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Information Technology and Crisis Management Conference 2002

Inaugural Speech (PDF)  
Mr. Jan-Erik Enestam 
Minister of Defence of Finland

Welcoming Address (PDF)  
Mr. Jaakko Laajava
Under-Secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Introductory Remarks (PDF)  
President Martti Ahtisaari

Information Technology for Crisis Management: A Crisis in Itself (PDF)
Dr. Richard Soley 
President and CEO, Object Management Group

Keynote Address:Co-operation between the UN and regional organisations in modern crisis management operations (PDF)  
Mr. Cedric Thornberry
Former Assistant Secreatary-General of the UN

EU's challenge to guarantee civil-military co-ordination in its future field operations (PDF)
General Gustaf Hägglund
Chairman, EU Military Committee

Supporting Peace in New Kind of Conflicts (PDF)  
Mr. Luiz Da Costa, Principal Officer
Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, UN

European Commission's role in bringing technology to support crisis management (PPT)
Mr. Lars-Erik Lundin
Head of Security Policy Unit, European Commission

Need for Civilian Capability in Modern Crisis Management (PDF)  
Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg, Director of Management and Finance Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Using Commercial Technology in Crisis Management, Case: Finnish Battalion CIS-system in KFOR (PDF)
Admiral Juhani Kaskeala
Chief of Defence, Finnish Defence Forces

Telecommunications and Emergencies (PDF)
Mr. Hans Zimmermann, Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer 
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Afghanistan: Feeding 10 million people where there are no telephones (PPT)  
Mr. Peter Casier
Director, UN World Food Programme

Information Technology as a tool in crisis management and information management (PDF) (Third Session - Remarks)  
Mr. Eduardo Blinder
Director, Dept. of Management, Information Technology Services Division
UN Secretariat

Using Information Systems in National Emergency Situations (PPT)  
Mr. Sheldon Sutton, Principal Information Systems Engineer - MITRE Corp.

Sharing of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Information in Multi-Organizational Operations (PPT)  
Dr. Gert Retzer
Director,  NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency

Reform of the Information Management System in the OSCE (PDF)  
Mr. Anders Norsker, Head of IT Services 
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

ITCM Projects - Implementation of a Component-Based C3I System (PPT)  
Mr. Kari Laitinen
ITCM Project Manager, University of Tampere

ITCM - A Step Towards Integrated IT System for Crisis Management Field Operations (PPT)  
Mr. Aleksi Aaltonen
ITCM Expert - Crisis Management Initiative

Concluding Remarks (PDF)  
President Martti Ahtisaari

Conference Report (PDF)