WB3C Conference
The inaugural regional conference hosted by The Western Balkans Cyber Capacity Center (WB3C) was organized on June 11th and 12th, 2024, in Montenegro. Attended by a diverse array of public officials, experts, practitioners, diplomatic representatives, and academics from across the Western Balkans, the conference marked a significant milestone in cybersecurity collaboration.
The WB3C is a regional training center established in Podgorica, Montenegro, jointly established by the governments of France, Slovenia, and Montenegro, with a European and strategic ambition. Its mission focuses on supporting the EU aspirations of Western Balkans countries by strenghtening cybersecurity and combating cybercrime through cooperation and training activities. Its main objectives are the cultivation of a cyber-conscious culture, enhancing operational capabilities, and promoting regional and international relations.
The conference served as a platform for inclusive dialogue among stakeholders, addressing key issues in building the region’s cyber resilience against escalating digital threats. Discussions centered on developing robust cyber culture, enhancing operational capacities, and fostering cooperation both regionally and internationally.
Distinguished panelists, including Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, delved into the four critical areas of security including the protection of critical infrastructure, fight against evolving cyber crime, impact of artificial intelligence on cybersecurity and cyber diplomacy and the importance of international cooperation. Maja presented the field of data governance for AI and especially the GPAI Data Justice Project, which was created during her co-chairing of the working group for data governance. More about this project at the link.
In June 2024, the Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) network and Communia, published research findings in a publication entitled Copyright as an Access Right: Concretizing Positive Obligations for Rightholders to Ensure the Exercise of User Rights, which was authored by professors Christophe Geiger and Bernd Justin Jütte.
On Thursday, July 4, 2024, TV SLO 1 aired a new show Conversations about the Future with the subtitle Alternative Futures, in which three guests reflected on the dilemmas and opportunities of an increasingly digitized society. In addition to Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič from ODIPI, were also anthropologists Dr. Dan Podjed from ZRC SAZU and computer engineer Dr. Blaž Zupan from the Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics UL.
In the first week of July 2024, the Summer Course on International Copyright Law and Policy took place in Amsterdam, which was also attended by the young researcher Laura Pipan from ODIPI.
On Friday, June 14, 2024, the second day of the Global Conference on AI and Human Rights took place at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana. Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič gave a lecture as part of the 14th panel entitled AI and Intellectual Property: Revolution or Robbery?