Speaker: Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope
Respondent: Professor Mary Kaldor
Chair: Professor David Held

Dr. Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State of the United States (special speech), Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy, Eugene Kaspersky, CEO, Kaspersky Lab, Shashi Tharoor, Member of the Lower House, Parliament of India, UN Deputy Secretary General (2001-2007)

As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it's your right to know what data is being collected about you and how it affects your online life. He unveils a Firefox add-on to do just that.

In this video from our Futurist Forum, Jamais Cascio says that the people hacking a tech to make it serve more shady purposes (or to help them have sex) might be the best window into how it works.



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Project 2020 is an initiative of the International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA). Its aim is to anticipate the future of cybercrime, enabling governments, businesses and citizens to prepare themselves for the challenges and opportunities of the coming decade. It comprises a range of activities, including common threat reporting, scenario exercises, policy guidance and capacity building.

The first automated, self-service security-screening kiosk was unveiled at Lincoln Center in New York. Founder of Qylur Security Systems, Dr. Lisa Dolev tells us how it works and why it is the future of security.

Policy-makers are considering large-scale early intervention programs to enhance children’s self-control, with the aim of reducing crime and improving citizens’ health and wealth. Experimental studies and economic analyses are suggesting that such programs could reap benefits for a nation. Yet, how important is childhood self-control for the health, wealth, and public safety of the adult population?

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Future of Prisons: Alan Holden and Kara Shuler at TEDxRosslyn

Michael Moore also visits a much more civilized conceptualization of what we think of as a 'prison'. Given what we know about human behavior and criminology, prisons in the US and many other countries are a scientific and humanitarian embarrassment.

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