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The Stark Binary of Our Digital Future

The conflict in Ukraine has indubitably demonstrated what some nations have been warning about for years: that all systems and platforms are driven at their core by the politics and mores of their masters. Did the past year witness the final indictment of technology neutrality?

Countries and collectives the world over are working to reforge the channels along which technologies and data flow, challenging global digital incumbents. More importantly, decision makers at the regional, national, and sub-national level are beginning to interrogate what we implicitly accept as the “right” narrative on our relationship with technology. Just as nations seek to diversify and build resilience into supply chains, the landscape of ideas must be made robust through the questioning of dominant narratives and facilitate meaningful choice in the digital realm.

CyFy 2022 will gather thought leaders, policymakers, technologists, and civil society to examine the narratives and currents marking our relationship as individuals, communities, states, and enterprise with new and emerging technologies. The aim through the range of formats at the conference is to engage in critical foresight to shape policy, normative, and systemic responses to both established trends and signals of change.

The Fifth Revolution: The Future of Finance, Industry, and the Internet of Everything

Once confined to a small circle of technologists, the technologies and ideas underpinning the internet of everything—the seamless integration of the real with the virtual—are rapidly being realised. From the Swiss “trust chain” and digital renminbi to XR technologies and planet-scale AI, governments and enterprises are embracing these innovations at an unprecedented pace. Are our financial systems, economies, and livelihoods at the precipice of a paradigm shift, and are we prepared? Or do these new technologies simply entrench existing structures and problems thereof? Will the current geopolitical climate give rise to fractured ecosystems, and do we need a “Digital Bretton Woods” in preparation for the fifth revolution?
The War of Roses: The Battle of Anywhere vs. Somewhere

We must navigate a virtual world which is morphing faster than our understanding of its impact on layered identities and self-determination. In the collision of sovereignty and globalisation over the digital sphere, is responsible and meaningful citizenship impeded or empowered by national laws? Can we apply the same universal human rights from past decades to online spaces, or do we need a new charter of digital rights? What values are implicitly embedded in our current conceptions of digital rights and do they represent the interests of society’s most vulnerable groups? Are algorithms contributing to the ‘flattening’ of identities?
The Gods Themselves: Conflicts at the Cutting Edge

Information technologies have opened up a new battlefront, one which cannot be treated as separate from the four ‘traditional’ dimensions of warfare. Cyber, robotics, AI, and quantum have also confounded older frames of strategic balance. Disinformation campaigns and other forms of social engineering have further blurred the lines between conflict and the daily lives of ordinary civilians. Conflict has never been the sole domain of states, but the scope and depth of harm of future battles must be considered as we develop tools and rules to govern them. Will technology make conflict more efficient or more cruel?
For the Greater Good? The Politics of Connectivity and Connectedness

Since time immemorial, those who controlled the routes and channels through which goods and information travelled have held sway over entire peoples and nations, whether through rules, ideologies, or control over strategic assets. The latest iteration of this phenomenon is testament to the complex nature of connectedness today, encompassing data, technology supply chains, digital services, down to the very backbone of the internet that runs under our oceans. What strategies have different geographies embarked on to manoeuver these bottlenecks and dependencies? Are digital public goods essential strategic assets?
The Three Body Problem: Progress, Partnerships, Politics

For nearly a decade and a half, the International Space Station (ISS) has been a beacon of cooperation against all odds, toward human progress. Russia’s likely exit from the ISS is emblematic of some of the biggest challenges in space governance today. Even as challenges mount—whether they be in the form of space debris, space traffic management, the explosion of new actors including industry players, an arms race, and counter-space capabilities—governance processes have reached a deadlock. Can we instil new energy towards the peaceful and sustainable use of space?

SPEAKERS

Aakanksha Tangri

Founder, Re: Set, United Arab Emirates
Aaron Maniam

Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore
Abhishek Singh

President & CEO, National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India, India
Adam Segal

Chair in emerging technologies and national security, Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program, Council on Foreign Relations, USA
Adi Yoffe

Lecturer, School of Business at Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel
Agnieszka Wierzbick

Senior Expert, Chancellery of the Polish Prime Minister and Delegated National Expert to the European External Action Service, Belgium
Ajit Mohan

Vice President and Managing Director, Meta, India
Alice Pannier

Head, Geopolitics of Technology programme, French Institute of International Relations, France
Amandeep Singh Gill

Under-Secretary-General, Envoy on Technology, United Nations
Amar Patnaik

Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, BJD National Spokesperson & Head, IT Wing, India
Amber Dubey

Former Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, India
Andreas Kuehn

Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation America
Anirudh Nagaraja Sharma

Director and CEO, Digantara, India
Anita Gurumurthy

Executive Director, IT for Change, India
Antara Vats

Junior Fellow, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology, Observer Research Foundation, India

All Speakers

publications

CyFy Edit 2022

Women-centric Approaches under MUDRA Yojana: Setting G20 Priorities for the Indian Presidency

Digital Debates – CyFy Journal 2022

The Sunrise of Digital Public Infrastructure and India’s G20 Opportunity

Team

Trisha Ray

Chair, CyFy 2022, Deputy Director, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology, Observer Research Foundation, India
Sameer Patil

Co-Chair, CyFy 2022, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Samir Saran

President, Observer Research Foundation, India
Aamir Rabbani

Multimedia Lead, Observer Research Foundation, India
Anahita Khanna

Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Antara Vats

Junior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Basu Chandola

Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Karan Kumar

Multimedia Lead, Observer Research Foundation, India
Laetitia Warjri

Head of Communications and Outreach, Observer Research Foundation, India
Pulkit Mohan

Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Sanjay Kumar Verma

Manager Web, Observer Research Foundation, India
Sankalita Dey

New Media and Digital Lead, Observer Research Foundation, India
Shubh Soni

Head of Forums and Partnerships, Observer Research Foundation, India
Shravishtha Ajaykumar

Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India
Tanoubi Ngangom

Chief of Staff & Programmes, Observer Research Foundation, India
Vismitha Sinha

Intern, Observer Research Foundation, India
Anubha Gupta

Intern, Observer Research Foundation, India
Komal Badodekar

Multimedia Lead (Hindi), Observer Research Foundation to Team Cyfy

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The Fifth Revolution: The Future of Finance, Industry, and the Internet of Everything

The War of Roses: The Battle of Anywhere vs. Somewhere

The Gods Themselves: Conflicts at the Cutting Edge

For the Greater Good? The Politics of Connectivity and Connectedness

The Three Body Problem: Progress, Partnerships, Politics

SPEAKERS

Aakanksha Tangri

Aaron Maniam

Abhishek Singh

Adam Segal

Adi Yoffe

Agnieszka Wierzbick

Ajit Mohan

Alice Pannier

Amandeep Singh Gill

Amar Patnaik

Amber Dubey

Andreas Kuehn

Anirudh Nagaraja Sharma

Anita Gurumurthy

Antara Vats

publications

CyFy Edit 2022

Women-centric Approaches under MUDRA Yojana: Setting G20 Priorities for the Indian Presidency

Digital Debates – CyFy Journal 2022

The Sunrise of Digital Public Infrastructure and India’s G20 Opportunity

Team

Trisha Ray

Sameer Patil

Samir Saran

Aamir Rabbani

Anahita Khanna

Antara Vats

Basu Chandola

Karan Kumar

Laetitia Warjri

Pulkit Mohan

Sanjay Kumar Verma

Sankalita Dey

Shubh Soni

Shravishtha Ajaykumar

Tanoubi Ngangom

Vismitha Sinha

Anubha Gupta

Komal Badodekar

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