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Upcoming Events
The last decade has seen a rapid rise of misinformation, manipulation, cyberattacks as well as concealed military operations, whereas interstate warfare in its classical conception has become less common. “Hybrid warfare” has become the predominant term used to try and capture the complexity of twenty first century warfare, which not only involves a multiplicity of actors and instruments but also blurs the traditional distinctions between different types of armed conflict and even between war and peace.
These novel types of warfare – conducted by state or non-state actors – are typically tailored to remain below obvious detection and response thresholds, and often rely on the speed, volume and ubiquity of digital technology that characterises the present information age. One trend is clearly visible: that contemporary conflicts are no longer determined only by strength of arms, but also by social techniques to exploit national vulnerabilities and divide societies. Especially countries and societies in Eastern Europe and in the South-Caucasus region have become the target of recent hybrid warfare attacks.
This event is thus aimed at understanding hybrid warfare, its shapes and forms, its effects on societies at the border of Eastern Europe and to discuss the efforts of Switzerland and the world community to counter the far-reaching and disruptive effects and issues created by hybrid warfare.
Welcome
Mr. Jonathan Djehiche, Co-Head of foraus Berne
Mr. Victor Kipiani, Chairman of Geocase
Keynote
H.E. Mr. Lasha Darsalia, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
Panel
Dr. Emil Avdaliani, Senior Researcher in International Relations and History, Tbilisi State University
Prof. Dr. Khatuna Burkadze, Associate Professor of International Law at the International Black Sea University (IBSU)
Dr. Cécile Druey Schwab, Senior Researcher in Contemporary Eastern European History at the University of Bern
Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli, Head of Global and Emerging Risks Division at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
Moderation
Matthias Rast, Co-Head of the International Law Programme, foraus
Please sign up on Eventbrite here. A Zoom-link to attend the event will be shared with all registrants prior to the event.
The financial sector is increasingly recognized as a key player in addressing global sustainability objectives, such as the UN 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement. Digital finance innovations, in particular, have shown their potential to facilitate the finance industry's much-needed transition to more sustainable business models. For instance, FinTech companies and FinTech-powered innovations have helped financial players reallocate capital or unlock new sources of finance to sustainable enterprises (i.e., via innovative sustainable finance instruments), screen investments (e.g. via improved access to sustainability data), and improve accountability in public and private finance.
In this virtual workshop series by the foraus Sustainable FinTech project in collaboration with Swissnex and agora, participants will look at international landscapes of sustainable digital finance and identify possible bridges with the Swiss ecosystem. Our goal is to promote cross-border exchanges in the field of sustainable digital finance.
The workshops will take place using the collaborative online platform Policy Kitchen and give experts, policy-makers and other interested parties the chance to explore the following questions:
- How could Sustainable FinTech Bridges help to scale up the quest for sustainability in the real economy globally?
- How could Sustainable FinTech Bridges help to address systemic challenges and risks associated with FinTechs & Sustainability?
- How could sustainable FinTechs hubs, such as Switzerland, contribute to the governance of the global ecosystem of sustainable digital finance?
The workshops will also include networking sessions, where participants will be able to connect and exchange with others. After the workshops, the participants’ ideas will be collected and worked into a publication in which all contributors will be credited and which will be shared with relevant stakeholders and policymakers.
Can't make it to this event? You can register for our other workshop on Sustainable FinTech Bridges on Tuesday, July 20 at 7pm CET/10am San Francisco time.
The financial sector is increasingly recognized as a key player in addressing global sustainability objectives, such as the UN 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement. Digital finance innovations, in particular, have shown their potential to facilitate the finance industry's much-needed transition to more sustainable business models. For instance, FinTech companies and FinTech-powered innovations have helped financial players reallocate capital or unlock new sources of finance to sustainable enterprises (i.e., via innovative sustainable finance instruments), screen investments (e.g. via improved access to sustainability data), and improve accountability in public and private finance.
In this virtual workshop series by the foraus Sustainable FinTech project in collaboration with Swissnex and agora, participants will look at international landscapes of sustainable digital finance and identify possible bridges with the Swiss ecosystem. Our goal is to promote cross-border exchanges in the field of sustainable digital finance.
The workshops will take place using the collaborative online platform Policy Kitchen and give experts, policy-makers and other interested parties the chance to explore the following questions:
- How could Sustainable FinTech Bridges help to scale up the quest for sustainability in the real economy globally?
- How could Sustainable FinTech Bridges help to address systemic challenges and risks associated with FinTechs & Sustainability?
- How could sustainable FinTechs hubs, such as Switzerland, contribute to the governance of the global ecosystem of sustainable digital finance?
The workshops will also include networking sessions, where participants will be able to connect and exchange with others. After the workshops, the participants’ ideas will be collected and worked into a publication in which all contributors will be credited and which will be shared with relevant stakeholders and policymakers.
Can't make it to this event? You can register for our other workshop on Sustainable FinTech Bridges on Thursday, July 15 at 11am CET/5pm Beijing time.
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