Participant
Evenimentul a reprezentat un maraton al ideilor şi conceptelor, dublat, într-un mod dezirabil, de calitatea foarte bună a speakerilor (foarte mulţi dintre ei, autori de cărţi, profesori, profesori-doctori, doctoranzi etc.). În aceste condiţii, şi conţinuturile au fost concordante cu tema generală a conferinţei; cea mai mare parte a tematicii, prezentărilor, intervenţiilor etc. au fost şi sunt utile pentru lărgirea orizontului de cunoaştere în domeniul studiilor de securitate şi intelligence.
Participant
Au fost abordate şi prezentate modalităţi de pregătire şi modele de bune practici alături de strategii adecvate privind încadrarea diferitelor tipologii de personal în branşă, cu accent pe generaţia Y (millenials) respectiv Z
Participant
Workshop-urile au furnizat, în ciuda timpului scurt alocat, instrumentele potrivite pentru stimularea dialogului şi interacţiunii între participanţi cu background-uri profesionale foarte diferite. În ciuda diversităţii culturale şi organizaţionale, discuţiile de grup au relevat o serie de probleme care s-au dovedit a fi comune indiferent de aria de activitate a persoanelor implicate (practitioners/ scholars), de vechimea în activitate, de apartenenţa la o organizaţie sau alta etc..
Participant
It was an amazing event, with great opportunities of networking and information sharing.
Participant
Many contributions and discussions concluded that traditional mindframes and theories may fall short of addressing new challenges and of engaging younger generations of the intelligence workforce. Promising approaches to intelligence education include critical thinking, diversity and adaptivity.
Speaker
The conference offered opportunities and ways forward for integrating intelligence practice and scholarship. The presence and contributions of a considerable number of intelligence and security services helped to enhance the understanding and cooperation between the academic domain and that of intelligence practitioners from a shared European perspective.
Participant
Evenimentul a reprezentat un maraton al ideilor şi conceptelor, dublat, într-un mod dezirabil, de calitatea foarte bună a speakerilor (foarte mulţi dintre ei, autori de cărţi, profesori, profesori-doctori, doctoranzi etc.). În aceste condiţii, şi conţinuturile au fost concordante cu tema generală a conferinţei; cea mai mare parte a tematicii, prezentărilor, intervenţiilor etc. au fost şi sunt utile pentru lărgirea orizontului de cunoaştere în domeniul studiilor de securitate şi intelligence.
Participant
Au fost abordate şi prezentate modalităţi de pregătire şi modele de bune practici alături de strategii adecvate privind încadrarea diferitelor tipologii de personal în branşă, cu accent pe generaţia Y (millenials) respectiv Z
Participant
Workshop-urile au furnizat, în ciuda timpului scurt alocat, instrumentele potrivite pentru stimularea dialogului şi interacţiunii între participanţi cu background-uri profesionale foarte diferite. În ciuda diversităţii culturale şi organizaţionale, discuţiile de grup au relevat o serie de probleme care s-au dovedit a fi comune indiferent de aria de activitate a persoanelor implicate (practitioners/ scholars), de vechimea în activitate, de apartenenţa la o organizaţie sau alta etc..
Participant
It was an amazing event, with great opportunities of networking and information sharing.
Participant
Many contributions and discussions concluded that traditional mindframes and theories may fall short of addressing new challenges and of engaging younger generations of the intelligence workforce. Promising approaches to intelligence education include critical thinking, diversity and adaptivity.
Speaker
The conference offered opportunities and ways forward for integrating intelligence practice and scholarship. The presence and contributions of a considerable number of intelligence and security services helped to enhance the understanding and cooperation between the academic domain and that of intelligence practitioners from a shared European perspective.
Bob de Graaff
Profesor de intelligence și studii de securitate / Universitatea Utrecht și Academia Olandeză de ApărareThe 22nd edition of the IKS Conference, about which I had heard already many good tidings in the past, lived up to my expectations in all respects: a gathering of collected wisdom and experience in intelligence from around the world hosted by a combination of Romanian efficiency and hospitality. Great presentations on current and potential developments in intelligence and its task and value environment, much food for thought and the possibility to make easy connections amidst many familiar as well as a host of new faces. It all contributes to the development of intelligence studies as an academic discipline in Europe, which I can only applaud as the chair of the European Chapter of the International Association for Intelligence Education.
Joseph Wippl
Profesor în domeniul practicii relațiilor internaționale, fost ofițer CIA / Universitatea din BostonThe October 2016 Conference sponsored by the National Intelligence Academy of Romania continued a tradition of focusing on current and future intelligence issues of common concern to an international assemblage of practitioners, academics and experts. The topics of discussion included improved analytical tools, informational warfare techniques, policies for encryption challenges, intelligence agency cooperation efforts, radicalization as a prelude to terrorism and intelligence education. The scope and organization of the conference permitted and encouraged participant discussion on all topics of intelligence interest. Beyond the substance of the presentations, the conference demonstrated the areas of common concerns among the participants from all over Europe and North America. The conference encouraged continued future contact among the various government agencies and international experts on such issues as analysis and terrorist prevention. On transnational issues like terrorism, proliferation, organized crime and rogue states, the conclusion at the conference was that intelligence agencies and experts must work together on these threats common to all.
Davide Barbieri
Profesor în domeniul metodelor cantitative utilizate în analiza de intelligence / Universitatea Link Campus (Roma)It is always a pleasure to be back at IKS, the international conference on Intelligence in the Knowledge Society, organized in Bucharest by the Romanian Intelligence Academy. For me it is an opportunity to meet colleagues, friends and other intelligence scholars. The several panels tried to cover most of the issues and topics that contemporary intelligence activities have to face: cognitive biases, open sources, cyber warfare and the like. Particular attention was devoted to the problem of privacy and backdoors in communication systems. An interesting presentation described the recent EU-funded ARMLET project for training air marshals. My contribution tried to highlight the necessity of exploratory methods to elicit new hypotheses, in order to diminish the typically confirmatory nature of intelligence analysis. As a side note, I would like to have more room for an open discussion at the end of each presentation (and not of the session), in order to encourage a seemingly shy audience to ask questions and challenge the lecturers.