The Department of European Studies and International Relations would like to invite you to the Research Seminar on History, Information and Economic Development by Chris Pallaris Director and Principle Consultant of i-intelligence, Zurich Wednesday, 6 February 2013, 11:30-13:00 M115 Conference Room, Millennium Building (1st floor), University of Nicosia Seminar Coordinator: Craig Webster Abstract History, Information and Economic Development Information, energy and entropy: how can these phenomena be used to explain economic progress, power politics or the rise and fall of nations? This presentation will examine various theories of civilisation and argue that the wealth of a nation rest entirely on the information literacy of its people, as well as their willingness to harness and exploit ever-more sophisticated data processing tools and technologies. Indeed, if data is the new oil, it follows that power will accrue to those organisations and individuals that can use information to anticipate future trends while also navigating the twin forces of change and uncertainty. Speaker Bionote: Chris Pallaris is Director and Principle Consultant of i-intelligence, a commercial intelligence consultancy bases in Zurich, Switzerland. He works with public and private sector organisations, including EU and UN agencies, to improve their risk, research and intelligence capabilities. In addition to his professional duties, he is an Adjunct Professor at Mercyhurst University’s Institute for Intelligence Studies. He is also a guest lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and the Rochester Bern Executive MBA, where he teaches classes on business intelligence. R.S.V.P. Tel: 22841600, Email: cceia@unic.ac.cy
