May 7, 6:30 PM
USJ Campus de l’Innovation et du Sport
Billions of individuals across the globe live connected. Each person today produces and generates tons of data. The world has already moved to the “Internet of things” era with more connected devices in everyone’s daily life. The panel will try to address key questions: Who gets the data? Who has the ability to decipher it? How is the data commoditized? What implication does this new form of connectivity have on people’s personal and public freedom and on political systems? How do “good guys” and “bad guys” use the data?
Panel discussion with Kevin
Collier (Daily Dot – USA), Reem Al-Masri (7iber.com – Jordan), Sascha
Meinrath (X-Lab – USA) and Mohamad Najem (Social Media Exchange –
Lebanon). Moderated by Kelli Arena (Global Center for Journalism and
Democracy – USA).