When: Monday, August 21 through Thursday, August 24, 2006

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1 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Public Affairs Office Release No Washington, DC For Release: August 9, 2006 (202) Contact: Ross Feinstein (202) Phone: / (Cell) dnipao@dni.gov What: The Director of National Intelligence will host the annual Information Sharing Conference and Technology Exposition, formerly named the Intelink Conference. Senior Intelligence Community and other officials will address the conference on a range of national security and information sharing and technology issues. The conference agenda will include presentations on the technical, policy and operational issues and changes, and tools that the DNI/CIO has fielded, or plans to field. When: Monday, August 21 through Thursday, August 24, 2006 Time: Location: See Schedule Below The Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center th Street Denver, Colorado Additional Instructions: For more information on the Conference, visit: 1) Credentialed members of the media are invited to attend the plenary sessions on Monday through Thursday. Breakout sessions are open to U.S. Government employees, Active Military and Governmentsponsored contractors only. Media who wish to attend should register online at: Registering online will reduce the amount of wait time on arrival at the conference. Online registration is open until Friday, August 18, Registration in Denver will open at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, August 21, and at 7:00 a.m. on all other days of the conference. Please leave adequate time to pick up registration materials. 2) Media with camera equipment should be in place no later than 7:15 a.m. All other media should be in place by 7:45 a.m. 3) Media who wish to conduct interviews on-site should contact Ross Feinstein at or (Cell). Set-up: TV Quality Lighting & Sound Mult Box Available

2 Page 2 of 5 Overview: After 11 successful years, the annual Intelink Conference has been renamed as The DNI s Information Sharing Conference and Technology Exposition. The new name represents the DNI sponsorship, and the DNI responsibility for facilitating information sharing between federal, state local and tribal entities, and foreign partners. This year s event will be held August 21-24, 2006 in Denver, Colorado, and will consist of four unclassified days, allowing more time for substantive issues. The event s organizers expect the past decade s growth in attendance to continue, with attendance likely to exceed 1000 government, military, and contractor national security personnel from various locations around the world, most of whom are employed as Information Technology professionals. Plenary Sessions Open to Media: Monday, August 21 The Vision 8:30 8:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks The Honorable Dale Meyerrose, Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer 8:45 9:15 a.m. View from the DNI and DoD CIOs The Honorable Dale Meyerrose The Honorable John Grimes, Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense Mr. Meyerrose and Mr. Grimes will talk about best practices and successful implementation of technology to facilitate information sharing across both communities. 9:15 9:45 a.m. Q&A with the DNI CIO and the DoD CIO The Honorable Dale Meyerrose The Honorable John Grimes The CIOs will be open to questions from the audience on topics such as net-centricity, enabling information sharing and protection, and the unique challenges and opportunities for IC/DoD partnerships. 10:15 11:15 a.m. Imagine Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council Imagine an Intelligence Community in which analysts freely and securely exchange ideas, expertise, brainstorms, and alternative views across organizational boundaries, in which they regularly create virtual teams to tackle tough analytic problems, in which analysis drives collection based on IC knowledge gaps, and in which the Community builds information sharing capabilities around successful innovations. The DDNI for Analysis did imagine, and has made important strides toward an environment enabling and rewarding analysts for finding, accessing, and sharing information and analytic judgments.

3 Tuesday, August 22 Extending the National Intelligence Enterprise Page 3 of 5 8:30 9:30 a.m. Information Sharing: Daring to Meet the New Challenge Ambassador Thomas McNamara, Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment Ambassador McNamara will address progress in efforts to establish the Information Sharing Environment which will enhance our Nation's information sharing capabilities across all levels of government in the fight against acts of terrorism. He will discuss the challenges of implementing information sharing policies and standards essential in securing timely and actionable information to meet the counterterrorism needs of federal, state, local, and tribal governments, and the private sector. 10:00 11:30 a.m. Fighting Terrorism The Local Perspective Moderator: Sue Reingold, Deputy Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment Panel members: Thomas Frazier, Executive Director, Major Cities Police Chiefs Association; James McMahon, Director, New York State Office of Homeland Security; Colonel Kenneth Bouche, Chairman of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative and Illinois State Police; Cathy Lanier, Commander, Office of Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Metropolitan Police Department District of Columbia Effective counterterrorism efforts require that Federal, State, local, tribal governments and private sector entities effectively share information and intelligence. To date, much of the information sharing debate has focused on how best to provide state, local and tribal law enforcement authorities the information they need to support investigations into individuals and groups involved in supporting, planning and preparing to carry out attacks against the homeland. There is growing recognition that from a state, local and tribal perspective, the sharing of terrorism information must be viewed within the broader context of how these state, local and tribal governments work each day to protect local communities from all crimes and disorder and at the same time enhance their capability to deal with all types of public safety and public health emergencies and catastrophic events. This panel of state and local government officials will describe how terrorism information and intelligence is used to support a variety multi-disciplinary prevention, response and recovery efforts and how these efforts are integrated into the day-to-day business of providing emergency and non-emergency service to the public.

4 Wednesday, August 23 Outside the Box Page 4 of 5 8:30 9:30 a.m. Communication is Key: Planning for a Potential Pandemic RADM Arthur Lawrence, Deputy US Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human Services RADM Lawrence will speak on the innovative partnerships and supporting tools recently fielded in support of the international avian flu community. 10:00 11:30 a.m. Information Sharing Among Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States Moderator: Crystal Mastin, IC Technology Governance, DNI/CIO Panel members: Ian Romanis, United Kingdom, Acting Defense Intelligence Staff, Director, Intelligence Business & Customer Requirements; Peter P. Docwra, Australia, A/Assistant Secretary Analytical Services, Defense Intelligence Organization; John F. Cruse, Canada OMM, CD (Lieutenant-Colonel CF Retired), Chief Information Officer and Director of Intelligence Information Management, Chief of Defense Intelligence; Mark F. Greer, United States, Defense Intelligence Agency, Vice Deputy Director for Information Management and Chief Information Officer Panel members will discuss their multinational information sharing needs in support of coalition activities, and their partnerships to achieve those goals. 11:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Working Through Ambiguity Lieutenant-General Eric Rick Findley, CMM, MSC, CD, Canadian Forces; Deputy Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command Lieutenant-General Findley will discuss NORAD operations post-9/11, the transformation of NORAD, and its development of multi-dimensional situational awareness to provide a common operating picture.

5 Thursday, August 24 From Vision to Reality Page 5 of 5 8:30 9:30 a.m. Technologies On The Horizon Dr. Eric Haseltine, Associate Director of National Intelligence for Science and Technology Dr. Haseltine will discuss new technologies being examined by the ADNI/S&T. He will discuss how they might help in meeting the information sharing goals being discussed in this conference and opportunities that exist beyond those goals. 10:00 11:30 a.m. Community Implications: Views from the CIOs Moderator: Michele Weslander, Principal Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Chief Information Officer Panel Members: Al Tarasiuk, Chief Information Officer, Central Intelligence Agency; Zal Azmi, Chief Information Officer, Federal Bureau of Investigations; James Van Derhoff, Chief Information Officer, Department of State; Karen Valenta, Deputy Chief Information Officer, National Counterterrorism Center Panel members will address the implications of the CIO's efforts to increase sharing information across security domains and with non-traditional customers. They will discuss how their efforts support culture and process change, and the related problems that need to be overcome from their perspectives. 11:30 11:40 a.m. Closing Remarks Richard Russell, Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence for Information Sharing and Customer Outreach, DNI/CIO # # #