EVENTS
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (°denotes anticipated)
2025. Jili, Bulelani. The Great Marketplace: African Development in a Neoliberal World. Commentator at the Harvard International & Global History Seminar, Cambridge, April 2025.
2025. Jili, Bulelani. What Africa Wants: Conversation with Researchers. Panelist at AI Action Summit, The Paris Peace Forum, Paris, February 2025.
2025.Jili, Bulelani. Reframing Digital Trade in Africa: Agency, Dependency, and the China Question. Presentation at European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy, April 2025.
2025. Jili, Bulelani. Between Dependency and Independence: African Agency Amid China's Expanding Digital Footprint in Africa. Presentation at Georgetown University, Georgetown, DC, April 2025.
2025. Jili, Bulelani. Face to Face with Justice: AI, Facial Recognition Technology, Law Enforcement, and Privacy. Panel Presentation at University of Connecticut School of Law, Storrs, CT, April 2025
2024. Jili, Bulelani. Kenya’s Technological Fix. Presentation at the STS Circle meeting at Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, November 2025.
2024. Jili, Bulelani. Planetary Politics Initiative. Participant at New America Symposium, Washington, DC, November 2024.
2024. Jili, Bulelani. Wanted: A Functioning Global Order. Presentation at Paris Peace Forum 2024, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, November 2024
2024. Jili, Bulelani. Tackling the Proliferation and Irresponsible use of Commercially available cyber intrusion capabilities. Consultation at The Pall Mall Process with United Kingdom and France governments, London UK, September 2024.
2024. Jili, Bulelani. Global digital connectivity. Workshop at Special Competitive Studies Project, Arlington VA, September 2024.
2024. Jili, Bulelani. Chinese surveillance tools as a technical fix in Africa. Lecture at Sydney Law School, Sydney, Australia, August 2024.
2024. Jili, Bulelani. Global South, Geopolitics, and U.S, Europe, and China’s Competition to Influence Global AI Regulation. Co-convenor at Berkman Klein Center, Harvard Law School and Georgetown Law School, Cambridge, MA April 2024.
2024. Jili, Bulelani. Emerging Technology Adoption in Africa. Panel Presentation at Amplifying the Africa Voices for Strategic Action, Strathmore University and the International Relations of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, October 2024.
2024. Jili, Bulelani. Digital Identity as DPI: Fostering trust, inclusion & adoption. Panel at ID4Africa, Cape Town, SA, May 2024.
2024. Jili, Bulelani. Leasing Out to Chinese Companies. Presentation at Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas, Austin, May 2024.
2023. Jili, Bulelani. Geopolitics of Technology. Presentation at Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and Carnegie Endowment for international Peace, New Delhi, December 2023.
2023. Jili, Bulelani. The Strategic Implications of China’s Digital Influence in Africa. Presentation at Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Washington D.C., November 2023.
2023. Jili, Bulelani. China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its challenges to cybersecurity. Presentation at Florida International University (FIU) and the Social Science Research Council, Miami, October 2023.
2023. Jili, Bulelani. China’s Digital Authoritarianism and Transnational Repression: Mapping Threats, Policy and Advocacy Responses. Presentation at RightsCon, Costa Rica, June 2023.
2023. Jili, Bulelani. Mapping Our Global Digital Future: A Symposium on Examining Digital Harms & Pathways to Tech Governance. Presentation at New America and Princeton University, Washington D.C., May 2023.
2022. Jili, Bulelani. The Path Forward for Digital Regulation Across Africa. Presentation at US Statement Department, U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit (Science Track), Washington D.C., December 2022.
2022. Jili, Bulelani. Acting responsibly in cyberspace. Presentation at UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Wilton Park, West Sussex UK, November 2022.
2022. Jili, Bulelani. AI Surveillance tools in Kenya. Presentation at AI Policy Summit, ETH Zurich Center for Law and Economics, Zurich, Switzerland, October 2022.
2022. Jili, Bulelani. African Pull Factors of Chinese Surveillance tools. Presentation at Offensive Cyber Proliferation – Asymmetric Security Working Group at Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Washington D.C., October 2022.
2022. Jili, Bulelani. China’s Surveillance ecosystem and the global spread of its tools. Presentation at Information Society Project, Yale Law School, New Haven, September 2022.
2022. Jili, Bulelani. The Push and Pull factors of Chinese surveillance technologies. Presentation at Embassy of the United States of America to Kenya, US State Department, Nairobi, June 2022.
2022. Jili, Bulelani. Freedom of Expression Scholars. Discussant at the Information Society, Yale Law School, New Haven, May 2022.
2022. Jili, Bulelani. The Push and Pull factors of Chinese surveillance tools in the Global South. Presentation at Hack the Capitol conference, Crowell & Moring LLP, DC, May 2022.
2022. Jili, Bulelani. Understanding and countering China's tech-enhanced surveillance state: actionable insights for policymakers. Presentation at MERICS and UK Government’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, Berlin, April 2022.
2022. Jili, Bulelani. Digital Surveillance Products in Africa. Presentation at the Information Society Project, Yale Law School, New Haven, March 2022.
2021. Jili, Bulelani. Harvard African Studies Workshop. Co-Host at Centre for African studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, US, September 2021.
2021. Jili, Bulelani. The Human Rights Risks of Racial Recognition Technology. Panelist at Center for strategic and International Studies, The Human Rights Initiative and Strategic Technologies Program, May 2021.
2021. Jili, Bulelani. The proliferation of Chinese Surveillance technologies. Paper Presentation at 2021 Law and Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, May 2021.
2021. Jili, Bulelani. Chinese surveillance tools in Africa. Presentation at AI Now Institute, New York University, NY, US April 2021.
2021. Jili, Bulelani. Policy strategies to combat surveillance technology in Africa. Paper Presentation at Freedom House: Tanzania Waters Group, D.C., US March 2021.
2021. Jili, Bulelani. The Spread of Surveillance Technology in Africa. Paper Presentation at Human Rights Watch Workshop, D.C., U.S., February 2021.
2020. Jili, Bulelani. Our African Futures. Paper Presentation at 2020 Standard Bank Chairman’s Alumni Conference, South Africa, Johannesburg, December 2020.
2020. Jili, Bulelani. Chinese Surveillance tools in Africa. Paper Presentation at the 2020 Young China Watchers Conference, London, UK, November 2020.
2020. Jili, Bulelani. Locating African Agency in Africa-China Relations. Paper presentation at the 2020 China Africa Research Initiative Annual Conference at John Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA, October 2020
2020. Jili, Bulelani. Taking Stock of China’s Security Strategy in Africa. Seminar presentation at The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (a U.S. Department of Defense institution), August 2020
2020. Jili, Bulelani. Law, Education, and Justice Research Working Group. Research Presentation at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S., January 2020.
2019. Jili, Bulelani. Chinese social scoring and the exporting of authoritarianism? Paper Presentation at the “FUTUREID3: Automated Decision-making” at Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, March 2019
2016. Jili, Bulelani. China’s Economic development and its global impact. Oral presentation at the “Beijing Forum”, Beijing, China, November 2016.