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Congress 2025 Speakers
Congress 2025 Speakers
Speakers as of June 27, 2025, in alphabetical order:
Guest Speakers
Imran Ahmed
CEO and Founder
Center for Countering Digital Hate
Ran Barzilay, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Erin L. Belfort, MD, DFAACP
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine
Moderator
Matthew Bergman, JD
Founding Attorney
Social Media Victims Law Center
John Brand, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Daniel Buck, MA
Research Fellow
American Enterprise Institution
Brandon Cardet-Hernandez
President
Mrs Wordsmith
Linda Charmaraman, PhD
Senior Research Scientist and Founder/Director
Youth, Media, & Wellbeing Research Lab, Wellesley Centers for Women
Jing Chen, MA
PhD Student
Department of Human Development and Family Science, Virginia Tech
Hyekyung Choo, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
National University of Singapore
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
Chief Health Officer
Special Olympics
Claire Christensen, PhD
Senior Education Researcher
SRI Education
Sarah M. Coyne, PhD
Professor of Human Development
School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
Emma Cristini
PhD Candidate in Education
Université de Sherbrooke
Madelyn Curle, MPH
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Katie Davis, EdD
Associate Professor
University of Washington
Moderator
Leonna Davis, PhD
Developmental Psychologist and Assistant Professor
Bowie State University
Michelle De Mooy
Director
Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Tech and Public Policy Program
Moderator
Sumita Deb
Senior Online Audience Analyst
Ofcom - the UK’s Online Safety Regulator
Kyra Dingle
Medical Student
University of Irvine School of Medicine
Matías Dodel, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Caroline Fitzpatrick, PhD
Associate Professor
Université de Sherbrooke
Ben Forman
Honors Mechanical Engineering Student
University of Colorado
Alix Fraser
Vice President of Advocacy
Issue One
Meredith Gansner, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor
University of Rochester Medical Center
Josh Golin
Executive Director
Fairplay
Mahmut Sami Gurdal
PhD Candidate
Virginia Tech
David L. Hill, MD, FAAP
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics
UNC School of Medicine
Moderator
Alexis Hiniker, PhD
Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
University of Washington Information School
Elizabeth Hoffman, PhD
Associate Director, ABCD Study®
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH
Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Neuropsychology Department, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel
Lisa M. Jones, PhD
Research Professor
University of New Hampshire
Heather Kirkorian, PhD
Laura M. Secord Chair in Early Childhood Development, Professor and Chair
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator
Adelaide Delali Klutse, MS, CFLE
PhD Candidate
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Daniel Labrousse
PhD Student
University of Pittsburgh
Amanda Lenhart, MA
Senior Fellow
Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
Sunny Xun Liu, PhD
Director of Research
Stanford Social Media Lab
Moderator
Carlene MacMillan, MD
Co-Founder
Fermata
Sheri Madigan, PhD, R. Psych
Professor and Canada Research Chair
Determinants of Child Development, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Lucía Magis-Weinberg, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Washington
Anne (Annie) Maheux, PhD
Assistant Professor and Winston Distinguished Fellow
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Winston Center on Technology and the Developing Mind
Sumudu Mallawaarachchi, PhD
Research Fellow
ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, University of Wollongong, Australia
AnneMarie McClain, PhD, MA, EdM, MS
Assistant Professor of Media Science
Boston University
Brandon T. McDaniel, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation
Jason M. Nagata, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Lilach Graff Nomkin, MA
Research Psychologist, Doctoral Candidate in Psychology
Bar-Ilan University
Vincent Paquin, MD
Psychiatrist
McGill University
Rebecca Parlakian, MA, Ed
Senior Director of Programs
ZERO TO THREE
Moderator
Desmond Upton Patton, PhD, MSW
Schwartz University Professor / PIK University Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Moderator
Teodora Pavkovic, MSc
Director of Wellbeing, Lead Online Safety, Digital Wellbeing Expert
Linewize by Qoria
Gretchen Peters, MA
Executive Director
Alliance to Counter Crime Online
Zamaan Qureshi
Co-Chair
Design It For Us
Destinee Ramos
Undergraduate Student
Harvard College and Center for Digital Thriving
Stephanie M. Reich, PhD
Professor, Education (primary), Psychological Science, Informatics
University of California, Irvine
Moderator
Rebecca Robbins, PhD
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Thomas N. Robinson, MD, MPH
The Irving Schulman Endowed Professor in Child Health and Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Stanford University
Mandy Sanchez, PhD
Director of Programming
Culture Reframed
Jane Shawcroft, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Communication, The Ohio State University
Jennifer Silk, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
Medha Tare, PhD
Senior Director of Research
Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
Luka Todorović, MSc
PhD Candidate, Developmental Psychology
University of Amsterdam
Brendesha Tynes, PhD
Professor of Education and Psychology
University of Southern California Center for Empowered Learning and Development with Technology
S. Craig Watkins, PhD
Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor
University of Texas at Austin
Paul Weigle, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Associate Medical Director
Hartford Healthcare
Moderator
Jessica Younger, PhD
Senior Manager, Research Projects
PBS Kids
Yihong Zhao, PhD
Professor of Data Science
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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