Global tech policy in an unsettled age
This is a hybrid event
Governments around the world are struggling to keep pace with rapid technological change, from escalating cyber threats to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Emerging technologies are reshaping global markets, transforming security structures, and redefining how power is exercised. Amidst intensifying geopolitical competition, these advances are testing the resilience of public institutions and integrity of international norms.
How can governments and industry build capacity to innovate responsibly at the digital frontier? In an increasingly open-source era, what strategies can organisations adopt to balance security concerns with the imperative to lead in the global diffusion of new technologies?
Join Jen Easterly, former Director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Margrethe Vestager, former Vice President of the European Commission, and Michael Wooldridge, Ashall Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Oxford, for an expert panel covering how societies cope with rapid technological change, competition, regulation, and security. The panel will be moderated by Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice at the Blavatnik School of Government.
This event is part of the Global Tech Policy Seminar Series hosted by the Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy.
Date:
10 June 2025, 15:00
Venue:
Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details:
In person and online
Speakers:
Margrethe Vestager (World Leaders Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government),
Jen Easterly (former Director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)),
Professor Michael Wooldridge (University of Oxford),
Ciaran Martin (Blavatnik School of Government)
Organising department:
Blavatnik School of Government
Organiser contact email address:
events@bsg.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Not required
Booking url:
https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/global-tech-policy-unsettled-age
Cost:
This event is free - please register at the above link
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Anna Ulshofer
