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STRATCOM SUMMIT 2022

AGENDA
Hours 2 December 2022 / Friday
09.00 – 10.00 Register
OPENING CEREMONY
10.00 – 10.15
Alican Ayanlar & Andrea Sanke (MoC)
Opening Statement
10.15 – 10.35
Prof. Fahrettin ALTUN, Director of Communications, Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
Opening Statement
10.35 – 10.40
H.E. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN, President of the Republic of Türkiye (Video Message)
Stratcom Panel 1: Stratcom for Resilience: Challenges in an Evolving World

Moderator: Yusuf Erim, TRT World

Speakers:
- Nitzan Chen, Director of the Israel Government Press Office
10.40 – 12.00 - Nordin Abdullah, Founder of Crisis Management Centre, Malaysia
- Tomasz Chłoń, Former Ambassador of Poland to Estonia and to Slovakia; Former
Director of NATO Information Office in Moscow
- Dusko Arsovski, Spokesperson of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
- Edgar Lorenzo Padron Castillo, Deputy Minister of Communication, Planning and
Strategy
12.00 – 14.00 LUNCH
Stratcom Talk 1: Reimagining the World Through Data
14.00 – 14.20
Speaker: Dr. Kalev Hannes Leetaru, Founder of the GDELT Project

Stratcom Panel 2: How to Make Truth Louder in World Politics?

Moderator: Sümeyye Ceylan, TRT World

Speakers:
- Caitlin Chin, CSIS Strategic Technologies Program Fellow
14.20 – 15.20
- Andrii Shapovalov, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, National Security
Council of Ukraine
- Fahd Hussain, Special Assistant to PM of Pakistan on Public Policy & Strategic
Communications, Pakistan
- Radu Magdin, Former Communication Advisor to Prime Minister of Romania
15.20 – 15.40 COFFEE BREAK
Stratcom Panel 3: Better Connecting with Citizens: Leveraging Data and Insights for
Impact

Moderator: Kübra Akkoç, TRT World

Speakers:
15.40 – 16.40 - Carlotta Alfonsi, Policy Analyst, Open and Innovative Government Division, OECD
- Chiara Varazzani, Lead Behavioural Scientist, Open and Innovative Government
Division, OECD
- Tom Moylan, Researcher at Brussels School of Governance and VUB; Former Senior
Advisor, DG COMM, European Commission
- Eugene Farrelly, Assistant Principal, Government Information Service, Ireland
Stratcom Talk 2: Cyber Battles in Conventional Wars
16.40 - 17.00
Speaker: Gosha Tykhyi, Media and Comms Advisor to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

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Stratcom Panel 4: Media in the Post-Truth Age

Moderator: Doğan Eşkinat, International Media Coordinator at Directorate of Communications

Speakers:
17.00 – 18.00 - Frank Melloul, i24News TV CEO
- Nadav Eyal, Senior Columnist, Yedioth Ahronoth
- Borzou Daragahi, Journalist, The Independent
- Adesewa Josh, Broadcast Journalist at TRT World
- Saadet Oruç, Chief Advisor to the President of the Republic of Türkiye

Saat 3 December 2022 / Saturday

Stratcom Talk 3: Building the Global Responsible Tech Community

10.00 – 10.20 Speaker: David Ryan Polgar, Founder of All Tech Is Human & Member of TikTok's Content
Advisory Council

Stratcom Panel 5: Toward Effective Government Communication

Moderator: Büşra Karaduman Aktuna, Head of Publications Department at Directorate of

Communications
10.20 – 11.20 Speakers:
- Rinor B. Nuhiu, Advisor to the President of Kosovo
- Asadjon Khodjaev, Director of the Agency for Information and Mass Communications,
Uzbekistan
- Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Information, Palestine
11.20 – 11.40 COFFEE BREAK
Stratcom Talk 4: Why is OSINT So Popular Now?
11.40 – 12.00
Speaker: Oliver Alexander, OSINT Analyst

Stratcom Panel 6: Stratcom as Conflict Resolution and Stabilizing Power

Moderator: Rumeysa Codar, TRT World

Speakers:
12.00 - 13.00 - Prof. Karen Freberg, Professor in Strategic Communication at University of Louisville
- Dr. Maria Saifuddin Effendi, National Defense University, Pakistan
- Medea Skhirtladze, Deputy Head Strategic Communications Division Administration of
the Government of Georgia
- Sami Hamdi, Managing Director of the International Interest
13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH
Stratcom Panel 7: The Role of Intelligence in Counter Terrorism

Moderator: Nazif Menteş, Chief Editor at GZT

Speakers:
14.00 – 15.00
- Assoc. Prof. Ali Burak Darıcılı, Bursa Technical University
- Dr. Hamoon Khelghat Doost, Üsküdar University
- Dr. Kaan Kutlu Ataç, Mersin University
- Dr. Cavid Veliyev, Head of Foreign Policy Analysis Department, Center of Analysis of
International Relations, Azerbaijan

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Stratcom Panel 8: Capacity Building for Public Communication: Coping with Global
Uncertainties

Moderator: Kılıç Buğra Kanat, Research Director, SETA Washington DC.

15.00 – 16.00 Speakers:

- Pieter Idenburg, Issuemakers Senior Advisor
- Assoc. Prof. Başak Yavcan, TOBB University
- Fuad Hüseynov, Deputy Chairman at the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs,
Republic of Azerbaijan
- İpek Tekdemir Rupp, Policy & Strategic Communication Advisor at European Parliament
16.00 – 16.20 COFFEE BREAK
Stratcom Talk 5: Behaving Responsibly in the Age of Uncertainty: Prioritising User Safety
16.20 – 16.40
Speaker: Timur Altop, Head of YouTube Partnerships
Stratcom Panel 9: How to Combat Extremism and Hate Speech for Global Good

Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Enes Bayraklı, Turkish German University

16.40 - 17.40 Speakers:
- Fadi Farasin, Assistant Director General of SESRIC, OIC
- Mersiha Smailovic, Activist/Founder of Legis
- Jonathan Fowler, UN Regional Communications Officer
Stratcom Talk 6: Social Network Map of Türkiye
17.40 - 18.00
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. İsmail Çağlar, Istanbul University
CLOSING CEREMONY