====== Highlands Group ====== {{ ::5117_logo_final.jpg?200|}} The **Highlands Group** is an international consulting network based in [[united_states:maryland:Bethesda]], [[united_states:Maryland]], [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]] and [[united_states:california:Carmel Highlands]], [[united_states:California]].((//About.// Highlands Group. Retrieved June 13, 2008, from https://web.archive.org/web/20080613131735/http://www.highlandsgroup.net/about.php?ID=1)) ===== History ===== ==== Founding ==== [[Richard O'Neill]] founded the group in 1994. It was formed as an "[i]nformal cross-disciplinary network established to explore information revolution issues" and "conflict in an information age" to assist the [[United States Department of Defense]] (DoD) and the [[United States Government]] in general.((O’Neill, R. P. (2001). //The Highlands Forum Process.// Program on Information Resources Policy. https://web.archive.org/web/20230214081302/http://www.pirp.harvard.edu/pubs_pdf/o%27neill/o%27neill-i01-3.pdf)) ==== Highlands Forum ==== The first Highlands Forum was sponsored by the [[Office of the Secretary of Defense]] (OSD), held in [[united_states:california|Carmel Highlands]] in February 1995 with "about a dozen people" in attendance. The Forum's co-chairs at the time were O'Neill, [[Andrew Marshall]] of the Department of Defense, and [[Anthony Tether]] of the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA) (formerly vice president of [[Science Applications International Corporation|SAIC]]’s Advanced Technology Sector).((Ahmed, N. (2015, January 22). //How the CIA made Google.// Medium; INSURGE intelligence. https://archive.ph/TSJrH)) {{ ::screenshot_2023-02-14_at_4.25.21_pm.png?400|}} 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)) 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. 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 ==== The Highlands Group participated in the creation and activities of the [[President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection]] (PCCIP), as well as [[Joint Vision 2020]]. ===== Activities ===== The Highlands Group hosts the Highlands Forum, Singaporean Island Forum, the St. Michaels Forum, and the Information Engagement Forum. ==== Forum Participants ==== ^ Name ^ Affiliation ^ Notes ^ | [[David Ackley]] | - | - | | [[James Adams]] | - | - | | [[John Arquilla]] | - | - | | [[Oscar Bartoli]] | - | - | | [[David Brin]] | - | Author of //[[books:The Transparent Society]]// | | [[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) | - | | [[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]] | - | | [[John Clippinger]] | [[MIT Media Lab]] | - | | [[Esther Dyson]] | [[EDventure Holdings]] | - | | [[Judy Estrin]] | [[Cisco]], [[Walt Disney Company]], [[FedEx]], [[Sun Microsystems]], [[Packet Design]] | - | | [[Nik Gowing]] | [[BBC]] | - | | [[William Haseltine]] | [[pharmaceutical_companies:Human Genome Sciences]] | - | | [[Danny Hillis]] | [[Long Now Foundation]], [[Thinking Machines]], [[Applied Minds]], [[Walt Disney Company]] | Pioneer of parallel computers and their use in [[artificial intelligence]] | | [[Bill Joy]] | [[Sun Microsystems]] | [[https://archive.ph/hQjhB|Why the Future Doesn't Need Us]] | | [[Kevin Kelly]] | [[WIRED]] | - | | [[William McNeil]] | - | Author of //[[books:The Rise of the West]]//, //[[books:Plagues and Peoples]]//, //[[books:Pursuit of Power]]//, and more | | [[William Owens]] | [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], [[Teledesic]] | Author of //[[books:Lifting the Fog of War]]// | | [[Kristofer Pister]] | [[University of California Berkeley]] | Inventor of [[smart dust]] | | [[David Ronfeldt]] | - | - | | [[Paul Saffo]] | [[Institute for the Future]] | - | | [[Peter Schwartz]] | [[Global Business Network]] | Author of //[[books:The Art of the Long View|The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World]]//. Leading participant in the "Lock Step" scenario. | | [[Richard Smalley]] | - | Discoverer of [[carbon nanotube|carbon nanotubes]] | | [[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 | ==== Clients ==== 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)) * [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence]] (C3I) * [[Global Business Network]] (GBN) * [[Rendon Group]] * [[United Press International]] (UPI) ===== Organization ===== ==== Personnel ==== ^ 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 ==== The Highlands Group is partnered with [[Science Applications International Corporation]] (SAIC). ===== External links ===== * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/Highlands-Group|White Rose Wiki]] * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Highlands_Forum|Wikispooks (Highlands Forum)]]