‘Influence Warfare – Have Social Media and FakeNews Become the New Battleground?’

November 2017 in conjunction with Global Strategy Forum at One Great George Street, London

Co-Chairs: Lord Lothian, Chairman of GSF, Sir David Omand, Visiting Professor King’s College London and Deborah Pout, Founder Oxford Media Network.

Speakers

  • Keynote remarks: Christiane Amanpour CBE, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent; anchor of ‘Amanpour’, CNN’s flagship global affairs programme
  • Mevan Babakar, Digital Product Manager, Full Fact, an organisation which fact-checks news and social media
  • Professor Michael Clarke, former Director General of the Royal United Service Institute (2007-2015)
  • Matthew d’Ancona, Evening Standard and Guardian Columnist; Author of ‘Post Truth – The New War On Truth And How To Fight Back’
  • General The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux GCB CBE DSO DL, Chief of the Defence Staff (2010-2013)
  • Professor Richard Sambrook, Professor of Journalism and Director of the Centre for Journalism, Cardiff University; former Director of Global News, BBC

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