GIFCT’s inaugural Multistakeholder Forum took place on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Please find the agenda, recordings and PDFs below.
Agenda
Part 1 | The New GIFCT & the Threat Landscape
Agenda and Speakers
2:00 AM EDT Welcome & Opening Remarks
- Courtney Gregoire, Chief Digital Safety Officer, Microsoft, and Chair, Operating Board, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
- Brad Smith, President, Microsoft
- Nicholas Rasmussen, Executive Director, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
- Bjørn Ihler, Chair of the GIFCT Independent Advisory Committee
2:30 AM The Evolving Threat Landscape: A 2020 Update
- Moderator: Dr. Shiraz Maher, Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET)
Response Panel
- Farah Pandith, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
- Lydia Khalil, Lowy Institute
- Hamish Hansford, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government
- Adam Hadley, Tech Against Terrorism
3:30 AM EDT – End of Part I
Part 2 | The Work of the New GIFCT: A Survey of Priority Focus Areas
Agenda and Speakers
2:00 PM EDT Overview of the GIFCT Working Groups
- Moderator: Nicholas Rasmussen, Executive Director, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Working Group Facilitators and Presenters:
- Academic and Practical Research: Dina Hussein, Facebook
- Content-Sharing Algorithms, Processes, and Positive Interventions: Lucy Calladine, Google and YouTube
- Crisis Response: Jacqueline Beauchere, Microsoft
- Legal Approaches: Nick Pickles, Twitter
- Technical Approaches: Adam Hadley, Tech Against Terrorism (TBC)
- Transparency: Dr. Erin Saltman, Facebook
2:50 PM Response & Reaction Panel
- Moderator: Nicholas Rasmussen
- Academia: Evelyn Douek, Harvard Law School
- Law Enforcement: Tobias Wippich, Bundeskriminalamt, Germany
- Civil Society: Dia Kayyali, WITNESS
3:30 PM Next Steps and Conclusion of Part II
3:35 PM Break
Breakout Sessions
3:45 PM Working Group Breakout Sessions
4:15 PM End of event
Speakers
Courtney Gregoire
General Manager & Chief Digital Safety Officer, Microsoft
Nicholas Rasmussen
Executive Director
Bjørn Ihler
IAC, Chair
Dr. Shiraz Maher
Executive Director of the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET)
Farah Pandith
Author, foreign policy strategist, and former diplomat
Lydia Khalil
Research Fellow at Lowy Institute, Director of Arcana Partners
Hamish Hansford
First Assistant Secretary of Cyber, Digital and Technology Policy in the Australian Department of Home Affairs
Adam Hadley
Founder and Director of Tech Against Terrorism
Dina Hussein
Counterterrorism and Dangerous Organizations Policy Manager, Facebook
Lucy Calladine
Public Policy Lead on Countering Extremism, Google
Nick Pickles
Director of Global Public Policy Strategy and Development, Twitter
Dr. Erin Saltman
Director of Programming
Evelyn Douek
Lecturer on Law and S.J.D. Candidate at Harvard Law School
Tobias Wippich
German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)
