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Session |
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
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The Opening Session
Countering and Preventing Terrorism in the Age of Transformative Technologies: Addressing the Challenges of the New Decade [hybrid]
Introductory Remarks:
- Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the Office of Counter-Terrorism, United Nations (opening statement)
Keynote Speakers:
- H.E. Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (remarks)
Eminent Speakers:
Outcome of the Seventh Review of the United Nations Global CounterTerrorism Strategy:
Setting the stage for engagement in cyberspace
- Ms. Judith Lichtenberg, Executive Director, Global Network Initiative
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10:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
Session I
The global scourge of terrorism: assessment of current threats and emerging trends for the new decade [Open to Member States only] [hybrid]
Chair:
- Ms. Michèle Coninsx, Assistant-Secretary-General and Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
Panellists:
- Mr. Jürgen Stock, Secretary-General, INTERPOL
- Colonel General Igor Sirotkin, Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
- Ms. Abby Johnson, Executive Director, National Counterterrorism Center, United States of America
- Major General Mohammed Babagana Monguno, National Security Advisor of Nigeria
- Mr. Edmund Fitton-Brown, Coordinator of the ISIL (Da’esh)/Al-Qaida Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, United Nations
Global Outlook:
- Mr. Atle K. Midttun, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Questions and observations from the floor
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1:00 PM – 3:00 PM |
Side Events and lunch break
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3:00 PM – 4:30 PM |
Session II
Parallel breakout discussions - Prevention in the age of transformative technologies
Breakout session A: Prevention through innovative programmes, including sports and behavioural insights to unite communities and build resilient societies [online]
Chair:
- Major General Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al-Ansari, Chairman, National Counter-terrorism Committee of Qatar
Panellists:
- Mr. Miguel ?ngel Moratinos, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
- Mr. Stefano Manservisi, Chair, Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF)
- H.E. Mr. Bakhtiyor Ibragimov, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations
- Dr. Antonio Silva, Head of Integration and Social Cohesion, Behavioural Insights Team, U.K.
- H.E. Mr. Hassan al-Thawadi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) (“Generation Amazing”)
- Ms. Cholpon Orozobekova, Co-founder and Director, Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations, Geneva, Switzerland
Global Outlook:
- Ms. Jadranka Stikovac Clark, Senior Adviser and Institute Director, Generations for Peace, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Questions and observations from the floor
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[Parallel]
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM |
Breakout session B: Preventing misuse of cyberspace and new technologies: developing ideas, skills, and toolkits for practitioners [online]
Chair:
- Mr. John Frank, Vice President, United Nations Affairs, Microsoft
Panellists:
- H.E. Mr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chairman, Hedayah
- Mr. Thomas Markram, Director and Deputy to High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
- H.E. Ms. Faouzia Mebarki, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Algeria to Austria and Slovakia, Chair of the Cybercrime Ad Hoc Committee
- Dr. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Chief Executive Officer, Valens Global, Senior Advisor on Asymmetric Warfare at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, The Hague
- Ms. Isabelle Moeller, Chief Executive, Biometrics Institute
- Ms. Hamutal Meridor, Venture Partner, Vintage Investment Partners
Global Outlook:
- Ms. Jessica Davis, President, Insight Threat Intelligence, Canada
Questions and observations from the floor
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[Parallel]
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM |
Breakout session C: The critical roles of civil society and local actors in building partnerships for prevention [online]
Chair:
- Ms. Jennifer Loten, Director General, International Crime and Terrorism Bureau, Canada
Panellists:
- Mr. Eelco Kessels, Executive Director, Global Center on Cooperative Security
- Ms. Victoria Eugenia Villarruel, President, Center for Legal Studies on Terrorism and Its Victims (CELTYV)
- Mr. Stefan Uecker, Head of Division for International Terrorism and Extremism, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, Germany
- Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, Secretary General, Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology (ETIDAL), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Ms. Ilwad Elman, Director of Programs and Development, Elman Peace and Human Rights Center, Somalia
- Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
Global Outlook:
- Mr. Bj?rn Ihler, Co-founder/Director, Extremely Together - Kofi Annan Foundation
Questions and observations from the floor
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