LOCATION: Westin Lobby
Access to renewable and non-renewable resources including energy resources, food and water, are central to geopolitical relations and realities, and were explored by the panelists in this session. Speakers discussed the trends and management of supply and demand – both real and perceived – of products on which people rely. Participants also discussed the outcomes of resource scarcity at the individual, organizational, national and regional levels in terms of cost and security. Panelists concluded with their opinions about future dynamics around resource requirements and sources.
This panel’s discussion on propaganda was particularly timely given the use of the Forum’s social media hashtag #HISF2014 by ISIL promoters during the event. Focusing largely on the current narrative battlefields in Russia and Eastern Europe as well as Afghanistan, and with ISIL, panelists discussed successful forms and methods of message delivery, as well as whether if the most effective source was private or public. According to the panelists, winning the narrative battle is more than countering propaganda, it also means identifying and galvanizing the narrative of modernity and creating mechanisms to deliver information that counters terrorism and the promotion of violent, unlawful behavior.
LOCATION: Atlantic Ballroom
