Global Experts to Address Critical Issues at Annual EastWest Institute Security Conference

Seventh Annual Worldwide Security Conference to Focus on Afghanistan and Cybersecurity

Posted By: Sarosh Syed

Date: February 3, 2010

Media Advisory for February 18, 2010

BRUSSELS. February 3. The EastWest Institute's seventh annual Worldwide Security Conference on February 18, 2010 will bring together security experts from government, business, civil society and media to spur collective action on the world's most pressing security concerns. The main focus of the conference will be on cybersecurity and the stability of Afghanistan, two of the most formidable challenges for global stability. It will also feature speakers on topics such as counterterrorism, energy security and economic risk management.

Select participants will be available at two press conferences, one on Afghanistan (February 18, 11:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m.) and another on cybersecurity (February 18, 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.) The EastWest Institute can also help schedule individual interviews.

WHO:

Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Kanwal Sibal, Former Foreign Secretary of India
Hekmat Karzai, Director, Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies, Afghanistan; Senior Fellow, EastWest Institute
Peter Altabef, President, Dell Services
Christopher M. E. Painter, Coordinator for Cybersecurity of the Executive Office of the President, U.S. National Security Council.
Zhou Yonglin, Deputy Secretary General, Network and Information Security Committee, Internet Society of China
Dmitryi Rogozin, Head of the Mission of the Russian Federation to NATO
And dozens more security experts from around the world.

WHAT:

EastWest Institute's Seventh Annual Worldwide Security Conference

WHERE:

World Customs Organization Headquarters
Rue du Marché, 30
B-1210 Brussels
Belgium

WHEN:

February 18, 2010
Press conference on Afghanistan: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Press conference on cybersecurity: 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

A draft agenda for the conference is available at: http://www.ewi.info/WSC7

The Seventh Annual Worldwide Security Conference is co-hosted with the World Customs Organization and the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its capacity as 2010 Chair of the G8. In past years, the Worldwide Security Conference has attracted more than 500 participants from dozens of countries around the world.

EWI will host invitation-only sessions on Afghanistan and cybersecurity the day before the public event. If you would like to attend the conference or these special sessions, please contact Sarosh Syed at ssyed@ewi.info or +1-646-662-1913 or Jean Dumont de Chassart at jdumontdechassart@ewi.info or +32 2 732 48 60.

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Contact:
Sarosh Syed, +1-646-662-1913, ssyed@ewi.info
Jean Dumont de Chassart, +32 2 732 48 60, jdc@ewi.info