Carnegie Mellon University
November 28, 2016

CMU To Host Second Session of Carnegie Colloquium Dec. 2

Carnegie Colloquium
Carnegie Mellon President Subra Suresh greets William J. Burns, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, at the first session of the colloquium in Washington, D.C.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Carnegie Mellon University will host the second session of their joint Colloquium on Digital Governance and Security on Dec. 2 in Pittsburgh. The first session was held on Oct. 31 in Washington, D.C.

The event, titled "The Future of the Internet: Governance and Conflict," will bring together policy experts from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's global network and technical experts at Carnegie Mellon University.

The event will include a keynote address from Malcolm Johnson, deputy secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union for the United Nations, panel discussions and a security and policy student poster session.

Additional speakers will include Subra Suresh, president of Carnegie Mellon; William J. Burns, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Lawrence E. Strickling, assistant secretary for communications and information for the U.S. Department of Commerce.

More information about the colloquium, including a registration link, is available online.