Are Western Democracies Vulnerable to Cyber Manipulation and Information Assaults?
Dr Cathy Downes, Senior Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Thursday, 28 September 2023 8:00pm
Wairarapa
Rosewood, 417 Queen Street, Masterton
Dr Cathy Downes joined the Victoria University of Wellington’s Centre for Strategic Studies in July 2018 after serving fifteen years as Professor of Strategy and Policy in the Washington D.C. – based U.S National Defense University’s College of Information and Cyberspace. Her research and teachings focus on security and defence studies within cyberspace – strategic leadership and thinking, disruptive innovation and emerging technologies, and inter-agency collaboration in national security and disaster preparedness.
Dr Cathy Downes holds a PhD in International Relations and Strategic Studies from the United Kingdom’s University of Lancaster. She has held research fellowships at Harvard University’s Centre for International Affairs, University of Melbourne and Australian National University’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. She then (in 1990) joined the New Zealand Defence Force, serving on the NZDF’s civil staff culminating as a senior executive working for successive Chiefs of the Defence Force on strategic and enterprise-level leadership, defence policy and management projects.
Tea and coffee from 7:30pm
Non-members: $5.00 door charge
See attached flyer for further information.
Dr Cathy Downes joined the Victoria University of Wellington’s Centre for Strategic Studies in July 2018 after serving fifteen years as Professor of Strategy and Policy in the Washington D.C. – based U.S National Defense University’s College of Information and Cyberspace. Her research and teachings focus on security and defence studies within cyberspace – strategic leadership and thinking, disruptive innovation and emerging technologies, and inter-agency collaboration in national security and disaster preparedness.
Dr Cathy Downes holds a PhD in International Relations and Strategic Studies from the United Kingdom’s University of Lancaster. She has held research fellowships at Harvard University’s Centre for International Affairs, University of Melbourne and Australian National University’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. She then (in 1990) joined the New Zealand Defence Force, serving on the NZDF’s civil staff culminating as a senior executive working for successive Chiefs of the Defence Force on strategic and enterprise-level leadership, defence policy and management projects.
Tea and coffee from 7:30pm
Non-members: $5.00 door charge
See attached flyer for further information.
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