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in an international event on Digital Platforms on Societal Harms which will take place in Washington DC on October 2nd and 3rd.</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">This novel event features invited international speakers with backgrounds in public policy, government, artificial intelligence, and
other computing technologies and will focus on solutions to the challenges of hate speech, extremism, exploitation, misinformation and disinformation on digital platforms. Our keynote panels can be attended in person or online (either live or via a recording
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Those participating in-person will have access to additional sessions and benefits including: </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">* The opportunity to share research / products / services / work in this space by providing a poster and / or software demos (NB: posters
are for display only and will not be published).</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">* Networking opportunities with others working in this space across disciplines and sectors.</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">* Small group discussions to share thoughts on the panels and add expertise from the attendees to the discussion.</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">* An introductory session to IEEE’s work in public policy and standards followed by workshops. to discuss potential new engagements
in the public policy and standards space to tackle hate speech, extremism, exploitation, misinformation and disinformation.</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">* A number of expert workshops addressing the event’s themes.</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">* The event includes a dinner to facilitate further networking and discussion.</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">This event has been heavily subsidized by the IEEE Computer Society and places for in-person attendance are limited, please register
now to avoid disappointment and to benefit from the early bird discounts (public: $290; IEEE Members: $175; IEEE Students: $120). Early bird discounts are also currently available for online participation in the keynote panels (public: $64; IEEE Members: $52;
IEEE Students: $28). Until September 15, universities wishing to have a class watch a keynote panel may purchase sets of 50 student tickets for a heavily reduced price of $800 (equivalent to $16 per ticket). </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Further details: </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tech-forum.computer.org/societal-harms-2023/__;!!IaT_gp1N!xF8Fc_k8e-3Isx7HjFDm44y2K3FF8p5YkmdSaqU8EBf6Gdz1nTF6WYK1EmNRbrEK6MKfI--xfM90RBn7$" target="_blank" id="OWAf4efd185-8d91-fd83-11cd-054e6006825b" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;">https://tech-forum.computer.org/societal-harms-2023/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<p>Nathalie Japkowicz, Ph.D. <strong><u>Links to Publications</u></strong></p>
<p>Professor and Chair <a class="OWAAutoLink" href="https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=U884avUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao"><font face="Calibri" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Google Scholar</font></a></p>
<div><font face="Calibri" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Department of Computer Science
</span><a class="OWAAutoLink" href="https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/j/Japkowicz:Nathalie"><font face="Calibri" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">DBLP</font></a><font face="Calibri" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">
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<p>American University </p>
<p><a class="OWAAutoLink" href="http://fs2.american.edu/japkowic/www/">http://fs2.american.edu/japkowic/www/</a></p>
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