Wyatt Cenac is a New York-based standup comedian, writer and producer. From 2008 to 2012, Wyatt was a writer and popular correspondent on the hit late-night Comedy Central series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where he earned 3 Emmy Awards and one Writer’s Guild Award. Wyatt has appeared as a recurring character on the popular Netflix series BoJack Horsman, IFC’s Maron, Adult Swim’s The Eric Andre Show and Comedy Central’s John Oliver’s New York Standup Show. Wyatt starred in his own satirical docuseries for HBO, Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas, and the first season can now be streamed for free on YouTube.

Jeff Kao is a computational journalist at ProPublica who uses data science to cover technology and disinformation. His investigations have identified a Chinese government Twitter-bot campaign spreading propaganda about the coronavirus, and uncovered how former CNN host Larry King was tricked by the Chinese government into starring in a disinformation video. In 2017, he used natural language processing techniques to uncover 1.3 million fake comments submitted to the FCC in its proceeding repealing net neutrality. His work has been cited by multiple U.S. senators and he has appeared as a data scientist in the New York Times and on the WNYC program Science Friday. He holds a law degree from Columbia Law School, where he was the editor-in-chief of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Waterloo.

Dr. Claire Wardle is a leading expert on user generated content, verification and misinformation. She is co-founder and executive director of First Draft, the world’s foremost nonprofit focused on research and practice to address mis- and disinformation. Previously, Dr. Wardle was a Research Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy, and also the Research Director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School. She has worked with newsrooms and humanitarian organizations around the world, providing training and consultancy on digital transformation. Dr. Wardle earned a PhD in communications and an MA in political science from the University of Pennsylvania. She is based in New York City.

Amy Cohen is the Executive Director of the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED). In that role, she works closely with the Department of Homeland Security, the Election Assistance Commission, and state election officials from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. territories. In March 2018, she testified before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on election security issues. Previously, Ms. Cohen spent four years with The Pew Charitable Trusts, where she managed the Voting Information Project (VIP), guided national research projects, and forged relationships throughout the corporate and nonprofit sector. She has a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Washington University in St. Louis and a master of public policy from Georgetown University.