Date: March 23, 2006
Location: Washington, D.C.

With the majority of all UN peacekeeping missions occurring since 1989 and continuing large scale coalition operations in the Balkans, West Africa, the Indonesian archipelago, Afghanistan and Iraq, the trend lines for stability operations and reconstruction are clear. Sustaining the personnel and equipment required for these missions demands innovative approaches and fresh perspectives. This one-day symposium will discuss the resourcing issues associated with ongoing and future stabilization and reconstruction efforts, facilitating a dialogue beyond the Department of Defense to other government agencies, corporations, thinks thanks and academia to better understand the realities of stability operations, seeking workable, long-term solutions.

Date: April 19-20, 2006
Location: Washington, D.C.

This conference will discuss the underlying strategy for stability operations and reconstruction as a foundation for other conferences and seminars associated with the Eisenhower National Security Series (ENSS) Stability Operations and Reconstruction Series. This event will focus on establishing an operational consensus simultaneously exploring the implications of this strategic rationale on interagency cooperation and coordination. A series of lead-in events will precede the main conference to develop an operational consensus to be discussed and analyzed at the main conference.

Date: May 2, 2006
Location: SAIC Mclean Conference Center, 1710 SAIC Drive, McLean, Va.

The Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS), the National War College (NWC) and the United States Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (USPKSOI) are co-sponsoring a conference to foster a comprehensive and coordinated, cross-sectoral approach to dealing with spoilers to viable peace. This one-day seminar will be the culmination of a series of roundtable discussions on various aspects of United States government management of spoilers in post-conflict environments. It will result in recommendations to support an interagency approach to identifying spoilers and incorporating spoiler management strategies and interventions into interagency planning for stabilization and reconstruction.

Date: May 10-11, 2006
Location: Washington, D.C.

Stability operations and reconstruction are among the most complicated missions that the international community engages in and require a deliberate approach to ensure strategic aims are achieved. Current and past stability operations indicate that strategic objectives are gauged in dollars spent and projects completed as opposed to the measuring the overall effectiveness of the mission. Recognizing that U.S. government agencies employ a variety of measurement mechanisms including numerical, analytical, statistical and qualitative approaches, this conference seeks to develop common approaches and methods to evaluate efforts to establish and sustain security, legitimate governance, rule of law and economic and social well being that corresponds to both near and long-term goals.

Date: May 17-18, 2006
Location: Washington, D.C.

A nation's physical infrastructure enables security, economic prosperity and social well being. Consequently, stability operations must account for the reconstruction of all these systems. Recent experience demonstrates that U.S. government agencies, non-governmental organizations and private contractors are essentially working toward the same goals. The need exists to coordinate the efforts of these organizations to bridge gaps in capabilities, capacities and resources. This workshop will examine the priorities, institutional mandates and personnel and technical competencies of the various organizations involved in stability operations with the goal of developing a framework to manage joint planning and reconstruction efforts, enabling unity of effort and synchronization among contributors.

Date: August 8-10, 2006
Location: Carlisle Barracks, Pa.

The second annual Integrated Education conference will bring together educators from across private and public organizations to integrate civilian and military education systems for stability operations and reconstruction.