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Program Committee

Technical content including panel speakers for the Tech Forum on Digital Platforms and Societal Harms are selected based on the recommendations and feedback of the Program Committee. 
thought leaders

Program Committee

Name Affiliation Country
Dr. Andre Oboler
CEO, Online Hate Prevention Institute
Australia
Dr. Forrest Shull
Lead for Defense Software Acquisition Policy Research, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
USA
Howard Deiner
Independent Software Consultant
USA
Saiteja Karingu
Volunteer, IEEE Computer Society
India
Murty Polavarapu
Section Chair, IEEE Northern Virginia Section
USA
Prof. Nathalie Japkowicz
Professor and Department Chair, Computer Science, American University
USA
Tom Thorley
Director of Technology, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
USA
David Matas
International human rights lawyer
Canada
Dr Yuhong Liu
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University
USA
Dipl.-Stat. Katharina Schüller
CEO Stat-UP GmbH; Board Member, German Statistical Society
Germany
Dr. Rebecca Portnoff
Head of Data Science, Thorn
USA
Prof. Mike Hinchey
University of Limerick
Ireland
Prof. Jon Crowcroft
Marconi Professor of Communications Systems, University of Cambridge
UK
Prof Monica Whitty
Head of Department for Software Systems and Cyber Security, Monash University
Australia
Amanda Menking, Ph.D.
Director of Programs, Trust & Safety Foundation
USA
Arthur Traldi
Senior Fellow, American University Program on Technology, Law, and Security
USA
Venessa Paech
Director, Australian Community Managers
Australia
Dr. Morgan Clark
Assistant Research Director, Anti-Defamation League-Center for Technology and Society (CTS)
USA
Berhan Taye
IEEE TechEthics Global Ambassador
Kenya