SXSW 2020
Democracy in the Era of Disinformation
Description:
The panel will discuss the implications of disinformation in the 2020 election and beyond. Growing cybersecurity threats are disrupting democracies and relationships around the world. Truman National Security Project proposes to convene a three to five-person panel and moderator with expertise in information warfare, mass cognitive hacking, digital risk in political communication, information operations, and political warfare. The purpose of this panel is to inform policy-makers, tech industry, and cybersecurity experts. The moderator will guide discussion with informed questioning, and Q&A with the audience. We are a nation-wide network of national security experts many of whom have expertise in this field and are actively engaged and serving on the front edge challenge.
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Takeaways
- The significant threat that electoral interference poses to our national security and what are we prepared to do about it
- The growing connections between technology, international affairs, and global commons.
- Generating dialogue that includes cross-disciplinary, multi-sector, and public-private solutions to the ever-increasing disinformation threat.
Speakers
- Kiril Avramov, Post- doctoral research Fellow at the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) Fellow to the Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas
- Josh Berthume, Chief Executive/ Managing Director, Swash Labs / Rogue Metrics
- Jennifer Atala, Director of Business Development, CrossComm Inc
Organizer
Rolando Velasquez, Membership Manager, Truman National Security Project
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