{"id":3345,"date":"2018-05-04T10:03:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T09:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2018-05-30T10:28:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:28:19","slug":"brief-report-on-the-bsis-annual-international-conference-digital-disruptions-how-technology-changes-our-reality-april-5-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/2018\/05\/04\/brief-report-on-the-bsis-annual-international-conference-digital-disruptions-how-technology-changes-our-reality-april-5-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on the BSIS Annual International Conference: Digital Disruptions: How Technology Changes Our Reality \u2013 April 5, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3347\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_9702@.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3347\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_9702@-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_9702@-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_9702@-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_9702@-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opening of the BSIS Annual International Conference 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On April 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018, the University of Kent\u2019s Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS) opened its doors to host its annual International Conference. This year\u2019s student-run conference was titled <em>Digital Disruptions: How Technology Changes Our Reality<\/em>, inquiring the influence technology bears on our society. Reflecting BSIS\u2019s interdisciplinary spirit, we chose three very different examples for our discussions: cyber radicalization, online platforms, and blockchain technology. The day was kicked off by an Opening Keynote on public policy and digital innovation and ended by a Concluding Discussion to reflect on the day\u2019s overarching themes.<\/p>\n<p>14 speakers from Brussels and beyond were invited, representing academia, think-tanks, civil society, the EU, the UN, and social enterprises. The event attracted about 170 attendees also from a wide range of backgrounds including the European Parliament, regional representations, think-tanks, and various academic institutions across Europe. Throughout the conference, attendees and panelists continued lively discussions during the networking breaks and closing reception.<\/p>\n<p>The conference\u2019s topic was not only very well received by the participants and attendees, but also online. The BSIS student-run podcast \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondbrusselspod.com\/\">Beyond Brussels<\/a>\u2019 posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/campusonline\/?view=13464\">recordings of the sessions<\/a>, which were listened to by 150 people within 24 hours. More highlights of the conference, as well as pictures, can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bsisconference\/\">facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BSISConf2018?src=hash\">twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to welcoming everyone back in 2019!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hyperlinks:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.beyondbrusselspod.com\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/campusonline\/?view=13464\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/campusonline\/?view=13464<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bsisconference\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BSISConf2018?src=hash\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BSISConf2018?src=hash<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3350\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_0933@.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3350\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_0933@-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Student team organisers of the BSIS Annual International Conference 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 5th, 2018, the University of Kent\u2019s Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS) opened its doors to host its annual International Conference. This year\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/2018\/05\/04\/brief-report-on-the-bsis-annual-international-conference-digital-disruptions-how-technology-changes-our-reality-april-5-2018\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51111,"featured_media":3417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6598,23266,124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3345"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3416,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345\/revisions\/3416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}