Selected Engagements:
EU Disinfolab Conference - Masterclass on Defining Influence
Masterclass on defining influence and disinformation followed by a fireside chat with Lutz Güllner, Head of Division for Strategic Communications and Information Analysis at the European External Action Service focused on how different stakeholders and platforms define disinformation and how this affects their approach and response.
360/OS 2021 - Lightning Talk on Analog to Digital Influence
This talk draws on both academic and practitioner study of influence operations and provides a brief overview of how threat actor techniques have evolved over time and how we can take historical study of active measures and apply it to investigations today.
Partnership for Countering Influence Operations - Panel on Attribution
Panel entitled "Unmasking Influence Operators: What Are Best Practices for Attribution?" focused on how varying stakeholders approach the important question of ‘who is responsible’ by looking at existing standards of the attribution of influence operations, as well as some of the potential pitfalls that exist around incorrect attribution, misleading attribution, and attribution without evidence.
University of Chicago Workshop on Inauthentic Behavior in Online & Digital Systems
Led plenary session focused on defining inauthentic behavior to kick off Harris Cyber Policy Initiative's Workshop, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Workshop findings will help inform the new NSF convergence accelerator track.
U.S. Army Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Conference
Presentation on "Perception Warfare and Whole of Society Solutions" at the Weaponized Information Virtual Conference organized by U.S. Army Futures Command, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and the Georgetown Center for Security Studies
Middle East Institute: Cyber Domain in the Middle East
Panel at the Middle East Institute on "Public Diplomacy and Influence Campaigns in the Internet Age" to examine influence campaigns in the Middle East, with a particular focus on social media.
American University Sine Institute
Panel at American University on "Enemy of Democracy: Foreign or Domestic?" with former assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs, Brent Colburn and Head of Politics and Government at Instagram, John Tass-Parker
360/OS 2019 - Spot the Op
Led interactive session on spotting influence operations at The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab's annual 360/OS conference.
CYBERWARCON
Presentation on "Disinformation or Debate? Finding Signal Amid Political Noise" at the first annual CYBERWARCON conference, a one-day conference focused on the specter of destruction, disruption, and malicious influence on our society through cyber capabilities.
Masterclass on defining influence and disinformation followed by a fireside chat with Lutz Güllner, Head of Division for Strategic Communications and Information Analysis at the European External Action Service focused on how different stakeholders and platforms define disinformation and how this affects their approach and response.
360/OS 2021 - Lightning Talk on Analog to Digital Influence
This talk draws on both academic and practitioner study of influence operations and provides a brief overview of how threat actor techniques have evolved over time and how we can take historical study of active measures and apply it to investigations today.
Partnership for Countering Influence Operations - Panel on Attribution
Panel entitled "Unmasking Influence Operators: What Are Best Practices for Attribution?" focused on how varying stakeholders approach the important question of ‘who is responsible’ by looking at existing standards of the attribution of influence operations, as well as some of the potential pitfalls that exist around incorrect attribution, misleading attribution, and attribution without evidence.
University of Chicago Workshop on Inauthentic Behavior in Online & Digital Systems
Led plenary session focused on defining inauthentic behavior to kick off Harris Cyber Policy Initiative's Workshop, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Workshop findings will help inform the new NSF convergence accelerator track.
U.S. Army Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Conference
Presentation on "Perception Warfare and Whole of Society Solutions" at the Weaponized Information Virtual Conference organized by U.S. Army Futures Command, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and the Georgetown Center for Security Studies
Middle East Institute: Cyber Domain in the Middle East
Panel at the Middle East Institute on "Public Diplomacy and Influence Campaigns in the Internet Age" to examine influence campaigns in the Middle East, with a particular focus on social media.
American University Sine Institute
Panel at American University on "Enemy of Democracy: Foreign or Domestic?" with former assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs, Brent Colburn and Head of Politics and Government at Instagram, John Tass-Parker
360/OS 2019 - Spot the Op
Led interactive session on spotting influence operations at The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab's annual 360/OS conference.
CYBERWARCON
Presentation on "Disinformation or Debate? Finding Signal Amid Political Noise" at the first annual CYBERWARCON conference, a one-day conference focused on the specter of destruction, disruption, and malicious influence on our society through cyber capabilities.
