governor of Ramalla and Jenin

1:45 - 2:15
Terrorism Threat Assessment Methodologies - Ms. Yael Shahar, ICT Senior Researcher

2:15 - 2:30
Break

2:30 - 4:00
Round Table of All Presenters - Emerging Terrorism Challenges to the United States Interests & Security

4:00 - 4:15
Closing Remarks

Location information: here

If you would like to attend this conference, you must register and be sure to indicate your title and organization at:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/specialevents//esvp/esvp_israel.php
(PLEASE USE "ISRAEL" FOR THE EVENT CODE)

There is no fee for this conference.