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Program

10:00 Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary General, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin

10:10 Greeting

Rebecca Schmidt, CEO, Excellenzcluster „Normative Orders“, Goethe-University, Frankfurt

10:20 Introduction

Prof. Dr. Susanne Schröter, Director, Research Center Global Islam Excellenzcluster „Normative Orders“, Goethe-University, Frankfurt

Europe as Nucleus of Islamist Terrorism?

10:30

Nice, Paris, Brussels: Home of IS?

Saad Amrani, Chief Constables Ixelles, Brussels

The threat is among us: Jihadism, radicalisation and terrorism in Great Britain

Prof. Dr. Peter Neumann (via Skype), Director, King’s College, London

Islamistic parallel societies as precursor for jihadism in Germany

Dr. Marwan Abou-Taam, State Office of Criminal Investigation Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz

Moderation: Dr. Kristina Eichhorst, Coordinator Counterterrorism and Conflict Management, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin

12:30 Lunch Break

Boko Haram and ISIS: Franchise or Competition in Africa?

13:30

Mali as a Safe Haven for ISIS

Christina Wagner, Director Mali Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Bamako

Safe Havens of the so-called Islamic State in Northern Africa

Dr. Canan Atilgan, Director Regional Program Political Dialogue Southern Mediterranean, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tunis

Boko Haram’s Refuges in Nigeria

Dr. Bakary Sambe, Director, Timbuktu Institute - African Center for Peace Studies, Dakar

Moderation: Bianca Steinhilber, Research Center Global Islam Excellenzcluster „Normative Orders“, Goethe-University, Frankfurt

15:30Coffee Break

ISIS: Pivot to Asia?

16:00

North Caucasus as a Renewed Breeding Ground for Islamist Terrorism?

Dr. Uwe Halbach, Senior Researcher, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin

Syria and Iraq: Failing Caliphate?

Dr. Christoph Günther, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

Transnational Jihadism in Southeast Asia

Prof. Dr. Susanne Schröter, Director, Research Center on Global Islam, Cluster of Excellence „Normative Orders“, Goethe-University, Frankfurt

Moderation: Evin Merve Jakob, State Office of Criminal Investigation Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz

18:00 End of Conference

This conference will be translated into German and English.