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CyberUK24 Plenary Future Tech, Future Threat, Future Ready

In this plenary session with the UK's National Security community and partners Futurist and Cyber Expert Matthew Griffin discusses the emergent threats facing nations worldwide, emergent cyber solutions, and shares his views on China's rise.

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Matthew GriffinFounder, President and Futurist, 311 Institute

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About this panel

Firstly, thank you to Ollie Whitehouse, CTO of the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), part of GCHQ, for asking me to take part CyberUK24’s plenary panel in Birmingham to discuss the “Future tech, future threat, future ready” theme of this years premier cyber and security summit. With thousands of professionals from around the world, including the Director of GCHQ, the Director of CISA, and cyber liaison for the White House Harry Coker, as well as the directors of India and Japans national security agencies the NCS and NISC, it was an honour to be in such esteemed company.

During our plenary session, which I shared with Sir Philip Knight, Head of the UK’s National Quantum Computing Strategy, Dame Angela McLean, and the director of NCS, I was asked to expand on my views of the future biological, chemical, and cyber threat landscapes, and expand on future Horizon 2 and 3 threat vectors, and give an overview on China’s progress and emerging technology strategy as it strives for technology independence and superiority in the coming decades.

When it comes to future threats the simple fact of the matter is that they’re everywhere, whether it’s the ability to wipeout selective portions of Humanity using $100 CRISPR kits, deceive and destroy the AI’s we’re busily embedding into our companies and products, or just simply use AI to design 40,000 new chemical weapons or so. All of which is before we get onto the topic of “System of Systems” autonomous AI agents … and many other things.

And then, when it comes to China, well, I think I did well to cover everything in the five minutes I had, but suffice to say they’re already ahead in 38 out of 44 key emerging technology fields and they’re accelerating, in part thanks to their $1.4 Trillion emerging technology funding package, and in part due to the sheer determination of the country’s leadership to push the boundaries of N+2 to N+4 emerging technologies. Technologies that include everything from Quantum Communications and Nil Communications, all the way through to the development of new advanced computer chips, novel unhackable metamaterials, and much more …

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Key takeaways

Future threats range from gene editing kits and AI-designed chemical weapons to attacks on the AI systems firms embed in their products.
China is already ahead in 38 out of 44 key emerging technology fields, and it is accelerating.
A $1.4 Trillion emerging technology funding package and strong leadership drive push China towards N+2 to N+4 technologies.

Questions and answers

What does the CyberUK24 keynote cover?

Matthew Griffin gave his view of future biological, chemical and cyber threats and of Horizon 2 and 3 threat vectors. He also gave an overview of China's progress and emerging technology strategy as it seeks technology independence and superiority.

Where and when was the session given?

It was the plenary panel at CyberUK24 in Birmingham, on the theme Future tech, future threat, future ready. Ollie Whitehouse, CTO of the National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, invited Matthew to take part. He shared the stage with Sir Philip Knight, Head of the UK's National Quantum Computing Strategy, Dame Angela McLean, and the director of NCS.

How far ahead is China in emerging technology?

Matthew told the panel that China is ahead in 38 out of 44 key emerging technology fields. He linked this to a $1.4 Trillion funding package. The fields he named include Quantum Communications, Nil Communications, new advanced computer chips and novel unhackable metamaterials.

Can Matthew give this keynote at our event?

Yes. Matthew tailors each talk to the audience, as a keynote, panel, executive briefing or leadership workshop. He works in person first, anywhere in the world.