{"id":2844,"date":"2022-10-03T04:06:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T04:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ieeecstforum.wpengine.com\/societal-harms-2023\/?page_id=2844"},"modified":"2023-09-21T05:55:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T05:55:25","slug":"publicity-kit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/publicity-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Publicity Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2844\" class=\"elementor elementor-2844\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60f7d11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60f7d11\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: black;border: 1pt none windowtext;padding: 0in\">The IEEE Computer Society invites interested academics, policy experts, computing professionals, and civil society leaders to participate in an international event on Digital Platforms on Societal Harms which will take place in Washington DC on October 2nd and 3rd.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: black;border: 1pt none windowtext;padding: 0in\">This novel event features invited international speakers with backgrounds in public policy, government, artificial intelligence, and other computing technologies and will focus on solutions to the challenges of hate speech, extremism, exploitation, misinformation and disinformation on digital platforms. Our keynote panels can be attended in person or online (either live or via a recording at your convenience).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: black;border: 1pt none windowtext;padding: 0in\">Those participating in-person will have access to additional sessions and benefits including:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: black;border: 1pt none windowtext;padding: 0in\">The opportunity to share research \/ products \/ services \/ work in this space by providing a poster and \/ or software demos (NB: posters are for display only and will not be published).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">Networking opportunities with others working in this space across disciplines and sectors.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">Small group discussions to share thoughts on the panels and add expertise from the attendees to the discussion.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">An introductory session to IEEE\u2019s work in public policy and standards followed by workshops. to discuss potential new engagements in the public policy and standards space to tackle hate speech, extremism, exploitation, misinformation and disinformation.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">A number of expert workshops addressing the event\u2019s themes.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">The event includes a dinner to facilitate further networking and discussion.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">This event has been heavily subsidized by the IEEE Computer Society and places for in-person attendance are limited, please register now to avoid disappointment and to benefit from the early bird discounts (public: $290; IEEE Members: $175; IEEE Students: $120). Early bird discounts are also currently available for online participation in the keynote panels (public: $64; IEEE Members: $52; IEEE Students: $28).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\">Until September 15, universities wishing to have a class watch a keynote panel may purchase sets of 50 student tickets for a heavily reduced price of $800 (equivalent to $16 per ticket).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\">Further details: <a href=\"https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/\">https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fbe8c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fbe8c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a4c9bc\" data-id=\"0a4c9bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e4958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3e4958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hate Speech Panel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeac521 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eeac521\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/HateSpeechPanelv2-1024x538.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3459\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/HateSpeechPanelv2-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/HateSpeechPanelv2-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/HateSpeechPanelv2-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/HateSpeechPanelv2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a86f2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a86f2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In October the IEEE Computer Society&#8217;s event Digital Platforms and Societal Harms will include a panel will be on tackling online hate speech.<\/p><p>Can&#8217;t come to DC? Register at a reduced price to attend just the panel online! You can watch live and participate in Q&amp;A, or tune in at a time of your choosing during October to watch the recorded session. There are reduced rates for IEEE members and further reductions for IEEE Student Members.<\/p><p>Our panelists:<\/p><p>Ya\u00ebl Eisenstat (USA) is a Vice President at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), where she heads the Center for Technology and Society. She leads ADL\u2019s effort to hold tech companies accountable for the proliferation of hate, harassment and extremism on their platforms. Ya\u0451l joined ADL in October 2022 after spending more than two decades as an intelligence officer, diplomat, and White House advisor. She previously spent six months as head of global elections integrity for political ads at Facebook.<\/p><p>David Matas is an international human rights lawyer. A graduate of the Universities of Manitoba, Princeton and Oxford, he has taught at the Universities of Manitoba and McGill. He is the author of twelve books on a variety of human rights subjects. He served as a member of the Canadian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, a Co-Chair of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism, and as a member of the Canadian Delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance &#8211; IHRA. In 2007 David was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for his human rights work.<\/p><p>Dr. Joel Finkelstein is the co-founder and chief science officer of the Network Contagion Research Institute, which deploys machine learning tools to expose the growing tide of hate and extremism on social media. He is a graduate of Princeton University, where his doctoral work focused on the Psychology and Neuroscience of addiction and social behavior. He directs the Network Contagion Lab at Rutgers University\u2014New Brunswick where he trains students in critical intelligence, social-cyber threat identification, and threat forecasting. His work on hate in social media has appeared in 60 minutes, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, NPR and other media outlets.<\/p><p>Dr. Rosalie Atie is Project Lead on the Australian Government-funded and Australian Human Rights Commission-led National Anti-Racism Framework. One of the priority actions in progressing the Framework involves work to address media standards and regulation with respect to online hate. Participants in the scoping process for a Framework called for governments to explore law and policy reforms that ensure anti-racism standards for the media industry are community-informed, enforced, and independently monitored, as well as establish adequate moderation and regulation mechanisms across platforms to better protect individuals and communities from racially based online hate.<\/p><p>Register now at: <a href=\"http:\/\/The IEEE Computer Society's Digital Platforms and Societal Harms event will feature an amazing panel on countering online extremism    Can\u2019t come to DC? Register at a reduced price to attend just the panel online! You can watch live and participate in Q&amp;A, or tune in at a time of your choosing during October to watch the recorded session. There are reduced rates for IEEE members and further reductions for IEEE Student Members.    Our panelists:    Nicholas Rasmussen is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security most senior official charged with coordinating counterterrorism-related activities. As DHS CT Coordinator, he reports to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He is a national security professional with over 27 years in U.S. government service. He has held senior counterterrorism posts at the White House and in the U.S. Intelligence Community under three administrations, including as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council staff.    Vidhya Ramalingam is Founder and CEO of Moonshot, a company working to end online harms applying evidence, ethics and human rights. Following the 2011 attacks in Norway, Vidhya led the European Union\u2019s first inter-governmental initiative on white supremacist terrorism and extremism, initiated by the Governments of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands, and launched by the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs.  Moonshot works in partnerships with tech companies to respond to hate and violent extremism, pull individuals out of violent movements, and use of automated messaging to disrupt hate groups online.    Tom Thorley is the Director of Technology at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and delivers cross-platform technical solutions. He worked for over a decade at the British government\u2019s signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, specializing in issues at the nexus of technology and human behavior. He has worked in the US Government, Military and Intelligence agencies to coordinate intergovernmental relationships, providing expert consultancy on cyber issues, disinformation, technology strategy and operational planning. Tom has built and operationalized Data Science teams to inform operations and discover threats, particularly in counter-terrorism.    Adam Hadley is the Founder and Executive Director of Tech Against Terrorism, a public-private partnership established as an initiative of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). Tech Against Terrorism was recognised by the UN Security Council for enabling the global tech sector to tackle terrorist use of the internet while respecting human rights. Adam has an academic background in combining approaches from computer science and counter-terrorism to analyse terrorist propaganda.    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Register at a reduced price to attend just the panel online! You can watch live and participate in Q&amp;A, or tune in at a time of your choosing during October to watch the recorded session. There are reduced rates for IEEE members and further reductions for IEEE Student Members.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Our panelists:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Nicholas Rasmussen is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security most senior official charged with coordinating counterterrorism-related activities. As DHS CT Coordinator, he reports to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He is a national security professional with over 27 years in U.S. government service. He has held senior counterterrorism posts at the White House and in the U.S. Intelligence Community under three administrations, including as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council staff.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Vidhya Ramalingam is Founder and CEO of Moonshot, a company working to end online harms applying evidence, ethics and human rights. Following the 2011 attacks in Norway, Vidhya led the European Union\u2019s first inter-governmental initiative on white supremacist terrorism and extremism, initiated by the Governments of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands, and launched by the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs.\u00a0 Moonshot works in partnerships with tech companies to respond to hate and violent extremism, pull individuals out of violent movements, and use of automated messaging to disrupt hate groups online.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Tom Thorley is the Director of Technology at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and delivers cross-platform technical solutions. He worked for over a decade at the British government\u2019s signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, specializing in issues at the nexus of technology and human behavior. He has worked in the US Government, Military and Intelligence agencies to coordinate intergovernmental relationships, providing expert consultancy on cyber issues, disinformation, technology strategy and operational planning. Tom has built and operationalized Data Science teams to inform operations and discover threats, particularly in counter-terrorism.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Adam Hadley is the Founder and Executive Director of Tech Against Terrorism, a public-private partnership established as an initiative of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). Tech Against Terrorism was recognised by the UN Security Council for enabling the global tech sector to tackle terrorist use of the internet while respecting human rights. Adam has an academic background in combining approaches from computer science and counter-terrorism to analyse terrorist propaganda.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Register: <a href=\"http:\/\/The IEEE Computer Society's Digital Platforms and Societal Harms event will feature an amazing panel on countering online extremism    Can\u2019t come to DC? Register at a reduced price to attend just the panel online! You can watch live and participate in Q&amp;A, or tune in at a time of your choosing during October to watch the recorded session. There are reduced rates for IEEE members and further reductions for IEEE Student Members.    Our panelists:    Nicholas Rasmussen is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security most senior official charged with coordinating counterterrorism-related activities. As DHS CT Coordinator, he reports to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He is a national security professional with over 27 years in U.S. government service. He has held senior counterterrorism posts at the White House and in the U.S. Intelligence Community under three administrations, including as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council staff.    Vidhya Ramalingam is Founder and CEO of Moonshot, a company working to end online harms applying evidence, ethics and human rights. Following the 2011 attacks in Norway, Vidhya led the European Union\u2019s first inter-governmental initiative on white supremacist terrorism and extremism, initiated by the Governments of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands, and launched by the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs.  Moonshot works in partnerships with tech companies to respond to hate and violent extremism, pull individuals out of violent movements, and use of automated messaging to disrupt hate groups online.    Tom Thorley is the Director of Technology at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and delivers cross-platform technical solutions. He worked for over a decade at the British government\u2019s signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, specializing in issues at the nexus of technology and human behavior. He has worked in the US Government, Military and Intelligence agencies to coordinate intergovernmental relationships, providing expert consultancy on cyber issues, disinformation, technology strategy and operational planning. Tom has built and operationalized Data Science teams to inform operations and discover threats, particularly in counter-terrorism.    Adam Hadley is the Founder and Executive Director of Tech Against Terrorism, a public-private partnership established as an initiative of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). Tech Against Terrorism was recognised by the UN Security Council for enabling the global tech sector to tackle terrorist use of the internet while respecting human rights. Adam has an academic background in combining approaches from computer science and counter-terrorism to analyse terrorist propaganda.    Register: https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/registernow\/\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/registernow\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-487f6c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"487f6c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6847f1\" data-id=\"a6847f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1628c9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1628c9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Misinformation \/ Disinformation Panel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18f78cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18f78cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/misdisinformationPanel3-1024x538.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3453\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/misdisinformationPanel3-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/misdisinformationPanel3-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/misdisinformationPanel3-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/tech-forum.computer.org\/societal-harms-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/misdisinformationPanel3.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-541cc02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"541cc02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The IEEE Computer Society&#8217;s Digital Platforms and Societal Harms event will feature an amazing panel on Misinformation and Disinformation.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Can\u2019t come to DC? Register at a reduced price to attend just the panel online! You can watch live and participate in Q&amp;A, or tune in at a time of your choosing during October to watch the recorded session. There are reduced rates for IEEE members and further reductions for IEEE Student Members.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Our panelists:<\/span><\/p><p>Kate Hannah is the Director and founder of The Disinformation Project Aotearoa, a research organisation which has studied misinformation and disinformation in Aotearoa New Zealand since February 2020.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Hannah is a cultural historian of science and technology whose research explores information disorders and the impacts of racism, misogyny, and the far right on socio-political discourse. She is an experienced advisor to government, NGOs, civil society organisations and firms with a prime focus on evidence-informed decision-making. An expert in the analysis of disinformation and its impact in Aotearoa New Zealand, she regularly provides media commentary and speaks to organisations and the public about disinformation impacts. In 2021, she was one of the Te P\u016bnaha Matatini-led team who were awarded the Prime Minister\u2019s Science Prize for work which supported New Zealand\u2019s science-led Covid-19 response.<\/span><\/p><p>Arjun Narayan is Head of Trust and Safety at SmartNews based in Japan. He is a senior Industry leader with over two decades of experience in the online safety, digital sustainability, privacy, and security related domains. Arjun leads the Operations and Service Integrity group at Smart News, the team responsible for keeping the SmartNews platform safe, inclusive, and objective while maintaining high ethical standards. Arjun has previously worked at leading tech firms including GE, American Express, Google, and Tiktok. Arjun is also a start up mentor and advisor with special interest in media integrity and ethical AI.<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p>Katharina Schueller is\u00a0CEO at STAT-UP GmbH and a Member of the Board of the German Statistical Society. She\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">is one of the leading experts in data and AI Literacy and ethics. She advises the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research on the \u201cDigital Education Initiative\u201d and the \u201cData Culture and Data Literacy Roadmap\u201d and is a permanent member of the German Government\u2019s Digital Summit.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Katharina is also Working Group Chair of the IEEE P7015 Standard for Data &amp; AI Literacy. In 2022, she led the development of the MOOC \u201cData-informed decision making in a pandemic\u201d for the Federation of National European Statistical Societies, to support evidence-based decision making in politics. 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