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Programe

8:30 a.m.

Registration

9:00 a.m.

Welcome

• Dr. Gerhard Wahlers

  Deputy Secretary General

  Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Berlin

• Deidre Berger

  Director of the Ramer Institute

  American Jewish Committee / Berlin

Counter-Radicalization: Strategies in the Fight Against Islamist Ideology

How does radicalization take place today, including through social media? In what ways can we "immunize" youth and young adults against radical ideologies? What tools and approaches have already proven successful? What is the role of the family and the social environment? What role can social groups and Muslim religious communities play?

• Aaron Y. Zelin

  Fellow Washington Institute for Near East Policy / Washington

• Honey Deihimi

  Head of the Social Integration Division

  Office of the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration at the Federal Chancellery / Berlin

• Berna Kurnaz

  Counselor

  Counter- and De-Radicalization Network Kitab / Bremen

• Thomas Volk

  Coordinator for Islam and religious dialogue

  Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Berlin

Dr. Kristina Eichhorst

Coordinator for Crisis and Conflict Management

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Berlin

11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:15 a.m.

Between Panic and Recklessness: Responsible Handling of the Terrorist Threat. Experiences from Israel, France and Germany

How should public authorities deal with safety precautions? How much information can you share with citizens? How much information must you share? What role does the public play in the fight against terrorism? Are there sensible rules of conduct that should be made public? What role do the media play in this topic? Do media reports play into the hands of terrorists? Is the overall terror threat overestimated?

• Stéphane Lacombe

  Deputy Director

  French Association for the Victims of Terrorism / Paris

• Col. (ret.) Dr. Yechiel Soffer

  C-Defense, Israel

  Former Head of the Civil Defense Department

  Israeli Defense Forces Homefront Command / Tel Aviv

• Yassin Musharbash

  Editor

  Die ZEIT / Berlin

Leonard B. Kaminski

Mideast Affairs Coordinator

AJC Berlin Ramer Institute / Berlin

1:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 p.m.

The Fine Line Between Security and Freedom: Experiences from Belgium, Israel, Germany, and the EU with the Instruments of Internal Security

How can a state manage safety and security and at the same time avoid establishing a surveillance-state? What instruments of state security have proven particularly effective and proportionate? To what extent may public life be limited in the face of acute threats? Are there any "lessons learned" from recent experiences (e.g. the 'Brussels lockdown')? Can and should cooperation between security agencies within and outside the EU be stepped up? What improvements in this regard are to be expected from the recently established Anti-Terrorism Centre on the European level?

• Claudia Gorf

  Chief Prosecutor at the Federal Court of Justice

  Department of the Attorney General at the Federal Court of Justice / Berlin

• Sima Shein

  Former Deputy Director General

  Israeli Ministry for Strategic Affairs

  Former Head

  Research Department of the Mossad / Israel

• Salvatore Cannata

  Case Analyst

  EUROJUST / The Hague

• Dr. Sven Eiffler

  Head of Division Terrorism and Extremism

  Federal Chancellery / Berlin

Olaf Wientzek

Coordinator for European Policy

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Berlin

3:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Deidre Berger

Director of the Ramer Institute

American Jewish Committee / Berlin