Events
Co-founder and CEO of elite cyber security firm, [redacted]
Hacking is not a victimless crime. [redacted] relentlessly pursues the perpetrators and holds them personally accountable.
A hand-picked team of the world’s elite cyber security talent from both the private and the public sector, [redacted] fuses highly-specialised intelligence skills with technical acumen, enabling them to uniquely connect the dots and protect their clients.
Former Executive Director of Europol on Money Laundering - where we are and where we should be
Money laundering is a huge issue globally – estimates put the sums involved at 2-5% of global GDP. European legislation has been tightened to address the problem, but it is not operating effectively. Not only does it not keep pace with the perpetrators but it also does not achieve what it sets out to do, being focussed more on compliance than on identified problem flows of money.
Sir Rob Wainwright, former Executive Director of Europol will talk about the problem and how we can make progress towards meeting our real goals in this area.
Organised crime and cyber crime
Misha Glenny is a British journalist who specializes in south-eastern Europe and global organized crime. He is the author of McMafia, an exhaustive look at global organized crime and a critique of globalization’s dark side. His most recent book was DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You.
After university he joined The Guardian as its Central Europe correspondent and later the BBC. He specialised in reporting on the Balkans independence wars in the late 1980s and early 1990s that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia. While at the BBC, Glenny won 1993’s Sony Gold Award for his ‘outstanding contribution to broadcasting’. He has also written three books about Central and Eastern Europe.
Glenny advised the US and some European governments on policy issues and for three years ran an NGO helping with the reconstruction of Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo. He sits on the Global Witness Advisory Board.
A primer from Dave King of Digitalis (v2)
We all have a digital profile. But do we know the risks this can pose?
In this hands on session – a follow up to May’s event – Pi member, Dave King, will talk about the basics of managing your online profile and exposure to minimise physical, reputational and cyber vulnerabilities (ranging from criminals using data willingly provided by family members on social media to legacy information being kept on file to embarrass people around key appointments).
A primer from Dave King of Digitalis
We all have a digital profile. But do we know the risks this can pose?
In this hands on session, Pi member, Dave King, will talk about the basics of managing your online profile and exposure to minimise physical, reputational and cyber vulnerabilities (ranging from criminals using data willingly provided by family members on social media to legacy information being kept on file to embarrass people around key appointments).
Numbers will be limited to ensure that the event remains highly interactive.
Cumulative rage: How to stem the tide of online hate and extremism
For over a decade, The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has been at the forefront of forging innovative solutions to the global rise of extremist and terrorist movements across the ideological spectrum.
Combining research, educational programmes and policy advisory work with innovative influencer networks and the best in technology/communications, ISD is delivering real-world solutions to match the ever-growing impact, professionalism and technological prowess of extremist groups around the world.
ISD advises 15 governments and spearheads the Global Counter Terrorism’s Work on the Internet and Social Media. It also trains and advises 120 cities in countering extremism through its Strong Cities Network and has forged unique partnerships with Facebook, Google and Microsoft through which it is delivering a range of innovations in online counter-extremism.
Former Director GCHQ
Robert Hannigan is a leading authority on cyber security, cyber conflict and the application of technology in national security.
As Director of GCHQ (2014-2017) Robert is credited with bringing greater openness, making the organization fit for the digital era and setting the Government’s ambition of making the UK ‘the safest place to live and do business online’.
He established the National Cyber Security Centre as part of GCHQ in 2016, having been responsible for the UK’s pathbreaking cyber strategy in 2009 and was also responsible for leading, with military colleagues, the national offensive cyber programme. He caused international controversy on his first day in office in 2014 by criticising Silicon Valley companies in the Financial Times, but he has also spoken at MIT in defence of strong encryption and US technology leadership.
Robert has spent much of his career in national security. He was the Prime Minister’s Security Adviser at No10 from 2007-10, with a particular focus on Islamist terrorism, and was responsible in the Cabinet Office for the Single Intelligence Account (covering MI5, GCHQ and SIS). He chaired ‘COBR’ through numerous crises and was a longstanding member of the Joint Intelligence Committee, which he chaired in 2011-12.
He is a member of the Government’s new Defence Innovation Advisory Panel and one of the few foreign nationals to have been awarded the US National Intelligence Distinguished Public Service Medal.
Dr. Mary Aiken
As digital interactions become ever more pervasive in our lives, world leading cyberpsychologist Dr. Mary Aiken looks at the extraordinary effects this is having on humankind.
Digital interactions amplify and accelerate real world behaviour with startling – and sometimes frightening – consequences. Drawing on extensive research on issues from child cyber behavioural development to online dating, organised cybercrime to cyberchondria, Dr. Aiken asks how we balance competing priorities and interests online and questions whether we are losing control of the digital sphere.
How can society reverse this trend and ensure that technology works in our favour?
In conjunction with Decoded
At Pi we are always looking for ways to enhance our members’ experience. To this end we are piloting a new series of events, targeted at members together with their teenage children (13-18).
We are incredibly excited to announce that for our first pilot event we are hosting a Hacker Session with Decoded, the World’s Leading Technology Educator. Teenagers will compete versus adults to win challenges including hacking a bank and cracking ciphers. We will explore how real businesses and individuals have become vulnerable to cyber attacks and you will get hands-on with the actual tools used by hackers and security professionals.
Past Events
Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief, Head of Economics and Politics, Contributing Editor, Global Business Columnist
What to expect from the US election and the new UK Government
Artist
Patricia Swannell: A Commemorative Exhibition
