Gulf Research Meeting
Dr. Antti SILLANPÄÄ
Dr. Antti Sillanpää is Chief Preparedness Expert at the National Emergency Supply Agency of Finland, where he is focusing on information influence. He is leading a team of experts at Knowledge Centre on Information Resilience.Dr. Sillanpää worked for the Secretariat of Security Committee of Finland 2011-2021. His tasks were related to hybrid threats, especially cyber, election interference and information influence as well as preparedness of society. Between 2015-2018 he was assigned to NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence in Riga, Latvia. His post was Chief of the Technical and Scientific Development Branch. He holds a Doctor of Science in Technology degree from the Helsinki University of Technology, a Master of Social Science degree from the Helsinki University and a Master of Economics degree from the Helsinki School of Economics. His doctoral thesis focused on networks, competition and strategies.
