2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit (2023)
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Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX C: SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27247.
APPENDIX C
SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS
May 26, 2023
All times cited in U.S. Eastern Daylight Time
On day 3 of the Nobel Prize Summit, our partners hosted events that put our discussion themes into practice.1
| 9:00–10:45 am | Fighting Disinformation Hosted by Embassy of Sweden to the United States and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) House of Sweden, 2900 K Street, NW, Washington, DC |
| The Embassy of Sweden in Washington, DC and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensics Research Lab co-hosted a discussion on the importance of fighting disinformation, its underlying challenges, and its societal effects. Having an awareness of how to identify, understand, and counteract adverse/malign information influence activities is becoming increasingly important. Influence campaigns have become more sophisticated and are used in both peacetime and wartime, which affects the roles and responsibilities of authorities as well as individuals around the world. Information influence activities can disrupt the way our society functions by exploiting vulnerabilities and challenging the values that are fundamental to our way of life, such as democracy, rule of law, and human rights—ultimately endangering the life and health of our people. Safeguarding the democratic dialogue—the right to open debate, the right to arrive at one’s own opinions freely, and the right to free expression—is paramount, as we work to lay a solid foundation of resilience and inoculate our societies against information influence activities. | |
| Moderator: Graham Brookie, Vice President and Senior Director, DFRLab |
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1 Videos of selected solutions sessions are available at https://www.nobelprize.org/events-nobel-prize-summitsolution-session-2023.
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX C: SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27247.
| Speakers: H. E. Karin Olofsdotter, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States |
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| Martin Chalfie, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008, Columbia University | |
| Magnus Hjort, Director General, Swedish Psychological Defence Agency | |
| Rebekah Tromble, Director, Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, George Washington University | |
| Catrin Huss, Senior Advisor, Swedish Psychological Defence Agency | |
| 9:00–10:00 am | Regulate? Legislate? Activate! Hosted by PeaceTech Lab and the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) |
| Regulators and legislators have been outnumbered, outspent, and outrun in the fight against misinformation, but we have yet to fully leverage the know-how and savviness of digital natives. Millennials and Gen Z are Generation PeaceTech, the first generation with a supercomputer in their pocket and the power of social media, do-it-yourself app makers, crowdsourcing, satellite imagery, and more to effect change. A panel of next-generation leaders explored Generation PeaceTech and a set of ideas for activating their power to turn good ideas into good policy. As the research and recommendations on what works best to combat misinformation grows, what tools can we use to ensure their adoption before thousands more lives are lost around the world? | |
| Moderator: Michael Mort, Head of PBx Digital Lab, J.P. Morgan US Private Bank |
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX C: SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27247.
| Speakers: Emma Lembke, Founder, Log Off |
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| Bing Chen, Executive Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder, Gold House | |
| Daanish Alvi, Innovation, Co-Lead, Political and PeaceBuilding Affairs, United Nations | |
| Tamara Nelson, CEO and Co-Founder, Barometer | |
| 9:30–10:45 am | Untold Stories: Youth Initiatives to Promote Healthy Information Ecosystems in the Global South Hosted by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) UNDP Washington Representation Office, 1775 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006 |
| This side event to the Nobel Prize Summit raised awareness of a critical yet poorly financed development issue as it impacts countries outside of the United States and European Union. Participants discussed the importance of the capacity and agency of young people to be part of the solution and addressed the critical question: How can information integrity, as a fundamental driver of democracy, human rights, and development, be better integrated into wider development agendas and programmes? | |
| Moderator: Pedro Conceição, Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP |
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| Speakers: Alison Ramirez, Journalist, OjoPúblico, Peru |
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| Dania Al Nasser, Co-Founder, Wain Al Ghalt (‘Where is the mistake?’) initiative, Jordan | |
| Dickson Matulula, CRS project, Katoba Youth Climate Champions, Zambia |
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX C: SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27247.
| Gisselle Wolozny, Director, El Milenio, Honduras | |
| Luísa Franco Machado, Digital Rights Activist, Brazil | |
| Marija Marbo, President, National Youth Council of Macedonia, North Macedonia | |
| Santosh Sigdel, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Digital Rights Nepal, Nepal | |
| Wani Geoffrey, Developer, AlertMe App, South Sudan | |
| Zawad Alam, Founder and Team Lead, Project WE, Bangladesh | |
| 10:00 am–12:00 pm | |
| Trust in Science: The Importance of Education in Developing an Evidence-based Worldview Hosted by National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Nobel Foundation, and Smithsonian Science Education Center NAS Building, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
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| This session addressed and discussed the importance of education to help society meet the increasing demands of navigating complex information in today’s environment and examined why education systems must adapt to meet the demands of the future. The actors involved come from both the formal and the informal education sectors. The program included welcome remarks and presentations, including Scientific Thinking for All: A new Curriculum for Critical Thinking; Smithsonian Science for Global Goals: Building Truth, Trust, and Hope in Science through Community-Based Transdisciplinary Learning; Student Video Showcase: Smithsonian Science for Global Goals, as well as panel discussions relating to The Role of Transdisciplinary Education in The Development of an Evidence-Based Worldview. | |
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX C: SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27247.
| Moderator: Carol O’Donnell, Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center, Smithsonian Institution |
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| Speakers: Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences |
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| Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director, Nobel Foundation | |
| Carol O’Donnell, Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center | |
| Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General, OECD and PISA | |
| Jonathan Osborne, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University | |
| Saul Perlmutter, Nobel Prize laureate; Professor, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Critical Thinking Project | |
| Laura Sprechmann, CEO, Nobel Prize Outreach | |
| Heidi Gibson, Science Curriculum Developer, Smithsonian Science Education Center | |
| Katherine Blanchard, Assistant Division Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center | |
| Anita Krishnamurthi, Board of Nobel Prize Outreach and President, Collective for Youth Empowerment in STEM & Society, Afterschool Alliance | |
| Ann Friedman, Founder and CEO, Planet Word | |
| 10:00–10:45 am | Deceptive Design Workshop Hosted by Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the Minderoo |
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX C: SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27247.
| Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge 1519 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
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| The Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), and European Commission recently published reports on the need for regulators to be given effective tools to crack down on illegal uses of deceptive design online. Experts explored how lawmakers and regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are tackling the issue of deceptive design and explored how lessons learned on both shores can help provide global regulatory solutions. The session was based on the academic research of Dr. Ann Kristin Glenster from University of Cambridge, and John Davisson from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) shared some of EPIC’s experiences advocating for restrictions on deceptive design in the United States. | |
| Moderator: Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad, Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue |
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| Speakers: Ann Kristin Glenster, Senior Policy Advisor, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge |
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| John Davisson, Director of Litigation and Senior Counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center | |
| Harry Brignull, Head of Innovation, Smart Pension and Founder, deceptive.design | |
| Kat Zhou, Senior Product Designer and Creator, <Design Ethically> |
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX C: SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27247.
| M. R. (Mark) Leiser, Professor of Digital, Legal, and Platform Regulation, VU-Amsterdam and Legal Director, deceptive. design | |
| 10:00–11:00am | Mis- and Disinformation in Latin America: The Public, the Media, the Science Hosted by Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research Virtual Session |
| Mis- and disinformation regarding scientific facts are widespread in social media, regular media, and daily life around the world. In Latin America, there is limited research on the topic, and limited public and private resources are dedicated to understand mechanisms, counteract fake news and misleading information, and provide related guidance or guidelines. This session highlighted institutionalized efforts in the region challenging mis- and disinformation, such as “Questão de Ciência,” and knowledge on the particulars of anti-science information in different countries related to the causes and consequences of global environmental change. | |
| Moderator: Jerónimo Giorgi, Director, Latinoamérica 21 |
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| Speakers: Marco Schneider, Researcher, Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology; Professor of Communication, Fluminense Federal University; Chair, International Center for Information Ethics; and Member, Brazilian Network to Combat Disinformation |
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| Natalia Pasternak, Science Writer and Communicator, President, Instituto Questão de Ciência; Senior Research Scholar, Center for Science and Society; Professor of Science Policy, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Columbia University; and Professor of Science Diplomacy, School of Public Administration, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Brazil) |
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX C: SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27247.
| 1:00–2:30 pm | Empowering Science Diplomacy: Emerging Leadership Across the Americas Hosted by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research Virtual Session |
| The active participation of future leaders, especially from the Global South, is essential in just and equitable evidence-informed decision-making to address the complex challenges of global change. Fellows of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) Science Technology and Policy (STeP) Program are redefining leadership in response to international and national institutions raising the need for more proactive and effective approaches to enhance the advisory role of science in governance and diplomacy. The aim is to improve the synthesis, uptake, and use of credible information (countering mis- and disinformation). This solution session brought together science diplomacy experts and IAI STeP fellows from across the Americas to share their recent experiences mobilizing knowledge in diverse scientific fields, socioeconomic sectors, and tiers of government toward the common goal of increasing the provision of science advice and science diplomacy for sustainability in the Americas. This session shared the context in which this new model operates as an inclusive, transdisciplinary, transboundary, multisectorial learning experience for early-career researchers to cultivate practical power skills and create an international science-policy community of practice. | |
| Moderator: Kim Portmess, STeP Fellowship Program Consultant, IAI/Instituto Interamericano para la Investigación del Cambio Global |
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| Speakers: Marcella Ohira, Deputy Executive Director, IAI |
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX C: SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27247.
| Larisse Faroni-Perez, IAI STeP Fellow; Presidente, Instituto Geração Oceano X; Fellow, Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services | |
| Fany Ramos Quispe, IAI STeP Fellow and Belmont Forum Secretariat | |
| Carlos Matsumoto, Brazil Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation | |
| 1:00–4:00 pm | Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Hosted by Wikimedia DC and Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust (ARTT) Virtual Session |
| As the world’s largest online encyclopedia, Wikipedia is often one’s first stop when seeking information. For this reason, it is vital that subject areas that the content shared there remain accurate and free of mis- and disinformation. Wikimedia DC, an official chapter affiliate of Wikipedia and other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, facilitated an edit-a-thon with the goal of creating and improving Wikipedia content. Editors of all experience levels were invited to participate. New editors learned about Wikipedia notability requirements, oversight practices, and basic editing functions. In addition to learning how to edit Wikipedia, attendees heard about the Analysis Responses Toolkit for Trust, an interactive tool that incorporates Wikipedia and other sources to help people engage in trust-building ways when discussing vaccine efficacy and other topics online. | |
| Moderator: Ariel Cetrone, Institutional Partnerships Manager, Wikimedia District of Columbia |
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| 1:00–2:00 pm | Scientific Media Literacy in K–12 Education Hosted by Media Literacy Now Virtual Session |
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX C: SOLUTION SESSIONS AGENDAS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27247.
| Education is an essential part of the solution to a society that is prepared to resist misinformation of any type. Media literacy education is a method of teaching in which students learn critical thinking skills around media messages and information that comes from all sources, including news sources, movies, video games, websites, and social media. In this session, the audience gained an understanding of what media literacy is and how it helps people to navigate the global media environment. Additionally, the speakers discussed the reason that K–12 education is essential to the solution, and the landscape of media literacy education today, and how policymakers are responding. Participants also examined the specific need for media literacy in K–12 science classes and specifics on how it works, as well as barriers to implementing media literacy and progress in development of an alliance of stakeholders in science education and K–12 education in the United States that would address those barriers. | |
| Moderator: Alicia Haywood, Founder and Executive Director, The iSpeakMedia Foundation |
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| Speakers: Michael Spikes, Lecturer and Director, Teach for Chicago Journalism, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University |
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| Katie Coppens, Award-winning science teacher at Falmouth Middle School, Maine | |
| Erin McNeill, Founder and President, Media Literacy Now |
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