Stopping Patent Trolls - Why Open Source Urgently Needs Your Help Now
Urgent call to action: Learn about the threat of patent trolls to open source communities and how to defend against proposed rule changes that could embolden them further.
The Relationship Between Government and Industry in Physics Research
Explore the complex landscape of collaboration between government agencies and private sector research, featuring insights from experienced scientists across various sectors.
Disruptive Energy Futures - Transforming the Energy Industry
Exploring transformative energy futures, market disruptions, and innovative solutions for a secure, resilient, climate-stabilizing energy landscape using available technologies and integrative design approaches.
Big Scientific Questions for the Benefit of the Nation - View from DOE
Explore key scientific challenges and their national impact through insights from the U.S. Department of Energy's perspective at the APS April Meeting 2015.
Radioactive Nuclear Waste - A Problem Not Going Away - Part 3
Explore challenges and solutions for managing radioactive nuclear waste, focusing on long-term environmental and societal impacts in this expert panel discussion.
Climate Mitigation, Nuclear Energy and Proliferation - Part 1
Explore the complex relationship between nuclear energy, climate change mitigation, and nuclear proliferation risks in this insightful talk by M.V. Ramana at the APS Physics conference.
Climate Mitigation, Nuclear Energy and Proliferation - Part 2
Explore nuclear energy's role in climate mitigation and its connection to proliferation risks, featuring expert insights from Aditi Verma at the APS Physics conference.
Measuring Inequality and Quantifying the Progressivity of Public Policy - Deborah Hardoon, Oxfam
Explore global wealth distribution, economic inequality metrics, and government policies' impact on inequality. Learn about data quality and coverage in assessing policy progressivity across 150+ countries.
Learning from Supply Chain Failures and Best Practices in Other Industries
Explore supply chain best practices and failures across industries to enhance software supply chain security. Gain insights from physical world processes and apply lessons to critical infrastructure protection.
Saving Lives in Healthcare: Trust, Teamwork, and Tangible Outcomes - A Decade of Change
Explore a decade of progress in healthcare cybersecurity, focusing on medical devices and tangible outcomes. Gain insights from experts on trust, teamwork, and strategies for positive change in the field.
Hungry, Hungry Hackers - A Hacker's Eye-view of the Food Supply
Explore vulnerabilities in food supply equipment beyond tractors, uncovering risks to our food ecosystem. Learn about hacker research and how to get involved in securing the agricultural technology landscape.
Energy Poverty and Potential Impacts to Other Critical Infrastructures - Powerful Paths to Progress
Explore disruptive changes in energy delivery, addressing equity, security, resilience, affordability, and sustainability amid historical injustices, climate threats, and global turmoil.
Systems Alchemy: The Transmutation of Hacking
Exploring systems thinking in hacking, this keynote reveals how understanding complex systems creates new opportunities to manipulate critical infrastructure and the fabric of cyberspace.
Cyber Resilience Act: Concerns for Open Source Software Development
Explores EU's Cyber Resilience Act's impact on open source software, highlighting concerns about lack of consultation with experts and potential burdens on developers. Discusses Linux Foundation's efforts to address these issues.
Reconsidering the Notion of Government - A New Perspective
Dr. Nader Ganji proposes viewing government as a complex system of interacting ministries rather than individual leaders, challenging traditional perspectives on governance and policy-making.
Silent Spring: What if the GDPR Was Real? - SREcon23 Europe/Middle East/Africa
Exploring potential consequences of strict GDPR enforcement on multinational companies and data practices, drawing parallels to Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" and environmental impacts.
The Role of Computational Social Science in Policymaking - Session 6
Expert panel explores computational social science's role in policymaking, discussing micro data, agent-based models, empirical validation, and applications in fisheries, energy, and digital twins to enhance decision-making processes.
Online Harms Observatory: Real-Time Analytics for Internet Safety - Session 4
Introducing the Online Harms Observatory: AI-powered analytics platform for real-time insights into online harmful content, showcasing a live monitor of abuse against Premier League players on Twitter.
Machine Learning in Public Services: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 3
Explore machine learning's potential and challenges in UK public services, featuring experts discussing opportunities, implementation, and ethical considerations in government AI adoption.
AI for Economic Policymaking - Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities - Session 2
Explore AI applications in UK economic policymaking through a presentation on labour-flow-networks and panel discussion on broader government uses, addressing experiences, challenges, and future opportunities.
Rethinking Government with AI - Public Policy After COVID-19
Experts explore AI's role in post-COVID policymaking, discussing technologies that aided during the pandemic and their future potential in government, including simulation, modeling, and addressing online harms.