Fireside Chat with Tim Maurer: Cybersecurity & Technology for Democracy

As advancing technologies such as mass data collection, biometric surveillance technologies and AI continue to bring new ethical and legal issues to the fore, regulators and policymakers struggle to keep up, as best practices are still under development to safeguard our values of democracy and political integrity.
The impact these technologies may have on our societies are highly dependent on the systems we can put in place, and the extent to which we can work together to develop cybersecurity measures at national and international levels. To ensure this, it is critical to examine the current state of digital policy and cybersecurity, and consider recommendations for future policy recommendations, and understand how we can involve different sectors and communicate these concerns to the wider sphere. How can we promote good uses of democracy-threatening technologies while mitigating risks? How ought we proceed with cybersecurity and digital policy at national and international levels, and what other roles in government do we need? To help us answer these questions, we will be in conversation with Dr Tim Maurer, a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Technology and International Affairs program, who previously served in the Biden-Harris administration from 2021-2023 as senior counsellor for cybersecurity and emerging technology, and as director for technology and democracy at the White House National Security Council.

Please join us for coffee and cake and an open discussion about cybersecurity and regulating technology for democracy on the 20. December. Our special guest is Dr Tim Maurer (White House, Carnegie’s Technology and International Affairs program), who will be in conversation with Katrin Paula, Fabiola Schwarz, a research associate at the Professorship for Global Security & Technology at the TUM School of Social Science and Technology.