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DESC Speaker Series

Digital Economy and Security Collaborative (DESC) Speaker Series

In the academic year 2021-2022, the DESC’s speaker series brought in leading thinkers from a range of disciplines to share their ideas and engage with the DESC community. The series covered social media, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, technology standards, supply chains, and transnational repression.

 

Fall 2021 Schedule

 

Cybersecurity

September 23
with Jon Lindsay, Georgia Institute of Technology
and Jackie Schneider, Hoover Institute at Stanford University

Watch recording here.

Social Media

October 14
with Sarah Kreps, Cornell University

Watch recording here.

AI & Digital Security

October 28
with Michael Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania
and Elsa Kania, Center for a New American Security

Watch recording here.

Transnational Repression

November 11
with Anita Gohdes, Hertie School
and Ronald Deibert, University of Toronto
 
Watch recording here.

Spring 2022 Schedule

Digital Sovereignty

January 27
with Thorsten Thiel, Weizenbaum Institute
and Rebecca Adler-Nissen, University of Copenhagen
Watch recording here.

Digital Standards

February 17
with Laura DeNardis, American University
and Michael Murphree, University of South Carolina

Watch recording here.

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