PrintGroundtruth: New Media, Technology and the Syria Crisis
Short Description:
As part of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Blogs & Bullets initiative, this event provided analysis and insight into the influence of new media in the Syria crisis, specifically on three types of actors: activists on the ground, journalists and media-makers who are reporting on the crisis, and policy-makers around the world.
- Length: 236:06 minutes (94.58 MB)
- Format: Stereo 44kHz 56Kbps (CBR)
Experts:
8:45 am – 9:15 am: Coffee and Registration
9:15 am – 9:30 am: Introduction
- Sheldon Himelfarb, Director, Center of Innovation: Science, Technology & Peacebuilding, USIP
- Deen Freelon, American University
9:30 am – 10:45 am: Panel 1: Activists and the Regime
- Rami Nakhla, The Day After Project
- Ahed Al Hendi, CyberDissidents.org
- Hadeel Kouki, Syrian activist
- Rafif Jouejati, Free Syria Foundation
- Schadi Semnani, Syria Conflict Monitor
- Marc Lynch, George Washington University (Moderator)
10:45 am – 11:00 am: Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Panel 2: Reporting the Crisis
- Deborah Amos, National Public Radio
- Robert Mackey, New York Times
- Lara Setrakian, ABC News
- Aaron Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Fadl al Tarzi, SocialEyez, Dubai News Group (via Skype)
- Sean Aday, George Washington University (Moderator)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Panel 3: Policy at Home and Abroad
- Ambassador Alberto Fernandez, U.S. Department of State
- Mohammad Al Abdallah, Syria Justice and Accountability Center
- Susan Wolfinbarger, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Steven Heydemann, USIP
- Joe Holliday, Institute for the Study of War
- Sheldon Himelfarb, USIP (Moderator)