This international Conference will be an unique opportunity to present the main outcomes and findings of the SOURCE Network and its ways forward.
The event will offer wide-ranging debates on how best to respond to societal security needs through security policy. It will structured by multi-stakeholder panel discussions confronting scientific insights with policy realities surrounding 4 thematic areas:
•Managing the freedom-technology-surveillance paradox
•Integrating the heterodox political groups into security policy
•Governing the Internet of Things
•Assuring ethical conduct when countering violent extremism.
Commissioner Julian King will be providing a Keynote Speech in this meeting on ‘Implementing the Security Union: Priority Areas & Future Challenges‘. The Conference also features the participation of Eva Joly (European Parliament) and Erroll Southers (University of Southern California).
The Conference will conclude with a Roundtable discussion on ‘The Societal Challenges of Asylum and Migration in the 21st Century‘, where the Films awarded during the SOURCE Film Competition ‘ESCAPE FROM SYRIA: RANIA’S ODYSSEY‘ (by Anders Hammer & Rania Ali) and ‘KOROPA‘ (by Laura Henno) will be screened and will receive their awards.
Travel support is available for a limited number of PhD students