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Symposium Learning from other domains

7-8 November 2012

2nd MilDec Symposium 7-8 November 2012

...how many opportunities do military commanders and their staff planners and intelligencers have to gain experience as successful deceivers of their enemies or detectors of enemy deception? The opportunities are usually most frequent at staff level, but even there the numbers are only moderately impressive. With such limited opportunities to learn by trialand-error, one should not be surprised that so few senior military commanders throughout history manage to become an expert at the deception game. More can be learned by studying better experienced deceivers. Cross-talk between experts from different fields can be a powerful prod to ones intuitive thinking, because another experts standard theories, models, templates or merely anecdotal examples may strike you as a startlingly fresh analogy, turning your frustrated problem-solving thoughts towards a new and hopefully more fruitful direction. Whaley, 2006

speakers from across a wide variety of different domains in which deception is practiced, including (subject to confirmation): magic, art, theatre, special effects, gambling, the psychic industry, and organised crime. Day 2 will then explore the lessons that can be learned from the study of deception from within and across these domains, and how the military might benefit. Day 2 will also provide some updates on some of the themes raised at the first MilDec symposium.

Venue Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham Register and pay online to receive a 10% discount Symposium Fees
UK Government/Academics and MOD Trading Funds (incl Dstl): 270 All other Delegates: 680 UK Core MOD/Military: 130 OF5 Officers/equivalent and above: No Charge Commercial Sponsorship opportunities are available please visit the website below For more information and to pre-register for this event please visit: www.symposiaatshrivenham.com/ mildec

Structure Day 1 will comprise a series of presentations

from practitioners and experts working across a range of non-military domains in which deception is practiced. Speakers will discuss the forms of deception that occur in their domain, the things that make such deception successful (or not), and the key learning points they would pass on from hard-won experience.

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Day 2 will be classified, and attendance will

be limited to participants holding appropriate clearances. It will consider what the military can learn about deception from the study of these non-military domains. The morning will comprise a series of presentations that seek to draw-out some of the key lessons that can be transferred across domains and exploited by the military; and will also present some updates on themes addressed at the first MilDec symposium. The afternoon will comprise a participative session that will further explore these issues to develop an outline action plan for enhancing military deception capability.

Contact Caroline Dawson on: T: +44(0) 1793 785268 E: caroline@symposiaatshrivenham.com

Introduction
Following the highly successful inaugural MilDec Military Deception Symposium held at the end of 2011, a second symposium is to be held at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom on the 7th and 8th of November 2012. This two day event, entitled MilDec: Learning from other domains aims to explore what the military can learn from experienced deceivers who ply their craft in non-military domains. The event will bring together

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References: Whaley, B. (2006). Interdisciplinary Musings on the History of Counterdeception Defense Intelligence Journal, 15(2), 31-50.
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