Public Speaking & University Lectures
Select Public Lectures and Invited Talks
“A Connected Pacific: Building a Unified Digital Voice” DCN Global & World Learning, Nadi, Fiji.
“Scaling Cohesive Advancement in Cyberspace"." Global Cybersecurity Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“Emerging Technologies, Digitalization and the Future of Democracy.” Santander-CIDOB Future Leaders Forum, Brussels, Belgium.
“Disinformation & Media Literacy” OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting, Vienna, Austria.
“All Tech is Human: AI and Elections around the World".” Responsible Tech Summit. All Tech is Human. New York.
“New Frontiers in Peacebuilding: The Role of Social Media.” Stockholm Form on Peace and Development, Stockholm, Sweden.
“The Digital Authoritarian’s Toolbox.” Atlantic Council’s Digital Sherlocks. London, United Kingdom.
“Will Democracy Survive AI” Mozilla Festival, Virtual.
“Democracy in the Digital Era.” IX Annual Latin American Democracy Forum, INE, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Dublin Data Summit Dinner Keynote: Social Media and Digital Disinformation: Challenges to Internet Freedom and Democracy.” Dublin, Ireland.
“New threats to Journalism: Artificial Intelligence, Trolls, and Bots.” Reporters without Borders Parallel Session for World Press Freedom Day. UNESCO, Accra, Ghana.
“Responding to Disinformation in Elections.” World Movement for Democracy. Dakar, Senegal.
Top: “Emerging Technologies, Digitalization and the Future of Democracy” Santander, CIDOB Future Leaders Forum. | Bottom: “Responsible Tech Summit,” All Tech is Human .
Canadian Embassy to Switzerland and Lichtenstein.
Select Government & Policy Work
Witness to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Standing Order 108(3)(h). Ottawa, Canada.
“Russian and Chinese Foreign Authoritarian Influence" in Africa” G7 RRM Focal Point Conference, Ottawa, Canada.
“Spread and Prevention of Coordinated Misinformation Campaigns.” Office of the Embassy of Canada. Vilnius, Lithuania.
“Democracy and Disinformation: An Expert Panel.” Canadian Embassy to Switzerland and Lichtenstein, Bern Switzerland.
“G7 Rapid Response Mechanism – Charlevoix Commitment on Defending Democracy from Foreign Threats.” Global Affairs Canada. Ottawa, Canada.
Witness to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Study on the “Breach of Personal Information Involving Cambridge Analytica and Facebook”. Ottawa, Canada.
Witness to the UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Parliamentary Committee on Fake News. London, United Kingdom.
Select Lectures, Workshops & Conferences
“An Audit Study of Dark Web Jailbreaks,” American Political Science Association.
“The Quantum Threat to Internet Governance,” International Studies Association, San Francisco, California.
“Quantum Politics: International Alliances in Quantum Engineering” Ozyegen University, Istanbul, Turkey.
“Trust and Safety in Online Video Games”, Stanford Trust and Safety Research Conference, Palo Alto, California.
“Social Media and Information Integrity: An Introduction.” Harvard Kennedy School, Virtual
“Social Media Manipulation: Algorithms, Bots and Computational Propaganda.” Summer School for Journalists and Media Practitioners. Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, European University Institute, Florence Italy.
Technology and the next frontier in Human Rights. Hertie School of Governance. Berlin, Germany.
Summer School for Journalists and Media Practitioners. Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
“A Connected Pacific: Building a Unified Digital Voice” DCN Global & World Learning, Nadi, Fiji.