The NATO Research and Technology Organization (RTO) sponsored a workshop for national security executives, scientists, engineers and technologists from 13 countries to develop a list of high impact research and technology areas to combat terrorism and to facilitate multi-national exchange of ideas for combating terrorism.  The participants were broken down into four groups based on topics:  Indications and Warnings, Survivability and Denial, Consequence Management and Recovery, Attribution and Counter Actions.

Using GroupSystems, four workgroups brainstormed ideas, discussed strategies, and prioritized their recommendations using a variety of collaborative technologies and techniques.

They used GroupSystems to list ideas, expand and discuss these ideas, evaluated the impact of the projects, and prioritize R&D projects. After completing these general “brainstorm-organize-prioritize process” sessions, they then presented their recommendations in a plenary session during the final day of the workshop.

On the day after the workshop, the RTO cadre and the facilitators worked in an electronic meeting environment to integrate the various briefings, lists, charts, notes, and recommendations into a consolidated report.