[bestbits] Invite: Cyfy 2014 -- The India Conference on Cyber Security and Cyber Governance -- October 15-17, 2014

[Mahima Kaul]

Dear Friends,

Greetings from ORF!

We are pleased to announce Cyfy 2014: The India Conference on Cyber
Security and Cyber Governance, to be held at New Delhi's Oberoi Hotel
(Zakir Hussain Marg), on October 15-17, 2014.

Cyfy 2014 is India's most dynamic platform to engage and discuss cyber
issues with the world. This year, we have with us, among others:

RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD, Minister of Communications & IT, Government of India
SAJID JAVID, MP and Secretary of State Culture, Media and Sport, United Kingdom
URI ROSENTHAL, Former Foreign Minister and Special Envoy, Cyberspace
Conference 2015, Kingdom of the Netherlands
ARVIND GUPTA, Deputy NSA, India
CHRISTOPHER PAINTER, Coordinator for Cyber Issues, U.S. Department of State, USA
KARSTEN GEIER, Designated Head International Cyber Policy Coordination
Unit, Germany
WOUTER JURGENS, Head, Cyber Security Department, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands
SEAN KANUCK, National Intelligence Officer for Cyber Issues, USA
SHERIF HASHEM, Vice President for Cyber Security, National
Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt
GULSHAN RAI, Director General, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, India
DR. GOVIND, CEO, National Internet Exchange of India
YU-CHUANG KUEK, VP and MD, Asia Pacific, ICANN, Singapore
LATHA REDDY, Commissioner, Global Commission on Internet Governance
(GCIG), and former Deputy NSA, India
RAHEEL KHURSHEED, Head of News, Politics and Government, Twitter, India

... and many other notable experts on cyber issues joining us at the
conference from many around the world, including, USA, Australia,
Japan, China, UK, the Netherlands, Israel, Egypt; and representing
organizations as diverse as ICANN, UN-CTED, Interpol, NATO, Symantec,
Microsoft, World Economic Forum...

The sessions are:

CYBER LAWFARE: THE CONTEST OVER TERRITORY AND JURISDICTION
THE DIGITAL NATION: IS SOCIAL MEDIA DISRUPTIVE OR DEMOCRATIC?
COUNTER TERRORISM IN CYBER SPACE
RETHINKING THE GLOBAL CYBER MARKET
ICANN or ICAN’T?
DECONSTRUCTING MULTISTAKEHOLDERISM
PROTECTING CIIs
PRIVACY IS DEAD?
NORMS OF CYBERSPACE
PREPARING FOR CYBER CONFLICT: IS IT INEVITABLE?
EMERGING POWERS AND INTERNET GOVERNANCE: LOOKING TOWARDS 2020

We are also extremely pleased to inform you that this year the Kingdom
of Netherlands, Microsoft, British High Commission, National Internet
Exchange of India, BAE Systems, Twitter, The Hague Institute for
Global Justice, Centre for Internet and Society, IT for Change and the
Global Futures Forum have already joined Cyfy 2014 as partners.

UK's Secretary of State Culture, Media and Sport, Sajid Javed and The
Netherlands Special Envoy for the Cyberspace Conference of 2015, Dr
Uri Rosenthal will also be speaking at Cyfy.

Please find attached a flyer, with details on sessions and speakers.
In case you have not registered for the event, please go to cyfy.org
to do the same.

There is no charge for attending, but registration is mandatory at: cyfy.org

We will also be live streaming the event; please check cyfy.org for details.

Also, may we request only Indians to take "The State of the Debate" --
a survey on what Indians feel about internet issues in India. Please
click on the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9STX7CH

Looking forward to your participation at Cyfy 2014

Warmly,

Mahima Kaul
Fellow
Head, Cyber and Media Initiative
Observer Research Foundation
20 Rouse Avenue, New Delhi 110002
India

Landline: 91143520020 ext 2129
Cell: +919910170854
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