Disinformation in virtual spaces can have serious real world impacts, shaping public opinion, undermining security and threatening the impact of humanitarian aid efforts. How is it experienced at the level of the United Nations and its work, and what can we do about it?
Speaker: Damian Cardona
Moderator: Ryan Sutherland
Damian Cardona
Damian Cardona has more than 26 years of experience in strategic communications, crisis communications, outreach and campaigns within the United Nations system, serving in Africa, Latin America and Europe. Before joining the United Nations, Mr. Cardona was based in Amman, Jordan, from 1998 to 2002 as Regional Middle East Communications Delegate for the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC).
Mr. Cardona holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Barcelona and master’s degree on international relations from the Institut d’Études Politiques in Grenoble, France.
Ryan Sutherland
Ryan Sutherland is the General Manager of OCLC in Australia / New Zealand, based in Melbourne. After starting his career in software engineering, Ryan helped develop the system that has powered the Australian National Bibliographic Database (ANBD) since 2006, and was part of the team that developed the International Standard Name Identifier database (ISNI) in 2012. More recently, Ryan has been heavily involved in OCLC’s relationship with Trove Collaborative Services at the National Library of Australia and Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa at the National Library of New Zealand. In addition, Ryan led OCLC’s involvement in the National e-Deposit Service (NED).
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