DAY 1:
DISINFORMATION + PROPAGANDA
+ FAKE NEWS
Location: Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School of Public Policy
(For virtual participation, a link will be posted.)
The following times are listed in Central Standard Time.
8:00 am
WELCOME
8:15 - 9:00
Keynote Speaker (to be announced) Moderator: Jeff Trimble
9:00 - 9:30
History of Mass Communication: Propaganda Expertise & Nation Building in the Middle East
Speaker: Matthew Ellis
9:45 - 10:30
The New Cold War: What Went Wrong in the 1990s
Speaker: Brian Whitmore
11:00 - 12:15
The Wonderful World of Disinformation
Panelists: Asha Rangappa, Lee McIntyre, MAJ Jessica Dawson, Xiaozhong Liu
Moderator: Kiril Avramov (UT Austin, GDIL)
1:00 - 2:00
Moody College Panel on Global Media
Panelists: Shanti Kumar, Shiv Ganesh, Wenhong Chen, Joe Straubhaar
2:00 - 2:45
The Competition for Influence: Russia, China, and the United States
Speaker: Vivian Walker
Moderator: Jill Dougherty
2:45 - 3:30
Misinformation: Can We Totally Remove It?
Speaker: Xiaozhong Liu
3:30 - 4:15
(Dis)Information in the Land of Magical Realism
Speaker: Colonel Barbara Fick
Discussants: TBA
4:30 - 5:30
Global Disinformation Lab (GDIL) Presentations
5:30 - 7:30
GDIL Happy Hour (Powered by Intelligence Studies Project)