Changing our world - for good or ill?

In the last few years, the field of transformative technologies has expanded at a dizzying rate. While scientific advances can offer untold benefits to humanity, they also pose a myriad of thorny questions about equality, ethics, security – and our very existence. This course examines the latest developments in transformative technologies, including but not limited to Artificial Intelligence (AI), autonomous weapons, Big Data, and virtual reality. It examines the short and long-term ramifications of these technologies in today’s interconnected world.

Speakers

• 09:00-09:30: Introduction and Overview: Transformative Technologies and the Future of Global Security
  • Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan
•  09:30-10:00: Keynote address: Cybersecurity: Information Technology and Subversion
  • Dr Lennart Maschmeyer
• 10:30-11:00: Big Data
  • Dr Mark Madsen
• 11:00-11:30: Synthetic Biology
  • Dr Markus Schmidt
• 14:00-14:30: Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • Professor Marc Pollefeys
•  14:30:15:00: Autonomous Weapons
  • Dr Neil Renic
• 15:00-15:30: Hypersonic Missiles
  • Captain James E. Fanell

This course is designed for officials from governments and international organisations, as well as members of the security and defence policy planning and the intelligence communities. This course is also relevant to representatives from the private sector and nongovernmental organisations, journalists, and anyone with a professional interest in understanding future international security challenges.

The GCSP reserves the right to modify the programme dates, location and fee at any time.