Disrupted: Speech and Democracy in the Digital Age
More than two centuries into the American experiment, there is still vigorous disagreement about the reasons for protecting speech, and about whether we protect it enough, or too much. Technological change is transforming this debate because it is transforming the way we communicate. On May 1st, the Knight First Amendment Institute and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism will convene some of America's most important thinkers about free speech and the free press to address essential questions about democracy in the digital age. Please join us for a day of exploration, discussion, and debate.
Morning Session
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Welcoming Remarks
Lee C. Bollinger, President of Columbia University
Alberto Ibarguen, President and CEO of the Knight Foundation
Free Speech in the Networked World
Moderator: Beth Simone Noveck, Professor and Director, the Governance Lab
Panelists
Zeynep Tufekci, Professor, University of North Carolina
Tim Wu, Professor, Columbia Law School
Are First Amendment Values Under Siege?
Moderator: Vincent Blasi, Professor, Columbia Law School
Panelists
Jeffrey Abramson, Professor, University of Texas-Austin
Jamal Greene, Professor, Columbia Law School
Leslie Kendrick, Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director, PEN American Center
Afternoon Session
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Introduction of Aryeh Neier
Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director, Knight First Amendment Institute
Keynote Address
Aryeh Neier, President Emeritus, Open Society Foundations
More or Less Free: Journalism and the Internet
Moderator: Emily Bell, Founding Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism
Panelists
Nicholas Lemann, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Columbia Journalism School
Michael Oreskes, Senior Vice President for News and Editorial Director, NPR
Lydia Polgreen, Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post
More than two centuries into the American experiment, there is still vigorous disagreement about the reasons for protecting speech, and about whether we protect it enough, or too much. Technological change is transforming this debate because it is transforming the way we communicate. On May 1st, the Knight First Amendment Institute and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism will convene some of America's most important thinkers about free speech and the free press to address essential questions about democracy in the digital age. Please join us for a day of exploration, discussion, and debate.
Morning Session
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Welcoming Remarks
Lee C. Bollinger, President of Columbia University
Alberto Ibarguen, President and CEO of the Knight Foundation
Free Speech in the Networked World
Moderator: Beth Simone Noveck, Professor and Director, the Governance Lab
Panelists
Zeynep Tufekci, Professor, University of North Carolina
Tim Wu, Professor, Columbia Law School
Are First Amendment Values Under Siege?
Moderator: Vincent Blasi, Professor, Columbia Law School
Panelists
Jeffrey Abramson, Professor, University of Texas-Austin
Jamal Greene, Professor, Columbia Law School
Leslie Kendrick, Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director, PEN American Center
Afternoon Session
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Introduction of Aryeh Neier
Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director, Knight First Amendment Institute
Keynote Address
Aryeh Neier, President Emeritus, Open Society Foundations
More or Less Free: Journalism and the Internet
Moderator: Emily Bell, Founding Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism
Panelists
Nicholas Lemann, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Columbia Journalism School
Michael Oreskes, Senior Vice President for News and Editorial Director, NPR
Lydia Polgreen, Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post