Dr. David Kilcullen: Speaking at Suits and Spooks NY on feral cities and other physical and digital stressors

I recently heard Dave Kilcullen speak at the Google INFO Summit on illicit trafficking during the summer of 2012 and ever since then I've been trying to find a way to bring his experience and novel insight into conflict mechanics to a Suits and Spooks conference.

Today, I'm extremely pleased to announce that Dave will be speaking at Suits and Spooks New York on the topic "Out of the Mountains: a future of feral cities, urban systems under stress, and increasing overlaps between the real and virtual worlds."

Dave will also be included on a panel that I'll be moderating with Jonathan Hutson of the Satellite Sentinel Project, retired Navy SEAL Thomas Dzieran, Aaron Weisburd of Internet Haganah and John Scott-Railton of Citizen Lab.

Attendees will have an opportunity to purchase a signed copy of Dave's new book "Out of the Mountains":

"In his third book, David Kilcullen takes us out of the mountains: away from the remote, rural guerrilla warfare of Afghanistan, and into the marginalized slums and complex security threats of the world’s coastal cities, where almost 75 per cent of us will be living by mid-century. Scrutinizing major environmental trends — population growth, coastal urbanization, and increasing digital connectivity-- he projects a future of feral cities, urban systems under stress, and increasing overlaps between crime and war, internal and external threats, and the real and virtual worlds. Informed by Kilcullen’s own fieldwork in the Caribbean, Somalia, the Middle East and Afghanistan, and that of his field research teams in cities in Central America and Africa, Out of the Mountains presents detailed, on-the-ground accounts of the new faces of modern conflict –– from the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, to transnational drug networks, local street gangs, and the uprisings of the Arab Spring."

 We have only 18 seats remaining so register today and don't miss this extraordinary conference where both the speakers and the attendees engage in discussions in the private, exclusive setting of Soho House NYC on October 5-6, 2013.

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George Clooney's Satellite Sentinel Project to be Featured at Suits n' Spooks DC

Time magazine recently ran a story about how George Clooney and John Predergast of the Enough Project decided to raise money to set up a private satellite spy network to focus on the atrocities being committed in Sudan. The program has been so successful that the International Criminal Court is bringing charges against a Sudanese government official. This is an example of the kind of disruptive thinking that Suits and Spooks 2012 in Washington DC is looking for. Fortunately, Jonathan Huston, the Communications director of Enough has agreed to speak about how the project works. He's given similar talks to the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation.

Suits and Spooks 2012 isn't a passive conference. Both attendees and speakers will be interacting the entire day to produce innovative and disruptive ideas that relate to creating a new security framework to address the new and rapidly expanding threat landscape created as the physical and virtual worlds continue to become interwoven with each other. The ideas of both speakers and attendees will be captured in real-time in a Palantir workspace with live analysis being done and projected onto a screen behind the speakers. A final report will be released summarizing the day's findings.

You can be a part of this revolutionary experience by registering today. We offer a special rate for students and academics as well as government employees, and an early bird discount will run for everyone until January 6, 2012.

Related:
Information on the Satellite Sentinel Project
Information on Suits and Spooks 2012 - Washington DC

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