Keynote
Topic: “Prospects for Terrorism over the Next Five Years”
Speaker: Professor Clive Williams MG, Director of Terrorism Studies, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University, and Director of The Terrorism Intelligence Centre

March 29, 17.15 – 17.45

Abstract:
This session outlines the prospects for international terrorism over the next five years, with particular reference to the situations in Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan/Kashmir, Palestine, and Chechnya because of their potential to generate violent reactions among members of Muslim communities internationally. Other sources of terrorism are also considered.

Biography:
Professor Clive Williams MG is a specialist on terrorism and politically motivated violence, with a career background in Australian Military Intelligence and the Australian Defence Department’s strategic policy and intelligence areas. He has worked on terrorism and counterterrorism since 1980. Since leaving government service in 2002, he has worked and lectured internationally on terrorism-related issues. He runs Masters programs at three Australian universities and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of California and at the George Washington University. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at The Australian National University and an Adjunct Professor at Sydney’s Macquarie University.

He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI) and the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO).