Programme 2016 – Pirate Security Conference

Critical infrastructures and how we protect these

(Thursday, 11 February 2016, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm)

10:00 – 10:30	Opening Day 1, Hotel Cristal
10:30 – 12:15	Panel 1: How Digital Media have Changed the Overall Perception in the Society Panelist: Jelena Jovanovic, Birgitta Jónsdóttir
12:15 – 13:15	Lunch Break
13:15 – 15:15	Panel 2: Autonomous Cars – A Curse or a Blessing? Panelist: Maik Boeres, Jens-Wolfhard Schicke-Uffmann, et al.
15:15 – 16:00	Break / Notice: The following panel is hosted by the MSC and will therefore take place at the Hotel “Bayerischer Hof”. (15 min walk)
16:00 – 17:30	Panel 3: Trolls, Hackers and Extremists – the Fight for a Safe and Open Web Panelist: Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, et al.
17:30	End Day 1

“Cybersecurity” – Clashes in the civil, military and diplomatic triangle

(Friday, 12 February 2016, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm)

10:00 – 10:30	Opening Day 2
10:30 – 12:00	Panel 4: A New Dimension in Security Politics? The Vulnerability of Digital Infrastructure Panelist: Guillaume Saouli, et al.
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00	High Level Discussion Chances for an International Regulation of Digital Weapons Panelist: Angelika Beer, Birgitta Jónsdóttir
14:00 – 16:30	Panel 5: Industry 4.0 and the Threat of Digital Weapons Panelist: Prof. Gabi Dreo Rodosek, Richard Stinneon, Andy Yen, et al.
16:30 – 17:30	Coffee Break
17:30 – 19:00	Panel 6: Automated Warfare – Challenges and Opportunities Panelist: Dr. Marcel Dickow, Thomas Marc Goebel, et al.
19:00	End Day 2

A century of instability? The domino effect of failed states

(Saturday, 13 February 2016, 10:00 am to 6:30 pm)

10:00 – 10:30	Opening Day 3, Hotel Cristal
10:30 – 14:00	Panel 7: The war on ISIL – A Situation Report from Iraq and Syria (with a 30 min coffee break in between) Panelist: Enno Lenze, Lea Frings, et al.
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch Break
15:00 – 17:45	Panel 8: Fragile States – The Breeding Grounds of Terrorism? Challenges with State Building in the 21st Century (with a 30 min coffee break in between) Panelist: Milena Elsinger, Peter Finkelgruen, Björn Semrau, et al.
17:45 – 18:30	Closing Remarks
18:30	End of the Congress

10 Years of Pirate Secon

Ten years of the Pirate Security Conference

A milestone at the intersection of technology, geopolitics and resilience. For a decade, the Pirate Security Conference has served as a groundbreaking platform exploring the interplay of technology, geopolitical challenges and essential resilience in our world.

This conference has not only set trends, but also pioneered them by always being ahead of its time. The increasing fusion of technology and security has created new dimensions of challenges and opportunities.

Over these ten years, we have seen how the digital and geopolitical landscape has fundamentally changed and how these changes influence each other.

The Pirate Security Conference has recognized this interplay and explored how technology is redefining not only security, but also power structures in the world.