From July 26-28, 2021 GIFCT convened our multi-stakeholder community for our annual Global Summit this July. At the Summit, we showcased progress on core strategic objectives, highlighted the multi-stakeholder element of that work, and previewed priorities and plans for the year ahead. Recordings of all three Summit sessions are available below.
Global Summit Session One
Session 1
Overview of the Evolving Threat Landscape
Date | July 26 |
Time | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT / 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. UTC |
Description | To provide a framing overview of the threat landscape for the Summit and to feature the work of our core partners, the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) and Tech Against Terrorism (TaT) |
Welcome Remarks | Nick Rasmussen – Executive Director, GIFCT Monique Meche – Chair, GIFCT Operating Board and Vice President of Global Public Policy and Philanthropy, Twitter |
Overiew of the Threat Landscape | Jenna McLaughlin – National Security and Investigations Reporter, Yahoo! News |
Session Two: Human Rights Assessment
Session Two: Taxonomy
Session 2
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Expanding GIFCT’s Impact and Reach
Date | July 27 |
Time | 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. EDT / 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. UTC |
Description | A discussion on our approach to human rights in the context of a completed human rights impact assessment followed by a discussion on how best to expand the taxonomy framework of the hash-sharing database for terrorist content. |
Human Rights | Edward Flynn – Senior Human Rights Officer, Counter-terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), United Nations – opening remarks David Kaye – Clinical Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine; Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (2014-2020) – moderator |
Taxonomy | Daniel Byman – Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute; Professor, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service – moderator |
Session Three: Working Groups
Session Three: Tech
Session 3
Future Priorities: GIFCT Working Groups and Tech Innovation
Date | July 27 / July 28 |
Time | 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. EDT / 1:00 – 3:00 a.m. UTC |
Description | To facilitate forward-looking discussions on GIFCT tech priorities and working group topics for the coming year |
Working Groups | Yolanda Gallego-Casilda Grau – Head of the Prevention of Radicalisation Unit, European Commission Dr. Erin Saltman – Director of Programming, GIFCT – moderator |
Tech | Tom Thorley – Director of Technology, GIFCT – moderator |