Events

16/02/2021 15:00 — 16:00

Type of event : other-conference

While the SwissCovid proximity tracing app was designed as decentralized and privacy-preserving, adoption rates have been low, and non-users have cited privacy and data protection as the top reason for not adopting. Similar results have been seen in other countries. Given the potential benefits of such an app, and users willingness to use apps with less privacy and arguably less social benefits, this suggests a need for a better understanding of privacy along with a greater focus on generating digital trust in society. IHEID's Centre for Trade and Economic Integration and the Global Health Centre invite you to join them…

25/01/2021 09:00 — 17:00

Type of event : other-conference

With the massive use of Fake News and the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the general public is aware that AI can harm democratic processes. But on its bright side, can machine learning help us to better understand and improve democracy? Applied Machine Learning Days at EPFL in 2021 will consists of monthly thematically focussed conferences on machine learning and artificial intelligence with top speakers from around the world. The AI & Democracy track explores the challenges and opportunities that lie at the intersection of politics, law, and machine learning – beyond Fake News and Cambridge Analytica. Open Government Initiatives have opened…

20/01/2021 15:30 — 17:00

Type of event : c4dt-workshop

During this event the 4 associate partners, who joined the C4DT as part of the C4DT start-up program, will present themselves to the C4DT community. For two years Regdata, strong.network, Taurus and Xorlab will complement the already diverse group of partner companies through their start-up perspective and collaborate and share insights on trust-building technologies. Virtually meet them, learn about their activities and ask questions and discuss with your start-up(s) of interest in 4 concurrent break-out sessions. This is a C4DT community event only.

07/12/2020 — 11/12/2020
12:00 — 17:30

Type of event : other-conference

IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) is the premier symposium that facilitates the rapid growth of hardware-based security research and development. Since 2008, HOST has served as the globally recognized event for researchers and practitioners to advance knowledge and technologies related to hardware security and assurance. For more information click below.

02/12/2020 14:00 — 17:00

Type of event : other-seminar

The Brussels Privacy Hub of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Future of Privacy Forum cordially invite you to the 2020 Brussels Privacy Symposium. 2 panels will discuss the research and the protection of personal data under the GDPR. The topic of the first panel is "Complex Interactions: the GDPR, Data Protection and Research", while the sencond panel will discuss the topic "Using Sensitive Data in Research to Counter (Hidden) Bias and Discrimination". To view the full agenda & for more information click below to visit FPF’s Brussels Privacy Symposium webpage. Wednesday, December 2nd 2020, 14:00-17:15 (CEST), online

01/12/2020 01:00 — 18:30

Type of event : other-conference

The second wave of the COVID 19 pandemic is surging in the world.  Many countries had high expectations from digital contact tracing as a means to improve the efficiency of the manual tracing. In this webinar renowned international experts present their research results and views on solutions for digital contact tracing. We critically discuss the deployed solutions with respect to their security, privacy and effectiveness. In particular, we discuss the risks and threats of using solutions that are provided by giant data collectors. The event is supported by the Collaborative Research Center CROSSING (funded by the German Research Foundation DFG).…

23/11/2020 — 27/11/2020
09:00 — 17:00

Type of event : c4dt-course

Intended for professionals from the philanthropic and non-profit sectors, who see information and communication technologies (ICT) as an opportunity to better engage with beneficiaries and stakeholders, this 5-day course will give you and your organization the ability and the toolset to take more leadership responsibilities in driving your digital transformation. The courses are developed by the Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) at EPFL, in close partnership with Fondation Lombard Odier. The course will be held on 23-27 November 2020 entirely online. For more information please click below.

23/11/2020 09:00 — 18:00

Type of event : c4dt-conference

We are delighted to announce a new date for the Data 2025 Conference which will take place in an online format. This conference, organized jointly by the Graduate Institute Geneva's Center for Trade and Economic Integration (CTEI) and the Center for Digital Trust (C4DT), will discuss what data is, based on technical and economic realities. It will start with the present, but look forward to the opportunities, and the challenges, that new technologies will bring for the year 2025. For more information please click below.

18/11/2020 19:00 — 20:30

Type of event : other-conference

Today, a global digital society is emerging through the transfer of data abroad on a massive scale. Some states, however, seem to be returning to national isolationism, encouraging local storage solutions so as to be less dependent on foreign infrastructures and platforms. Switzerland is debating the adoption of a ‘Swiss Cloud’ for certain categories of data, while our neighbors are considering a European strategy. In addition to the geopolitical dimension, this massive transfer of data in Switzerland and abroad raises questions concerning protection of our privacy and control over our data. This conference will examine the role of multilateralism in…

16/11/2020 — 17/11/2020

Type of event : other-conference

Following the postponement of conference, the new dates have been confirmed: 16-17th of November 2020. Wide application of AI technologies has enormous benefits, but it also presents unprecedented challenges in terms of privacy, cybersecurity, consumer rights and ethics. As societal expectations evolve, lack of clear global rules & slow pace of policy developments in this area presents a major challenge to businesses worldwide. RegHorizon's AI Policy Conference is organized in collaboration with the ETHZ and will focus mainly on the role policy frameworks can play for AI’s future development. For more information please click below. November 16th & 17th, 2020,…

03/11/2020 — 04/11/2020
08:30 — 16:30

Type of event : other-conference

The Cyber-Defense Campus is pleased to announce its next Cyber-Defence Campus conference which will take place on November 3rd & 4th 2020 at the EPFL SwissTech Convention Center. The two-day conference will explore the trade-off between the need for massive data collection to produce relevant intelligence for cyber-defence (Nov 3: Cyber Threat & Technology Intelligence) and the imperative need to preserve the privacy of citizens (Nov 4: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies). For more information please click below.

30/10/2020 10:30 — 12:00

Type of event : other-conference

The Swiss Finance Institute at EPFL is pleased to invite you to the upcoming Swissquote Conference 2020 on Finance and Technology. The conference is organized by the Swissquote Chair in Quantitative Finance and the Swiss Finance Institute@EPFL. Due to the exceptional circumstances caused by COVID-19, this conference will be held online. Please note that registration for this event is mandatory. Friday, October 30, 2020, 10:30-12:00. In order to register and to see the program click below.

06/10/2020 15:00 — 17:40

Type of event : c4dt-conference

Increasingly, reports warn that state-sponsored actors use social media to spread fake news/disinformation in order to sow distrust and create panic during pandemics and create discord and polarized opinions among people on political issues during democratic elections. Adding to this, social media platforms' algorithms "add salt to the wound" by feeding their users posts which are aligned with their opinion in order to increase their screen time. How serious and how massive is the problem? What are its implications? And what can/should be done about it? During this forum, organized jointly by the Center for Digital Trust (C4DT), the CyberPeace…

16/09/2020 16:00 — 19:00

Type of event : c4dt-workshop

The C4DT organizes a panel discussion on Quantum safety - security against quantum attacks. It aims to establish a common understanding of quantum terminology, to grasp the concrete risks from quantum computing faced by companies, and to raise awareness among leaders to prepare enterprises now for a secure future. Among the panelists are Dr. Tommaso Gagliardoni, Kudelski Security, Dr. Dimitar Jetchev, Inpher, Dr. Grégoire Ribordy, ID Quantique and Dr. Juan Troncoso-Pastoriza, EPFL. September 16th, 2020, 16:00-19:00 @ EPFL, 1014 Ecublens, Switzerland. Please note that this event is for the C4DT community only. Please contact david.viollier@epfl.ch for more information.

16/06/2020 15:00 — 16:30

Type of event : c4dt-workshop

The EPFL COVID-19 academic committee has given the green light to twenty research projects directly addressing the COVID-19 crisis. In their research, teams from all the Schools work on priority aspects of the pandemic: preventing or tracking contagion, cure and vaccines, diagnostics and testing, and policy and data. In this workshop we will present a selection of 5 to the C4DT community and discuss potential collaboration. For more information about this event please click below.

11/06/2020 — 12/06/2020

Type of event : other-conference

The 3rd edition of the Crypto Valley Conference will be held on On June 11-12 in Rotkreuz, Switzerland, with two days of in-depth discussions on the current state and future of blockchain technology. More information will follow shortly. To access the event's website, click below.

02/06/2020 10:30 — 12:00

Type of event : c4dt-conference

In times of crises, we become acutely aware how important infrastructures are as a basis for society to continue to function … and to recover in the aftermath. But this is not only the question of the importance of foundational infrastructures, such as telecom, postal services, public transport and electricity, it is also the question of their resilience. In this webinar, we will discuss these questions for the case of Switzerland, together with representatives of the major Swiss infrastructure providers – Swissgrid, SBB, Swiss Post and Swisscom. The webinar will be introduced and moderated by Prof. Matthias Finger, Swiss Post…

02/06/2020 13:00 — 18:00

Type of event : c4dt-workshop

C4DT’s Factory provides a hands-on technical training for C4DT partners on a tool called Calypso. This tool allows to store secrets on a blockchain, and to dynamically update the access control. The hands-on training has been initiated by a request from SICPA. They were looking for a way to store the private keys used in (...)

27/05/2020 10:30 — 12:00

Type of event : c4dt-conference

The collaborative development effort, called DP-3T (Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing), involves researchers from various countries and is led from EPFL by C4DT-affiliated privacy expert Prof. Carmela Troncoso. Its goal is to simplify and accelerate the process of identifying people who have been in contact with an infected person, thus providing a technological foundation to help slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. During this public webinar, we will discuss how the application works as well as how to build trust to encourage the population to adopt a technology solution. May 27th, 10:30 - 12:30, remote. For more information click below.

23/03/2020 14:30 — 15:30

Type of event : other-workshop

The outbreak of COVID-19 has not only caused a global pandemic, but it has also provoked the spread of what seems to be an unstoppable #Infodemic, an epidemicspread of informationonline. Cyberattacks are on the rise, exploiting the social distancing measure that has forced millions of people to stay in theirhomes, working and studying remotely, or surfing online to fill their time away from work. The frustration and anxiety of these times has made people more vulnerable targets. Beyond its obvious impact, dis-/misinformation also offers a critical vector for cyberattacks. For more information, please click below… June 15th, 09:30-17:45, & June…

19/03/2020 09:00 — 18:00

Type of event : c4dt-conference

The rising importance of data has thrown up new challenges ranging from competition policy to privacy to the geostrategic implications of 5G. The goal of this conference, organized in collaboration with The Graduate Institute in Geneva (IHEID), is to boost understanding of what data is and help to develop mindsets and attitudes that are based on technical and economic realities rather than the myths and shallow discussions that so often appear in popular media. For more information, please click below... March 19th, 2020, 08:00-18:00 @ The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Maison de la Paix, Auditorium A1.

06/03/2020 09:00 — 16:00

Type of event : c4dt-workshop

C4DT's Factory provides a hands-on technical training for C4DT partners on a library called Drynx. Drynx allows to create privacy-preserving queries on encrypted datasets that are stored at different data providers who don’t want to share the original data. Please note that this event is for C4DT partners only. For more information and to access the program, please click below... March 6th, 2020, 09:00-16:00 @ EPFL Building BC (room to be confirmed), 1014 Ecublens, Switzerland.

25/01/2020 — 29/01/2020

Type of event : other-conference

On January 25-29, 2020 EPFL's Swiss Tech Center will host the fourth iteration of the Applied Machine Learning Days. The best people in the field will talk about a variety of issues on the application of machine learning and AI - from technical to social to economical. The conference includes a track on AI & trust co-organized by C4DT, which will take place on Tuesday the 28th of January.

20/01/2020 08:30 — 18:00

Type of event : other-conference

The 2nd edition of the Geneva Blockchain Congress will be held on Monday the 20th of January at Palexpo, Geneva, and will focus on the following theme: From Laboratory to Market via Ethics, Regulation and Governance. This will encompass a vast array of topical questions and debates. For more information, please, click below.