2016 Borderless World in Transition

This panel seeks to investigate two divergent topics –  Cyber Space and Finance & Trade – that share one common theme; their ability to transcend national borders.

Cyber Space:

On cyber space, we address the growing need for cyber security in protecting corporate & consumer data and in strengthening national security. Is cyber ware-fare a soft threat or can it lead to conventional war-fare?

Finance & Trade

Also, what geopolitical role does finance & trade play? How does one nation’s reliance on another impact it’s decision making? Are financial and trade sanctions the new weapons of choice?

Panelists:

Professor Ron Deibert

Ron Deibert, (OOnt, PhD, University of British Columbia) is Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary research and development laboratory working at the intersection of the digital technologies, global security, and human rights. He was a co-founder and a principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative (2003-2014) and Information Warfare Monitor (2003-2012) projects. Deibert was one of the founders and (former) VP of global policy and outreach for Psiphon, one of the world’s leading digital censorship circumvention services.

Professor Jon Lindsay

A political scientist with a background in computer science and military service, Jon Lindsay’s research examines the impact of technology on global security. His publications include China and Cybersecurity: Espionage, Strategy, and Politics in the Digital Domain (Oxford University Press, 2015), co-edited with Tai Ming Cheung and Derek Reveron, and articles in International Security, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, Technology and Culture, and the Journal of Cybersecurity. He is completing a book, Shifting the Fog of War: Information Technology and the Politics of Control, and working on a multi-institutional research project on deterrence theory. Professor Lindsay holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. He has served in the U.S. Navy with operational assignments in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Mr. Matthew McGuire

Matt is a Financial Crime Risk Management Expert with leading KYC solution provider, Securefact. He is an internationally recognized expert in anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF). He has been assisting financial institutions to assess and reduce financial crime and related regulatory risks for fifteen years. He has served as an advisor to Canadian and foreign governments on development of their laws and financial intelligence functions.

Matt is a member of the Department of Finance Private/Public Advisory Committee on AML/ATF, Chair of the AML Committee of CPA Canada, Founder of the Seneca College Institute for Financial Crime Analysis, and Representative for the ATM Industry Association Bitcoin Governance and Risk Committee.

For four years, he was the leader of the National Anti-Money Laundering Practice and Ontario Region Investigative and Forensic Services Group at MNP LLP.

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