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| The focus of the first set of Highlands meetings was [[information warfare]], spurring the creation of strategy and policy documents on "information operations." This resulted in "a variety of institutions that were formed in order to carry all that out." | The focus of the first set of Highlands meetings was [[information warfare]], spurring the creation of strategy and policy documents on "information operations." This resulted in "a variety of institutions that were formed in order to carry all that out." |
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| | In addition to the Highlands Forum since [[9/11 attacks|9/11]] the Group runs the ‘Island Forum,’ an international event held in association with Singapore’s Ministry of Defense, which O’Neill oversees as “lead consultant.”((Ahmed, N. (2015, January 22). //How the CIA made Google.// Medium; INSURGE intelligence. https://archive.ph/TSJrH)) |
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| | According to [[the Pentagon]]’s //1997 Annual Report to the President and the Congress// under a section titled ‘Information Operations,’ (IO) the [[Office of the Secretary of Defense]] (OSD) had authorized the “establishment of the Highlands Group of key DoD, industry, and academic IO experts” to coordinate IO across federal military intelligence agencies. |
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| | The following year’s DoD annual report reiterated the Forum’s centrality to information operations: “To examine IO issues, DoD sponsors the Highlands Forum, which brings together government, industry, and academic professionals from various fields.” |
| ==== President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection ==== | ==== President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection ==== |
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| The Highlands Group hosts the Highlands Forum, Singaporean Island Forum, the St. Michaels Forum, and the Information Engagement Forum. | The Highlands Group hosts the Highlands Forum, Singaporean Island Forum, the St. Michaels Forum, and the Information Engagement Forum. |
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| ==== Participants ==== | ==== Forum Participants ==== |
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| ^ Name ^ Affiliation ^ Notes ^ | ^ Name ^ Affiliation ^ Notes ^ |
| | [[John Seely Brown]] | [[Institute for Research on Learning]], [[Deloitte Center for the Edge]] | - | | | [[John Seely Brown]] | [[Institute for Research on Learning]], [[Deloitte Center for the Edge]] | - | |
| | [[Arnaud de Borchgrave]] | [[United Press International]], [[Washington Times]], [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS) | - | | | [[Arnaud de Borchgrave]] | [[United Press International]], [[Washington Times]], [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS) | - | |
| | | [[Bill Cheswick]] | [[Internet Mapping Project]], [[AT&T Labs]], [[Lucent Technologies]], [[Lumeta]] | - | |
| | [[Lui Pao Chuen]] | [[Singapore Space and Technology Association]], [[Ministry of National Development]] (MND), [[Management Development Institute of Singapore]] (MDIS), [[Singapore University of Technology and Design]] (SUTD), [[Temasek Defence Systems Institute]] | - | | | [[Lui Pao Chuen]] | [[Singapore Space and Technology Association]], [[Ministry of National Development]] (MND), [[Management Development Institute of Singapore]] (MDIS), [[Singapore University of Technology and Design]] (SUTD), [[Temasek Defence Systems Institute]] | - | |
| | | [[John Clippinger]] | [[MIT Media Lab]] | - | |
| | [[Esther Dyson]] | [[EDventure Holdings]] | - | | | [[Esther Dyson]] | [[EDventure Holdings]] | - | |
| | | [[Judy Estrin]] | [[Cisco]], [[Walt Disney Company]], [[FedEx]], [[Sun Microsystems]], [[Packet Design]] | - | |
| | [[Nik Gowing]] | [[BBC]] | - | | | [[Nik Gowing]] | [[BBC]] | - | |
| | [[William Haseltine]] | [[pharmaceutical_companies:Human Genome Sciences]] | - | | | [[William Haseltine]] | [[pharmaceutical_companies:Human Genome Sciences]] | - | |
| | [[Richard Smalley]] | - | Discoverer of [[carbon nanotube|carbon nanotubes]] | | | [[Richard Smalley]] | - | Discoverer of [[carbon nanotube|carbon nanotubes]] | |
| | [[Bruce Sterling]] | - | Science fiction author | | | [[Bruce Sterling]] | - | Science fiction author | |
| | | [[Michelle Van Cleave]] | [[National Security Institute]] (NSI), [[Jack Kemp Foundation]] | - | |
| | | [[Rosemary Wenchel]] | [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS) | - | |
| | [[Steve White]] | [[IBM]] | Developed a "digital immune system" for IBM | | | [[Steve White]] | [[IBM]] | Developed a "digital immune system" for IBM | |
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| | ==== Clients ==== |
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| | Clients of the Highlands Group include:((//Our clients.// The Highlands Group. Retrieved February 20, 2001, from https://web.archive.org/web/20010220162639/http://www.highlandsgroup.net/static/clients.html)) |
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| | * [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence]] (C3I) |
| | * [[Global Business Network]] (GBN) |
| | * [[Rendon Group]] |
| | * [[United Press International]] (UPI) |
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| ===== Organization ===== | ===== Organization ===== |
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| | ==== Personnel ==== |
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| | ^ Name ^ Position ^ Notes ^ |
| | | [[Linton Wells]] | Chair((Friel, B. (2006, May 15). //Start Your Idea Engines.// Government Executive. http://archive.today/2022.05.08-000634/https://www.govexec.com/magazine/features/2006/05/start-your-idea-engines/21898/)) | [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) | |
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| ==== Affiliations ==== | ==== Affiliations ==== |
| ===== External links ===== | ===== External links ===== |
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| | * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/Highlands-Group|White Rose Wiki]] |
| * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Highlands_Forum|Wikispooks (Highlands Forum)]] | * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Highlands_Forum|Wikispooks (Highlands Forum)]] |
