2019 GLOBAL SECURITY FORUM
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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