Roll-out of 5G Technology: Threats, Opportunities, and Subject of Debate, June 15

[Elizabeth Rogers]

Good morning, everyone! Happy Friday.



Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join the Defence and Security Foresight Group (DSF-G)  for a webinar on the roll out of 5G technology in Canada. The panelists will discuss the importance of 5G adoption to Canada’s competitiveness and its digital economy, as well as some of the arguments around the threats and challenges of foreign ownership of this key infrastructural development. This panel will highlight the associated risks of 5G deployment and adoption and will explain what risk mitigations are being explored by countries and companies globally.



WHAT: Roll-out of 5G Technology: Threats, Opportunities, and Subject of Debate

WHEN: Monday, June 15 at 10:30 am

HOW: Please register for the event<https://uwaterloo.ca/defence-security-foresight-group/events/roll-out-5g-technology-threats-opportunities-and-subject> and livestream information will be sent to you.



Moderator: Bessma Momani, Professor of Political Science and interim Assistant Vice-President of International Relations at the University of Waterloo



Panelists:



  *   Melissa Hathaway, Hathaway Global Strategies LLC
  *   Dr. Stephanie Carvin, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
  *   David Everingham, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Ericsson Canada Inc.



Please feel free to share this event with colleagues and friends.



Sent on behalf of DSF Group.

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