APDS Conference-Transnational Advocacy Networks & Public Diplomacy April 23, 2010

Join the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars for their annual conference in discussion of transnational advocacy networks, media, and the role of public diplomacy. Panel topics include Social Media and Transnational Advocacy Networks, and Hollywood, Human Rights & Transnational Advocacy. Panels will feature Oscar Morales of the One Million Voices Against FARC movement, Aashika Damodar of Survivors Connect, Ted Braun, director of Darfur Now, and Alex Franklin of Storm Lion, among others.

9:15am - 9:45am "Practicing Public Diplomacy in Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and on Capitol Hill: A Canadian Experience"
Keynote address by Colin Robertson, Canadian Defense and Foreign Affairs Institute, former Canadian Consul General of Los Angeles.

Panels will be moderated by Professor Nicholas J. Cull of the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

Lunch is provided. Please RSVP at apds@usc.edu