United Against Extremism:
How the UN and Tech Companies are Confronting Online Hate
Tue, 7 March 2017
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
The
Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University, in partnership with the
United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED), the
ICT4Peace Foundation, the
SecDev Foundation and the
Canadian International Council, is holding a
public discussion on extremism and the internet.
The Montreal event is part of a wider project by UNCTED and the ICT4Peace Foundation tilted “Private sector engagement in responding to the exploitation of the internet and ICT for terrorist purposes”. Since April 2016 they have brought together representatives from governments, tech and social media companies, civil society organizations, human rights groups, think tanks and academic institutions to discuss how to best counter the exploitation of internet and communication technologies by terrorist organisations.
Former Swiss Diplomat and president of ICT4Peace Foundation
Daniel Stauffacher and
Rafal Rohozhinksi, CEO of SecDev will discuss their work and ideas on how we can harness technology to protect human rights and disrupt extremism online.
The event will conclude with a cocktail reception.
Maison du développement durable
50 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
Montréal, QC H2X 3V4
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Speaker bio - (other speakers to be confirmed in due time)
Daniel Stauffacher is a former Ambassador of Switzerland and a founder and President of the ICT4Peace Foundation which since 2003 explores, champions the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for peace-building, crisis management, and humanitarian aid, and supports diplomatic processes for a peaceful and open cyberspace. He has a Master’s degree from Columbia University, New York and a Ph.D. in media and copyright law from the University of Zürich. After managing a Swiss publishing company, he joined the UN in 1982 and worked in New York, Laos and China. Since 2006 he has been an Advisor to the UN, Swiss and other Governments on International Cyber Security Policy, Diplomacy and Capacity Building and since 2014 he is an Affiliate of Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center on Internet and Society.
Rafal Rohozinski is the CEO of SecDev where he develops systems and tools for managing risk in the information age. The SecDev Group of companies applies big data analytics to solving small world problems. They invent, develop and operate global sensor systems and analytical platforms that cover the full spectrum of the cyber domain. Rafal established SecDev following a 17 year career working in an operational capacity in 37 countries, including conflict zones in the CIS, the Middle East, and Africa. He is an active scholar and the co-founder of the Information Warfare Monitor (IWM) and the OpenNet Initiative (ONI). Previously, he directed the Advanced Network Research Group, Cambridge Security Programme, University of Cambridge and he regularly lectures at US and European Universities and has conducted special seminars for institutions including the Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College, Joint Special Operations University, and Canadian Forces College.
