17 Oct. to 4 Nov. 2022

Virtual Event by

Organizing Committee

The Tech Forum on Digital Platforms and Societal Harms is being organized by
a dedicated, incredibly experienced team of volunteers.
thought leaders

Event co-chairs:

  • Dr. Andre Oboler – CEO, Online Hate Prevention Institute (Australia)
  • Dr. Forrest Shull – Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
 
Event organizing committee:
  • Shivam Abhilash – Engineering Specialist, ZS Associates (India)
  • Dr. Kathleen M. Carley  – School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
  • Prof. Jon Crowcroft – University of Cambridge & Alan Turing Institute (UK)
  • Chris Cooper – Executive Director, Reset Australia (Australia)
  • Howard Deiner – Independent Software Consultant / IEEE Computer Society (USA)
  • A. Ferraro – University of South Carolina (USA)
  • Prof. David Grier – Technology Practice, Djghe International (USA)
  • Abdul Halik – IEEE Computer Society (India)
  • Dr. Takako Hashimoto – Chiba University of Commerce (Japan)
  • Prof. Mike Hinchey – Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software, University of Limerick (Ireland)
  • Dr Yuhong Liu – Santa Clara University (USA)
  • Jim Isaak – IEEE Computer Society (USA)
  • Deepak Joshi – The Humanism Project (Australia)
  • Saiteja Karingu – IEEE Computer Society (India)
  • David Matas – International human rights lawyer (Canada)
  • Amina Mirza – Co-Founder & COO Alagzoo Software (USA)
  • Dr. Andre Oboler – CEO, Online Hate Prevention Institute (Australia)
  • Eleanor Paz – ActiveFence (Canada)
  • Dr. Rebecca Portnoff – Head of Data Science, Thorn (USA)
  • Dr. Forrest Shull – Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
  • Danny Stone MBE – Antisemitism Policy Trust (UK)
  • Tom Thorley – GIFCT Director of Technology (USA)
  • Mark A. Vasquez – IEEE TechEthics (USA)
  • Dr. Bertie Vidgen – CEO, Rewire (UK)