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"We wanted flying cars instead we got 140 characters"

05 November 2020, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm

cyber security

Peter Thiel: Exploring the Real Face of the Future of Conflict

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Abi Turner

The words the future of conflict triggers shiny images of technology overtaking the battlefield and an extreme revolution in military affairs.  But how real is the hype about the disruption to defence and what will this mean for the soldier on the ground? In this panel we bring together three experts to consider the real face of the future of conflict.  Flt. Lt. Dr James Kuht, RAF Doctor and Founder of the Reimagining Defence podcast, Lt. Col Al Brown, Chief of the Staff General Scholar and Visiting Fellow at Pembroke College, Oxford  and Graham Fairclough, former Chief of Staff for the UK's Chief of Defence Intelligence in London and currently Chief of Staff for Rebellion Defence to share their experiences  and vision for harnessing the  exponential growth in technologies for defence, its potential uses and misuses, and the implications for the battlefield.

Speakers

 
Lt Col. Alan Brown 
Alan is part of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) at the United Nations (UN) on the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and is an expert on AI and robotic systems in defence. 
 
Graham Fairclough 
Graham is a DPhil candidate researching Cybersecurity, Cyber Power and Cyber Strategy alongside Chief of Staff at Rebellion Defense. His research interests cover the strategic challenges presented by the cyber domain to national security, the impact of the emerging operational cyber environment on the future character of war and how cyber security incidents are understood by decision makers.
 
Flt Lt (Dr) James Kuht
James joined the RAF in 2007 and studied medicine at University of Oxford. Having built a Machine Learning (ML)-powered decision aid to help Field Medics diagnose NFCI (Trench Foot), he was recruited to the jHub (a “secretive” innovation lab) and started working on a few innovation projects within the military. He now runs the Reimagining Defence podcast and Military Medicine podcast.
 

Further information

  • Participation is free but we kindly ask that you register using the link provided.
  • Chat will be disabled for attendees, but if you have a question for the panel, please submit it into the Q&A feature of the webinar. 
  • In the second half of the event, we will select as many questions as possible within the time. You will be given the option to unmute yourself to ask the question. 
  • Attendees will not be able to turn their camera on.
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  • This webinar will be recorded and made available on our website, Vimeo, and SoundCloud page. 

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