NDU conference

[Adrian]

I work at NDU, putting on monthly conferences. This month's conference is titled "The Battle of Ideas: Messages, Mediums and Methods." It's at NDU in DC, free and open to the public (non-attribution policy applies). I figured it would be of interest to the SWJ community, especially if you read this forum.

Highlighted topics will include Arab media, US gov't info ops, stratcom and public diplomacy efforts so far, lessons from the private sector, a case study of info ops in Ramadi, domestic media coverage, and future stratcom scenarios.

September 25, 1PM-5PM, and September 26, 9AM-5PM. You're welcome to come to all of it or whatever parts you can make. Directions. To register, email CTNSP-NCO@ndu.edu.

Presenters/panel members include:

Marc Lynch, Jon Alterman, Michael Hudson, Bob Reilly, Todd Helmus, Chris Paul, John McCary (former intel E5 in Ramadi), Kyle Teamey, Harvey Rishikof, Frank Sesno, John Robb, and TX Hammes.

Any questions/comments?

[SWJED]

Adrian,

Thanks much for posting this. I'm sure you will get some takers from the SWJ, including myself.

Dave

[Ken White]

Hopefully some of the items discussed can be shared afterwards...

[Adrian]

Hopefully some of the items discussed can be shared afterwards...

NDU's non-attribution policy would limit what I could share, like specific observations by different people, etc. But I could share general observations I think - I'll check on that with my boss.

[Rex Brynen]

NDU's non-attribution policy would limit what I could share, like specific observations by different people, etc. But I could share general observations I think - I'll check on that with my boss.

Marc Lynch may end up summarizing some of it at his excellent blog, Abu Aardvark--many at SWJ will find it useful both for its take on media in the Arab world and (more lately) the public debates among Islamist groups.

(By the way--great speakers, Adrian. Wish I lived much closer!)

On a side note, as an academic who always scrupulously observes "non-attribution" ground-rules, I was bemused during my time in government to find that all of our internal reporting of discussions held under "Chatham House Rules" always violated all the rules! ("The first speaker, Ambassador So-and-so, said.... ")

[Adrian]

We have an addition - Michael S. Doran, currently DASD/Support to Public Diplomacy, will be sitting on a panel.

[Cavguy]

Who's presenting Info Ops in Ramadi?

[Adrian]

Kyle Teamey, former O3, coauthor of the COIN manual, and John McCary, former E5, currently a grad student in Georgetown's SSP (same program I'm in).

[Adrian]

The NDU PAO stuck it up on the website so now you know it's official. The link to the official agenda actually links to something else - I'll try to fix it Monday. There might be one or two additions to the schedule but it's pretty much set in stone now.

[JD]

Will you be publishing proceedings or making the presentations available afterwords because that may be very useful.

JD

[Adrian]

Will you be publishing proceedings or making the presentations available afterwords because that may be very useful.

JD

Like I mentioned above, it's a tricky question because of the non-attribution issue. Still haven't resolved it with the bosses.