Host: Public Safety Canada

Online workshop description:  

This module elaborates on dual-use technologies and research, with specific examples. These examples highlight the complex nature of dual-use technologies and ways to recognize their sensitivities. Whether working in STEM, social sciences, or humanities, the outcome of the module will enhance understanding of the dual-use nature of any research and provide frontline researchers and institutions with tools to perform their due diligence and appropriately evaluate risks.

Module 2 - Learning Objectives

• Raise awareness of the risks arising from research in Sensitive Technology Research Areas and dual use technologies
• Illustrate, through examples, the dual use nature of specific research areas across multiple domains
• Create awareness, challenge, and enable participants to better recognize how their work may be sensitive or dual use
• Highlight the importance of due diligence and a researcher's responsibility to safeguard the intangible information critical to successful research
• Balance and reinforce the importance of collaboration in open science