OVERVIEW

Whom Do We Trust 2018: Conference Overview 

 

WELCOMING REMARKS

Opening Plenary - Valery Monakhov (The Herzen Russian State University), Dulce Murphy (Track Two: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy), Peter B. Kaufman (Read Russia & MIT Open Learning) *NEW*

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

"Keynote Address" - Vladimir Pozner ("Pozner," Russia's Channel One) 

"Keynote Address" - Katrina Vanden Heuvel (The Nation) 

 

HIGHLIGHTS​

"Enemies: Russian and American Students Discuss the Roots of Enemy-Making" - Moderated By Nadezhda Azgihkina and Yury Kabanov

"Media Literacy" - Moderated By Kirill Artemenko *NEW*

"Q&A: Influences on Perception Beyond the Media" - Moderated By Lizbeth Hasse, Vladimir Orlov, and Virginia Thomson *NEW*

 

PANELS & EXERCISES​

Panel One: "Media and Information" - Moderated By Lizbeth Hasse & Vladimir Orlov

Panel Two: "Influences and Confrontation" - Moderated By Nadezhda Azgihkina & Yury Kabanov

Panel Three: "Global vs. Individual" - Moderated By Kirill Artemenko & Alexander Kubyshkin

Panel Four: "Looking for Solutions" - Moderated By Sophia Kishkovsky & Artem Samarsky 

Visualization Exercise: "Can We Develop Solutions?" - Moderated By Virginia Thomson *NEW*

 

WORKSHOPS & PERFORMANCES​

"Vocal Performance" - Jenia Lubich, Singer-Songwriter

"Musical Performance" - Sergei Smoljaninov, Pianist

 

CLOSING REMARKS

Closing Remarks: "Taking the Next Steps" - Peter B. Kaufman (Read Russia & MIT Open Learning), Valery Monakhov (The Herzen Russian State University) *NEW*

Closing Remarks: "The Power of Good and the Need for Freedom of Thought" - Peter B. Kaufman (Read Russia & MIT Open Learning), Katrina Vanden Heuvel *NEW*

 

STUDENT INTERVIEWS

Cameron Lallana Interviews Anastasiya Shurpitskaya

Cameron Lallana Interviews Rene Perez

Cameron Lallana Interviews Jadie Minhas

Cameron Lallana Interviews Anna Shabanova

Cameron Lallana Interviews Destiny Buckley

Cameron Lallana Interviews Anastasia Ponomarenko

Cameron Lallana Interviews Sawyer Mack

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