Global Counter Terrorism Council

INTERNATIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM CONFERENCE 2022

17-22 January 2022

Participation of Director Laura Quadarella Sanfelice

Concept Note
GCTC organises The International Conference on Counter-Terrorism on an annual basis and has managed four
such conferences so far. This year GCTC is organising its 5th’ International Counter-Terrorism Conference 2022
which is scheduled from January 17 to January 22, 2022.
Through this Conference we at GCTC would like to initiate an extensive dialogue over the terrorist threat
landscape, as to how terrorist organisations are escalating and how the security agencies or concerned
authorities across the globe need to evolve to keep up with said changes. We aim to carve solutions to meet
future challenges. We believe in international collaboration, and we look forward to the diversity of advice,
opinions, policies, and technologies that will be on offer and deliberate countering terrorism.
Terrorism remains a complex phenomenon in which violence is used to obtain political power and spread fear
by killing and maiming civilians. With the emergence of the ‘Arab Spring’, the ‘Twitter Revolution’, the killings
of Osama Bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki, it was speculated that militant Islamic terrorism was nearing its end.
However, the rise of the so-called Islamic State, together with the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015
and Brussels in March 2016, as well as the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, serve as a reminder that such
terrorism will be with us for many years to come.
To effectively defeat terrorist forces, the international community must pool its resources and work together per
international law and human rights to reduce support for terrorism and highlight the illegitimacy of terrorist
ideologies and goals.
The Conference will deliberate on Global Terror Landscape Overview followed by area-specific threats,
challenges and responses. We will also be covering the Changing Dynamics of Terrorism Trends in India.
Various tactics of terrorism or terrorist activities have evolved in these years, such as vehicle-based bombing,
radar free drones bombing, Suicide Attacks, Bioterrorism, Lone Wolf, Cyberterrorism, Shooting, beheading,
Illegal trafficking of narcotics, animal or human, etc. In our view international cooperation is crucial to address
the global threat of terrorism to peace and security.
GCTC, through this Conference, aims to deliberate on the root causes of Global Terrorism and present practical
solutions to the problems faced by society and the Government.
This Conference organised by GCTC will help us better understand the challenges of terrorism faced globally
with the help of leading experts in this field. We will explore the different manifestations of terrorism in the 21st
century and the counter-terrorism measures to halt the spread of extremist viewpoints that lead to violence.

GCTC Concept – AGENDA-CTC 2022.docx

Agenda

Monday, January 17th, 2022
Cleo Paskal (Anchor) 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Subha Rajan/Harsh (Anchor) – 05:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Time Description
9:45 AM-9:55 AM Introduction of GCTC & Glimpse of Past 5 Years Achievements
9:55 AM-10:10 AM Welcome Address by Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma PVSM,UYSM,AVSM,VSM (Retd.),
Executive Council Member, GCTC & Former Adjutant General, Indian Army
10:10 AM- 10:25 AM Address by JM Vyas, Vice Chancellor, National Forensic Sciences University
10:25AM-10:40AM Address By Dr. Kanwal Sibal, Chairman, Advisory Board, GCTC & Former Foreign
Secretary, Government of India
10:40 AM-10:55 AM Address By Patron, Dr. Shekhar Dutt, SM, IAS(Retd.), Patron-Global Counter
Terrorism Council & Former Governor-Chhattisgarh & Former Defence Secretary,
Government of India
10:55 AM-11:35AM Chief Guest Address
11:35AM-12:00 PM Cultural Xchange
12:00 PM-1:50 PM Soft Power & Cultural Diplomacy in Counter Terrorism.
Session Chair: Amb Suresh Goel, Former Director General of Indian Council of Cultural
Relations
Key Panelists:
1. Eliezer Moodi Sandberg, Former Deputy Minister, Israel
2. Pandit Bhajan Sopori, Indian Instrumentalist
3. Dr. Sandeep Marwah, Executive Council Member, GCTC & President of Asian
Academy of Film & Television
4. Peter Knoope, Fellow, International Center for Counter Terrorism
5. Veer Munshi, Artist, Author, Sculpturist, Painter
1:50 PM-2:10 PM Break
2:10 PM-3:50 PM Global Terror Landscape Threats, Challenges & Response: An Overview
Session Chair: Amb Anil Wadhwa, Executive Council Member-GCTC & Former Secretary,
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
(Keynote Speaker): Edmund Fitton Brown, Coordinator, ISIS, Al- Qaeda, and Taliban
Monitoring Team, United Nations
Key Panelist:
1. General Daya Ratnayake, Secretary, Ministry of Industries, Government of Sri
Lanka & Former Commander in Chief, Sri Lankan Army & Chairman, SriLankan
Port Authority.
2. Prof. Harsh V Pant, Professor of International Relations, King’s College, London
3. Rear Admiral (RADM) Mark Montgomery(Retd.). Senior Director of CCTI and
Senior Fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and Executive
Director of CyberSolarium.org
4. Waiel Awwad, Distinguished Advisor West Asia
5. Air Commodore K.R. Thaakar, Dean, School of Police Science & Security Studies,
National Forensic Sciences University, India
3:50PM-4:10PM Break
4:10 PM-5:55 PM Africa Terror Landscape: Threats, Challenges & Response
● African Terrorists systems: Methods, Capabilities & Drivers
Session Chair: Anil Trigunayat, Former Ambassador of India to Jordan, Libya and Malta;
Secretary, Association of Indian Diplomats; Distinguished Fellow Vivekananda International
Foundation & Hon Adviser on Middle East & North Africa to FICCI/ BRICS Chamber of
Commerce
Key Panelists:
1. H.E. Mrs. Hayet Talbi EP Bilel, Ambassador of Tunisia to India
2. Amb. Ezzat Saad Elsayed, Director, Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA)
3. Ruchita Beri, Author, Senior Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar Institute for
Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA)
4. Lina Raafat, Non-Resident Scholar, Countering Terrorism and Extremism
Program, Middle East Institute
5. Lt Col Alex Cann, Ghana
5:55 PM-6:05 PM Break
6:05 PM-6:50 PM Role of Citizens in Fighting Terrorism
Session Chair: Prof Madhav Das Nalapat, Executive Council Member GCTC, UNESCO
Chair for Peace, Manipal University
Key Panelists:
● Dr. Yogendra Narain, IAS (Retd) Patron GCTC, Chancellor HNB Garhwal
University, Former Sec. Gen. Rajya Sabha, Former Defence Sec.Government of India
● Vivek Tankha, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
6:50PM-7:00PM Break
7: 00PM-8:45 PM Middle East Terror Landscape: Threats, Challenges & Response
● Middle East Terrorists systems: Methods, Capabilities & Drivers
Sesion Chair: Anil Trigunayat, Former Ambassador of India to Jordan, Libya and Malta;
Secretary, Association of Indian Diplomats; Distinguished Fellow Vivekananda International
Foundation & Hon Adviser on Middle East & North Africa to FICCI/ BRICS Chamber of
Commerce
1. H.E Dr. Ali Chegeni, Ambassador to India, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
(Time slot of 7:30 PM -7:45 PM)
2. Gen Elias Farhat, Lebanese Army
3. Prof.(Dr.) Ruben Safrastyan, Acting Scientific Lead, Counselor of Director,
Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenia National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan
Armenia
4. Hooshang Amirahmadi, PhD Distinguished Service Professor Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey Senior Associate, Oxford University President, American
Iranian Council
5. Prof Julia Roknifard, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham Malaysia
8:45 PM-8:55 PM Break
8:55 PM -9:10 PM Cultural Performance
9:10 PM-10:00 PM Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla, PVSM, YSM, SM, ADC, GOC-in-C ARTRAC, Indian Army
In conversation with Gen David Petreaus, Former CIA Chief on Future of Terror
End of Day 1
Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
Major Amit Bansal(Anchor)
Time Description
9:50 AM-10:00 AM Welcome Address by Anchor Major Amit Bansal
10:00 AM-11:30 AM Terror Landscape Threats, Challenges & Response: South East Asia Overview
● Terrorists systems: Methods, Capabilities & Drivers
Session Chair: Kartikeya Sharma, Senior Journalist
Key Panelists
1. Prof. Rommel Banlaoi, Director, Center for Intelligence and National Security Studies
Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research
2. Ahmad El-Muhammady, Associate Fellow, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
3. Dr. Tom Smith, Lecturer, University of Portsmouth
11:30AM-12:10PM
12:10 PM- 1:40 PM Terror Landscape Threats, Challenges & Response: North East Asia Overview
● Terrorists systems: Methods, Capabilities & Drivers
Session Chair: Skand Tayal, Former Ambassador of India to South Korea
Key Panelist:
1. Prof. Lai Chung, President, Prospect Foundation, Taiwan
2. Prof. Rafiq Dossani, Director, RAND Centre for Asia Pacific Policy
3. Dr Sandip Mishra, Associate Professor, JNU
4. Dr. Jagannath P. Panda, Research Fellow and Coordinator of the East Asia Centre at
MP-IDSA
1:50 PM-2:20 PM Break
2:20 PM-4:15 PM Terror Landscape Threats, Challenges & Response: Europe Overview
● Terrorists systems: Methods, Capabilities & Drivers
Session Chair: Ambassador Manjeev Puri, Former
1. H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India
2. Robert Örell, Ambassador, RAN – Radicalization Awareness Network
3. Dr Lorenzo Vidino, Director, Program on Extremism, George Washington University
4. Luca Cinciripini, PhD candidate, Institutions and Policies
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan
4:15PM-4:30PM Break
4:30PM- 5:00PM Keynote Address
5:00 PM-7:00 PM Terror Landscape Threats, Challenges & Response: South and Central Asia Overview
● Terrorists systems: Methods, Capabilities & Drivers
Session Chair: TCA Raghavan, IFS(retd), Former Director General, Indian Council for World Affairs,
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India & Former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan
Key Panelists:
1. H.E. Mr. Milinda Moragoda, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India
2. Vadim Kozyulin, Head-Global Studies & International Relations, Moscow, Russia
3. Suhasini Haider, National Editor and Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu
4. Hans Jakob Schindler, Senior Director Counter Extremism Project & Former Coordinator and
Expert of the ISIL (Da’esh)/ Al -Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team
7:00 PM- 7:30 PM Keynote Address by Ambassador T S Tirumurti , IFS, Permanent Representative of India
to the United Nations, New York & the Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the UN
Security Council
7:30 PM-9:30 PM Terror Landscape Threats, Challenges & Response: North America & South America
Overview
● Terrorists systems: Methods, Capabilities & Drivers
Session Chair: Amb Shashank, Patron GCTC & Former Foreign Secretary, Govt. of
India Key Panelists:
● H.E. Mrs. Mariana Pacheco Montes, Ambassador of Colombia to India
● Prof Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University
● Anne Speckhard, Director of the International Center for the Study of Violent
Extremism (ICSVE)
9:30 PM-10:00 PM Keynote Address by Mr. David Scharia, Chief of Branch, Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate
(CTED), United Nations
End of Day 2

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
Ruchieka Dutt Sohtun, Research Coordinator, GCTC 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Prof. Meha Pant, Research Coordinator, GCTC (Anchor) 1:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Harsh, Research Coordinator, GCTC 05:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Time Description
9:50AM- 11:30 AM Keynote Address Vivek Agnihotri on 9:50AM- 10:15AM
Changing Dynamics of Terrorism: Macro Trends Applicable in Indian Context
(Part-1) 10:15AM-11:15AM
● Proxy War in Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh
● Kashmir, Terrorism & Humanity
Setting the context- Air Commodore K.R. Thaakar, Dean, School of Police Science & Security
Studies, National Forensic Sciences University, India
Session Chair: Kuldeep Khoda, IPS(Retd), Former DGP- J&K.
1. Major General Ravi Murgan, ADGMO, Indian Army.
2. Lt Gen Satish Dua, (Retd) Executive Council Member-GCTC & Former CISC & GOC
15Corps
3. Avinash Mohanani, Former Special Director, Intelligence Bureau, Government of
India.
4. Air Commodore K.R. Thaakar, Former Provost Marshal of Indian Air Force,
presently Dean, School of Police Science & Security Studies, National Forensic
Sciences University, India.
11:30 AM-1:20 PM Changing Dynamics of Terrorism: Macro Trends Applicable in Indian Context
(Part-2) 11:40AM-1:00PM
● Resolution of Ethno nationalist challenges for peace & development in North East
Session Chair: Lt Gen Arun Sahni, PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM Former General Officer
Commanding in Chief, Indian Army.
Key Panelists:
1. Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan, AVSM, YSM, Former Chairman, Ceasefire Monitoring
Group & Director General- Assam Rifles
2. Sanjoy Hazarika, Director-CSRI & Managing Trustee-Centre for North East Studies
3. Lt Gen Konsom Himalay Singh,
1:20PM-1:40PM Break
1:40 PM-3:15 PM
Changing Dynamics of Terrorism: Macro Trends Applicable in Indian Context
(Part-3) 1:40PM-2:50PM
● Left Wing Extremism
Session Chair: Prabha Rao, IPS(Retd), Executive Council Member-GCTC & Former Special
Secretary-Cab Sec Govt of India
Key Panelists:
1. Brig Mukesh Rastogi, Senior Government Executive, Government of India.
2. Major General Ashok Kumar, VSM Retd
3. Major General R S Yadav, VSM (Veteran)
3:15PM-4:30PM Changing Dynamics of Terrorism: Macro Trends Applicable in Indian Context
(Part-3)
● Challenges in the Border States (Hinterland)
Session Chair- Lt Gen K J Singh,PVSM, AVSM & Bar, Executive Council Member GCTC
Key Panelists-
4:30PM-5:30PM Lone Wolf Terrorism: Threats, Challenges & Responses
Session chair- Asher Ben Artzi, Chief Superintendent, Israel Police
Key Panelists:
1. Prof. Boaz Ganor, Founder and executive director,International Centre of Counter
Terrorism
2. Prof. Ramón Spaaij, Victoria University
3. Prof. Laura Quadarella Sanfelice, Professor of Counter-Terrorism, Sapienza University;
Founder and Director of Mediterranean Insecurity
5:30PM-6:30PM Targeting of Terrorists: Challenges & Implications
Session Chair: Col. Lailari
Key Panelists:
1. BG Yossi Kuperwasser,Israeli Intelligence and security expert
2. Douglas London,Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s School of
Foreign Service, Former CIA Chief of Station and Director of National Intelligence
Representative, the President’s senior intelligence representative.
3. Maj Gen Harsha Kakar(Retd.), Defence Expert
6:30PM-6:45PM Break
7:00PM-8:15PM Models for Online Content Governance
● Misuse of online communication platforms
Session Chair: Prof Kriti Singh, Assistant Professor, School of Media, Film and
Entertainment, Sharda University
Key Panelists:
1. Dr. Erin Saltman, Director Of Programming, Global Internet Forum to Counter
Terrorism (GIFCT)
2. David Ibsen, Executive Director , Counter Extremism Project
3. Alexander Ritzmann, Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
4. Manish Shanker Sharma (IPS), Additional Director General of Police
8:15PM-9:30PM WMD & CBRN Terrorism: Threats, Challenges & Responses
Session Chair:
Key Panelists:
1. BG(ret) Ioannis Galatas, Senior Advisor, Research Institute for European and
American Studies.
2. Dr Gary Ackerman, Director, Center for Advanced Red Teaming at University at
Albany, SUNY
3. Dr. Sudharshan Kumar, Member GCTC, Former CEO Natgrid
9:30PM-10:00PM In conversation by Barnett Rubin
End of the Day 3

Thursday, January 20th, 2022
Major Amit Bansal(Anchor)
Time Description
10:00AM-
10:30AM
Keynote Address: General Shavendra Silva WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, CDS,
Sri Lanka.
10:30AM-
12:15AM
ML/TF: Trends, Challenges, and Responses (Indian Regulators, Banks & Enforcement
Agencies)
● Role of Banks and financial Institutions in curbing Money Laundering
● Countering Use of Crypto currencies to finance terrorism
Session Chair: Karnal Singh, IPS (Retd.) Executive Council Member-GCTC & Former
Chief, Enforcement Directorate & Former Director-Financial Intelligence Unit, Ministry of
Finance, Government of India
Key Panelists:
1. J.K. Dash, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
2. Rajnish Kumar, Former Chairman & Managing Director, State Bank of India
3. Theresa Karunakaran, Former Director ,Regulatory Affairs with Deutsche Bank
4. Beni Chatterjee, Senior Advocate, Bombay High Court
5. CoinDCX
12:15PM- 12:30 PM Break
12:30PM- 1:40PM Global & Regional Jihadi Financial Networks :Threats, Challenges & Responses
Session Chair- Loknath Behera, IPS(retd), Chairman, Kochi Metro Rail Corporation &
Former Director General of Police, Kerala
1. Dr. Michael Barak, Lecturer, Senior Researcher, Head of Global Jihad & Palestine
Terrorism Desks
2. Sylvia Laksmi, Researcher, The Australian National University
1:40PM 2:00 PM Break
2:00 PM-2:20 PM Keynote Address by Lt Gen Chandi Prasad Mohanty, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM Vice
Chief of Army Staff
2:20 PM-3:50 PM Global & Regional Narcotics Networks :Threats, Challenges & Responses
Session Chair –
1. Indra Dev Shukla, Director General of Police, Goa
2. Prof. Mahmut Cengiz, Assistant Professor and Research Scholar, Terrorism,
Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), George Mason University
3. Dr. Astha Pandey, Head, Centre of Excellence for Research & Analysis of NDPS and
Associate Professor, School of Forensic Science, National Forensic Sciences
University, India.
3:50 PM-4:15 PM Keynote Address by Mahavir Singhvi, IFS, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism ),
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
4:15 PM-4:30 PM Break
4:30PM-5:45 PM Global & Regional Maritime Terrorism: Threats, Challenges & Response
Session Chair: Vice Admiral Anup Singh, PVSM, AVSM, NM, Former C-in-C, Eastern
Naval Command
Key Panelist:
1. Rear Admiral M. Khursheed Alam, Secretary, Maritime Affairs Unit,
Government of Bangladesh.
2. Captain James E. Fanell, Former Naval Intelligence Officer, U.S
3. Dr. Rieko Hayakawa, Phd Scholar, Doshisha University, Founder of Sasakawa
Pacific Island nations fund.
4. Admiral Mark MontgomerySenior Director of CCTI and Senior Fellow at
Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and Executive Director of
CyberSolarium.org
5. Inspector General Paramesh Sivamani, PTM, TM Commander Coast Guard
Region (West)
5:45 PM-7:20 PM Terror Networks: Threats, Challenges & Response
Session Chair: Hans Jakob Schindler, Senior Director Counter Extremism Project &
Former Coordinator and Expert of the ISIL (Da’esh)/ Al -Qaida/Taliban Sanctions
Monitoring Team
Key Panelists:
1. Prof. Christine Fair, Phd, Associate Professor, Security Studies Program,
Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
2. Cynthia Farahat, Columnist at Al-Maqal
3. Dr. Giovanni Giacalone,Senior Analyst, Europe desk, Islamic Theology of
Counter-Terrorism-ITCT
7:20 PM-7:45 PM Keynote Address By Dammu Ravi, IFS, Secretary(Economic Relations), Ministry of
External Affairs, Government of India
7:45 PM – 8:00 PM Break
8:00 PM-9:30 PM Global Terror Financing: Strategies & Methodologies
Session Chair: Hans Jakob Schindler, Senior Director Counter Extremism Project &
Former Coordinator and Expert of the ISIL (Da’esh)/ Al -Qaida/Taliban Sanctions
Monitoring Team
1. Shlomit Wagman, Director General- Israel Money Laundering & Terror Financing
Prohibition Authority, Israel
2. Matthew Levitt, Director, Jeanette and Eli Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and
Intelligenceand Prof.
3. Fuad Aliyev, Director, Cooperation Department, Financial Monitoring Service of the
Republic of Azerbaijan
4. Prof. Vesna Markovic, Professor & Chair, Justice, Law and Public Safety Studies
(JLPSS), Lewis University
9:30PM-10:00PM Keynote Address,
End of the Day 4

Friday, January 21st, 2022
Cleo Paskal – 10:00 M to 01:00 PM
Bhavani, Research Coordinator, GCTC – 01:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Subha Rajan (Anchor) – 05:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Time Description
10:00AM-11:50AM Enhancing Counterterrorism Capabilities: Intelligence
-Cost-Effective Intelligence Enhancements:
– Open Source Intelligence: Social media monitoring, online sources, etc
– SIGINT: Network analysis (phone records, legal electronic
surveillance etc.), tactical SIGINT
– HUMINT:
– GEOINT:
-Space based Intelligence
— Tracking People and Things) facial recognition, vehicles, etc
• Electronics (ELINT) and Radar based intelligence.
• Decentralised Autonomous Intelligence setups/trends
• Data fusion and Extraction of Intelligence.
Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT)
Session Chair: Prabha Rao:Executive Council Member, GCTC & Former Special
Secretary(CAB. Sectt)
Key Panelists:
1. Shlomo Mofaz (Col.Res):ICT, IDC Herzliya, former Head counter Terrorism Analysis
Department,Military Intelligence Directoriate. IDF.
2. Dr. B K Das:Outstanding Scientist, Director IRDE, DRDO.
3. Dr. Federico Borgonovo:Researcher and Analyst at ITSTIME.
4. Danny Citrinowicz: Senior Fellow at IPS at Reichman University, RAD US.
5. Marco Zaliani: Researcher and Analyst at ITSTIME.
11:50 AM-1:30 PM Enhancing Counterterrorism Capabilities: Training
● Effect based Intelligence Networks
● Training
● Network ASarnalysis
● Data Fusion
● Strengthening the fusion between intelligence & Operations for combating terrorism
Session Chair: Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, Executive Council Member-GCTC & Former CISC
& FOC-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, Indian Navy
KeyPanelists:
1. Maj Gen David Tsur, Former Member of the Knesset & Former Commander, Tel-Aviv
District Police Israel
2. Rob Out, Project Leader CTER (PCVE)
3. Dr. Akshay Pottathil, Adjunct Faculty, National Forensic Sciences University,
President, Intelligence Research Institute, USA and Lecturer, Geospatial Intelligence at
the San Diego State University, USA.
1:30PM-2:00PM Break
2:00 PM- 2:25 PM Keynote Address by
2:25PM-2:50PM Keynote Address by Vice Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade, AVSM, NM, Vice Chief of
Naval Staff
2:50PM-3:15PM Keynote Address by Rear Admiral Y. N. Jayarathna, Chief of Staff, Sri Lanka, Navy
3:15PM-3:40PM Keynote Address
3:40 PM-04:05 PM Keynote Address
4:05 PM-4:30 PM Keynote Address
4:30 PM-4:55 PM Keynote Address
4:55 PM-5:30 PM Keynote Address by
5:30 PM-5:45 PM Break
5:45 PM-7:20 PM UAV, UCAV & UAS- Threat and Countermeasures
● Threats & vulnerabilities.
● Mitigation strategies.
● Role of civil industry
Companies in Civil Aviation.
Session Chair- Air Marshal KK Nohwar, Former Director General, Centre for Airpower
Studies
Key Panelists-
1. Lt Gen PJS Pannu, PVSM, AVSM, VSM(Retd) Former Deputy Chief Indian
Integrated Defence Staff (Operations)
2. Dr. Madan Mohan Oberoi, Executive Director (Technology & Innovation), Interpol
3. Group Captain Ajay Purandare, Head, Centre for Futuristic Defence Studies,
National Forensic Sciences University, India.
7:20 PM-7:30 PM Break
7:30PM-9:30PM Emerging Technologies & Methodologies: Future Threats, Challenges & Responses.
● Cyber( data privacy, data security, cyber crime, data sovereignty)- Challenges of
CyberSpace
● Space
● AI
● Disruptive Tech
Session Chair- Lt Gen PJS Pannu, PVSM, AVSM, VSM(Retd) Former Deputy Chief Indian
Integrated Defence Staff (Operations)
Key Panelists:
1. Malcolm Davis, Senior Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
2. Paolo Lezzi, Executive Vice president EUCACS (European Center for Advanced Cyber
Security), Founder & CEO InTheCyber Group
3. Prof. (Dr.) Naveen Kumar Chaudhary, Dean, School of Cyber Security & Digital
Forensics, and Head, Cyber Defence Centre, National Forensic Sciences University,
India.
4. Dr. Akshay Pottathil, Adjunct Faculty, National Forensic Sciences University of India,
President, Intelligence Research Institute, USA and Lecturer, Geospatial Intelligence at
the San Diego State University, USA.
5. Anne Fixler, Foundation for Defence for Democracies
9:30PM-10:00PM Keynote Address by Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary of United States Homeland
Security,
End of the Day 5

Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
Major Amit Bansal(Anchor)
Time Description
10:00 AM-
11:15 AM
Media, Terrorism and Society: Perspectives and Trends in Digital Age.
● Online & Offline Recruitment.
Session Chair- Lt Gen Deependra Hooda, Former GOCin-C, Northern Command
Key Panelists:
1. Indrani Bagchi, Diplomatic Editor at The Times of India
2. Vijay Kumar, IPS, Inspector General, Jammu & Kashmir
3. Professor Amitabh Mattoo, Professor in Disarmament Studies Centre for International
Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD) School of International Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
4. Brigadier Vinod Dutta, Sr Consultant at DDF Consultants Private Limited
11:15AM-
12:30 PM
Terrorism Fake News & Multiplicity of News Narratives
● Subversive Agitations and Manipulated Protest Movements
Session Chair: Lt Gen Kamal Jit Singh, Executive Council-GCTC, Former GOC-in-C,
Western Army Command, Indian Army
Key Panelists:
1. Nirupama Subramanian, Senior Journalist, Indian Express
2. Prof. Dani Belo, Webster University
3. Bhupendra Chaubhey, Editor-Chief, India Ahead News
12:30PM-
12:50PM
Break
12:50PM-
2:40PM
The Sociology and Psychology of Violent Extremism
● Global Threat of Growing Radical Far Right
Session Chair- Dr. Liram Koblentz, Senior Researcher, Head-Global Far-Right Extremism
Desk
Key Panelists:
1. David Ibsen, Executive Director, Counter Extremism Project
2. Faiz Sobhan, Senior Research Director, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI)
3. Prof. Yvonne M. Vissing, Salem State University
4. Maria Lozano Alia,Senior Consultant,United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
5. Alexander Ritzmann, Counter Extremism Project
2:40 PM- 3:30
PM
The Sociology and Psychology of Violent Extremism
● Anatomy of suicide attacks
Session Chair:
Key Panelists:
1. Asher Ben Artzi, former Chief Superintendent(Retd) & Former Director- InterPol,
Israel Police
2. Dr. Priyanka Kacker, Senior Assistant Professor, School of Forensic Psychology,
National Forensic Sciences University, India.
3:30PM-
4:30PM
The Sociology and Psychology of Violent Extremism
● How Should Islam Defeat Religious Extremism?
Session Chair: Noor Dahri, Founder and Executive Director, Islamic Theology of Counter
Terrorism
Key Panelists:
1. Lt Gen Naeem Khalid Lodhi, Former Defence Minister, Former Defence Secretary of
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
2. Zafar Sareshwala, Former Chancellor-Maulana Azad National Urdu University
3. Syed Salman Chishty, Chairman, Chishty Foundation
4:30PM-
4:45PM
Break
4:45PM-
6:15PM
Assessing Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalization Programmes
● Challenges in De-radicalisation
● The Effectiveness of Islamist Counter-Narratives
Session Chair: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (Bar), Advisory
Board Member-GCTC, Former GoC 15 Corps
Key Panelists:
1. Lt Col Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, Founder and Executive Chairman, Human Security
Research Centre, Kente Mbli Street, Dzorwulu-Accra
2. Dr. Adil Rasheed, Research Fellow, Coordinator, Counter Terrorism Centre.
3. Lorena Atiyas Lvovsky, Deputy to the Director of Research, The International Institute
for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)
4. Molly Ellenberg, Research fellow, International Center for the Study of Violent
Extremism (ICSVE)
5. Dr. Pavithran Nambiar, Former Gujarat Police Officer and Senior Faculty, School of
Police Science & Security Studies, National Forensic Sciences University, India.
6:15PM-
6:45PM
Keynote Address by Rakesh Asthana, Delhi Police Commissioner and Former Director
General -Border Security Forces, on human rights and counter terrorism TCB
6:45PM-
7:00PM
Break
7:00PM-
8:20PM
Human Rights & Counter Terrorism: Context & Overview
● Child Soldiers, Women & Family Issues
● Counter Terror Trials and Human Rights
Session Chair: Maj Gen (Prof.) Nilendra Kumar, Executive President Indian Society of
International Law & Former Judge, Advocate General, Indian Army
Key Panelists:
8:20PM-
9:45PM
Counter Terrorism & International Humanitarian Law
● CT Measures & Humanitarian Delivery.
● Counter Terrorism Sanction & Humanitarian access.
Session Chair:
Key Panelists:
1. General Jeewaka Ruwan Kulatunga, RSP, NDC, PPSC, Chief of National Intelligence,
Sri Lanka
2. Adria De Landri, Executive Directorate, UN Counterterrorism Unit.
3. Dr. Ahmed Abozaid, Fellow, Columbia University’s Program on Exiting Violence.
4. Dr. Helen Durham, Director, International Law and Policy at ICRC
9:45PM-
10:00PM
Wrap Up of the Conference & Vote of Thanks
End of the Conference
Future Outlook of Counter terrorism capabilities:
Scope of Intelligence Sharing with BIMSTEC Countries Chief of National Intelligence