The annual student-organised BSIS International Conference that took place on 5 April can now be downloaded as a podcast or listened to online via the recently launched Beyond Brussels podcast.
The conference examined how technological changes are affecting our sense of reality, in areas such as politics, humanitarian aid and social hierarchies.
Three of the five discussions from the day can now be downloaded via iTunes or Spotify or accessed directly from the Beyond Brussels website. They are:
- Cyber Radicalisation: The Effects of Modern Technology on Political Extremism Panel
Moderator: Dr. Yvan Guichaoua
Panelists: Adeline Hulin – UNESCO, David Ibsen – Counter Extremism Project, and Tommaso Virgili – European Foundation for Democracy
- Online Platforms: Power Hierarchies in a Digital Society
Interview with panellists Maryant Fernandez Perez – European Digital Rights and Gerald Hensel – Fearless Democracy
- Instrumentalising Blockchain: Humanitarian Aid and Technology Regulations
Moderator: Juan David Mendieta – Keyrock
Panelists: Niall Dennehy – AID:Tech, Ben Joakim – Disberse
Beyond Brussels is run by a group of BSIS students, led by Executive Editor and Host Allie Elwell and Senior Editor and Host Marissa Diaz. The other students involved in the podcast are: Niki Papadogiannakis, Nadira Nasibli, Katrina Coles, Lois McLatchie, Hattie Schofield, Nadja Sorelvmo and Zoheb Masher.
With special thanks to the BSIS International Conference organising team lead by Francesca Grandolfo and Fernando Lozano Vazquez.