Gen Next Members Participate in Google's Summit Against Violent Extremism in Dublin, Ireland
June 28th, 2011 - 9:49am
Filed under International Security
NEWPORT BEACH, CA - Gen Next Member and Director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen is leading the Summit Against Violent Extremism (SAVE) in Dublin, Ireland. SAVE explores the common factors that cause young people to join violent groups, while finding ways to apply modern technology to deter young individuals from joining them.
The summit brings together networks of people like former neo-Nazis, gang members, Islamic radicals and representatives from private corporations, academia, civil society organizations and victims groups. It is the first time violent groups will be brought together in one place to explore the commonalities and differences in the causes of extremism across different cultural contexts.
Gen Next Members attending the summit include Jason Liebman, Co-Founder of Movements.org and CEO of Howcast Media; Juan Zarate, Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism; Justin Choi, President of Cie Digital Labs; Aaron Bare, CEO of Buzzmouth Media; Micha Mikailian, CEO of eBoost Consulting, and Michael Davidson, CEO of Gen Next.
“Each Member attending is a private sector and policy leader,” said Michael Davidson, CEO of Gen Next. “Their feedback and expertise exchanged with the former extremists will be invaluable in helping scale the outcomes of the summit.”
The Gen Next Foundation will give an award of seed capital for “Innovation in Impact” at the end of the summit to the best entrepreneurial and actionable idea at the conference.
The summit is June 26-29 and has been organized by Google Ideas, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
Key Takeaways:
- The objective of the summit is to establish a global network of former extremists who discern what draws some people to violent movements and how people can be deterred from joining these groups through the use of technology.
The summit brings together networks of people like former neo-Nazis, gang members, Islamic radicals and representatives from private corporations, academia, civil society organizations and victims groups. It is the first time violent groups will be brought together in one place to explore the commonalities and differences in the causes of extremism across different cultural contexts.
Gen Next Members attending the summit include Jason Liebman, Co-Founder of Movements.org and CEO of Howcast Media; Juan Zarate, Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism; Justin Choi, President of Cie Digital Labs; Aaron Bare, CEO of Buzzmouth Media; Micha Mikailian, CEO of eBoost Consulting, and Michael Davidson, CEO of Gen Next.
“Each Member attending is a private sector and policy leader,” said Michael Davidson, CEO of Gen Next. “Their feedback and expertise exchanged with the former extremists will be invaluable in helping scale the outcomes of the summit.”
The Gen Next Foundation will give an award of seed capital for “Innovation in Impact” at the end of the summit to the best entrepreneurial and actionable idea at the conference.
The summit is June 26-29 and has been organized by Google Ideas, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
Key Takeaways:
- The objective of the summit is to establish a global network of former extremists who discern what draws some people to violent movements and how people can be deterred from joining these groups through the use of technology.
- It is the first time 90 former extremists, gang-members and other members of violent groups will be brought together in one place to explore the commonalities and differences in the causes of extremism across different cultural contexts.
- The group’s ‘formers’ (a name coined by Google) will discuss their pasts on panels moderated by victims of terrorist attacks.
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