Mateusz participated in a discussion titled “Digital Threats and the Human Element: From EU Policies to Everyday Life,” organized by EU InfoPoint in Cyprus. He shared his observations about the dynamic changes in cyberspace that present us with new challenges. Challenges that are universal, regardless of geographical location, even if the intensity and consequences may…

Mateusz was one of the keynote speakers at a webinar organized by the Future Shift Labs. The meeting was organized as part of The Bridge series, the main aim of which is to raise social awareness in the area of ​​modern technologies. The meeting focused on new applications for large language models, with Mateusz concentrating…

Matthias participated at the panel “Arms control in crisis: Technological and security challenges” at the Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung Konferenz in Osnabrück. The panel explored how traditional arms control struggles to address digital technologies, including software, AI, and cyber capabilities. Matthias argued, that unlike physical weapons, digital tools are inherently flexible, hard to define, easily automated,…

On July 9, 2025, the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) hosted a webinar titled “Cyber Operations in the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza: No Revolution in Warfare Yet.” The event marked the launch of a new research paper by Dr. Matthias Schulze, offering an evidence-based analysis of cyber-operations in the Russia-Ukraine war…

At the invitation of Nottingham Trent University, Mateusz Łabuz participated in a seminar titled “Online-Offline Continuum Approach: New Digital Frontiers.” During the seminar, selected issues related to the development of modern technologies were discussed. In his presentation, Mateusz focused on the new and still poorly understood trend of using deepfakes for political advertising. He pointed…

At the invitation of the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, Mateusz Łabuz participated in a conference devoted to new technologies and the regulatory challenges associated with their development. Mateusz moderated one of the panels, titled “Free Speech vs. Content Moderation – Shaping the Future Information Environment.” The conference, co-organized by King’s College, took place in London and brought together…

On 21.05, Matthias was invited by the Evangelic Church Germany (EKD) to their annual symposium on cyber-security. The event included talks on cyber-crisis prevention, ethical hacking, disaster recovery after ransomware incidents, and the role of awareness. Matthias’s talk addressed state-sponsored cyber-operations, the use of hacktivism in war time, as well as current Russian, Chinese and…

The Shaping Cybersecurity Conference 2025, co-hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and the DEEP – Institute for Deep Tech Innovation at ESMT Berlin are bringing in experts to discuss the topic “Stronger Together: Cyber Capabilities for Vigilant Democracies”.  Geopolitical tensions increasingly affect the cyber and digital space. In conflicts,…

Mateusz Łabuz participated in an event for students at the University of Warsaw, during which he discussed the threats posed by the development of synthetic media. In his presentation, Mateusz highlighted multifaceted challenges, including technical (e.g., breaching biometric security, improving phishing attacks), social (e.g., disinformation, crisis of trust, victimization of individuals and social groups), and…