On February 27-28, 2023, the University of Waterloo’s Office of the Vice-President, Research and International is hosting a conference on Research Security in Today’s Geo-Political Era at Federation Hall.
This two-day conference serves to share some of the concerns of stakeholders on all things related to research security. The conference will feature panels of academics with expertise on the threat to research from foreign actors, leaders of various funding agencies, senior government officials working on national security, public safety, and national defence, and those working on academic freedom and anti-racism in the research community.
This workshop will help build broad awareness among the academic community regarding the importance of research security, the type of known risks to research, provide direction and guidance on how to protect their research and assess risks in partnerships, and provide attendees an opportunity to ask questions of experts and various government representatives.