Workshop on ICT uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace

Welcome, acknowledgements and Introductions

Dr Jackie PhahlamohlakaIFIP TC9 RSA RepresentativeCAM: Command, Control and Information Warfare, DPSS, CSIR

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Welcome

Meet the Organizing Committee

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The ultimate goal of the workshop

• To keep the Science, Engineering and Technology researchers working closely with the military in areas of mutual interest and potential benefit.• The establishment of a Working Group (WG) under TC9 of

IFIP, and in particular an African chapter of that WG that could hold an annual or a bi-annual workshop of this kind

• The detailed background is in the proceedings

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Acknowledgements

• The presence of the following people is gratefully acknowledged:• Commander Thomas Burchert - Deputy Defence

Attaché, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

• Capt (N) Pierre MESNIER - Defence Attaché, Embassy of France in South Africa

• Mr Wilson Kajwengye Twinomugisha - Second Secretary, Uganda High Commission

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Acknowledgements

• Col Abrie J Coetzee – Acting Director, Directorate of Information Warfare, SANDF; Other members from the Directorate and Armscor

• Mrs Minah Sindane – Bloem - a life coach and a communications specialist.

• Professor Basie von Solms - Research Professor in the Academy for Information Technology, UJ. Immediate past President of IFIP.

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Official Opening: Professor Basie von Solms

• Professor Basie von Solms• Short Bio on the programme• An international scholar and an expert on Information Security• The Chairperson of the SA National Committee on IFIP• Immediate past President of IFIP

Call on Professor von Solms to officially open the workshop

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Key Note Speaker

• Col AJ Coetzee – Joey Jansen Van Vuuren to introduce

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Session Chairs• Col AJ Coetzee• Mrs Minah-Sindane Bloem

• Enjoy the Workshop!

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