Sidney Jones, Senior Adviser, Asia Program, International Crisis Group, Jakarta Sidney Jones and Crisis Group’s South East Asian analysts based in Jakarta prepare analytical reports on the sources of conflict and violence in the region, with a particular focus on Indonesia. She has examined separatist conflicts (Aceh and Papua, Mindanao); communal conflicts (Poso, Moluccas); and ethnic conflict (Kalimantan). Her team has also looked at Islamic radicalism, producing a series of reports on Jemaah Islamiyah and its operations in Indonesia and the Philippines. It also looks at issues of security sector reform and decentralisation in Indonesia. Read More

Attorney-General, The Hon Robert McClelland MP Robert McClelland is the Attorney-General and the Member for Barton, an electorate based in the St George area of Sydney. Robert was elected to Parliament in 1996. Before becoming Attorney-General he served on several parliamentary committees, including as Deputy Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Joint Select Committee on the Republic Referendum . Read More

Themes

• Regional terrorism situation
• Changes in counter-terrorism policy and practice
• National security policy research
• Effectiveness of counter-terrorism activities in the Asia-Pacific region
• Resilience and its future in Australia policy and practice
• National security direction under the Rudd government
• National risk management
• Less than lethal technologies
  

Who attended

• Representatives from the military and law enforcement communities
• Senior State & Local government administrators
• Strategic and intelligence analysts
• Risk and security managers
• Emergency services and health professionals
• Critical infrastructure owners and operators
• Engineers, scientists and technologists
• Corporate and business executives