This hybrid conference \u201cBattlefields\u00a0of the Future\u201d\u00a0takes place\u00a0at the University of Kent\u00a0on the\u00a06th\u00a0of November, organised by students from the Canterbury and Brussels campuses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aiming to enhance students\u2019 knowledge and ability to reflect on current debates around international security, conflicts of the future, and possible conflict solving mechanisms.<\/p>\n
Conference Organisers, L<\/span>ucas Steinbach,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Vanda Proskova,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Irtifa Zaman,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Victor Timinello<\/span> want to take the opportunity ‘to bring academic in-person events back to life to connect the students with academics and professionals from multiple fields, and further launch fruitful and inspiring conversations and partnerships.’<\/p>\n ‘We would like to give both the experts and students from our campuses and beyond<\/b>\u00a0the chance to present their research and experience in different thematic panels, where they can have lively debates. Furthermore, we want to use this opportunity to build\u00a0stronger ties<\/span>\u00a0between the UK and the Brussels campuses and foster cooperation between the communities in both cities.\u00a0<\/span>Students from both campuses will join the conference to bring their expertise into the discussions.’\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Discussing<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>the thematic areas of\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Cyber space at 9am till 11am, with<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Professor Shujun Li\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/i>Director of the\u00a0Institute of Cyber Security for Society, and special interest in\u00a0<\/span>interdisciplinary\u00a0research<\/span>\u00a0covering cyber security and privacy, human factors, digital forensics and cybercrime,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>social media analytics,<\/span><\/p>\n Dr Gareth Mott<\/a><\/span><\/i>, operational leader at the Institute of Cyber Security for Society, and researcher in the areas of critical terrorism studies, with a focus on peer-to-peer technologies, and\u00a0<\/span>governance architectures of 21st century communicative technologies,<\/span><\/p>\n Arthur Duforest<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Member of the\u00a0<\/span>Peace and Security\u00a0Division\u00a0<\/span>with the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and special interest in\u00a0<\/span>emerging technologies, disruptive technologies, cybersecurity, existential risk, big data, and automation.<\/p>\n Then geopolitics and sustainability at 1pm till 3pm, with<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Dr. Yaniv Voller<\/a><\/span><\/i>, lecturer at the University of Kent, has a more than 20 years of expertise in the area of geopolitics in the SWANA region, foreign policies of Middle Eastern politics, separatism, and liberation movements, as well as civil uprisings,<\/span><\/p>\n Alyn Ware<\/a><\/span><\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>Coordinator of\u00a0<\/span>Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation, and Disarmament<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>and campaigner in the areas of peace, non-violence, nuclear abolition, international law, human rights (including gender and children\u2019s rights) and the environment,<\/span><\/p>\n Dr.\u00a0Kuzi Zigomo<\/a><\/span><\/i>, lecturer at the University of Kent, and research specialist with a focus on the construct of leadership with a regional expertise in Sub-Sahara African countries, and special interests in migration, religion, citizenship, gender, and peacebuilding.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Followed by an online and<\/em> in person socialising and networking event with an opportunity to further discuss the topics and get to know fellow students and researchers.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Registration is required so <\/b>please follow the event webpages on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>LinkedIn<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you on November 6.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Conference Organizers<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Lucas Steinbach,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Vanda Proskova,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Irtifa Zaman,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Victor Timinello<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This hybrid conference \u201cBattlefields\u00a0of the Future\u201d\u00a0takes place\u00a0at the University of Kent\u00a0on the\u00a06th\u00a0of November, organised by students from the Canterbury and Brussels campuses.\u00a0 Aiming to enhance … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66395,"featured_media":4052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4042"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4069,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4042\/revisions\/4069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}