By GNET Team

19th March 2024 In

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), a project of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), is delighted to announce that our fourth annual conference will take place on 29th-30th May 2024 at King’s College London.

Participants will have the option to join in person or virtually via Zoom.

The GNET Conference aims to explore the complex and evolving relationship between terrorism, violent extremism and technology. Over one and a half days, we will host five panels featuring international experts from a range of industries and disciplines.

Speakers and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange knowledge and insights on pressing issues at this critical intersection, including:

• Global Trends, New Frontiers: Updates on the Non-State Online Threat Landscape
• AI and Violent Extremism: Threats, Opportunities and Ethical Approaches
• The Innovation Paradox: Emerging Technologies in the Evolving Terrorist Ecosystem
• Preserving Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age: Mitigating Extremist Interference in Democratic Processes
• Digital Playgrounds: Addressing Youth Radicalisation in Gaming Communities

Approved in-person attendees will receive an email with event location details; approved virtual attendees will receive a dial-in link to be used across both days.

For any questions about the conference or registration, please email [email protected].

REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED. Thank you for your interest; we hope to welcome you to our annual conference next year.

Conference Programme:

Wednesday 29th May 

Registration open
9:30 – 10:15 BST

Conference Introduction and Welcome
10:15 – 10:30 BST

Global Trends, New Frontiers: Updates on the Non-State Online Threat Landscape
10:30 – 12:00 BST

• • Panellists:
    • Erin Saltman, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) – Chair
    • Beatriz Buarque, London School of Economics and Political Science
    • Devika Shanker-Grandpierre, Co-Founder of JSG Strategy (Previously at TikTok, Meta)
    • Lucas Webber, co-founder and editor of the Militant Wire research network
    • Aaron Zelin, The Washington Institute For Near East Policy, Brandeis University

AI and Violent Extremism: Threats, Opportunities and Ethical Approaches
12:15 – 13:30 BST

• • Panellists:
    • Meili Criezis, Polarization & Extremism Research Innovation Lab (PERIL) – Chair
    • Daniel Siegel, investigative analyst at Graphika
    • Ashley Mattheis, Dublin City University
    • Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, Toronto Metropolitan University

The Innovation Paradox: Emerging Technologies in the Evolving Terrorist Ecosystem
14:30 – 15:45 BST

• • Panellists:
    • Fola Aina, GNET – Chair
    • Rajan Basra, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)
    • Jessica Davis, Insight Threat Intelligence
    • Julia Ebner, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, University of Oxford
    • Francis Okpaleke, Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

Thursday 30th May 

Registration open
9:30 – 10:15 BST

Fireside Chat
10:15 – 10:45 BST

• • Panellists:
    • Erin Saltman, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) – Chair
    • Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), King’s College London

Preserving Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age: Mitigating Extremist Interference in Democratic Processes
10:45 – 12:00 BST

• • Panellists:
    • Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), King’s College London – Chair
    • Benjamin Mok, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
    • John Sunday Ojo, Portsmouth University, UK
    • Jacob Ware, Council on Foreign Relations

Digital Playgrounds: Addressing Youth Radicalisation in Gaming Communities
12:15 – 13:30 BST

• • Panellists:
    • Belle Riley Thompson, GNET – Chair
    • Linda Schlegel, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
    • Suraj Lakhani, University of Sussex
    • Gabriel Gomes, Purpose

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