[Strategic-Cities] Setting the 21st Century Security Agenda

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Announcement of the 5th International Security Forum, Zurich
14 - 16 October 2002
Setting the 21st Century Security Agenda
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The Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research at the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Zurich hosts the 5th International Security Forum
(ISF) from 14-16 October 2002 at the Congress Palace in Zurich. The ISF is
sponsored and co-organized by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil
Protection, and Sports and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
as an official Swiss government contribution to the Partnership for Peace.
Major conference partners and co-organizers include but are not limited to
the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, the Geneva Centre for the Democratic
Control of Armed Forces, and the Graduate Institute of International Studies
(Geneva). We are delighted to invite you and your institution to contribute
and participate actively in this important forum.

The 5th ISF will bring together about 500 high-level civil servants,
diplomats, military officers, academics, and representatives of
non-governmental organisations from the Euro-Atlantic area. The objective is
to create a platform for discussion and exchange on current security issues.
This year's conference will run under the theme Setting the 21st-Century
Agenda. It seeks to promote practical cooperation between the EAPC member
states (NB: Russia is a member state of EAPC) and to identify future key
issues and trends in international security. Given the knowledge and
resources available at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Zurich, this year's program will also address the challenges presented by
new information and communications technologies.

The conference will consist of three plenary sessions and six tracks of
parallel workshops. The first and second tracks will deal with knowledge
management and e-learning in security policy. The third track will examine
various aspects of human security. The fourth and fifth tracks will focus on
security sector reforms. The sixth track will deal with topics in
contemporary security policy, including terrorism.

DEADLINE:  Please note that the closing date for registration is the  end of
May  2002. The closing date for applications for financial support is the
end of April 2002. If you register late, your chances of being offered a
place at the conference will be greatly reduced.

Eligibility for Financial Support

The Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research can provide financial
support to cover travel (economy class via the most direct route) and
accommodation costs to a limited number of participants from Central and
Eastern European countries.

For participants to whom financial support is granted, the Center for
Security Studies and Conflict Research will purchase flight tickets and make
hotel reservations in coordination with the participant.Please note that
hotel bookings for Central and Eastern European participants who are be
granted financial support will be made in accordance with the most
reasonably priced flight reservations. Please download and complete the
Flight Registration Form as Microsoft Word
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/5isf/4/Travel_from_A_final_190302.doc
<http://www.isn.ethz.ch/5isf/4/Travel_from_A_final_190302.doc> or PDF
document http://www.isn.ethz.ch/5isf/4/Travel_from_A_final.pdf.pdf
<http://www.isn.ethz.ch/5isf/4/Travel_from_A_final.pdf.pdf> )

Please send your registration form with the travel and accomodation forms
(preferably by using the online  form on the website) to Ms Barbara Gleich,
at the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research by the end of April
2002. We will inform you as soon as possible if your request for financial
support has been accepted.

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Announcement of the 5th International Security Forum, Zurich 14 - 
16 October 2002 Setting the 21st Century Security 
Agenda -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 
Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research at the Swiss Federal Institute 
of Technology in Zurich hosts the 5th International Security Forum (ISF) from 
14-16 October 2002 at the Congress Palace in Zurich. The ISF is sponsored and 
co-organized by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection, and 
Sports and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs as an official Swiss 
government contribution to the Partnership for Peace. Major conference partners 
and co-organizers include but are not limited to the Geneva Centre for Security 
Policy, the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, and the 
Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva). We are delighted to invite 
you and your institution to contribute and participate actively in this 
important forum. The 5th ISF will bring together about 500 high-level 
civil servants, diplomats, military officers, academics, and representatives of 
non-governmental organisations from the Euro-Atlantic area. The objective is to 
create a platform for discussion and exchange on current security issues. This 
year's conference will run under the theme Setting the 21st-Century Agenda. It 
seeks to promote practical cooperation between the EAPC member states 
(NB: Russia is a member state of EAPC) and to identify future 
key issues and trends in international security. Given the knowledge and 
resources available at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, 
this year's program will also address the challenges presented by new 
information and communications technologies. The conference will consist 
of three plenary sessions and six tracks of parallel workshops. The first and 
second tracks will deal with knowledge management and e-learning in security 
policy. The third track will examine various aspects of human security. The 
fourth and fifth tracks will focus on security sector reforms. The sixth track 
will deal with topics in contemporary security policy, including 
terrorism. DEADLINE:&nbsp; Please note that the closing date for 
registration is the&nbsp; end of May&nbsp; 2002. The closing date for 
applications for financial support is the end of April 2002. If you 
register late, your chances of being offered a place at the conference will be 
greatly reduced. Eligibility for Financial 
Support The Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research 
can provide financial support to cover travel (economy class via the most direct 
route) and accommodation costs to a limited number of participants from Central 
and Eastern European countries. For participants to whom financial 
support is granted, the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research will 
purchase flight tickets and make hotel reservations in coordination with the 
participant.Please note that hotel bookings for Central and Eastern European 
participants who are be granted financial support will be made in accordance 
with the most reasonably priced flight reservations. Please download and 
complete the Flight Registration Form as Microsoft Word <A target=_blank 
href="http://www.isn.ethz.ch/5isf/4/Travel_from_A_final_190302.doc">http://www.isn.ethz.ch/5isf/4/Travel_from_A_final_190302.doc</A> 
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send your registration form with the travel and accomodation forms (preferably 
by using the online&nbsp; form on the website) to Ms Barbara Gleich, at the 
Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research by the end of April 2002. We 
will inform you as soon as possible if your request for financial support has 
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