ADVANCED INTELLIGENCE TRADECRAFT INTENSIVE
SYDNEY | 21–25 SEPTEMBER 2026
Five days with Dr Donald Pruefer — Georgetown PhD, career intelligence professional, formerly a trainer for U.S. Homeland Security. Pressure-tested, scenario-driven analytic training of a calibre rarely accessible outside closed intelligence environments.
Download the program here
Only 30 places. Early bird pricing closes 30 June.
What You'll Leave With
By the end of five days, you'll be able to:
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Apply structured analytic techniques — ACH, key assumptions checks, indicators frameworks — under realistic time pressure
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Identify the cognitive biases shaping your own and your team's products, and counter them
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Build an assessment that holds up under hostile challenge from a senior decision-maker
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Communicate uncertainty and confidence in language that supports good decisions, not hedged ones
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Recognise when group dynamics or political pressure are distorting analysis in real time
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Stress-test an assessment before it leaves the desk
You'll also leave with a Certificate of Completion and a $500 credit toward any Intelligence Rising online course.
Group Booking
Bringing a Team? We'll Build the Course Around Your Priorities.
For groups of five or more from the same organisation, we tailor elements of the capstone scenario to your team's current operating environment — so the analytic problem they work through in the room directly maps to the work they'll be doing when they return.
This is the closest thing to a bespoke in-house program your team can get without commissioning one.
Group discount of $500 per person also applies for any booking of three or more.
Facilitator
Dr Donald Pruefer
Dr Donald Pruefer is a career intelligence professional with a Doctorate from Georgetown University. With extensive experience supporting law enforcement and security decision-makers, as well as delivering analytic training and tradecraft mentoring, he brings deep expertise in intelligence practice, best-practice methodologies, and the challenges of producing timely, actionable analysis in complex threat environments.
Testimonials
Praise for previous Intelligence Rising courses. See more clients we have worked with here.
Private Sector, Asia
This course was very useful and provides comprehensive systematic training for intelligence officers. It does help me to get a better and deeper understanding in how intelligence is produced and how it should be managed
Australian Federal Agency
If you have team members with excellent subject matter knowledge and analytical skills, and you need a catalyst to start turning them into an intel officer - get them to do this course.
NT State Government Agency
I am recommending this course to my senior managers in order for them to get an insight of the types of considerations needed in leading and managing an effective intelligence capability
Ticket Information
Inclusions
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Five days of intensive tradecraft training led by Dr Donald Pruefer
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A live capstone exercise culminating in a decision-maker briefing
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Certificate of Completion
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$500 credit toward any Intelligence Rising online course
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Welcome reception on the first night at one of Sydney's most spectacular venues
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Full catering throughout (morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, refreshments)
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Discounted accommodation rates at the venue
Costs
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$6500 per person until June 30th 2026 (early bird)
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$7000 per person thereafter
Discounts available
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A $500 per person discount is available for bookings of three or more people. Please email contact@intelligencerising.com for code or invoice
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Five or more attendees from the same organisation will result in aspects of the evolving exercise tailored to that organisation's interests.
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AIPIO members are entitled to a $1000 discount per ticket. Please email contact@intelligencerising.com for code or invoice
FAQs
Q: Can my organisation be invoiced directly?
A: Yes. We invoice directly for individual and group bookings — contact us at contact@intelligencerising.com to arrange.
Q: I want to attend but need to make the case to my manager — can you help?
A: Yes. Contact us for help with a tailored briefing or proposal.
Q: I'm not sure if this is the right level for me. Can I talk to someone first?
A: Absolutely. Email contact@intelligencerising.com or request a callback.
Q: Is accommodation included?
A: Not included, but discounted rates at the venue (Rydges World Square) are available to participants.
Q: What happens after the course?
A: You'll receive a Certificate of Completion plus a $500 credit toward our online courses to keep building on what you learned.
