2019 GLOBAL SECURITY FORUM
Security Challenges in the Era of Modern Disinformation
The 2019 Global Security Forum took place on 15-16 October in Doha, Qatar. The two-day conference explored the security challenges posed by the proliferation of modern disinformation and the serious implications this has on an increasingly interconnected world. The 2019 Forum brought together officials and experts from across the world, to include governments, technology platforms, media, advertising & marketing agencies, social media, academia, think tanks, and international organizations, among others.

His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
Prime Minister and Minister of Interior State of Qatar

His Excellency Dr. Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs
State of Qatar

His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
State of Qatar

His Excellency K. Shanmugam
Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law
Government of Singapore

Alastair Aitken CBE
Global Managing Director
Storyful Intelligence

Kevin Baron
Executive Editor
Defense One

Peter Bergen
CNN National Security Analyst and Vice President Global Studies & Fellows
New America

Jason M. Blazakis
Professor of Practice Director
Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Mia Bloom
Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies
Georgia State University

Peter Canellos
Editor-at-large
Politico

Dr. Shuki Cohen
Director of the Center on Terrorism
at the City University of New York’s
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Dr. Sharri R. Clark
Senior Advisor for Cyber and Countering
Violent Extremism (CVE), Bureau of Counterterrorism and CVE,
U.S. Department of State

Colin P. Clarke
Senior Research Fellow
The Soufan Center

STEVE CLEMONS
Editor-at-Large
The Hill

Jeffrey Cole
Director and Research Professor
Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School for Communication

Milo Comerford
Senior Manager, Policy
Institute for Strategic Dialogue

COL CHRISTOPHER P. COSTA, USA, (RET)
Former Special Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism,
National Security Council
Executive Director, International Spy Museum

Dr. Hassan Rashid Al-Derham
President
Qatar University

Alexandros Diakopoulos
National Security Advisor
Government of Greece

Joseph Donnelly Sr
Chairman of The Board
The Soufan Center

Kimberly Dozier
Global Affairs Analyst
CNN

Jen Easterly
Managing Director,
Morgan Stanley
Former Special Assistant to the President
and Senior Director for Counterterrorism

Dr. Ahmed K. Elmagarmid
Executive Director, Qatar
Computing Research Institute,
Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Yevhen Fedchenko
Co-founder and Chief Editor of StopFake.org
Director of Mohyla School of Journalism
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Joshua Geltzer
Former Senior Director
Counterterrorism and Deputy Legal
Advisor, National Security Council
Georgetown University Law Center

BOBBY GHOSH
Journalist
Bloomberg

Jivan Gjorgjinski
Chair of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
United Nations

Christopher Graves
President & Founder
Ogilvy Center for Behavioral Science

Karen J. Greenberg
Director
The Center on National
Security Fordham Law

Dr. Ahmad Hasnah
President of Hamad Bin Khalifa University
member of Qatar Foundation

Mounir Ibrahim
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Truepic

Michael Isikoff
Chief Investigative Correspondent
Yahoo! News

Dr. Hessa S. Al-Jaber
Former Minister of Communications and Technology for the Government of the State of Qatar, Commissoner, United Nations ITU Broadband Commission for Digital Development and Chairperson of Es’hailSat

Préfet Yann Jounot
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Civipol and President
Milipol Exhibitions

Susan L. Karamanian
Dean, College of Law
Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Her Excellency, Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater
Spokesperson
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State of Qatar

J.D. Maddox
Technology Advisor
Global Engagement Center
U.S. State Department

Michael Masters
President
The Soufan Center

Priyank Mathur
Founder and CEO
Mythos Labs

Mark Mazzetti
Washington Investigative Correspondent
New York Times

Maya Mirchandani
Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, Ashoka University

John Montgomery
Head of Brand Safety
GroupM

Leslie A. Pal
Founding Dean of the
College of Public Policy
Hamad bin Khalifa University

Mark Power
Deputy Ambassador
British Embassy in Tel Aviv

Nicholas J. Rasmussen
Acting Executive Director
McCain Institute for International Leadership

Kacper Rekawek
Head of National Security Programme
GLOBSEC

Olga Robinson
Senior Journalist
BBC Monitoring

Candace Rondeaux
Senior Fellow with
the Center on the Future of War
New America

Keit Pentus-Rosimannus
Member of Estonian Parliament
Former Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Environment

Bret Schafer
Media and Digital Disinformation Fellow
Alliance for Securing Democracy

David Scharia
Chief of Branch
Counter-Terrorism Committee
Executive Directive (CTED)

David Schraven
Founder & Publisher
Correctiv

Rebecca Skippage
Senior Editor
BBC Monitoring

Rita Singh
Professor & Research Faculty
The School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University

Charles Spencer
Assistant Director
FBI

Marie-Michelle Strah
John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
ICJ Program
CUNY

Meredith Stricker
Executive Director
The Soufan Center

Edward Stroz
Founder and Executive Chairman
Stroz Friedberg

His Excellency Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani
Director, Government
Communications Office, Chairman of
The Media City. State of Qatar

His Excellency Hassan Al Thawadi
Secretary General of the Supreme
Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC)

Mr. Mikael Tofvesson
Head of Global Monitoring
and Analysis Section
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)

Emerita Torres

Chase Untermeyer
Chairman
The Qatar-America Institute and
Former United States Ambassador to Qatar

Ali Velshi
MSNBC anchor and business correspondent for
NBC NEWS and MSNBC
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