Webinar #2 | Combat misinformation & digital threats with AI

Speaking truth to power

From election integrity to gender equity and migration narratives, AI can be both a threat and a solution when it comes to misinformation. This webinar explores how AI can detect and counter disinformation, protect vulnerable communities, and uphold democratic values. Discover strategies nonprofits can use to safeguard truth in an increasingly digital world.

Tuesday 13 May, 2 - 3pm CEST

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Meet the speakers

  • Sandra Uwantege Hart

    Moderator

    Strategist, Tech4Good, PoliSync

    Sandra Uwantege Hart is a humanitarian specialist and consultant with 15 years experience managing humanitarian programs with UN agencies and INGOs in over a dozen countries globally, implementing projects in cash and voucher assistance, financial inclusion, food security, and livelihoods recovery. She now works as a technical expert, advisor and researcher for local and international organizations and social impact-focused companies exploring inclusive innovation. Currently, most of her work consists of being an interlocutor between the humanitarian and technology sectors - conceptualizing, designing and managing community-inclusive, context-adapted Web3 (blockchain) and digital payment systems. In 2020, Sandra co-founded the startup Umoja Labs (formerly Emerging Impact) and is the award winning creator of Oxfam International's Unblocked Cash Project (2018-2021).

    Read more about Sandra here.

  • Marie McAuliffe

    Panelist

    Head, Migration Research Division, IOM

    Marie McAuliffe is the head of the Migration Research Division at IOM headquarters in Geneva and Editor of IOM’s flagship World Migration Report. She is an international migration specialist with more than 20 years of experience in migration as a practitioner, program manager, senior official and researcher.

    Marie has researched, published and edited widely in academic and policy spheres on migration and is on the editorial boards of scientific journals International Migration and Migration Studies, and is an Associate Editor of the Harvard Data Science Review. She edits IOM’s World Migration Report in partnership with leading migration researchers (2018 edition with Prof Martin Ruhs, 2020 edition with Prof Binod Khadria and the forthcoming 2022 edition with Prof Anna Triandafyllidou).

    Read more about Marie here.

  • Taban Shoresh

    Panelist

    Founder, The Lotus Flower

    Taban Shoresh OBE founded The Lotus Flower in 2016, as a former child genocide survivor. The organization has impacted over 84,000 lives to date.

    In 2014, Taban was horrified to see the ISIS attacks in her homeland, and gave up her successful career in the City to return to Kurdistan Region of Iraq as an aid worker before establishing the Lotus Flower. 

    The Lotus Flower addresses both the immediate and long-term needs of displaced women and girls living in some of the world’s most challenging environments through the creation of sustainable, community-led solutions.

    Read more about Taban here.

  • Ferdi Ferhat Ozsoy

    Panelist

    Authority on fact-checking

    An expert in misinformation, media integrity, and public policy, with deep experience in fact-checking, journalism, and Trust & Safety. At the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), Ferdi led global initiatives, managed multimillion-dollar grant programs, and collaborated with platforms, governments, and nonprofits to advance information integrity and public trust worldwide.

    A mission-driven and collaborative leader working at the intersection of journalism, technology, and civic engagement. Ferdi has led and scaled organizations devoted to fact-checking, media literacy, and data transparency — often during periods of transformation or crisis. Known as a passionate connector and gritty problem solver, he brings a people-first approach to leadership, mentoring teams and building communities that drive lasting, global impact.

    Read more about Ferdi here.

The ‘AI for Social Good’ webinar series

A six-part webinar series by leading nonprofits, for nonprofits.