WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2024
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Network: RMIT Guest
Connection type: Event
Conference Code: 200487
Available from 9:00am
8:30 – 9:00am
Light Breakfast / Registration
Council Chambers, Building 1
RMIT University, Melbourne.
9:00 – 9:05am
Opening Remarks & Acknowledgement of Country
Alec Cameron, Vice Chancellor, RMIT
9:05 – 9:10am
Welcome message
Andrew Charlton, Special Envoy for Cyber Security and Digital Resilience
9:10 – 10:10am
Scene Setting
Research Agendas for Understanding AIs, Automation and Election Communication
Julian Thomas, RMIT
Cybersecuring Democracy: The U.S. Experience
Adam Clayton Powell III, USC
Jung-hwa (Judy) Kang, USC
10:10 – 10:50am
From Believing Almost Everything To Believing Almost Nothing: The Decline Of Users Faith In The Credibility Of The On-line World
Jeffrey Cole, USC
Chair: Julian Thomas, RMIT
10:50 – 11:10am
Morning Tea
11:10 – 11:50am
What’s new — Platforms, Infrastructures & Hardware
It’s Not A Lie If You Believe It: Digital Infrastructures and the Political Economy of Truth
Tim Graham, QUT
Phone Farming: The Guerrilla Infrastructure Behind Influence-for-Hire
Dang Nguyen, RMIT
Chair: Daniel Angus, QUT
11:50am – 12:30pm
What’s new — Beyond US Platforms
Monitoring elections and public opinions on WeChat
Fan Yang, University of Melbourne
After “Chinese” disinformation, what?
Haiqing Yu, RMIT
Chair: Julian Thomas, RMIT
12:30 – 1:15pm
Lunch
1:15 – 2:00pm
What Just Happened? The US Election in Review
Casey Briggs, ABC News
Chair: Mark Andrejevic, Monash University
2:00 – 3:00pm
What Do We Need To Know – Verifying and Checking
A Test Range For Digital Platforms
Christopher Leckie, University of Melbourne
Damiano Spina, RMIT
Devi Mallal, ABC News Verify
Chair: Mark Sanderson, RMIT
3:00 – 4:00pm
What Do We Need To Know – Editing, Auditing and Observing
Post Election Auditing
Michelle Blom, University of Melbourne
Dark Political Communication and the Problem Of Observability
Dan Angus, QUT
Misinformation and Media Obligation
Ariel Bogle, The Guardian
Chair: Haiqing Yu, RMIT
4:00 – 4:05pm
Closing Remarks
Adam Clayton Powell III, USC
Julian Thomas, RMIT
4:05 – 4:30pm
Afternoon Tea
4:30pm
Event Concludes