USNORTHERN COMMAND, Washington State, Deep Web Technologies, and Icosystem to Speak at Information Operations Conference 17-19 Jan 06 in Washington, D

Robert David STEELE Vivas, CEO of OSS.Net, the international proponent for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), has today announced four new speakers joining the Global Information Operations Conference that will take place in Washington, D.C. from 17-19 January 2006.
"Our international conference, which has run annually since 1992, brings together the 'top-guns' in the world for Information Operations (IO), Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and Peacekeeping Intelligence (PKI). This year we are especially focused on multinational, multiagency, multidisciplinary multidomain information sharing (M4IS).
"We are very pleased to announce that Mr. Bear McConnell from the U.S. Northern Command, responsible for inter-agency collaboration and necessary new solutions, will be presenting his path-finding ideas, ideas that could set the stage for a national Open Source Agency. He will be joined by Mr. Scott Bird, Federal Revenue Manager from Washington State, who has conceptualized a number of radical and very cost-effective means of applying OSINT to State needs, both in revenue optimization, and in homeland security applications.
"Also confirming today are our last two technical speakers, Mr. Abe Ledeman, founder of Deep Web Technologies, and Mr. Eric Bonabeau, CEO and Chief Science Officer as well for Icosystem, one of the most innovative and effective advanced analytics and rapid response modeling and simulation companies on the planet.
"This conference is unique in several respects. With Congressman Simmons (R-CT-02) confirmed as the opening speaker, and the new Assistant Deputy Director for National Intelligence for Open Sources (ADDNI/OS) confirmed as the capstone speaker on day one, this event will outline the innovative and transformative directions for upwards of $2 billion in funding for IO, OSINT, and related foreign-language and advanced analytics applications, for the national foreign intelligence program; the U.S. and international military IO, information-sharing, and inter-agency collaboration environment; and the domestic homeland security program.
"Two hundred scholarships have been assigned to United Nations and niche constituencies. Together with the funded participants from governments and corporations around the world, over 400 participants are expected, with 30 speakers and 60 exhibits.
"Complete details on this event are at http://www.oss.net/IOP. A related briefing on the Googlization of intelligence is at http://www.oss.net/Hackers."