International Conference
”Fighting Terrorism and
the Need of Security Culture”
Thursday, 28th
of May 2015
AGENDA
“Fighting Terrorism and the Need
of Security Culture” is an event organized by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
to Romania, and the Bucharest-based Think-Tanks MEPEI (Middle East Political and Economic Institute) and EURISC (European Institute for Risk,
Security & Communication Management). The purpose of this event is to
bring into discussion the new forms of violence and terrorism, and the need
to protect the human rights and also the necessity to promote the security
culture.
The event is supported by
Tubman Company and Antico and Bălășoiu Law Firm, Romania,
in partnership with Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS),
Tehran, Iran.
The Conference keynote
speakers are experts from Algeria (the African Center for the Study and
Research on Terrorism - CAERT) / African Union, India (the United Service
Institute - USI), Iran (Institute for Political and International Studies –
IPIS), Italy, Malaysia (Strata Asia-Pacific Strategic Center) and the
Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA-NATO), Romanian think-tanks and so on.
The conference brings
together Romanian authorities, diplomats, academics, business leaders,
politicians, as well as independent researchers, think-tank representatives,
journalists and other civil society representatives.
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Venue: Conference Room (Aula) of ”Carol I” Central University
Library of Bucharest,
1 Boteanu Street, entrance from Calea Victoriei, District 1,
Bucharest
08:30 – 09:30
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Registration of the Participants. Welcome Coffee
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09:30 – 10:30
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Official Opening Session
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Representative of
the Romanian Presidency
Representative of the
Parliament
the Romanian Government
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Ministry of Defense
Ministry of the
Economy
the Romanian
Intelligence Service
HE Mr. Hamid MOAYYER, Ambassador of the IR of Iran
to Romania
Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS, Tehran,
Iran
Mr. Jason WISEMAN, Secretary General, Atlantic
Treaty Association, Brussels,
Belgium
Mr.
Flavius CABA-MARIA, President
of MEPEI
Mr.
Liviu MUREȘAN,
Executive President of EURISC
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10:30 – 11:45
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Panel Session 1: Terrorism and the New Security Environment
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Moderators: Mr. Liviu
MUREȘAN, Executive President of EURISC and Maj.
Gen. Bal Krishan SHARMA, AVSM, SM & Bar (Retd), Deputy Director (Research) and Head of Centre for Strategic
Studies and Simulation, the United Service Institute of India, New Delhi,
India
Keynote speaker: Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS
Mr. Andrin Jerome Nevis RAJ, SEA Regional Director for
the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals
- Centre for Security Studies and Director for Centre Strata Asia-Pacific
Strategic Centre, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Mr. Kayhan
BARZEGAR, Director of Institute
for Middle East Strategic Studies (IMESS), Tehran, Iran
Mr. Alexandru CUMPĂNAȘU, Executive Director of Association for Implementing Democracy (AID), Bucharest, Romania
Mr. Jason WISEMAN, Secretary General, Atlantic
Treaty Association, Brussels,
Belgium
Mr. Abdoulaye MAIGA, Analyst at the Alert and Prevention Unit of the African Centre for the Study and Research
on Terrorism (ACSRT), Alger,
Algeria
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11:45 – 12:15
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Coffee break
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12:15 – 13:30
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Panel Session 2: Youth Radicalization
Phenomenon
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Moderators: Prof. Iulian CHIFU, the National
School of Political and
Administrative Studies (SNSPA), Bucharest and Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS
Keynote
speaker: Mr. Seyyed Vahid
KARIMI,
Director of Center for Europe of IPIS
Mr.
Emiliano STORNELLI, Director of the Mediterranean and Middle
East Program, Italian Atlantic Committee, and Scientific Coordinator of the
Mediterranean-Gulf Forum, Rome,
Italy
Mrs. Andreea-Paula IBĂNESCU, Program Manager and Researcher at MEPEI
Mr. Darie CRISTEA, Lecturer at Faculty of
Sociology / University
of Bucharest
Mrs. Oana POPESCU, Director of Global Focus Center, Bucharest
Ms. Antonia COLIBĂȘANU, Partner - Director
Regional Eurasia, Stratfor and Associate
Lecturer at University
of Bucharest
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13:30 – 14:30
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Lunch at the Conference Venue
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14:30– 15:40
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Panel session 3: The Role of Cyber Security in the Diffusion and
Combat of Asymmetric Threats
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Moderators: Gen. Constantin DEGERATU, Romania and Mr. Jason WISEMAN, Secretary General, Atlantic
Treaty Association, Brussels,
Belgium
Keynote
speaker: Mr. Andrin Jerome
Nevis RAJ, SEA
Regional Director for the International Association for Counterterrorism and
Security Professionals - Centre for Security Studies and Director for Centre
Strata Asia-Pacific Strategic Centre, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
Mr.
Daniel IONIȚĂ, Head of Analyses, Policies and Legal
Affairs Department at CERT-RO (Romanian National Computer Security Incident
Response Team), Bucharest,
Romania
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15:40 – 16:00
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Coffee break
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16:00 – 17:10
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Panel Session 4: Security
Culture. International and National Experiences.
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Moderators:
Mrs. Alina
INAYEH, Director, The German Marshall Fund, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, Bucharest and Mr. Kayhan
BARZEGAR, Director of Institute for Middle East Strategic
Studies (IMESS), Tehran, Iran
Keynote
speaker: Maj. Gen. Bal Krishan
SHARMA, AVSM, SM & Bar (Retd), Deputy Director (Research) and Head of Centre
for Strategic Studies and Simulation, the United Service Institute of India,
New Delhi, India
Mr. Seyyed Vahid
KARIMI,
Director of Center for Europe of IPIS
Mr. Germano DOTTORI, Professor of Geopolitical and Strategic Studies at Luiss University of Rome, Italy
Mr. Abdoulaye MAIGA, Analyst at the Alert
and Prevention Unit of the African
Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), Alger, Algeria.
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17:10 – 17:30
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Final Remarks and Closing
Session
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Moderators: Mr. Flavius
CABA-MARIA, President of MEPEI and Mr.
Seyyed Vahid KARIMI, Director of Center for Europe
of IPIS
Keynote
speakers:
Mr.
Liviu MUREȘAN,
Executive President of EURISC
Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of
IPIS
Mr. Germano DOTTORI, Professor of Geopolitical and Strategic Studies at Luiss University of Rome, Italy
Maj. Gen. Bal Krishan SHARMA, AVSM, SM & Bar
(Retd), Deputy Director (Research) and Head of Centre for
Strategic Studies and Simulation, the United Service Institute of India, New
Delhi, India
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17:30 – 18:00
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Cocktail (non-alcoholic drinks)
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