CONFERENCES

“CYBER STORM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE”

UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)

Canberra, February 2019

I presented a paper entitled ‘Educating Leaders fit for Future Challenges ~ Navigating Cyberstorms’, at the ‘Cyber Storm’ International Conference and joined the Policy Workshop, both held on 18 – 19 February 2019 at UNSW Canberra and the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), in Canberra, Australia. My address provided a geopolitical context and introduced the 4th Industrial Revolution technological impact on security and defence sectors. In this framework, the character of future wars and the consequential need for a new kind of strategic leadership was discussed. Much emphasis was given to the Professional Military Education (PME) as a valuable source of forward looking and innovative strategically thinking military and civilian leaders needed to lead through anticipated complexity of imminent crisis.

I am glad to have had the opportunity to meet senior professionals in the field of defence and cyber security at the conference and to have had excellent visits at the Australian government defence institutions.

“BUSINESS AUTOMATION 4.0.”

Canada Research Centre at Oxford University

London, March 2018.

“Business Automation 4.0” exclusive program held on 16th & 17th March 2018 at Oxford University, London, combined all the cogwheels of Business Automation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution which are driving the transformation of businesses and industries. In my talk, I focused on the security dimension of the 4th Industrial Revolution. My talk on ‘Hybrid warfare and Cybersecurity’ among others, addressed questions of military use of Outer space and emerging challenges in Cyberspace. Capitalizing on my extensive military background I spoke about the hybrid character of warfare and implications of AI on the character of future of wars.

WORKSHOPS

STRATEGIC WORKSHOP:

“Shared Responsibility and Comprehensive Security in the MENA Region”

George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies

Rome, September 2017

More than 30 diplomats, academics and military officials from the Mediterranean region examined the shared responsibility nations have for security. and partnerships around the Mediterranean Sea. My talk focused on “NATO as source of stability” in the Mediterranean region as part of the panel involving international organizations’´ perspectives in the context of “shared responsibility, security and cooperation” in the region.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS