April 5 - 7, 2010
The University of Idaho's 2010 Borah Symposium, entitled "@Peace @War – Global Action through Social Media," explored the connections between information technology, social media, war and building peace. The events were free and open to the public.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTSMonday, April 5
Documentary Presentation “Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country”
7:00 p.m. Kenworthy Theater - 508 S. Main St. - Downtown Moscow
2010 Oscar nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary
Tuesday, April 6
"Expanding A Country’s Borders During War: The Internet War Diary"
10:30 a.m. - University of Idaho SUB Silver/Gold Bryan Semaan - Department of Informatics - Collaborative Technologies
Donald Bren - School of Information and Computer Sciences - University of California, Irvine
"Virtually Yours: CyberSecurity in Our Brave New World"
12:30 p.m. - University of Idaho SUB Silver/Gold
Dr. Deborah Frincke
- Senior Scientist, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Panel Discussion: “Social Media/Global Impact” VIEW THE VIDEO 7:00 p.m. - University of Idaho SUB Ballroom
Dr. Sheldon Himelfarb - Associate Vice President, Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, & Peacebuilding / Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding, The United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Dr. James Lewis - Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Deborah Frincke - Senior Scientist, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Bryan Semaan - University of California – Irvine
Wednesday, April 7
“Twitter & Democracy”
11:30 a.m. - University of Idaho SUB Silver/Gold
Mark Trahant - Award winning writer, Journalist and Media Kaiser Fellow
"National Security and Social Media"
12:30 p.m. - University of Idaho SUB Silver/Gold
Dr. James Lewis - Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Panel Discussion: “Grassroots Action” VIEW THE VIDEO
7:00 p.m. - University of Idaho SUB Ballroom
Mark Trahant - Journalist and a former editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and 2009-2010 Kaiser Media Fellow
Nico Pitney - National Editor at the Huffington Post
Violeta Krasnic - Program Coordinator at WITNESS (Europe and Central Asia)