Programme

08.30 - Registration and continental breakfast

09.15 - Welcome

Paul Rayson, Global Product Sales Director

09.20 - Setting the scene

James Green, Jane's Security Publisher

09.30 - The case of Dr Fadl: Why Al-Qaeda’s ideology is not under threat

Stephen Ulph, Islamic Analyst
                    - Who is Dr Fadl and why did he turn on his former Al-Qaeda colleagues?
                    - The key points from his 'revisionist' text Rationalising Jihadi Action
                    - Why is the popular interpretation of this work flawed?

10.20 - Lessons from court: assessing the UK's jihadist threat

Jeremy Binnie, Senior Terrorism Analyst, Jane's Information Group
                   - A reassessment of 'decentralised' jihad in the light of attacks and plots
                   - Al-Qaeda's role in British terrorist conspiracies

10.45 - Coffee break

11.05 - Jihadist Web trends: separating fact from fiction

Terry Pattar, Islamic Ideologies Specialist, Jane's Strategic Advisory Services
                    - How do jihadists use the Internet? The major forums and media groups
                    - Can the internet act as virtual terrorist training camp?
                    - What analysts can learn from jihadist propaganda

11.35 - Analysing the Pakistan insurgency

Urmila Venugopalan, South Asia Analyst, Jane's Information Group
Alia Ayub, Partner, Black Watch Global
                    - Profiling the key Pakistan insurgent groups
                    - Why militant groups have been successful in the Pakistani tribal areas
                    - What are the factors that unite the disparate groups and how might divisions be                        encouraged?

12.20 - Break

12.30 - Lessons learnt from Al-Qaeda's Iraq campaign

Dr Dave Sloggett, Research Associate, Centre for Defence Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College, London
                    - Origins and motivations for the Iraq insurgency: differences with other insurgencies                        eg Maoist
                    - Key turning points for the insurgency
                    - Contrasting Al-Qaeda in Iraq with the Taliban’s campaign in Afghanistan