The Strategic Trade Research Institute (STRI) held an event on “Outreach 2.0: Emerging Technologies and Effective Outreach Practices,” sponsored by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). The event featured discussion on emerging technology outreach challenges as well as outreach tools and good practices to raise awareness among private sector stakeholders - industry, research, and academia.
The speakers, Scott Jones and Andrea Viski of STRI, presented an advanced outreach model – Outreach 2.0 - built on input from international stakeholders from the public and private sectors. During the event, the speakers introduced Outreach 2.0 and conduct an exchange with a group of three renowned discussants - Todd Perry of the U.S. Department of State; Katherine Wyslocky of Public Safety Canada, and Kevin Cuddy of IBM, on emerging technologies and effective outreach practices.