Global Intelligence Forum
Formation2010
Location
  • Dungarvan, Ireland
Region served
Worldwide
Sponsor
Mercyhurst College
Website[1]

The Global Intelligence Forum is an annual conference dedicated to exploring best practices in intelligence analysis. The conference takes place in Dungarvan, Ireland, the sister city of Erie, Pennsylvania, home of Mercyhurst College, the Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies, and the Center for Intelligence Research Analysis and Training (CIRAT).

Background

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Mercyhurst College faculty created the conference to explore best practices in intelligence analysis. The founders feel that intelligence as a field of study is best explored through a holistic and global purview. Therefore, gathering intelligence professionals from around the world in a variety of disciplines to speak on their experiences and methods can provide insight into how best to perform quality intelligence analysis.[1]

Future conferences will continue to focus on analytic best practices but will expand to explore intelligence as an enterprise essential to organizational leadership and learning.[2]

2010 Conference

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Speakers

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The speakers at the 2010 conference included members of the Mercyhurst College faculty, Irish and British government officials, and executives from private intelligence firms.[3] The keynote speaker was former governor of Pennsylvania and first Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge.[4][5]

  • Sean Alyward, Secretary General, Department of Justice & Law Reform
  • James Breckenridge,[6] Dean, Walker School of Business; Chair, Department of Intelligence Studies, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Anthony Campbell, Coordinator of the Global Futures Forum Community of Interest on the Practice and Organization of Intelligence; Former Head of Intelligence Assessment Secretariat, Privy Council Office, Canada
  • Dennis Dirkmaat, Diplomat, American Board of Forensic Anthropology; Director, Department of Applied Forensic Sciences, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA, United States
  • Georgia Holmer, Pherson Associates, LLC
  • Maxie McFarland, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia, United States
  • Commissioner Fachtna Murphy, Commissioner of An Garda Síochána (Ireland’s National Police Service)
  • Michael Murphy, Enterprise Ireland
  • Ray O’Dwyer, County Manager, Waterford County Council
  • Chris Pallaris, Head of OSINT, International Relations and Security Network (ISN), Zurich, Switzerland
  • Joseph Pesce, CEO, Omnis, Inc., McLean, Virginia, United States
  • Randy Pherson, President, Pherson Associates, LLC., Reston, Virginia, United States
  • Jim Poole, Head of Analytical Capability and Outreach, Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis, UK Cabinet Office, London, United Kingdom
  • Justine Marut Schober, Visiting Professor, Rockefeller University; Director of Academic Research, Hamot Medical Center; Pediatric Urologist, Hamot Medical Center, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Kristan Wheaton,[7] Associate Professor, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Mark Williams, Chief Technology Officer of Eastport Analytics, Arlington, Virginia, United States

Topics

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The topics at the 2010 Global Intelligence Forum looked at best practices in intelligence analysis in the national security, law enforcement, and competitive arenas.[8]

  • Intelligence Analysis: The Business Context (Liam Fahey)
  • Intelligence in Medicine (Dr. Justin Schober)
  • Astrophysical Best Practices & Intelligence Analysis (Dr. Joseph Pesce, Ph.D.)
  • Information in Economics and Finance (Jim Power)
  • Terrorism and Internet (Maura Conway)
  • PINS: Intelligence and Offender Management (Derek Lister)
  • Structured Analysis for Security Risk Management (William L. McGill, Ph.D., PE)
  • Best Practices for Technology Support to Analytic Best Practices (Mark A. Williams, Ph.D.)
  • Improving Intelligence Analysis by Looking to the Medical Profession (Stephen Marrin, Ph.D.)
  • Learning Best Practices from other Domains (Jim Poole)
  • Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Cardinal Virtues of Analytical Best Practices (Anthony Campbell)
  • From Intelligence to Policy - Creating a Perfect Business Climate in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (Justyna Krajewski)
  • The Trouble with Best Practices (Chris Pallaris)
  • Teaching Intelligence Best Practices (Erik Kleinsmith)
  • Sharing the Findings: The Challenge for Strategic Analysts to Justify and Explain Themselves (Dom McDowell)
  • How to Identify, Evaluate, and Teach Best Analytic Practices (Randy Pherson)
  • Teaching Strategic Intelligence Through Games (Kristan J. Wheaton)

Future Conferences

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The 2011 Global Intelligence Forum is scheduled for July 10-12, 2011, in Dungarvan, Ireland.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dungarvan Conference 2010
  2. ^ Dungarvan Conference 2010
  3. ^ "Event Speakers". Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  4. ^ "Event Speakers". Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "Ridge mulls challenges of targeting terrorists". Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  6. ^ "James G. Breckenridge". Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  7. ^ "Kristan J. Wheaton". Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  8. ^ "Conference Presentations". Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  9. ^ Conference Info
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