Bahawalpur, June 30, 2021 (PPI-OT):Department of Library and Information Science, organized a two-days Virtual International Symposium on Infodemic Management: How mis (dis) and mal-information can affect the world and how to swamp the landscape of information disorder with accurate information. During inaugural ceremony Chief Guest Prof. Dr. Fazal Ahmad Khalid, Chairman, Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC), Symposium Patron-in-Chief, Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob, Vice-Chancellor and Dr. Rubina Bhatti, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences highlighted that the scale of the crisis and ubiquity of the misleading information demand that scientists, healthcare professionals, information professionals, public health experts, social scientists, psychologists, journalists, and policymakers see it as their professional responsibility to help the general public identify fake news stories.
Keynote speakers Prof. Dr. Kanwal Ameen, Vice Chancellor, University of Home Economics, Lahore, Prof. Thomas J. Froehlich, Professor Emeritus at the School of Information, Kent State University, USA. Prof. Khalid Mahmood, Director, Institute of Information Management, Punjab University. Prof. Shahid Soroya, Vice Chancellor, Lahore Leads University, Prof. Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Professor of Digital Health Systems at the School of Information Management, Sun Yat-sen University, China. Dr. Naresh Agarwal, Associate Professor and Director of Information Science and Tech Concentration at the Simmons University, USA, Dr. Rukhsana Ahmed, Chairperson, Department of Communication.
University at Albany, State University of New York, USA, Dr. Omair Shafiq, Assistant Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dr. Joanna Richardson, Scholarly Communications Consultant, QLD, Australia. Prof. Christine Mackenzie, President IFLA, Dr. Ramzan, Director General Academics, Research and Accreditation PHEC, Dr. Pervaiz Ahmad, Chairman AIOU, Islamabad. Focal person Dr. Salman Bin Naeem and all faculty members of LIS Department contributed towards the successful event. Eminent experts and scholar from USA, UK, France, Canada, New Zealand, Philippines, China and Nigeria shared the insightful, interesting and informative ideas and experiences on the Infodemic, factors, effects, measures and solid, logical and robust recommendations for Infodemic Management.
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