Dr. Laeed Zaghlami

Education:

PHD level University of Algiers Political Communication, Image Perception and Reception PHD Algiers University 3

University of Surrey, UK [1986-1989] MPHIL degree Media and Social Research Methods; Media Coverage of Wapping Dispute and Readers’s Attitudes and Perception

International Academy of Broadcasting Montreux, CH 1994-1995; Diploma Arts, Sciences & Technologies of Broadcasting.

University of Algiers First Degree (licence) 1976-1981 Social Sciences Dept Algiers University

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES: Elected 1998 to 2004 Member of European Broadcasting Union Steering Committee, International Press Institute Vienna, International Mass Communication Research Association Algeria.

Professor Algiers University3 and Associate professor National High School of Politics Algiers, Expert with Algerian Diplomatic Institute and International Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Former Manager of Algerian Radio Web Site.

Contributions to: Freedom Review Vienna, Middle East Broadcast & Satellite London, The UK Magazine Channel, MEB Journal Lebanon, Nation Daily and www.africareview.com; Nairobi Kenya, Journal of African Media Studies UK 2007and Hana; News Agency South Africa.

Contribution to Publications

Hand Book of Mass Media in the Middle East’ 1994 USA
Images of the US around the World, An Algerian Perspective’ 1999 NY University Press
‘Women Journalists’ Attitudes towards ICTs Implementation’ Armac South Africa 9/2005
50 years of Journalism ‘ June 2007 by Rhodes University and Co South Africa
Citizen Journalism & Democracy in Africa’ an exploratory Study School of Journalism & Media Studies, Rhodes University July 2010

Awards

Second Price ‘African Information Society Initiative’ 2005
First Price in ICT AISI/UNECA /IICT Grahamstown South Africa 2006
Paper on ‘Algeria prepares Digitization April 2009 only for publication

Articles on ‘ICT and Security Matters’, ICT and CyberDiplomacy’.

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.