PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE
G7 Side event under the Italian Presidency “Information Warfare, Hybrid Threats and Nuclear Risk: The Hidden Threats of a Digital Age”
(Farnesina, 12 December 2024)
On Thursday 12 December 2024, the G7 side event under the Italian Presidency “Information Warfare, Hybrid Threats and Nuclear Risk: The Hidden Threats of a Digital Age”, organised by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of the Harvard Kennedy School and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs of Harvard University, will be held in Rome at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The event, entirely open to the press, will take place in English. It will begin at 9:00 a.m., with the opening speech by the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Silli. The conclusions, scheduled for 5:15 p.m., will be entrusted to the Executive Director of the Belfer Center, Francesca Giovannini, and the Senior Fellow of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security of the Atlantic Council Beniamino Irdi.
The first session of the work, entitled “Russia and the West: Nuclear Risks and Hybrid Threats”, will address the issues of nuclear risk in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Russian deterrence strategy and NATO’s approach to the Eastern Front. During the second session, “The Asia Pacific Landscape – Nuclear Risks and Hybrid Threats”, the risk of nuclear escalation in Asia-Pacific, the impact of Beijing’s strategic influence on transatlantic relations and China’s influence operations in the West will be further explored. The third session, entitled “How is strategic communication in the age of cyber and information warfare changing and affecting decision-making?”, will be dedicated to countering malicious actors in the field of information, information and cyber warfare, as well as the threat posed by deepfakes. Finally, during the session “How to manage hybrid threats and reduce nuclear risks in this digital age?”, systemic challenges to global security, strategic decision-making processes in the nuclear context, hybrid threats and public communication will be discussed.
Journalists, photographers and cameramen interested in attending the event may apply for accreditation by sending a request by Wednesday 11 December at 6:00 p.m. to accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (tel. 06 3691 3432 – 3078, 8210 or 8573), attaching the following:
For representatives of Italian press organisations:
- copy of an identity document;
- letter of assignment from the newspaper of affiliation or – in the absence of the latter – copy of professional identity card.
For representatives of foreign press organisations, not accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- copy of an identity document;
- letter from the newspaper of affiliation;
- Verbal note of the Embassy in Rome of the country of the press organisation represented.
For representatives of foreign press already accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the request must be sent with a copy of an identity document attached.
Accredited journalists, photographers and cameramen may enter the Farnesina from the main entrance, left side, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Thursday 12 December.
Submitting the above-mentioned personal data means authorising the use thereof in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 and the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) by the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the data controller, for strictly professional purposes and/or purposes related to the performance of the event in question.
