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This one-day conference will feature experts from both national and local arenas with the ability to translate the latest intelligence into practices that your department can implement once you return home. Whether it's adapting your intelligence-gathering capabilities to deal with the emerging international extremist threat, or continuing to deal with homegrown terrorists, our goal is that each participant will leave this conference with the knowledge, focus, and ability to effect the changes necessary to meet the challenges of this new era head-on.
Speakers:
Dr. Bruce Hoffman, Vice President of External Affairs and Director of the RAND Corporation's office in Washington, D.C., was the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. An expert in international terrorism, Dr. Hoffman has taught and lectured to U.S. Army, Navy, Marine, and NATO Colleges, and has been a member or advisor to many national and international defense and terrorism panels. Dr. Hoffman is also a member of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee to the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
Patrick Fitzgerald has served as United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, since September 2001. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Fitzgerald served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York for 13 years and as Chief of the Organized Crime-Terrorism Unit since December 1995, where he participated in the prosecution of United States v. Usama Bin Laden, et al., United States v. Abdel Rahman, et al., and United States v. Ramzi Yousef Rahman, et al.
Workshops:
WORKSHOP I: WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION - This workshop will address threat assessment and identification of Weapons of Mass Destruction, including chemical/biological weapons and incendiary devices.
WORKSHOP II: DOMESTIC TERRORISM & EXTREMISM - This workshop will address the ideologies and emerging trends within domestic extremist groups, including white supremacist, militia and sovereign citizen groups, as well as leftist extremist groups in the environmental, anti-globalization and animal rights movement.
WORKSHOP III: INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM & EXTREMISM - This workshop will examine the ideology of Islamic fundamentalism and address strategies and techniques for investigating Islamic extremists operating within the United States.
For more information, contact ADL at (312) 782-5080, or toll-free at (800) 255-9492
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