Managing the Information Tsunami
Monday, 9:30-10:45 a.m.

With the wealth of information available through open source, managing the “tsunami” becomes an ever increasing demand. While a wealth of data is desirable, getting the right information to the right people is critical. This session explores how the Intelligence Community should be organized to better manage the flood of information; directing resources to do so; mechanisms and tools to do so; and recent innovations from public and private industry that are successful in managing the flow.

Dr. Garth Gibson, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Panasas, Inc. [  presentation  1.1 MB]

Social Sciences and the Human Terrain
Monday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

By utilizing a panoply of social science perspectives, including sociology, psychology, anthropology, political science, it is possible to gain a nuanced and sophisticated understanding view of human relationships and dynamics. As described by George Packer in his December 2006 New Yorker article, 'Knowing the Enemy,' the 'human terrain' uses academic disciplines to explain the complexities of armed conflicts in regions around the world. This session explores how the human terrain movement can transform the work of intelligence.

LTC Edward Villacres, Human Terrain Systems, US Army [  presentation 596 KB]

Jim Greer, Deputy Program Manager, Human Terrain System, US Army [  presentation 130 KB]

The Need for Speed
Monday, 3:15-4:30 p.m.

With the changing nature of national security threats, globalization, and the Internet explosion, demand for immediate information transmitted around the world has increased exponentially. To rise to the challenge, the Intelligence Community must do better at ingesting, processing, and analyzing information as quickly as possible. This session explores the challenges and limitations of technology in meeting this need, barriers to delivery, the consumer's perspective, and innovations and other lessons learned from private industry.

Dr. Eric Haseltine, Associate Director of National Intelligence for Science and Technology, Office of the Director of National Intelligence [  presentation  1.4 MB]

D. Bruce McIndoe, CEO, iJET Intelligent Risk Systems [  presentation 549 KB]

Robert P. Liscouski, CEO, Content Analyst Company, LLC [  presentation 110 KB]

Enabling Civil Liberties through Open Source
Tuesday, 9:45-10:55 a.m

With the DNI emphasis on 'responsibility to provide' and the sea change with information sharing, new demands for openness challenge decades of culture within the Intelligence Community. The balance of security and civil liberties is tested each day, but open source and unclassified information may provide fewer challenges to these liberties. This session explores the opportunities of open source over classified information, domestic versus international use of open source, issues related to the use of commercial data, and challenges related to the Internet.

Shelby Coffey III, Senior Fellow, Freedom Forum [  presentation  8.6 MB]

Libraries of the Future
Tuesday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

The rise of the Internet and the resulting information flood has had a dramatic impact on the role and operation of libraries. This session offers a perspective on how libraries have changed as a result of the information revolution and how they will likely continue to evolve.

Dr. David L. Osborne, Head, Research Section, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress [  presentation  1.9 MB]

Dr. Chuck Henry, President, Council on Library and Information Resources [  presentation  8.9 MB]

Richard James King, Chief Librarian of the Ruth H. Hooker Research Library, Naval Research Laboratory [  presentation 390 KB]

Diane J. White, NSA Librarian, National Security Agency [  presentation  4.1 MB]

Meeting IC Collection Priorities
Tuesday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.

With the emphasis on open source as 'the source of first resort,' is the Intelligence Community adequately poised to meet its priorities with open source information? How can open source best support collection priorities? What collection priorities are best met by open source? Are the mechanisms in place to allow open source to best meet collection priorities?

Regional Focus: OS in Africa
Monday, 9:30-10:45 a.m.

This session focuses on open source efforts and capabilities in Africa, emphasizing current needs, shifting demands, and critical resources.

Rear Admiral Robert T. Moeller, Executive Director, AfriCom Transition Team [  presentation  1.6 MB]

Regional Focus: OS in Asia
Monday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

This session focuses on open source efforts and capabilities in Asia, emphasizing current needs, shifting demands, and critical resources.

Regional Focus: OS in Latin America
Monday, 3:15-4:30 p.m.

This session focuses on open source efforts and capabilities in Latin America, emphasizing current needs, shifting demands, and critical resources.

Partnering with the Military
Tuesday, 9:45-10:55 a.m.

With the vastly changing scope of modern warfare and military operations comes an increased demand for greater on-ground intelligence and increased understanding of the nuances in areas of conflict. Open source can provide a vital addition to the success of military operations. This session explores current contributions of open source in meeting today's military challenges, and looks to further contributions open source can make to compliment military capabilities.

Charles Alsup, Assistant Deputy Director for Customer Requirements, Office of the Director of National Intelligence [  presentation  3.2 MB]

The Academic-Open Source Connection
Monday, 9:30-10:45 a.m.

Great opportunity exists to create a powerful symbiotic relationship between academia and the open source community through tapping existing expertise within universities around the world. In addition, collaboration exposes students to the world of intelligence. This session explores how academia and the Intelligence Community can work effectively together to support information flow.

Dr. Gary LaFree, Director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland [  presentation  2.6 MB]

Maximizing Information Sharing Access
Monday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

This session highlights the barriers and demands for information flow in this 'responsibility to provide' environment; the need for accessing previously untapped sources of information and expanding the concept of intelligence consumers. This session highlights the demands and barriers for information flow.

John Lindquist, President and CEO, EWA Information and Infrastructure Technologies, Inc. [  presentation  1.6 MB]

William Crowell, Independent Security Consultant [  presentation 172 KB]

Rear Admiral Arthur J. Lawrence, Director, Office of Security and Strategic Information, Department of Health and Human Services [  presentation 25 KB]

Improving OS Analysis and Production
Tuesday, 9:45-10:55 a.m.

With the maturation of open source as the intelligence source of first resort, there is a necessity to improve the quality of open source analysis and the ability of open source products to adequately address critical intelligence questions. This session explores the development and future of open source analysis.

Open Source on the Web
Monday, 9:30-10:45 a.m.

As the Internet continues to mature as a primary mechanism of information dissemination, new ways to access open sources of information will develop. This session explores the changing landscape of open sources on the Internet and where the future may lead us in information gathering.

Richard P. O'Neill, President, The Highlands Group [  presentation 165 KB]

Don Cooke, Chief Scientist, TeleAtlas [  presentation  2.1 MB]

Media: Telling the Story through Open Sources
Monday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

With the wealth of open sources of information available to the media, it is possible to gather and report a complete story without the benefit of classified information. This session explores media's ability to access information, the emergence of embedded journalists, and the use of stringers around the world.

Media as the Open Source
Monday, 3:15-4:30 p.m.

Open sources of information frequently provide the most up-to-date information possible, complimenting the resources of the Intelligence Community and drawing upon sources not readily available to the Intelligence Community. This session explores the massive world-wide enterprise of media as a natural partner in intelligence gathering.

Academic Outreach
Tuesday, 9:45-10:55 a.m.

This session will explore how schools and employers train students and new employees to use OS effectively. It will also explore the state of IC studies programs at universities and the ways the Intelligence Community can partner with academia and improve internships.

Robert J. Heibel, Executive Director of the Institute for Intelligence Studies, Mercyhurst College [  presentation 32.7 MB]

Private Sector Partnerships
Tuesday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.

With over 90 percent of all critical infrastructure and the driver for the US economy residing in private industry, our private sector partners are an important link in ensuring national security. This session explores how industry and the Intelligence Community can partner to ensure greater safety.

John T. Sabo, Director, Global Government Relations, CA, Inc. and President, Information Technology-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC) [  presentation 178 KB]

Private Sector Sources of Information
Monday, 3:15-4:30 p.m.

In the competitive marketplace of private industry, information serves a critical component in competitive advantage over rival companies. With new and emerging sources of information from private industry readily available, the Intelligence Community can expand its outreach to expertise residing outside the traditional community.

Warren Wright, Managing Partner, Government Division, Gallup [  presentation  5.0 MB]

International Partnerships
Tuesday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

This session will explore the creation of more effective partnerships; areas of expertise and capability; and the importance of their OS efforts to the overall Intelligence Community.

Karen McFarlane, Convenor of the UK Intelligence Community Open Source Joint Working Group [  presentation 84 KB]

Arno H.P. Reuser, Head, Open Source Intelligence, Defence Intelligence & Security Service, Ministry of Defence, The Netherlands [  presentation 658 KB]

Linda Geddes, Manager Open Source Branch, Office of National Assessments, Australia [  presentation  1.0 MB]

Trends in Business Intelligence
Tuesday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.

As intelligence tradecraft continues to influence the way private industry conducts research, development, and marketing, the Intelligence Community can benefit from lessons learned. This session explores the parallels between business intelligence and intelligence gathering, with a focus on evolving methodologies.

Dr. Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group [  presentation  1.4 MB]

Joseph E. Goldberg, Senior Director, Business Intelligence, Corporate Strategy Office, Motorola, Inc. [  presentation 638 KB]

Brigadier General (Ret.) Neal T. Robinson, Vice President of Intelligence, DeticaDFI [  presentation 280 KB]

Kenneth Sawka, Partner, Outward Insights [  presentation 93 KB]

Outreach to State, Local, and Tribal Partners
Tuesday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

Critical partners in addressing the domestic threat, state, local, and tribal partners are increasingly becoming an integral part of the Intelligence Community information sharing enterprise. This session explores the challenges and successes in working with state, local, and tribal partners.

Knowledge Management
Tuesday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

With the rising importance of wikis, blogs, and collaborative online environments, managing development of information via these environments becomes crucial to effective and productive production of intelligence. However, the nascence of these environments ensures that few understand how to best manage these fluid environments according to intelligence priorities. This session explores the challenges associated with developing successful online communities.

Ed Waltz, Chief Scientist, BAE Systems [  presentation  1.6 MB]

Beyond Simple Searching
Tuesday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Experts estimate that the most common search engines access less than one percent of available content on the Internet. As such, search capabilities and innovations driven our ability to make use of the universe of information residing on the Web. This session provides a look beyond the horizon of search technologies.

Dr. James Mulvenon, Director, Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis, Defense Group Inc. [  presentation 573 KB]

Francis Kubala, Scientist, BBN Technologies [  presentation  2.7 MB]

Data Fusion and Data Enrichment
Monday, 9:30-10:45 a.m.

Making the most effective use of available information is critical in maximizing precious resources. This session deals with the complexities of data mining and data enrichment.

Dr. Robert Popp, Chair and CEO, National Security Innovations, Inc. [  presentation  3.2 MB]

Dr. Jennifer Golbeck, Assistant Director of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government at the University of Maryland, College Park [  presentation 409 KB]

R. Paul Ryan, Administrator, Defense Technical Information Center [  presentation  5.6 MB]

Technology: Improving the Use of Open Sources
Monday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

With the advent of such tools as the Internet, the increasing sophistication of data enrichment, and a plethora of innovations changing the ways is information is collected, new opportunities arise daily to improve the scope and depth of open source. This session will explore new tools and techniques that can change how the Intelligence Community creates open source.

Dr. Brian Kettler, ISX Lab Chief Scientist and Principal Research Engineer, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs [  presentation 642 KB]

Open Source 101
Monday, 3:15-4:30 p.m.

This training session presents an introduction to open source tradecraft, demonstrating Internet exploration beyond basic searching. Intended for those new to gathering open source information who want to learn more about the wealth of information that resides on the Internet. Space is extremely limited. Participants must apply separately to attend the training. Priority will be given to current US Government employees.

Open Source 101
Tuesday, 9:45-10:55 a.m.

This training session presents an introduction to open source tradecraft, demonstrating Internet exploration beyond basic searching. Intended for those new to gathering open source information who want to learn more about the wealth of information that resides on the Internet. Space is extremely limited. Participants must apply separately to attend the training. Priority will be given to current US Government employees.

Accessing Open Sources
Tuesday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

This training session presents an introduction to open source tradecraft, demonstrating internet exploration beyond basic searching. The session is intended for those new to gathering open source information who want to learn more about the wealth of information that resides on the Internet. Space is extremely limited. Participants must apply separately to attend the training. Priority will be given to current US Government employees.

Accessing Open Sources
Tuesday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.

This training session presents an introduction to open source tradecraft, demonstrating internet exploration beyond basic searching. The session is intended for those new to gathering open source information who want to learn more about the wealth of information that resides on the Internet. Space is extremely limited. Participants must apply separately to attend the training. Priority will be given to current US Government employees.