Round table discussion
(Invitation only)
African security matters
Briefing to Dutch Minister of Defence & delegation
Date: 20 October 2023
Place: Stellenbosch University
Presenters
Prof Hussein Solomon (Free State University & Research Fellow SIGLA, Stellenbosch University)
- On coups in the SAHEL. PP here
Prof A. Esterhuyse: (Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University)
- South Africa's national security. PP here
Prof F. Vreÿ: (SIGLA, Stellenbosch University)
- Maritime security off Africa. PP here
Enquiries: Prof F. VreÿEmail
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SIGLA Guest Lecture
Subsea cables, port security and legal matters
Date: 27 September 2023 (13:30-14:30 GMT+2)
Speakers:
Subsea cables, cyber and port security
Prof Brett van Niekerk (PhD) is an associate professor in the Department of Information Technology at the Durban University of Technology, a non-resident fellow at the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (Stellenbosch University), chairs the International Federation of Information Processing Working Group on ICT in Peace and War, and is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism. He has cybersecurity experience across industry, academia and civil society. He actively participates in international cybersecurity forums (Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, Paris Call working groups, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's project on countering influence operations). He is CISM certified, with over 50 academic publications and 20 presentations at industry events.
Legal aspects
Dr Trishana Ramluckan is the research manager at Educor Holdings and an honorary research fellow in the School of Law at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, prior to which she was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Law and an Adjunct Lecturer in the Graduate School of Business at UKZN. She is a member of the IFIP working group on ICT Uses in Peace and War and is an Academic Advocate for ISACA. She graduated with a Doctor of Administration specialising in IT and Public Governance (2017) and was listed as in the Top 50 Women in Cybersecurity in Africa (2020). Her current research areas include Cyber Law and Information Technology Governance.
Research Brief: Here
Concept note Here
PP presentation: Here
Teams Link Here
Location map: Here
Enquiries: Prof F. Vreÿ - E-mail
Video: Here
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SIGLA Guest Lecture
Emerging AI and Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Date: 8 May 2023 - Time: 13:00 - 1400 (GMT+2)
Speaker: Assistant Secretary Mallory
Stewart (USA)
Biography: https://www.state.gov/biographies/mallory-stewart/
Register at https://forms.office.com/r/TgZQBeKzgf (Closed 4 May 16:00 for logistics planning)
TEAMS link remains open for participants that did not register in time: Available here
In person: Africa Hall, Faculty of Military Science, SA Military Academy, Saldanha
Enquiries: Prof F. Vreÿ
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- Invitation only event -
Workshop theme
The African cyber security landscape: Countering cyber threat proliferation.
Workshop series
Third International Workshop on counter-proliferation in Africa
Partners
Security Institute for Governance and Leadership (SIGLA), Stellenbosch University
US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) & International Counterproliferation Program (ICP)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy, South Africa
Stellenbosch, 28-30 March 2023
Concept Note: Here
Programme: Here
Enquiries: Prof F. Vreÿ Email
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WEBINAR
Exploring the Interface Between Coups, Violent
Extremism and Poor Governance in the Sahel
26 January 2023 : 14:00-16:30
SIGLA, Stellenbosch University and CGAS, University of the Free State
Opening speaker: Prof Kwesi Aning, KAIPTC Ghana
Registration link: Here (Opens 09 January 2023)
Conference link MSTEAMS: Here
Programme: Here
Speaker notes: Here
Research Brief: Here
Recording: Here
Enquiries: Prof F. Vrey SIGLA Prof H. Solomon UFS
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Theme: Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea: Fostering a Comprehensive Approach to a Complex Problem
August 31st - September 1st, 2023
KAIPTC, Accra, Ghana
Concept note here
Communiqué here
Draft report here
Opening of conference by Cmdt KAIPTC
SIGLA also participated in IMDEC 2023 in Accra Ghana
