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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."
  
 +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.
  
-==== Participants ====+==== Forum Participants ====
  
 ^ Name  ^ Affiliation  ^ Notes  ^  ^ Name  ^ Affiliation  ^ Notes  ^ 
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 | [[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]]  | -  |
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 | [[Bruce Sterling]]  | -  | Science fiction author  | | [[Bruce Sterling]]  | -  | Science fiction author  |
 | [[Michelle Van Cleave]]  | [[National Security Institute]] (NSI), [[Jack Kemp Foundation]]  | -  | | [[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)
  
 ===== 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)  |
  
 ==== Affiliations ==== ==== Affiliations ====
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 ===== External links ===== ===== External links =====
  
 +  * [[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)]]
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