Loma Linda University Health is co-sponsoring the August 29 World Affairs Council Inland Southern California event titled "Fighting for Cyber Supremacy in an Age of Extremism."
Haroon K. Ullah, PhD, an authority on social media use in the Middle East, will speak on how social media has dominated the discourse of recent events in the Muslim world--from the Arab Spring to ISIS’s online recruitment and the recent deadly attack in Manhattan. He will discuss the roles of social media in these events and will identify key trends across the Muslim world that can teach us about regional and international politics and diplomacy.
A former senior advisor to three U.S. secretaries of state, with a special portfolio on digital transmedia strategy and countering violent extremism, Dr. Ullah is an award-winning author, a Peabody TV Award recipient, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The event will be held at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 29, in Centennial Complex Room 3111.
The event includes both a reception and presentation; presentation-only admission is free for students with ID. The cost is $20 for World Affairs Council members who preregister and $25 for non-members who preregister. General admission at the door is $30, space permitting.
To register or learn more, call 909-558-7446 or email kyutuc@llu.edu.