Washington DC In-Person and Online Hybrid Event

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Organizing Committee

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

Executive Committee

Name Affiliation Event Role
Dr. Andre Oboler
CEO, Online Hate Prevention Institute (Australia)
Event co-Chair
Dr. Forrest Shull
Lead for Defense Software Acquisition Policy Research, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
Event co-Chair
Howard Deiner
Independent Software Consultant (USA)
Online Activities Lead
Saiteja Karingu
Volunteer, IEEE Computer Society (India)
Publicity Lead
Murty Polavarapu
Section Chair, IEEE Northern Virginia Section (USA)
Co-Chair, Local Organising Committee
Prof. Nathalie Japkowicz
Professor and Department Chair, Computer Science, American University (USA)
Co-Chair, Local Organising Committee
Tom Thorley
Director of Technology, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (USA)
ExCom Member
David Matas
International human rights lawyer (Canada)
ExCom Member
Dr Yuhong Liu
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University (USA)
ExCom Member

Local Organizing Committee

Name Affiliation Event Role
Murty Polavarapu
Section Chair, IEEE Northern Virginia Section (USA)
Co-Chair
Prof. Nathalie Japkowicz
Professor and Department Chair, Computer Science, American University (USA)
Co-Chair
Wendy Melillo
Assoc Professor, School of Communication, American University (USA)
Member
Prof. Jeff Gill
Distinguished Professor, Department of Government & Founding Director, Center for Data Science, American University (USA)
Member
Dr. Zois Boukouvalas
Asst Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, American University (USA)
Member
Dr. Roberto Corizzo
Asst Professor, Department of Computer Science, American University (USA)
Member