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Ginny Badanes

Ginny Badanes is Senior Director of Democracy Forward, an initiative within Microsoft’s Technology & Corporate Responsibility organization that is focused on addressing ongoing challenges to the stability of democracies globally. The program includes efforts to protect elections, political parties, campaigns, and NGOs from cyber-enabled threats. The Democracy Forward team also leads Microsoft’s work to improve the information ecosystem, which includes combating disinformation, expanding news distribution, increasing media literacy, and working with community-based programs and newsrooms to use technology to expand their reach. Ginny has spent her career at the intersection of politics and technology. Before joining Microsoft in 2014, she was Vice-President of Political at CMDI, where she advised presidential and senate campaigns on their efforts to leverage data and technology to improve their finance and treasury operations. Ginny was named to Washingtonian’s 2021 & 2022 “Most In...

Katy Knight

Katy Knight is President and Executive Director of Siegel Family Endowment, a foundation focused on the nexus of technology and society. Under her leadership, equity, flexibility in grantmaking, and systems-level thinking have been key touchstones for the organization. Since joining as Deputy Executive Director in 2017 she has pioneered an inquiry-driven approach to philanthropy, grounded in the scientific method, and centered on reframing big questions and learning alongside grant investments. She previously led Community Engagement at Two Sigma and held positions on Google’s Communications and Public Affairs teams, in addition to prior experience in nonprofit and real estate. Growing up in New York City, Katy’s curiosity about the way things worked, from the subway to local government, bloomed into an interest in infrastructure, a key investment area for Siegel. Giving back to her community has always been paramount. In high school, Katy worked as a literacy tutor with READ Alliance, where she now sits on the Board. She also holds board seats at Center for an Urban Future, CSforALL, Pursuit, the Regional Plan Association, and Teaching Lab. Katy is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania and was recently recognized for her leadership in Crain's Notable Black Leaders in 2022. She and her husband currently split their time between Brooklyn, NY and northeast Pennsylvania.

Caspar Llewellyn Smith

Caspar Llewellyn Smith is the Chief AI Officer at Guardian News & Media (GNM) where he is responsible for exploring the deployment of artificial intelligence across the company. He was previously Chief Product Officer, leading the teams responsible for the development of the Guardian’s website and award-winning apps as well as ground-breaking investigative tools used by the newsroom. Prior to that he was a journalist, joining GNM in 2003 to launch a monthly music magazine for the Observer, before becoming the Guardian’s first head of culture. Subsequently he became the editor of theguardian.com and GNM’s other digital platforms and director of digital strategy. Since 2015, he has also been a member of the executive committee.

Vivian Schiller

Vivian Schiller joined the Aspen Institute in January 2020 as Executive Director of Aspen Digital, which empowers policymakers, civic organizations, companies, and the public to be responsible stewards of technology and media in the service of an informed, just, and equitable world. A longtime executive at the intersection of journalism, media and technology, Schiller has held executive roles at some of the most respected media organizations in the world. Those include: President and CEO of NPR; Global Chair of News at Twitter; General Manager of NYTimes.com; Chief Digital Officer of NBC News; Chief of the Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture of The New York Times and Discovery Communications; and Head of CNN documentary and long form divisions. Documentaries and series produced under her auspices earned multiple honors, including three Peabody Awards, four Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards, and dozens of Emmys. Schiller is a member of the Council on Foreign Relation...

Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo

Il Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo di Perugia è un evento annuale che riunisce professionisti dei media, esperti di comunicazione e appassionati di informazione da tutto il mondo. Si svolge nel centro storico di Perugia e offre conferenze, dibattiti, workshop e opportunità di networking sui temi più rilevanti del giornalismo contemporaneo.

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