A variety of groups and individuals carry out ideological and bias-based violence, including acts which meet the threshold of terrorism. Some observers see commonalities between different forms of violence, and argue that different forms of
violence necessitate distinct political and legal responses. This panel of experts focuses on these different phenomenon and the particular opportunities to address the conditions conducive to the production of violence.
Moderator: Laura Ellsworth, Co-Chair, Eradicate Hate Global Summit; Partnerin-Charge of Global Community Service Initiatives, Jones Day
Heidi Beirich, Co-Founder, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
Arie Perliger, Professor and Director of Security Studies, School of Criminology and Justice Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML)
James Pasch, Cleveland Regional Director, Anti-Defamation League
Jacob Ware, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
David Tessler, Public Policy Manager, Facebook
Tore Bjørgo, Director of the Center for Research on Extremism: The Far Right, Hate Crime and Political Violence (C-REX)
Eitan Hersh, Associate Professor, Tufts University
Rhys Leahy, Data Science Researcher, George Washington University
Don H. Liu, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Risk Officer, Target
Maya Berry, Executive Director, Arab American Institute
Robert Bone, Director of Cyber Intelligence, Chainalysis
