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International Conference on Information Warfare: Advancing IO Practices and Academics

The Fourth International Conference on Information Warfare held in Perth, Australia, featured over 40 participants presenting 16 double-blind peer-reviewed papers. Key themes included management frameworks, CNA, CND, social networking, and software sophistication. With an emphasis on evolving lectures and less dichotomy between IO topics, the conference provided a platform for international viewpoints and academic growth. Additional suggestions focused on researching social networking sites, C2 issues, and IO in medium-sized or developing nations. The event fostered collaboration among operational practitioners and academics.

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International Conference on Information Warfare: Advancing IO Practices and Academics

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  1. Summary of Issues (ICIW ‘09) Leigh Armistead Edith Cowan University Perth, Australia

  2. Overview • Fourth conference in this series • First event conducted internationally • Over 40 participants, with 16 papers that were double-blind peer reviewed • Active and integrated group of delegates • Excellent guest speakers

  3. Five Key Themes • Management and Legal Frameworks for IO • IO Training and Education to Develop Metrics and Standards • CNA, CND and CNE • Social Networking and IO • Software and IT wrt IO

  4. Continuing Sophistication • Lectures and papers in this conference continue to evolve with the quality and intellectual rigor continuing to rise • Their was less emphasis on semantics and more focus on advanced and sophisticated academic subjects • Their also appeared to be less dichotomy between the hard and soft IO topics • Social, management, administrative and economic topics were also highlighted • The international flavor was also beneficial as it gave additional viewpoints than the traditional US centric one

  5. Growing Body of Academics • Eight nations represented • Recruited additional members to the ICIW Committee • Advertised additional IW conferences in Europe, Australia and the United States • Invited more papers for the Journal of Information Warfare

  6. Additional Research Topics • Suggestions included additional research into social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. • Lots of debate on C2 issues with easy access to internet • More research was suggested for medium size nations or those in the developing world

  7. IO / IW Academic Venues JIW

  8. Summary Overall this was a great conference with a tremendous amount of interaction across an international group of operational practitioners and IO academics, who came together in a great collaborative environment

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