GNSI Policy Dialogues Archive

Agenda

 
Time Event
8:30am Check-in and Registration
9:00am
Jim Cardoso, Senior Director, Global and National Security Institute

Conference Opens and Introduction
Jim Cardoso
Senior Director, Global and National Security Institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
9:10am
Eric Eisenberg, PhD, Senior VP for University Community Partnerships, USF

Welcome Remarks
Eric Eisenberg, PhD
Senior Vice President for University Community Partnerships, Uuniversity of South Florida
9:15am
Omer Kanat, Executive Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Featured Speaker

Executive Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project
9:45am
Senator Marco Rubio, Florida

Featured Speaker (Video)
9:50am Panel 1 Discussion
Threads of Oppression: the Global Impact of Transnational Repression

This panel will focus on understanding transnational repression by the CCP. The panelists will discuss democratic values, national security, and the global implications of the CCP’s actions. The panel will conclude with analysis and policy recommendations for international responses and effective mitigation of transnational repression and a moderated question and answer session

  • Transnational Repression (TNR) is growing across the world: what are we seeing and how are nations addressing?
  • How is/will social media and the rise of AI affect TNR across borders?
  • What can international organizations do to uphold national sovereignty?
  • We’ve seen the infiltration of the CCP in American and Canadian society – as well as society across the world – from police outposts to the taking of family members. What recourse do those targeted have? How can they protect themselves?
  • What should the U.S. role be on this issue? What should Congress be doing? What should the FBI and/or DHS and other federal agencies be doing from a policy standpoint?
    David Oakley, PhD, Academic Director, GNSI

    David Oakley, PhD (Moderator)
    Academic Director, Global and National Security Institute

    Laura Harth, Safeguard Defenders

    (Panelist)
    Campaign Director, Safeguard Defenders

    Allison Quatrini, PhD

    (Panelist)
    Associate Professor of Political Science, Eckerd College

11:00am Lunch Break and Viewing Trailer for
All Static and Noise Film Poster

This documentary film tells the stories of Jewher, a Uyghur teen from China who was violently separated from her father after he was detained by Chinese authorities at the Beijing airport, and Abduweli, a linguist and poet who was imprisoned and tortured for teaching the Uyghur language to 6-year-old children.
11:35am Q&A Discussion of All Static and Noise, featuring:
The Honorable Kelley Currie, Former Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, U.S. State Department

, Former Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, U.S. State Department




Jewher Ilham, Author and Spokesperson for Worker Rights Consortium

, Author, spokesperson for the Coalition to End Uyghur Forced Labour and co-producer and protagonist of the documentary film All Static and Noise
12:25pm Break / Networking
12:50pm Panel 2 Discussion
The Human Toll: Living with Transnational Repression

This panel will explore the impact on individuals and communities, as well as the unique challenges faced by victims and advocates. Panelists will discuss the means and methods used by the CCP and reporting mechanisms for families of transnational repression. The panel will conclude with an interactive audience question and answer session.

  • How has the CCP reached you here in the United States/Canada?
  • How expansive is TNR in your community? Examples?
  • Do you feel that you have any legal recourse? This is akin to silent persecution, is it not?
  • What have targets of TNR witnessed (legal, financial, or emotional) and what remedies are there for those being targeted? 
Jeff Rogg, PhD, Global and National Security Institute

Jeff Rogg, PhD (Moderator)
Senior Research Fellow, Global and National Security Institute

Ziba Murat headshot

(Panelist) 
Global human rights advocate fighting against Chinese Transnational Repression

Frances Hui, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

(Panelist)
Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

2:05pm Closing Remarks
2:15pm Conference Ends