#  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*. **Participan**t 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*. **Presentatio**n 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.