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Since 1999 NISA has
organized several
highly successful intelligence
conferences
The conference papers
were published in The Netherlands,
Great-Britain and the USA

Boeken Frans Kluiters

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UPCOMING NISA SEMINAR

Predictive Profiling; heeft de praktijk
de wetenschap ingehaald ?

Vrijdag 8 juni 2012 in Amsterdam

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Het seminar wordt ondersteund door de Directie Bescherming Burgerluchtvaart
en de Eenheid Bewaken en Beveiligen van de NCTV,
alsmede door De Nederlandsche Bank.

The Future of Intelligence:
Threats, Challenges, Opportunities

Closing remarks Chairman NISA

The NISA 2011 International Conference on The Future of Intelligence closed last Saturday afternoon, 28 May 2011. This conference marked the 20th anniversary of NISA. I am proud to note that in the 20 years of its existence NISA and many of its members have contributed substantially to the evolution and maturing of intelligence and security in The Netherlands, of its institutions and of intelligence and security studies at academic level. NISA itself has developed into a well established network which continues to grow to date. Its members are involved in many research projects, as well as in academic programs at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Defence Academy and -in the near future- at the University of Utrecht. I am also happy to note that many of the security institutions in The Netherlands now do recognize NISA as a useful organization and support our activities. I think this conference on the Future of Intelligence is proof of that

Looking back at the event itself, my personal impression is that we have had a good and lively conference with high quality speakers coming from a great variety of backgrounds. I also quite liked the mixture of formats with plenary sessions, mini-panels, workshops and debate. The closing panel debate was, I believe, an excellent example of this. Moreover, judging from the lively conversations and discussions during breaks, the conference provided an excellent opportunity to informally exchange views and expand networks of all involved.

NISA is grateful to the distinguished speakers and the conference chairman who participated in the program. It is after all their contribution and their willingness to share their knowledge and experience with us, which have made this conference a very interesting one. Many of them have travelled considerable distances to be with us. We thank them very much for that and look forward to working with them in the near future.

NISA is particularly pleased with both the high number as well as the great variety in backgrounds and affiliations of those who attended the conference. We thank all of them for taking an interest in our programs and we hope to see many of them again in the near future. On behalf of NISA I sincerely hope that the conference has also met their expectations as an audience.

Lastly, a conference like this would not be possible without a lot of hard work and dedication on the part of large group of NISA members: moderators, rapporteurs, board members giving back-up support and of course the Organizing Committee. On behalf of NISA, speakers and conference participants it is my privilege as well as my pleasure to say 'thank you' to all.

Joop van Reijn, Chairman NISA

A large part of the conference program was recorded on video.
Click on the picture above for a choice of eight
separate videos

Magazine Nationale veiligheid en crisisbeheersing van NCTV
uitgave augustus 2011 (click for link PDF)

Met o.a. bijdrage Bob de Graaff over het NISA congres