Representative of BGF and AIWS.net in Riga, Professor Zaneta Ozolina, Chairwoman of LATO and the Riga Conference 2021, has organized the conference for 2021. The book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment was discussed at a special session of the Conference. AIWS.net is also glad to introduce the session “Is Data the New Frontier of Power?” of the conference.
Decades have passed since one can consider issues of security at a regional or global level as straight forward melee combat. The number of battle-fronts a country must consider keeps increasing on a regular basis. The most recent tool to be used and targeted is the digital footprint left by any transaction, message or activity in our digital age: data. Unidentifiable resources are invested into gathering as much data as possible to be used for a variety of questionable purposes. How should we reconcile the opportunities and the vulnerabilities that stem with holistic digitalisation? How far should we go to govern the internet, the hardware and the software that enables an unparalleled level of innovation but also the threat of the rise of surveillance capitalism and openings for other national security threats?
Aura Salla, Public Policy Director, Head of EU Affairs at Facebook
Andrejs Vasiljevs, Cofounder and Chairman of the Board of Tilde, Board Member of the Big Data Value Association
Līga Raita Rozentāle, Senior Director of European Cybersecurity Policy, Microsoft
Michael Bociurkiw, Global Affairs Analyst
Josef Schroefl, Deputy Director of the COI Strategy and Defense, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Online)
Moderator: Jānis Sārts, Director, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
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