Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
Session I: Digital Media and Children by Developmental Changes
Talk: Understanding Media’s Impact on Infants and Toddlers – a Pediatrician’s Perspective
Speaker: Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
George Adkins Professor of Pediatrics, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Adjunct Professor of Health Services, University of Washington;
Director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Panel: Research on the Impact of Digital Media on Early Childhood
Moderator & Panelist: Daniel Anderson, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Director of Children and Media Lab, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Panelist: Rachel Barr, PhD
Developmental Psychologist, Georgetown University
Panelist: Heather Kirkorian, PhD
Director of Cognitive Development and Media Learning Lab, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Panelist: Sarah Lytle, PhD
Director of Outreach and Education, Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, University of Washington
Talk: Virtually True: Children’s Acquisition of False Memories in Virtual Reality
Speaker: Jeremy Bailenson, PhD
Founding Director of Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Stanford University;
Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment
Talk: New Research Methodologies in Studying Digital Media and Adolescents
Speaker: Michael Rich, MD, MPH
Director of Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH) Boston Children’s Hospital;
Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Medical School & Harvard School of Public Health
Panel: Digital Media and the Social Lives of Tweens and Teens
Moderator: Amanda Lenhart, MA
Researcher, Data & Society Research Institute;
Associate Director, Research, Pew Research Center
Panelist: Carrie James, PhD
Research Director, Principal Investigator, Project Zero,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Panelist: Kathryn Montgomery, PhD
Professor and Director of the Communications Study Division, American University
Panelist: Elizabeth Englander, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Director of Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center, Bridgewater State University
Panelist: Victor Strasburger, MD
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus, Founding Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Panelist: Lynn Schofield Clark, PhD
Professor and Chair of the Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies,
Director of the Estlow International Center for Journalism and New Media, University of Denver
Session II: Digital Media and Cognitive Development
Panel: Digital Learning
Moderator: Jeremy Roschelle, PhD
Co-Director of the Center for Technology in Learning, SRI International
Panelist: Naomi Baron, PhD
Executive Director, Center for Teaching, Research and Learning;
Professor of Linguistics, American University
Panelist: Mimi Ito, PhD
Cultural Anthropologist of Computer Use, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair in Digital Media and Technology, Director of the Digital Media and Learning Hub,
University of California, Irvine
Panelist: John F. Pane, PhD
Distinguished Chair in Education Innovation; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School;
Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation
Panelist: James W. Pellegrino, PhD
Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor of Education,
Co-Director of Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago
Talk: Media and ADHD-Related Symptoms
Speaker: Patti Valkenburg, PhD
University Distinguished Professor of Communication, University of Amsterdam;
Founding Director, Center for Research on Children, Adolescents and the Media;
2007 Recipient of Holland’s Spinoza Prize
Panel: Does Media Multitasking Change the Structure of the Developing Brain?
Moderator: David Meyer, PhD
Director of the Brain, Cognition and Action Laboratory, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
Panelist: Anthony Wagner, PhD
Director of Stanford Memory Lab, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Stanford University
Panelist: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, PhD
Senior Consultant, Strategic Business Insights
Panelist: Larry Rosen, PhD
Past Chair and Professor of Psychology, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Panelist: Melina Uncapher, PhD
Research Scientist, Stanford University;
Co-founder and CEO, Institute for Applied Neuroscience
Thursday October 15th, 2015
Session III: Digital Media and Social / Emotional / Physical Development
Panel: What Does Science Tell Us About Violent Video Games?
Moderator: Rowell Huesmann, PhD
Amos Tversky Collegiate Professor of Communication Studies and Psychology, Research Professor,
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Greeting: Vint Cerf, MS, PhD
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Panelist: Craig A. Anderson, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Director of Center for the Study of Violence, Iowa State University
Panelist: Tom Hummer, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine
Panelist: Jay Hull, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Chair of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College
Panelist: Barbara Krahé, PhD
Professor of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Germany
Panelist: Angela Campbell, JD
Professor of Law, Co-Director of Institute for Public Representation,
Georgetown Law School, Georgetown University
Talk: Texting and Its Impact on Face-to-Face Communication in Adolescents
Speaker: Sherry Turkle, PhD
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, Program in Science, Technology, and Society,
Founder and Director of Initiative on Technology and Self, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Panel: Digital Immersion in Children and Adolescents: Addiction or Obsession?
Moderator: Charles O’Brien, MD, PhD
Chairman of the Committee Charged with Evaluating Whether to Incorporate Internet addiction in the New DSM-V, University of Pennsylvania
Panelist: Douglas A. Gentile, PhD
Director of Media Research Lab, Associate Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
Panelist: Kimberly Young, PhD
Founder and Director of the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery, St. Bonaventure University
Panelist: David Strayer, PhD
Director of Applied Cognition, University of Utah
Panelist: Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington;
Principal Investigator, Division of Adolescent Medicine Seattle Children’s Hospital,
Center for Child Health Behavior and Development, Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team
Panelist: Stephanie Brown, PhD
Director, The Addictions Institute
Panelist: Koh Young-Sam, PhD
Director, Internet Addiction Counseling Center, South Korea
Panel: Digital Media and Psychological/Emotional/Physical Development in Adolescents
Moderator: Harold Koplewicz, MD
Director, Child Mind Institute
Panelist: Charles A. Czeisler, MD, PhD
Chairman of National Sleep Foundation, Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine, Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School;
Senior Physician, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Panelist: Dan Romer, PhD
Director of the Adolescent Communication Institute (ACI), Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
Panelist: Jason Chein, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Psychology (Brain, Behavior, & Cognition), Temple University
Panelist: Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, Director of Neuroscience Imaging Center,
University of California, San Francisco
Panelist: Tom Robinson, MD, MPH
The Irving Schulman, MD Endowed Professor in Child Health, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine,
Stanford University
