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Congresses2023 Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress
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Ask the Experts—WebinarScreen Extremes: Children and Digital Addictions
Many children and teens spend several hours daily on screens for entertainment. When does heavy use of digital media turn into an addiction, and what can parents do?
Digital AddictionMental HealthSleep HealthVideo GamingSpeakersMarc N. Potenza, MD, PhD
Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, Director
Child Study Center and of Neuroscience; Division of Addictions Research at Yale; Yale Center of Excellence in Gambling Research; Yale Program for Research on Impulsivity and Impulse Control Disorders; Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women's Health Research at Yale; Yale University School of Medicine
Naomi Fineberg, MBBS, MA, MRCPsych
Professor of Psychiatry; Consultant Psychiatrist
University of Hertfordshire; Highly Specialized Service for Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Jason Nagata, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Clifford Sussman, MD
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist; Internet and Gaming Addiction Specialist; Volunteer Clinical Faculty
George Washington University
Elaine Uskoski
Video gaming addiction speaker, author, and coach; Family Coach
Game Quitters
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Ask the Experts—WebinarReady, Set, Smartphone: A Guide for Families
How should families determine whether a child is “ready” for a smartphone?
ParentingSocial RelationshipsSpeakersElizabeth Englander, PhD
Director; Professor of Psychology
Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center; Bridgewater State University
Meryl Alper, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Northeastern University
Stephen Balkam
Founder & CEO
Family Online Safety Institute
Devorah Heitner, PhD
Author
Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World
Elizabeth Milovidov, PhD, JD
Founder
DigitalParentingCoach.com
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Ask the Experts—WebinarOn Boredom: Screen Time, Free Time, and Child Development
What *is* boredom exactly and what role does it play in cognition and development?
Brain and CognitionCharacter DevelopmentSpeakersAndreas Elpidorou, PhD
Professor of Philosophy; Director of the Liberal Studies Program
University of Louisville
James Danckert, PhD
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience; Cognitive Neuroscience Research Area Head
University of Waterloo
Susan Matt, PhD
Presidential Distinguished Professor of History
Weber State University
Natalie Spencer Gwyn, PhD
Core Faculty
School of Counseling, Walden University
Caley Arzamarski, PhD, NCSP
Psychologist; Clinical Assistant Professor, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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Ask the Experts—WebinarEngaged for Change: Youth, Digital Spaces, and Social Movements
How is digital media providing unique ways for youth to advocate for more positive outcomes for themselves and their peers?
Civic EngagementCharacter DevelopmentSpeakersDana R. Fisher, PhD
Professor of Sociology; President
University of Maryland; Eastern Sociological Society
Maru Gonzalez, EdD
Assistant Professor; Youth Development Specialist
Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences; North Carolina State University
Tiera Tanksley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Race, Technology & Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Shakuntala Banaji, PhD
Professor of Media, Culture and Social Change; Programme Director,
MSc Media, Communication and Development; Department of Media and Communication, London School of Economics
Laura Wray-Lake, PhD
Professor of Social Welfare
Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles
Emma Lembke
Founder and Executive Director
LOG OFF Movement
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Ask the Experts—WebinarThe Social Brain on Screens
What are the functions of the social brain in childhood and what strategies can encourage healthy social development in youth?
Media LiteracySocial MediaSocial RelationshipsSpeakersMoriah Thomason, PhD
Barakett Associate Professor and Director of Pediatric Neuroimaging; Vice Chair for Research
Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Population Health, New York University School of Medicine; Investigator, NYU Langone Neuroscience Institute
Eva Telzer, PhD
Co-Director; Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain, and Psychological Development; UNC Chapel Hill
Shimi Kang, MD, FRCPC
Psychiatrist; Best-selling author of The Tech Solution; Clinical Associate Professor
The University of British Columbia
Georgene Troseth, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
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Ask the Experts—WebinarTaken to Extremes: Online Radicalism, Polarization, and Youth
How do extremists target youth? How does digital media impact polarization, and what steps can we take to limit the features of digital media that contribute to extremism in youth?
Social MediaMedia LiteracySpeakersBrian Hughes, PhD
Associate Director
PERIL
Paul Barrett, JD
Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar
NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
Jennie King
Head of Climate Research and Policy; Head of Civic Action and Education
Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Alex Newhouse
Senior Research Fellow, Emerging Technologies
Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Katie Paul
Director
Tech Transparency Project
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Ask the Experts—WebinarCaptive Market: Protecting Children in the New World of Online Advertising
How does hidden online advertising impact children's attitudes and behaviors? How and why is youth data collected, and what can or should be done to safeguard children online?
Social MediaAdvertising and MarketingEthical DesignMedia LiteracySpeakersBonnie Patten, Esq.
Executive Director
truthinadvertising.org
Susan Linn, EdD
Lecturer in Psychiatry; Research Associate
Harvard Medical School; Boston Children's Hospital
Michelle Rosenthal, Esq.
Senior Staff Attorney
Division of Advertising Practices, FTC
Omni Cassidy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Population Health
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
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Ask the Experts—WebinarSocial Media and Drugs: What Parents Need to Know
A glimpse into the world of teens and drugs on social media, and practical information to increase awareness and ability to safeguard adolescents and teens
Social MediaPhysical HealthPrivacySpeakersColleen Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine, The University of Southern California
Tim Mackey, MAS, PhD
Professor of Global Health; Director; CEO and co-founder
UC San Diego; Global Health Policy and Data Institute; S-3 Research
Robert F. Lawlor Jr, MS-ADPP, MS, BSCJ
Drug Intelligence Officer
New England HIDTA
Samuel Chapman
Director
Parents for Safer Children