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U.S. Army Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Virtual Conference

July 21, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EDT

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Join us for our virtual conference on Weaponized Information in partnership with Georgetown University, Center for Security Studies.

Our capstone event will focus discussion around understanding the information environment, exploring weaponized information, and discovering possible solutions. The information dimension is constantly changing with the explosion of data and hyper-connectedness enabled by social media, the Internet of Things, and emerging technologies. Weaponized Information will permeate our daily existence, fundamentally changing how we compete and fight.

Today, actors seek to spread false information quickly in order to erode public trust in traditional alliances and institutions. In the near future, a comprehensive assault on authenticity could be achieved through disruptive technologies like deep fakes, artificial influencers, AI-generated news and dialogue, and virtual/augmented reality.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to check the email you registered with!

Watch for:

  1. Confirmation email (eventbrite generated) with pertinent details about the event.
  2. Zoom link – Mad Scientist will send you the link and password to the email account you registered with.
  3. You will be sent the Zoom link: After registration, 48 hours prior, 2 hours prior and 10 minutes prior to the event.

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be sent to jrm296@georgetown.edu by 3 business days prior to the event. A good-faith effort will be made to fulfill requests. A captioned version of this presentation will also be made available shortly at: https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/mad-scientist/p/weapon.

Organizer

U.S. Army Futures Command, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and Georgetown Center for Security Studies