2023 WMGIC x NATO Countering Disinformation Schedule

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Opening Ceremony - 8:00A.M. - 8:20A.M

Reese O'Brien
Global Innovation Challenge (WMGIC)

Keynote Address:
"Disinformation and the Problem of Trust: Countering 21st Century Threats"
Stephen E. Hanson
Lettie Pate Evans Professor of Government
William & Mary

Dr. Teresa Longo
Associate Provost for International Affairs, Executive Director of the Reves Center for International Studies, William & Mary

Dorothy Gao
Global Innovation Challenge (WMGIC)

Sofia LoBue
Global Innovation Challenge (WMGIC)

Shradha Dinesh
DisinfoLab

Mentoring Session Period - 8:30A.M. - 11:00A.M.

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Teams Submit Presentations - 11:05A.M.

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Presentations - 11:20A.M. - 12:40A.M.

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Judging - 12:40 - 1:00P.M.

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Closing Ceremony - 1:15P.M. - 2:00P.M.

Sophie Workinger
Global Innovation Challenge (WMGIC)

Elizabeth Marcus
Global Innovation Challenge (WMGIC)

Closing Remarks from Marie-Doha Besancenot
NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy

CAPT. Kathleen T. Jabs
USN (ret.), Special Assistant to the President for Military & Veteran Affairs, William & Mary