Im steve knapp. It is a tour to Global Partnership to counter online radicalization and extremism. I would like to welcome officials of the United States government including representatives of the departments of state, justice and Homeland Security and federal bureau of investigation as well as officials from allied governments and our guests from the Technology Internet and media sectors. This conference was over two years in the planning. I originally discussed the idea with our honorary doctor shortly after she was appointed minister of safety and security for the United Kingdom in may of 2015. Youll have the privilege of hearing from her in a few moments. The idea we discussed was to Don Convenience a global conference with experts in the field about the challenge of radicalization as a global phenomenon significantly driven by the internet. Is a timely conversation but especially this week. I did have an opportunity to extend over the weekend our condolences for the tragic events
4 p. M. Eastern. Next how to counter online which extremist groups use it to recruit new members. We will hear from technology and Security Officials plus remarks from the british minister for internet 80 and security. George Washington University posted this event. Hosted this event. Good afternoon, everyone. I am the president of the george Washington University and im delighted to welcome to you does welcome you to this twoyear Conference Today conference entitled how to counteonli right elevation online radicalization and online extremism. I would like to welcome members of the department of state, justice and Homeland Security and the fbi as well as officials from a number of allied governments and guests from the internet, technology and year sectors media sectors. This conference was two years in the planning. I discussed this with our minister of internet safety and security for the United Kingdom in may of 2015. You will have the privilege of hearing from her in just a few mom
And the fbi as well as officials from a number of allied governments and guests from the internet, technology and media sectors. This conference was two years in the planning. I discussed this with our minister of internet safety and security for the United Kingdom in may of 2015. You will have the privilege of hearing from her in just a few moments. The idea we discussed was to convene a global conference that will bring a conversation forward about the challenge of radicalization as a global phenomenon specifically driven by the internet. This is a poignant conversation in light of the events in london last week. I extended to the ambassador our condolences for the tragic events that took place in london just last week. Here at George Washington, i will say the conference builds on groundbreaking work in our center for cyber and homeland security. Experts regularly testify on capitol hill and are featured in both top Academic Publications and numerous Media Outlets and Deputy Directo
[applause] good morning and welcome to the center for American Progress. My name is carla martin. Im the the Vice President for policy. It is my honor to welcome to this exciting event. Our lineup today is a real testament to the importance of this issue to this administration and to president obama. Nearly one in three americans has some type of criminal record that creates barriers to employment, housing and many other pathways to opportunity. Some americans with criminal records are even barred from casting a ballot which denies the right to participate in our democracy after they have paid their debt to our society. The impact of these barriers goes beyond those previous convicted of a crime. Criminal records are a family sentence. In fact, they have found that nearly half americans children now have a parent with a criminal record. Study after study has shown that the barriers associated with the parents criminal record can severely limit the childs opportunities and lead to worse
Good morning, everybody. So we will shift gears now building on the remarks from representative pose and representative crowly. We want to do three things. First we vpt to a conversation about what the pba accomplished and what was left undone. That is the purpose of this conversation. We will get indepth into it with really great speakers into what happened in the ten years since the tpa was passed, what it means for retirement in america, and what more needs to be done and hopefully that will tee up the next of the day. Followed by keynote remarks at 11 30 from edmond murphy, ceo of power retirements. And then is short break and we will have a second panel all about the path forward and what is the agenda for the next administration. So, what i am going to do, just a note on logistics. The way we would like to do is people make brief remarks and i will follow up with one question per person. Woel we will go down the row and have time for dialogue between the panel and questions and a