ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS INFORMATION OPERATIONS CONFERENCE INFORMATION OPERATIONS CONFERENCE: The Association of Old Crows will present its annual Information Operations Conference on February 8-9, 2000 at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. The Honorable Arthur L. Money, Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I), will chair the conference. The theme of the conference will be "U.S. Worldwide Engagement in Information Operations." Admiral James O. Ellis, Commander in Chief, US Naval Forces, Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR), has been invited to give the keynote address. The conference will be at the SECRET, U.S. Only classification level with the final session at the TS/SCI level. The preliminary program will include the following main topics. Session One will address U.S. worldwide cooperation in information assurance with topics covering Joint Task Force-Computer Network Defense (JTF-CND missions; US SPACECOM under the Unified Command Plan 99/00; a briefing by DIA covering the threat from hostile states terrorists, non-government organizations (NGOs) and criminal activity; Solar Sunrise and similar events; and legal issues (jurisdiction and traceback). Session Two will focus on normalization of Computer Network Attack (CNA) as a legitimate tool of war. Papers include: U.S. CNA programs; the role of CNA in military operations (tools and techniques for C2W and SEAD); status of U.S. bilateral and multilateral cooperation; Arms Control issues (Russian proposal to the United Nations); and CNA legal issues (ethical norms). Session Three will cover Electronic Warfare and Conventional C2W Operations. Topics include: How Does CNA and Other Nontraditional EW Techniques Impact EW Requirements and Spectrum Management Issues; spectrum management from an IO perspective; deconfliction issues in EW and legal issues in spectrum usage. Session Four will present International Public Information(IPI) and Soft Power (Peacetime and Operations Other Than War). Presentations include: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering on the use of information as a tool of statecraft in the Information Age; Draft Presidential Directive (PDD-68) on Information Policy from the Defense Department and State Department perspectives; international legal perspectives on perception management; and psychological operations. Session Five, the final session, will address Lessons Learned in Kosovo. This session will be at the TS/SI classification level and will be chaired by Brig Gen Bruce Wright, USAF, J-39, Joint Staff, JCS, who will provide an IO perspective of the Kosovo campaign from the planning process through execution and responses to strategic and tactical situations. This is another not to be missed conference in a series of IO forums that the AOC conducts at a classified level facilitating the most up-to-date information on this far-reaching and hi-interest topic. Look for further information in future editions of the JED. For registration information, contact the AOC Convention Department at (703) 549-1600. WEB: N/A,. E-MAIL: N/A,. Posted 01/24/00 (D-SN418546).

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