[Commlist] Conference - Understanding the Post-truth Society. From Fake News, Datafication & Mass Surveillance to the Death of Trust

The Commonwealth Centre for Connected Learning 
<https://connectedlearning.edu.mt/>is organising an international 
conference - *Understanding the Post-truth Society. From Fake News, 
Datafication & Mass Surveillance to the Death of Trust* - at the 
Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, Malta on 10-11 October, 2019.

Early Bird Registration is available till 31 July - Register on this 
link 
<https://connectedlearning.edu.mt/register-post-truth-conference-2019/>.

A Conference about the New Normal

This interdisciplinary conference starts with the basic premise that 
truth does matter; and that norms associated with a democratic society, 
such as the common good, responsibility, ethics and civic engagement are 
under attack with the emergence of the post-truth society.

The objective is to explore four interconnected sectors – Education, 
Technology, Media and Government – and assess their roles both as 
solutions and contributors to post-truth society. Keynotes and workshops 
address facets of the 'new normal' such as lies, fake news, hacks, 
datafication, trolls, populism, polarisation, hyper-partisanship, 
attention deficits, echo chambers, and conversion of popularity into 
legitimacy.

Keynotes & Your Contribution

Expert keynotes set the stage for focused breakout sessions and 
workshops. Speakers will also lead discussions on specific subjects 
within the overriding themes. The programme is structured to ensure 
every opportunity for delegates to engage and have a voice in shaping 
the conference outcomes.

Speakers <https://connectedlearning.edu.mt/speakers/>confirmed to date 
include:

Michael J. Casey <https://www.michaeljcasey.com/>-  Author of five 
books, including The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of 
Everything, educator, media entrepreneur and advisor on the economics of 
blockchain and digital innovation.

Kenneth Cukier <http://www.cukier.com/>- The Economist’s senior editor 
of digital products, overseeing data analytics and managing the media 
group’s new digital product development. Cukier is also a former 
business, technology and foreign correspondent at the Economist.

*Vivian Onano <https://www.vivianonano.com/>*- Social entrepreneur and 
humanitarian who is recognised as an emerging woman leader with the 
courage to lead change on the African continent. Vivian is a youth 
advisor to Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO and the 
Founder/Director at Leading Light Initiative. Vivian is a recipient of 
the 2017 New African Woman on the Rise Award and 2016 MTV “Africa 
Re-Imagined” Award.


Marc Cohen <https://mco.dev/>- Marc works for Google and builds tools, 
demos, codelabs and other things to make the Google Cloud Platform 
<https://cloud.google.com/>easier and more fun to use.

Sponsoring Partners include the British High Commission, the US Embassy, 
Learning Machine and the Times of Malta.

JOIN US  to be part of defining a shared agenda and a collective 
response to the challenges of the post-truth society.  Agenda outputs 
will be presented in a post-conference publications and manifesto and 
will be followed by a further conference in Italy in 2020.

REGISTER on 
https://connectedlearning.edu.mt/register-post-truth-conference-2019/

Further information on this link 
<https://connectedlearning.edu.mt/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Post-truth-Conference-2019-Flyer.pdf> or 
please email me directly if you wish to disuss contribution or 
participation.

*Dr Alex Grech <https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/alexgrech>*
Executive Director, Commonwealth Centre for Connected Learning
University of Malta, Faculty for Media & Knowledge Sciences

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