The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism and the UNOCT Cybersecurity & New Technologies Unit, with the support of the Shura Council of the State of Qatar, and in collaboration with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA) and the Italian Parliament, organize the Fourth Parliamentary Policy Dialogue, dedicated to “The Countering the Use of AI and New Technologies for Terrorist Purposes”. It takes place in Rome, Italy, on 5 December 2024, at the Italian Parliament.

LIVESTREAM: Fourth Parliamentary Policy Dialogue on countering the use of artificial intelligence and new technologies for terrorist purposes, 5 December 2024, 09:30 CET

OBJECTIVE

The objectives of the Parliamentary Policy Dialogue are to:

• Consider and discuss the main global and regional issues and threats, associated with the misuse of AI and other new technologies by terrorist and violent extremist groups and organisations;
• Review and discuss the relevant national, regional, international legal framework and recommendations on the prevention and countering the use of AI by terrorist and extremist organisations;
• Deliberate on the existing good practices in the development of legislation and regulation in the prevention and countering the use of AI and other new technologies by terrorist and extremist organisations, as well as on the regulation on the use of AI by security organs of Member States for counter-terrorism and preventive measures;
• Discuss the role and possible contribution of parliamentary assemblies and national parliaments in the prevention and countering the use of AI and other new technologies by terrorist and extremist organisations.

 AGENDA     

5 December 2024

09:30 – 10:00 Welcoming Remarks 

• Hon. Lorenzo Fontana, President of the Chamber of Deputies, Italian Parliament [message];
• Hon. Eugenio Zoffili, Member of the Defence Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Italian Parliament - Head of the Italian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly;
• Hon. Salvatore Deidda, Chair of the Committee on Transportation, Post and Telecommunications of the Chamber of Deputies, Italian Parliament;
• Hon. Kamil Aydin, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly - Chair of the Presidency of the Co-ordination Mechanism for Parliamentary Assemblies;
• H.E. Mr. Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al-Malki, Member of the Shura Council of the State of Qatar;
• Mr. David Alamos, Chief, Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism.

10:00 – 11:15  SESSION I Global and regional challenges and threats, associated with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other new technologies for terrorist purposes

Moderated by Hon. Kamil Aydin, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Chair of the Presidency of the Co-ordination Mechanism for Parliamentary Assemblies

Presentations by:

• Amb. Massimo Marotti, Head of the Strategy and Co-operation Department, Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (10 minutes);
• Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli, Head of Global and Emerging Risks and Director of the Polymath Initiative, Geneva Centre for Security Policy  [virtual] (10 minutes);
• Mr. Priyank Mathur, Founder and CEO of Mythos Labs (10 minutes).

Q&A / Open discussion

11:45 – 13:00  SESSION II Good international and regional parliamentary practices on preventing and countering the use of AI and other new technologies for terrorist purposes

Moderated by Mr. Marco Bonabello, Senior Adviser, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Presentations by:

• Hon. Emanuele Loperfido, Vice-Chair of Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly - Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (10 minutes); 
• Hon. Tsogtbaatar Damdin, Member of the Parliament of Mongolia, Chair of the Legal Standing Committee (10 minutes);
• Mr. Marco Emanuele, Senior Researcher, Centre for Global Studies, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (10 minutes).

Q&A / Open discussion

14:30 – 16:00 SESSION III International legal framework for preventing and countering the use of AI and other emerging technologies for terrorist purposes

Moderated by Mr. David Alamos, Chief, Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

Presentations by:

• Akvile Giniotiene, Head of United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism / United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre, Cybersecurity & New Technologies Unit (10 minutes);
• Irfan Saeed, Head of the Action against Terrorism Unit, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (10 minutes);
• Gaia Mantini, Terrorism Prevention Branch, United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (10 minutes);
• Jennifer Bramlette, Co-ordinator for Information and Communication Technology, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate [virtual] (10 minutes).

Q&A / Open discussion

16:00 – 16:30 Closing Remarks 

• Hon. Giulio Tremonti, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Italian Parliament;
• Hon. Kamil Aydin, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly - Chair of the Presidency of the Co-ordination Mechanism of Parliamentary Assemblies;
• Amb. Maurizio Massari, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations [virtual];
• Mr. David Alamos, Chief, Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism;
• Hon. Paolo Trancassini, Commissioner of the Chamber of Deputies, Italian Parliament.

PARTICIPANTS

The Parliamentary Policy Dialogue is expected to be attended by Parliamentary Assemblies – members of the Counter-Terrorism Co-ordination Mechanism for Parliamentary Assemblies.

The Dialogue is also expected to be attended by representatives of the UN entities, including the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and other relevant international organisations.