AGENDA Intelligence, N. 86, 5 October 1998, p. 11 COMING EVENTS THROUGH 15 NOVEMBER 1998 In the interest of efficiency, "Intelligence" lists all coming events in each issue as a single article in the section "Agenda". Additional information concerning these events, including contact information, is available at 33 (0)1 40 51 85 19 (tel/fax) or intelligence-adi@wanadoo.fr (email). Past Agendas are available free at our web site: . Events are listed only once according to date, and are not repeated in subsequent issues. To post a paid advertisement describing an event in greater detail, interested organizers should contact "Intelligence" for additional information. Such additional material is printed here and also sent directly to our several hundred Internet subscribers and members of our free distribution list. On 5-7 October in San Diego, California, ERIM Geologic Conferences is organizing the fifth international conference on Remote Sensing for Marine & Constale Environments. On 6-7 October in Washington, Jane's Defence is organizing the Chem-Bio '98 - Combating the Terrorist Threat conference which will cover BW/CW agents, threat assessment, domestic preparedness, operational realities, and equipment/technology. Several high-level international officials will participate. On 6-8 October in San Jose, California, the Automated Imaging Association is organizing the Vision show and conference. On 6-8 October in Chicago, "Sensors Magazine" is organizing a conference and exposition. On 14-15 October in Laurel, Maryland, the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is organizing the 1998 Precision Strike Technology symposium. On 14-16 October in Washington, "Defense Week" is organizing a conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction & Domestic Preparedness. On 15-16 October in Lille, France, the Association des Utilisateurs Interbancaires de Telesurveillance (ADITEL) is organizing the Telesurveillance Forum. On 20-23 October in San Diego, California, New Dimensions International (NDI) is giving its Hands-On Version 2.1 technical training course in Maximum Internet Security. Instructors include two former members of the hacker underground. Participants will learn techniques used to break into remote machines and the hundreds of tools crackers have at their disposal. On 28-30 October in Huntsville, Alabama, the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) is organizing the Defense and Civil Space Programs conference and exhibit. On 1-4 November in Washington, the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) is organizing its 1999 annual meeting on the theme Knowledge - Creation, Organization and Use which will involve sessions organized into five separate tracks. On 2-3 November in London, SMI is organizing the international Battlefield Lasers 98 conference with the participation of senior civilian and military figures from the US, Great Britain and Sweden. On 2-3 November in London, Defence Event Management (DEM) is organizing an international conference on Dismounted Infantry - Operational and Procurement Needs with the participation of senior NATO civilian and military officials. On 2-4 November in Chicago, the Computer Security Institute (CSI) is organizing its 25th annual Computer Security conference and exhibition on the theme "A Foundation for New Knowledge" with the participation of more than 140 vendors. On 3-5 November in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) is organizing its 13th annual international Asia-Pacific Conference & Exposition. On 3-6 November in Paris, Miller Freeman is organizing the Expo Protection which covers physical protection, employee malevolence and fire security. On 4-5 November in Paris, the official French Delegation Generale pour l'Armement (DGA) armaments board is organizing the eighth annual international Science and Defense with the participation of several foreign specialists. On 5-6 November in Tysons Corner, Virginia, the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) is organizing its annual AFIO Symposium and Convention on the theme "Intelligence & Security Challenges in the Information Age". A visit to CIA headquarters is planned on Friday, 6 November, for "coffee and doughnuts" and a possible presentation by DCI, George Tenet, on "Intelligence Community Challenges and Trends". On 5 November-22 December, the Tactical Response Academy in London is giving a training course in Close Protection for VIP bodyguards. On 7-10 November in Qatar, the French official IMEXPO agency is organizing the Milipol Qatar 1998 exhibition of police and military security equipment and services. On 9-12 November in Scandinavia, Research Associates of Syracuse, Inc. (RAS) is giving a training seminar on Electronic Countermeasures and Electronic Counter-Countermeasures for Conventional and LPI Radar. On 9-13 November in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ross Engineering is giving its "Hands-on Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures" (TSCM) training course. On 9 November in Washington, the National Military Intelligence Association (NMIA) is organizing the DIS 98 Defense Intelligence Status meeting. On 10 November in Washington, the National Military Intelligence Association (NMIA) is organizing its CI 98 Counterintelligence Symposium. On 11-12 November at Tyson's Corner, Virginia, the Professional Connections in the Intelligence Community (PCIC) fall 1998 symposium and intelligence job fair will take place. On 11-13 November in Berlin, the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) is organizing its third annual European conference and exhibit on the theme, "Business Analysis for Winning Strategies" with a workshop on "Gathering Information on German Companies", and a presentation on "Unconventional Tools for Analysis and Synthesis of Information". On 11-13 November in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Diversified Expositions (DE) is organizing the Expo Maritima Mercosur where specialists will surely be discussing a recent US report on increased maritime drug trafficking in southern Latin America. ---------------------------------------------