Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 02/Oct/2024
1:30pm
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2:00pm
Registration: Day 1
Location: R.D. Watt Building
2:00pm
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2:30pm
Welcome Day 1: Introduction to Policy & Internet Conference 2024
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Jonathon Hutchinson
Chair: Joanne Gray
2:30pm
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3:00pm
Doctoral Session 1: Student Panel
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Kylie Pappalardo
Presentations from higher degree researchers (Postgraduates and PhD candidates).
3:15pm
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4:00pm
Doctoral Session 2: Student Panel
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Chris Chesher
4:00pm
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4:45pm
Doctoral Session 3: Student Panel
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Justine Humphry
5:00pm
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6:00pm
Keynote: Professor Julia Powles
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Joanne Gray
Julia Powles is the Director of the UWA Tech & Policy Lab and Associate Professor of Law and Technology at UWA Law School. Her research focuses on privacy, intellectual property, internet governance, and the law and politics of data, automation, and artificial intelligence.
6:00pm
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7:30pm
Social 1: Cocktail Reception
Location: R.D. Watt Building

Date: Thursday, 03/Oct/2024
9:00am
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9:30am
Day 2: Registration and Coffee
Location: R.D. Watt Building
9:30am
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11:00am
Day 2 Session 1: Paper Presentations
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Milly Stilinovic
11:00am
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11:15am
Day 2 Morning Tea: Break
Location: R.D. Watt Building
11:15am
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1:00pm
Day 2 Session 2: Everyday Internet & Policy
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Cheryl Langdon-Orr
1:00pm
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1:45pm
Social 2: Day 2 Lunch
Location: R.D. Watt Building
1:45pm
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3:15pm
Day 2 Session 3: Charles Perkins Centre Truth Decay Node Presents: The psychology of online arguments and narratives
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Bill Wyman
This session presents the latest interdisciplinary research on online influence including a series of talks that will examine how online arguments, images and narratives shape beliefs, and guidelines for countering the spread of dangerous belief systems. The session includes talks from:

Micah Goldwater (University of Sydney, School of Psychology) on ‘Psychology: How do political memes persuade?’

J. Hunter Priniski (University of California Los Angeles) on ‘Online network topology shapes personal narratives and hashtag generation’

Tom van Laer and Sheena Shidu (University of Sydney, Business School) on ‘The Unmoderated Zeitgeist - Learnings from Self-Published e-Books’

Zach Horne (University of Edinburgh) on ‘Crowdsourcing persuasive arguments’

Marco Castelli and Paulina Kowalicka (University of Milan) on ‘Guidelines to Reduce the Spread of Online Extremism and Disinformation Among Middle-Aged Individuals: Insights from Project SMIDGE’.
3:15pm
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3:30pm
Day 2 Afternoon Tea: Break
Location: R.D. Watt Building
3:30pm
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5:15pm
Day 2 Session 4: Paper Presentations
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Nadia Tjahja
6:00pm
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8:00pm
Social 3: Conference Dinner
Location: Courthouse Hotel Australia Street, Newtown
Dinner and drinks at Courthouse Hotel Australia Street Newtown (self-funded).

Date: Friday, 04/Oct/2024
9:00am
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9:30am
Day 3: Registration and Coffee
Location: R.D. Watt Building
9:30am
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10:00am
Day 3 Books: Launches
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Jonathon Hutchinson
A collection of recent books from the Discipline of Media and Communication:

Fantasies of Virtual Reality: Untangling Fiction, Fact, and Threat
by Marcus Carter and Ben Egliston

Governing Social Virtual Reality: Preparing for the Content, Conduct and Design Challenges of Immersive Social Media
By Joanne E. Gray, Marcus Carter and Ben Egliston

Twitch
By Mark Johnson

Transformational Health Communication
By Olaf Werder
10:00am
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11:30am
Day 3 Fireside Chat: Internet & Policy Futures
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Kimberlee Weatherall
Andrew Francis, Director, Digital Platforms Branch at the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
(ACCC) and Sophie Murray-Farrell, Acting Director at the NSW Premier’s Department join Professor Weatherall to discuss the future of policy and the Internet.
11:30am
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12:00pm
Demonstration: International Digital Policy Observatory
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Terry Flew
Chair: Rob Nicholls
12:00pm
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12:30pm
Conference: Conclusion
Location: R.D. Watt Building
Chair: Jonathon Hutchinson
Dr Jonathon Hutchinson to close the conference and connect the past two days to the Policy & Internet Journal.
12:30pm
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5:00pm
Social Activities: Sydney Opera House and Taronga Zoo
Location: Circular Quay
Social activities including bus to Circular Quay, Walk to Opera House for photos and Ferry to Taronga Zoo.