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Global Intelligence Forum
Formation2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Location
Region served
Worldwide
Sponsor
Mercyhurst College

The Global Intelligence Forum was a bi-annual conference dedicated to exploring best practices in intelligence analysis. The conference took place in Dungarvan, Ireland, the sister city of Erie, Pennsylvania,[1][2] home of Mercyhurst College, the Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies, and the Center for Intelligence Research Analysis and Training (CIRAT).

Background

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Mercyhurst University faculty created the conference to explore best practices in intelligence analysis. The founders feel that intelligence as a field of study is best explored through a holistic and global purview. Therefore, gathering intelligence professionals from around the world in a variety of disciplines to speak on their experiences and methods can provide insight into how best to perform quality intelligence analysis.[3]

Future conferences will continue to focus on analytic best practices but will expand to explore intelligence as an enterprise essential to organizational leadership and learning.[3]

2010 conference

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Speakers

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The speakers at the 2010 conference included members of the Mercyhurst College faculty, Irish and British government officials, and executives from private intelligence firms.[4] The keynote speaker was former governor of Pennsylvania and first Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge.[4][5]

  • Dermot Ahern T.D., former Minister for Justice and Law Reform
  • Sean Alyward, Secretary General, Department of Justice and Equality
  • James Breckenridge,[6] Dean, Walker School of Business; Chair, Department of Intelligence Studies, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Anthony Campbell, Coordinator of the Global Futures Forum Community of Interest on the Practice and Organization of Intelligence; Former Head of Intelligence Assessment Secretariat, Privy Council Office, Canada
  • John Deasy, Teachta Dála, Waterford Constituency, Ireland
  • Dennis Dirkmaat, Diplomat, American Board of Forensic Anthropology; Director, Department of Applied Forensic Sciences, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA, United States
  • Liam Fahey, Adjunct Professor of Strategic Management, Babson College Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States; Executive Director, Leadership Forum Inc.
  • Robert J. Heibel, Executive Director, Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies
  • Georgia Holmer, Pherson Associates, LLC
  • Erik Kleinsmith, Program Director, Intelligence Analysis Training, Lockheed Martin; Former US Army Armour and Intelligence Officer - South Riding, Virginia, United States
  • Justyna Krajewska, Project Manager, Amsterdam in Business, Amsterdam, Holland
  • Catherine Lotrionte, Associate Director of the Institute for Law, Science and Global Security, Georgetown University; Former Counsel to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, White House, Washington, DC, United States
  • Mark M. Lowenthal, President and CEO of the Intelligence and Security Academy, LLC., Reston, Virginia, United States
  • Stephen Marrin, Lecturer, Brunel University, West London, United Kingdom
  • Don McDowell, Director, The Intelligence Study Centre, New South Wales, Australia
  • Maxie McFarland, former Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia, United States
  • William McGill, Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University; Former intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC, United States
  • Commissioner Fachtna Murphy, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána (Ireland’s National Police Service)
  • Michael Murphy, Enterprise Ireland
  • Ray O’Dwyer, County Manager, Waterford County Council
  • Chris Pallaris, Head of OSINT, International Relations and Security Network (ISN), Zürich, Switzerland
  • Joseph Pesce, CEO, Omnis, Inc., McLean, Virginia, United States
  • Randy Pherson, President, Pherson Associates, LLC., Reston, Virginia, United States
  • Jim Poole, Head of Analytical Capability and Outreach, Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis, UK Cabinet Office, London, United Kingdom
  • Jim Power, Chief Economist, Friends First Group; professor, Finance and Economics on the Local Government MBA, Dublin City University; professor of economics on the Executive MBA, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School - Dublin, Ireland
  • Justine Marut Schober, Visiting Professor, Rockefeller University; Director of Academic Research, Hamot Medical Center; Pediatric Urologist, Hamot Medical Center, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Kristan Wheaton,[7] Associate Professor, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Mark Williams, Chief Technology Officer of Eastport Analytics, Arlington, Virginia, United States

Topics

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The topics at the 2010 Global Intelligence Forum looked at best practices in intelligence analysis in the national security, law enforcement, and competitive arenas.[8]

  • Intelligence Analysis: The Business Context (Liam Fahey)
  • Intelligence in Medicine (Dr. Justin Schober)
  • Astrophysical Best Practices & Intelligence Analysis (Dr. Joseph Pesce, Ph.D.)
  • Information in Economics and Finance (Jim Power)
  • Terrorism and Internet (Maura Conway)
  • PINS: Intelligence and Offender Management (Derek Lister)
  • Structured Analysis for Security Risk Management (William L. McGill, Ph.D., PE)
  • Best Practices for Technology Support to Analytic Best Practices (Mark A. Williams, Ph.D.)
  • Improving Intelligence Analysis by Looking to the Medical Profession (Stephen Marrin, Ph.D.)
  • Learning Best Practices from other Domains (Jim Poole)
  • Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Cardinal Virtues of Analytical Best Practices (Anthony Campbell)
  • From Intelligence to Policy - Creating a Perfect Business Climate in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (Justyna Krajewski)
  • The Trouble with Best Practices (Chris Pallaris)
  • Teaching Intelligence Best Practices (Erik Kleinsmith)
  • Sharing the Findings: The Challenge for Strategic Analysts to Justify and Explain Themselves (Dom McDowell)
  • How to Identify, Evaluate, and Teach Best Analytic Practices (Randy Pherson)
  • Teaching Strategic Intelligence Through Games (Kristan J. Wheaton[7])

Later conferences

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The 2011 Global Intelligence Forum is scheduled for 10–12 July 2011, in Dungarvan, Ireland.[9][10]

A conference took place again in 2013.

The 2015 conference ran from 13-15 July in Dungarvan.[11][12]

Further partnerships

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Each spring, Mercyhurst University students and faculty spend a term in Dungarvan as part of MU’s Study Abroad scheme.[13]

MU did consider opening a campus at Dungarvan and signed an MOU in 2016.[14] In 2018, MU decided that the costs were too high and looked a smaller project in Ireland.[15]

MU has established its first international base in Dungarvan; the base includes MU's European Centre for Intelligence Research, Analytics and Training.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sister Cities". City of Erie. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  2. ^ Swanseger, Matt (2017-07-19). "Distant Relatives". Stanford University Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  3. ^ a b Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies (2010). "Dungarvan Conference 2010". Active RegOnline. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. ^ a b Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies (2010). "Event Speakers - 2010 Speakers". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  5. ^ Pogatchnik, Shawn (14 July 2010). "Ridge mulls challenges of targeting terrorists". The Washington Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. ^ Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies (2010). "James G. Breckenridge". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. ^ a b Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies (2010). "Kristan J. Wheaton". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  8. ^ Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies (2010). "Global Intelligence Forum in Dungarvan, Ireland - Conference Presentations". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  9. ^ Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies (2010). "Global Intelligence Forum in Dungarvan, Ireland: [Official Site] - Main Page". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  10. ^ Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies (2010). "Conference Info - General Conference Information". Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Global Intelligence Forum to meet in Ireland". TechCentral Ireland. 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  12. ^ "Comissioner O'Sullivan Addresses Global Intelligence Forum on "New Reality" of Terrorism". Garda Post. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  13. ^ "Study Abroad". Mercyhurst University. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  14. ^ "Pennsylvania college eyes Irish campus in Waterford". Irish Central. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  15. ^ Myers, Valerie (2018-09-02). "Mercyhurst considers new Ireland project". Stanford University Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  16. ^ "US university spreads its wings to Waterford campus". Irish Examiner. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
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