Geneva Security Forum:-
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FORUM LAYOUT:
The Geneva Security Forum is the place for business and policy-makers to learn about
and prepare for the security threats we will face in 3-5 years, to evaluate key
issues, share expertise and drive knowledge on best responses.
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Wednesday – June 20th
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8:00 – 9:00 |
Registration of Participants
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9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcoming remarks and setting the stage
- Houlin Zhao, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU, Geneva
- Daniel Stauffacher, Chief Executive Officer, Geneva Security Forum
and Former Ambassador of Switzerland
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9:15 – 10:30 |
The interconnectedness of today´s security threats: can we rise to the challenge?
In our rapidly changing and increasingly interdependent world the security threats we face are multiplied. As recently experienced in Estonia, cyber-attacks on national infrastructure threaten the stability of our nations, institutions and citizens. How can we best respond? What other new threats do we face? A discussion of the interconnectedness of security issues and the importance of taking a comprehensive approach to managing risk and security with a particular focus on the role of IT in developing a coherent response.
- Alyson J. K. Bailes, Director, Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute, Sweden
- Timothy D. Bloechl, Executive Director, Worldwide Public Safety
and National Security, Microsoft; former Director, International Information Assurance,
US DoD
- Brian Michael Jenkins, Senior Advisor, Rand Corporation, USA
- Mike Ryan, Director, Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Alert
and Response (EPR), WHO, Geneva
Chaired by:
Maria Livanos Cattaui, Member of the Board of Directors, Petroplus,
Switzerland; Vice-Chairman, International Crisis Group and Chairman of the Strategic
Advisory Board, Geneva Security Forum
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Contact Break
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11:00 – 12:15 |
Cyber security and cryptology update
What’s on the horizon? What will the development of new technologies mean for security
risks? Are we becoming increasingly vulnerable? What will be the impact, in terms
of increased risk, of new technological developments?
- Antonio Acin, Assistant Professor, The Institute of Photonic Sciences,
Spain
- Patrick Amon, EPFL, Switzerland
- Victor Canivell, CEO, WISEKEY ELA, Spain
- Nicolas Gisin, Professor and Leader, Group of Applied Physics,
University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Grégoire Ribordy, co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, id Quantique,
Switzerland
Chaired by:
Bruno Giussani, European Director, TED and Co-founder, Tinex, Switzerland
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A Geopolitical Approach to Global Security
A session in cooperation with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).
- Alyson J. K. Bailes, Director, Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute, Sweden
- George Joffé, Independent Consultant and former Deputy Director
of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London
- Peter Purdue, Dean, Graduate School of Operational and Information
Sciences, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA
- Sundeep Waslekar, President, Strategic Foresight Group, India
Chaired by:
Peter Foot, Head of Training and Education, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland
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12:15 – 13:30 |
Lunch
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13:30 - 14:45 |
Crisis management and post-conflict reconstruction and investment: the challenges and opportunities
What are the challenges that organizations face in the most remote and inaccessible
parts of the world? How can the use of IT and telecommunications be optimized particularly
in terms of security management? What needs to be
done to build a peace that lasts?
How can investors contribute to this process? What opportunities are there?
- Alain Deletroz, Vice President (Europe), International Crisis Group, Brussels
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Keith Krause, Executive Director, Small Arms Survey, HEI, Geneva
- Lucy P. Marcus, CEO, Marcus Venture Consulting,
UK
- Thomas Tighe CEO, Direct Relief International
- Scott Weber, Director General, Interpeace - International Peacebuilding Alliance Geneva
- Randall Zindler, Chief Executive Officer, Medair Switzerland
Chaired by:
Maria Livanos Cattaui,
Member of the Board of Directors,
Petroplus
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Switzerland Vice-Chairman, International Crisis Group and Chairman
of the Strategic Advisory Board, Geneva
Security Forum
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14:45 – 16:00 |
Trust and Security
A look at ICANN TLD domain names, geopolitical differences in approaches to trust
issues, PKI, Digital IDs and Quantum Cryptography.
- Eva Frölich, Interim Chair & President of the Public
Interest Registry, PIR, Sweden
- Patrick Gannon, President & CEO, OASIS
- Ram Moham, Vice President of Business Operations, Afilias &
Member of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
- Carlos Moreira, Co-Founder, Chairman/President, WISeKey SA
- Marcel Schneider, SWITCH, Switzerland
- Gerold H. Werner, Max-Consult AG, Switzerland
Chaired by:
Nitin Desai, Former UN Under Secretary General for Social and Economic
Affairs and Chairman of the Internet Governance Group
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16:00 – 16:30 |
Contact Break
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16:30 – 17:00 |
Internet Surveillance for Criminal Intelligence
- Christian Buchs, Professor, Département des Technologies de l'Information
et de la Communication, HEIG-VD, Switzerland
- Olivier Ribaux, Forensic Science Institute, University of Lausanne,
Switzerland
Chaired by:
David Morrison, Director of Communications, UNDP, New York, USA
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17:00 - 17:45
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International Organized Online Crime: from hobbyists to professionals - the morphing enemy
How does the underground economy work? Why have we been unable to counteract this
effectively? Are we fighting a losing battle?
Chaired by:
Bruno Giussani, European Director, TED and
Co-founder, Tinex, Switzerland
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17:45 |
Champagne Reception hosted by Securitas
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Time |
Thursday – June 21st
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9:00 – 10:15 |
Human Security, Organized Crime and Conflict
How can corporations, governments and organizations confront the rising
collaboration between organized crime and terrorists in conflict zones? What is
the experience of corporations and relief organizations in the field? What measures can be taken
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ensure the security of their employees? What does this trend mean for global security
more generally? What kind of alert system would be more effective to warn of pending
humanitarian crises and conflicts?
- Anne Aldis, Head, Conflict Studies Research Centre, Defence Academy,
UK
- Blaise Bonvin, TC Team Consult, Switzerland
- Ulrich Schneckener, Head, Global Issues Group, German Institute
for International and Security Affairs, Germany
- Stefan Wolff, Professor of Political Science School of Politics
and International Relations University of Nottingham, UK
Chaired by:
Philippe Mottaz, Director, World Radio Geneva, Switzerland
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10:15 - 10:45 |
Contact Break
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10:45 - 12:00
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Securing corporate buildings through the use of biometrics and avant-garde access
control mechanisms
Find out the latest in biometrics and how Banque Pictet & Cie implemented a
cardless, keyless, pinless security system. Eliminating the risk of tokens and keys
being lost, stolen or misused, Pictet & Cie uses only biometric verification
to allow secure access for its 1500 employees.
- Jürgen Junghanns, Product Manager Biometrics and Recognition, Interflex
Datensysteme GmbH, Germany
- Philippe Niederhauser, Sales Director, Fastcom Technology SA, Switzerland
- Kelly Richdale, International Sales & Managing Director International
Operations of Bioscrypt, Switzerland
- Jean-Pierre Therre, CSO, Banque Pictet & CIE, Switzerland
Chaired by:
Daniel Stauffacher, CEO, Geneva Security Forum & Former Ambassador
of Switzerland
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12:00 - 13:15 |
Controlling risk: staying one step ahead of the hackers and cyber-terrorists?
What new cyber threats are we facing? Which sectors are at highest risk? In an age of phishing, phreaking and pharming, trust and security are of
critical importance
for the customer, passenger, consumer and provider. How can businesses secure their activities, their consumers, the transactions of their customers, and
their data both from inside and outside? What role for standards?
- Ian Anthony, Research Coordinator & Leader, Project on Nonproliferation
and Export Control, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden
- Cedric Renouard, Cofounder-Director, ilion Security S.A., Network
Audit by Ethical Hacking, Switzerland
- Francois Stieger, President and Founder, Securitytech SA, Switzerland
- Frantisek Vrabel, Chairman, Founder and CEO, I2s, Czech Republic
Chaired by:
Bruno Giussani, European Director, TED and Co-founder, Tinex, Switzerland
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13:15 - 14:15 |
Lunch
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14:15 - 15:15 |
Technology and government: e-Voting, transparency and security, an impossible
union?
Much of the criticism currently directed at electronic voting is targeted at its
alleged lack of transparency, accountability and security. It is difficult to get
a real assessment of the situation within this ideological debate. Looking at the
experience over the last three years with the Geneva internet voting project, selected as a Good Practice by the European Union
within the framework of the eEurope 2010 initiative, this panel will debate the ways to achieve transparency and accountability
in the context of electronic voting. A “live” hacking attempt will also be performed,
to illustrate the vulnerability of online transactions and the counter-measures
that have been implemented in Geneva to ensure the security and privacy of e-Voting.
Introduced by:
- M. Robert Hensler, Chancellier d'Etat de la République et Canton de Genève
Discussion leaders:
- Michel Warynski, Technical Head of Geneva eVoting Project, Chancellerie d'Etat, Geneva
- Arnold Christe, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Executive
Board, Trüb AG, Switzerland
- Victor-Emmanuel de Sa, co-Founder of Geneva Solutions, Geneva
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15:15 - 15:45 |
The right to privacy, the right to fight terrorism but what about the right
to secure healthcare and banking?
A look at how we are damaging our economy in the name of security. Civil liberties
vs. big brother?
Chaired by:
Ed Girardet, Author & Journalist, Switzerland
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15:45 - 16-15 |
Contact Break
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16:15 - 17:30 |
Laying the groundwork for security: Arab Islamic renaissance
How can relations be improved and transformed from hostility and threat to opportunity?
How can a new platform be built using the knowledge economy to foster partnership between
Europe, Asia and the Middle East? A look at furthering capacity building, open trade,
entrepreneurship as the building blocks for a lasting security.
- Jihad el-Khazen, Columnist and former Editor-in-Chief, Al Hayat,
London, UK
- Frank-Jürgen Richter, President, HORASIS, Switzerland
- Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman, Gulf Research Centre, Dubai, UAE
- Pär Stenbäck, Chairman of the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation
and Executive Board Member of the International Crisis Group (ICG)
- Sundeep Waslekar, President, Strategic Foresight Group, India
Chaired by:
Maria Livanos Cattaui, Member of the Board of Directors, Petroplus,
Switzerland; Vice-Chairman, International Crisis Group and Chairman of the Strategic
Advisory Board, Geneva Security Forum
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17:30 - 18:15
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Cracking the Cipher Challenge
In “The Code Book”, a history of cryptography, the author Simon Singh included ten
encrypted messages with a prize of $20,000 for the first person or team to decipher
all of them. Thousands of amateur and professional code breakers took up the Cipher
Challenge, but it took over a year before the messages were cracked. How did he
construct the Cipher Challenge? How did the winners eventually crack it? An introduction
to the history of cryptography and demonstration of why encryption is more important
than ever before especially with regards to Internet security.
Chaired by:
Bruno Giussani, European Director, TED and Co-founder, Tinex, Switzerland
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18:15 |
Closing Cocktail Sponsored by Euler Hermes
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