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China and the Power of Information

Jan 23
A panel discussion on cybersecurity and the risks of Chinese efforts to dominate the Information Age.

"China and the Power of Information" - on 23.01.2020 Helmut Leopold, cyber security expert and head of center for Digital Safety & Security at the AIT, will discuss current challenges arising in the information age for business and industry as well as our networked society, at the U.S. Embassy in Vienna (Amerika Haus).

How relevant are new technologies such as AI, Big Data or 5G with respect to our privacy? And why is a responsible handling of technologies so important? The discussion partners are China expert Dean Cheng, senior research fellow on Chinese political and security affairs of the Heritage Foundation, and Christoph Mecklenbräuker, professor at the Institute of Communications and Radio Frequency Engineering at the TU Vienna. The discussion is moderated by Anna Giulia Fink who is a foreign affairs editor at DerStandard. The event is hosted by the U.S. Embassy Vienna.

  • Date: January 23, 2020, 6:00 p.m.
  • Venue: Amerika Haus, Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
  • Please register: ViennaPrograms(at)state.gov

Further information:  Invitation (PDF)