Wednesday November, 25 th 2009.
09.00 Arrival of participants / coffee / sign in.
10.00 Opening of the conference by Prof. Dr. W. van Rossum, Dean of the
Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy.
10.15 Key note speaker Maj Gen. (ret) P. Cammaert will focus on his experiences as former MONUC Force Commander in Congo and will expand to other (UN) missions and future operations.
11.00
11.15
Short break
Debate on: “The emerging Euro-Mediterranean society” in the light of possible future developments in Northern Africa, such as pollution, drought, failing states, poverty, etc. What should be the role of
European countries in Africa?
13.00 Lunch buffet.
14.00 Start 1 st session of the Working Groups.
War Studies
(Chaired by Dr. David Last)
Dr. C. Spearin (Canadian Forces College), Piracy and the International Privatization of Security: A Security Governance Assessment .
Col. (ret.) Dr. Jan van Angeren (Netherlands Defence Academy), Painless War: An
Illusory Pipe-dream or a Practice-based Development .
Dr. Heinrich Matthee (Pionier Institute), Regime survival in Iran and the political unrest of 2009 .
Houchang Hassan Yari (Royal Military College of Canada), Civil-Military Relations in
Iran and the Evolution of the Revolutionary Guard .
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Security, Defence Policy and Strategy
(Chaired by Brig Gen. Dr. Walter Feichtinger)
Magnus Hjortdal, MA (Royal Danish defence College), Countering U.S. supremacy in new ways: China’s hard balancing strategy.
Liselotte Odgaard, PhD. (Royal Danish Defence College), China’s Policies on Conflict
Resolution along its Borders: The Cases of the South China Sea, the Soviet Union/Russia and
India.
Shahzad Shafqat (University of Cambridge, UK), Distinguishing Extremism from Terrorism:
Implications for Social Policy & Military Strategy .
Judith Verweijen, PhD. (Netherlands Defence Academy/University of Utrecht), The Dilemmas of Defence Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr. Abel Esterhuyse (Stellenbosch University), From State to Human Security: South African
Military effectiveness since 1994.
Leadership, Command and Control, and Basic Competence
(Chaired by Prof. Dr. Gerry Larsson)
Prof. Dr. Gerry Larsson, Misa Sjöberg & Maria Fors (Swedish National Defence College),
Leader development in natural context.
Prof. Eyal Ben-Ari (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Hybrid wars, complex environments and military leadership: Notes on current developments.
Peter Bradley, PhD. (Royal Military College of Canada), Career satisfaction of army lieutenantcolonels.
Helena Granlund, Dr. Peter Mattsson & Dr. Rego Granlund (Linköping University/Swedish
National Defence College), Measurement of team work in command and control training.
Prof. Dr. T.J. Grant (Netherlands Defence College), Towards C2 tools bridging cultural gaps in coalition operations.
Drs. L. G. Gulpers, Dr. R. J. M: Beeres, Dr. J. M. I. M. Achterbergh & Dr. D.J. Vriens (Radboud
University of Nijmegen/Netherlands Defence Academy), Moral responsible behaviour in the military organization: An argument for a study of the relation between moral decision making and infrastructural design.
Military Technology
(Chaired by Prof. Dr. Hannu H. Kari)
Ir. Zhenke Yang, Prof. Dr. Drs. L.J.M. Rothkrantz (Delft University of Technology/ Netherlands
Defence Academy), Surveillance systems with Multi-modal Sensors.
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Dr. Th. M. Hupkens, Dr. O.J.G. Somsen & Ir. R.R. Hordijk (Netherlands Defence Academy),
Self-Location of Sensors in Networks of Randomly Distributed Sensors.
Dr. L. Koene, A. Papy, (Netherlands Defence Academy/Royal Military Academy Belgium),
Role of tissue simulants and their physical properties in the evaluation of non-lethal weapons.
Dr. A. van der Wal (Netherlands Defence Academy), Phase synchronization of weakly coupled oscillators: A physical paradigm of collective emergent behaviour.
R. Dor, MSc MA, Prof. Dr. Drs. L.J.M. Rothkrantz (Delft University of Technology/ Netherlands
Defence Academy), Emergent self-organization for decision making in uncertainty conditions.
Armed Forces and Society
(Chaired by Dr. R. Moelker)
Dr. Theo Brinkel (Netherlands Defence Academy), religion as a motivating factor in international security: Searching for indicators.
A. Alvinius, PhD. Student, Prof. Dr. Gerry Larsson, (Swedish National Defence College),
Structure vs. freedom and safety vs. Efficiency: Collaboration as a tool during international military missions characterised by irregular threats.
Jouni Westling, Marko Laaksonen & Dr. Aki Huhtinen (National Defence University, Finland),
Analysing strategy as discursive practice in the Finnish Defence Forces.
Dr. Łukasz Kamieński (University of Krakow), Perfect soldiers of the future: On chemical enhancement of the American military.
Shahzad Shafqat (University of Cambrige, UK), Distinguishing extremism from terrorism: implications for social policy & military strategy.
Lt. Col. H.J.D. Bosch, Lt. B. Ooink, Msc (Netherlands Defence Academy/Defence Institute for
Intelligence and Security), Cross cultural training: A comprehensive culture training programme for the future.
Law & Ethics
(Chaired by Lt Col. Dr. Nils Terje Lunde, Dr. Ingeborg Mongstad-Kvammen &
Associate Prof. Sigrid Redse Johansen)
Jouni Westling (National Defence university, Finland), Transnational justice and punishing for past injustices.
Prof. Dr. Desirèe Verweij (Netherlands Defence Academy), Integrity and the risk of just another polished blazon.
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17.00
19.45
Defence Management and Economics
(Chaired by Dr. Robert Beeres)
Capt. Drs. K.C. Davids, Dr. Ir. S.J.H. Rietjens & Prof. Dr. J.M.L.M. Soeters (Netherlands
Defence Academy/Tilburg University), Reconstructing Afghanistan: Comparing the performance of Provincial Reconstruction Teams.
Mag. Markus Gauster (Institute for Peace Support and Conflict management, NDA, Austria),
The underestimated relevance of economic impacts of crisis response operations.
Dr. B.W. Simms, Major A.J. Hesford & Dr. T. Dececchi (Royal Military College of
Canada/Canadian Forces Base Kingston), Resource allocation in Canada’s army reserves – combat service support.
Drinks / Buffet.
Meet and greet fellow researchers.
20.30 Evening programme - optional (boat tour).
Thursday November 26 th 2009. reception / coffee / sign in. 09.00
09.15 Key note speaker Dr. S.J.G. Reyn: A policy maker’s vision on future conflicts and conflict area’s and armed forces.
10.00
10.30
11.00
Discussion.
Coffee break.
Start 2 nd session of the Working Groups
War Studies
(Chaired by Dr. David Last)
Kersti Larsdotter, PhD. (Swedish National Defence College), The Study of Counterinsurgency:
Some Critical Reflections.
Ir. Sjef Orbons (Netherlands Defence Academy) Nonlethality as a Military Option in the
Afghanistan Security Context: Experiences and Prospect.
Dr. James Corum (Baltic Defence College), Developing Future Counterinsurgency Doctrine.
Ir. R.H.A. Lindelauf (Netherlands Defence Academy) Network analysis in counter terrorism and counter insurgency.
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Dr. Paul C. van Fenema (Netherlands Defence Academy), Evolution of Military Coordination at
Sub-strategic Levels: Changing Roles across Generations of Warfare.
Security, Defence Policy and Strategy
(Chaired by Brig Gen. Dr. Walter Feichtinger)
Flemming Splidsboel Hansen, PhD. (Royal Danish Defence College), Reflexive Intelligence
Work.
Dr. M.J. de Weger (Netherlands defence Academy), The Theory and Practice of Military
Doctrines and Doctrine Development.
Capt. RNLN Sjoerd J.J. Both (Netherlands Defense Academy), Being There: The case for developing credible Naval Power in the face of 21 st century Maritime Threats and Challenges.
Col. Hans Hovens (Netherlands Defence Academy), Police Reform in Afghanistan.
Leadership, Command and Control, and Basic Competence
(Chaired by Prof. Dr. Gerry Larsson)
Marcus Börjesson, Johan Österberg, MA (Swedish National Defence College), Risk perception among conscripts during compulsory military service.
Maria Fors, Prof. Dr. Gerry Larsson (Swedish National Defence College), Trust during international military operations: A study of how trust and critical incidents influence each other.
Drs. S.C. Groenink (Netherlands Defence Academy), The “gut feeling” soldier: The role of intuitive and analytical skills in military decision making.
LTCDR Tom Hanén (Finnish Coast Guard), Avoiding hidden errors and organizational accidents in strategic management.
Dr. Rudy Richardson, Ebru Kulcu, Msc & Prof. Dr. Desirèe Verweij (Netherlands Defence
Academy), Cross cultural and moral competence in the military: Similarities and differences.
Military Technology
(Chaired by Prof. Dr. Hannu H. Kari)
Dragos Datcu, PhD. student, Prof. Dr. Drs. L.J.M. Rothkrantz (Delft University of Technology/
Netherlands Defence Academy), Automatic seabed and underwater 3D object recognition.
Dr. O.J.G. Somsen, G.P.M Wagemakers & Prof. Dr. Drs. L.J.M. Rothkrantz (Delft University of
Technology/ Netherlands Defence Academy), Sensor error sensitivity during pursuit of high speed manoeuvring targets.
Ana Isabel Barros, Dr. Herman Monsuur (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific
Research/Netherlands Defence Academy), New trends in Military: Agility and robustness.
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Dr. Ir. Tiedo Tinga (Netherlands Defence Academy), Optimizing maintenance intervals by incorporating the specific usage of military platforms and systems.
Military History
(Chaired by Dr. Eric A. Sibul)
Prof. Dr. W. Klinkert (Netherlands Defence Academy/University of Amsterdam), Fighting the next war: Early Dutch military reactions on World War I, 1918/1922.
Dr. Eric Sibul, (Baltic Defence College), Military history in professional military education to prepare for a complex and dangerous world.
Dr. Kjeld Hald Galster (Royal Danish Defence College), Power preservation .
Henrik Bliddal (Royal Danish Defence College), The Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force –
Adapting the US security framework for the Persian Gulf at the dawn of the Second World
War.
Dr. Floribert Baudet (Netherlands Defence Academy), A new strategy, for a small country: The
Netherlands, 1944-1950.
13.00
15.00
Lunch.
14.00 Key note speaker Prof. Dr. Franz Kernic: Peacekeeping in a
globalizing and multi polar world: A sociological perspective.
Discussion on the future of the ISMS.
16.00 Handover chair ISMS to Sweden and closure of the Conference by
Prof. Dr., M. Kirilova Eriksson (Vice- President of the Swedish Defence
Academy) and Maj. Gen. Mr. S. van Groningen (Commandant
Netherlands Defence Academy).
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