Workshops - Online Educa Berlin 2006

Pre-Conference Forum: E-Learning for Defence and Security

Wednesday, November 29, 2006, Hotel InterContinental Berlin

Following the success of last year’s event, the 2nd high-level forum on ‘E-learning for Defence and Security’ is now being prepared and will be held at Online Educa in Berlin November 2006. The forum will be hosted by The New Security Foundation. The New Security Foundation conducts research into the new security environment and provides a forum for discussion of its implications for civil society. The global security environment has changed dramatically during the last fifteen years and new security conditions have created a need for new defence and security solutions. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the area of education and training. New defence and security systems are increasingly linked to e-networks. Whilst education and training are becoming increasingly complex, technology assisted learning now offers a range of possibilities in the security and defence sector.

In an increasingly interconnected global economy, the rapidly changing nature of security means that there is a growing need for e-learning and online training packages in many areas of civil society. Security awareness among employees, for example, can be greatly enhanced by appropriate corporate intranet programmes. Increasingly, the corporate world is realising that it is very much part of the new security environment and that e-learning can play an important role in developing new security solutions. This year’s ‘E-Learning for Defence and Security’ will focus particularly on security-related applications of technology assisted learning in civil society. A major focus of the conference will be on training for emergency planning, resilience and response. Delegates at the conference will include security practitioners, solutions providers, academics and government officials.

Key issues for discussion at the forum will include:

Military and naval applications of e-learning
Security applications of e-learning
E-Learning and security awareness
Emergency planning and e-learning
Online training for resilience and recovery
The business case for e-learning in defence and security
Developing and marketing e-learning to the military and security establishment
E-Learning and security cooperation
Public / private sector cooperation
Measuring success
Network-centric warfare and e-learning
Online training for crisis management
Data, information and financial security
Public internet security awareness – case studies of the UK and Finland
Procurement, contracting and standards
Securing applications
Language, security and e-learning
Major events and online training

Agenda: E-Learning for Defence and Security Forum

The participation fees are the following:

	From Sept. 15
Academic Rate	€ 340
Corporate Rate	€ 440

This forum will take place in room Bellevue.