A Tale of Two Conferences - Phil Sheriff
It is hard to imagine two more different conferences. On the one hand, there was the second iteration of the Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building, full of international organisations, cyber not-for-profits, with its global representation of government cybersecurity officials and implementors. The setting, Geneva, with its international bodies from WTO to UEFA and mountainous scenic backdrop, was spectacular, the conference crowd well attired and familiar, the content reassuringly predictable, and the catering abundant. On the other hand there was the UK Evaluation Society conference in Glasgow. No less spectacular in its own way, but with a crowd of evaluation experts and academics who were much less familiar, the content expansive and original, not a suit in sight, and no free drinks. And whilst both areas, cybersecurity capacity building and evaluation, are well known and well understood in their own right by experienced practitioners and seasoned professionals, if you ...