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The Global TechnoPolitics Forum in collaboration with the International Forum on Digital and Democracy and its partners __ Associazione Copernicani, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Re-Imagine Europa, and SoBigData++__ focused on the relationship between technology, democracy, and freedom of expression.

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The Global TechnoPolitics Forum’s Presentation:
The Geopolitics of Technology

Keynote Speaker:

Pari Esfandiari is president and co-founder at the Global TechnoPolitics Forum. She was a member of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) – EURALO at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). She serves at the APCO Worldwide’s International Advisory Council and is a member of the Action Council at the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center. Previously, she was a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Esfandiari is a serial entrepreneur, internet pioneer, and sustainable development executive.

Moderator:

Gregory Treverton is Chairman and co-founder at the Global TechnoPolitics Forum. He served as the chairman of the U.S. National Intelligence Council from 2014-2017. He is a senior adviser with the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He has taught public policy and foreign policy at Harvard, Columbia, the RAND Graduate School, and, most recently, at the University of Southern California.

Panelists:

David A. Bray is a Distinguished Fellow with the Stimson Center. He is Principal at LeadDoAdapt Ventures and has served in a variety of leadership roles in turbulent environments, including bioterrorism preparedness and response from 2000-2005, Executive Director for a bipartisan National Commission on R&D, work with the U.S. Navy and Marines on improving organizational adaptability, and with U.S. Special Operation Command’s J5 Directorate on the challenges of countering disinformation online. He has received both the Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award and the National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal. David accepted a leadership role in December 2019 to direct the successful bipartisan Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data. From 2017 to the start of 2020, David also served as Executive Director for the People-Centered Internet coalition Chaired by Internet co-originator Vint Cerf.

Geoffrey Goodell is an American portfolio manager with roughly a decade of experience in the financial industry, having served most recently as Partner and Chief Investment Officer of a boutique asset management firm based n Boston, where he led the design, implementation, and management of investment strategies in systematic macro trading and statistical arbitrage. Previously, he was an associate in the corporate credit and structured products groups at Goldman Sachs in New York.
He is a CFA charter holder and has a Ph.D. in computer science from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree in mathematics from MIT.

Sean Kanuck is an international attorney and professional intelligence analyst who advises governments, corporations, and entrepreneurs on the future of information technology. Sean is the Founder and CEO of EXEDEC International where he leads the firm’s strategic consulting practice. He is also an Affiliate of Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). Sean served as the first U.S. National Intelligence Officer for Cyber Issues from 2011 to 2016 after a decade of experience in the CIA’s Information Operations Center. He was a contributing author for the 2009 White House Cyberspace Policy Review, an Intelligence Fellow with the Directorates for Cybersecurity and Combating Terrorism at the National Security Council, and a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on international information security. Sean holds degrees from Harvard University (A.B., J.D.), the London School of Economics (M.Sc.), and the University of Oslo (LL.M.). He currently teaches graduate courses at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and George Mason University’s Law School.

Agenda:

Keynote – Pari Esafdniari: 10 minutes
Panel Discussion Moderator by Gregory Treverton: 30 minutes
Panelists: David Bray, Sean Kanhuk, Geoffrey Goodell
Q/A- Open floor: 10 Minutes

Background:

The International Forum on Digital and Democracy is a leading international event that brings together prominent thinkers from academia, policy, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders to discuss and debate some of the most pressing issues of our time. It aims to be a meeting place between politics and academics to promote international collaboration while exchanging information, ideas, and good practices.

Originated from the idea of the world-renowned economics professor and global leader in sustainable development, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, and former President of the European Commission, Professor Romano Prodi, the event has featured, among many others, contributions from European Commission’s Vice President Věra Jourová, and Professor Manuel Castells, leading scholar on globalization, network society, and internet studies.

As a follow-up to the debate of the first edition, the Forum will explore and develop the interplay between digital technologies and data, political participation, and governance, with two additional focuses: the implementation of eGovernance, and disinformation.