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HIGHLIGHTS: ISMA Security Conference 2012

Maria A. Ressa

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Maria Ressa live blogs the speech of Rohan Gunaratna on the global state of terrorism

SEATTLE, Washington – Twice a year, International Security Management Association (ISMA) officials meet to discuss important global issues and security challenges. ISMA is an organization of chief security officials (CSOs) of the Fortune 500 and other companies around the world.

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa speaks at this year’s conference and live blogs presentations which aren’t confidential in nature.  

On Day 1, we hear from the Martha Choe from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – “CEO Perspective;” Inside al-Qaeda author Rohan Gunaratna speaks on “The Changing Face of Terrorism;” Maria Ressa speaks about the ideas behind her upcoming book, “From Bin Laden to Facebook” and social news network, Rappler; Michael Sandman from Fuld & Company presents a “Competitive Intelligence Briefing;” and Ray Mislock, retired CSO of DuPont, gives a no-holds barred speech on “Trade Secret Theft/Economic Espionage.”

On Day 2, John Pistole, Director of Transportation Security Administration (TSA), speaks about “Challenges in Aviation Security;” Tom Sanderson outlines the future in “Seven Revolutions – the World in 2030?”

Live Blog is below:

– Rappler.com

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Maria A. Ressa

Maria Ressa has been a journalist in Asia for more than 37 years. As Rappler's co-founder, executive editor and CEO, she has endured constant political harassment and arrests by the Duterte government. For her courage and work on disinformation and 'fake news,' Maria was named Time Magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year, was among its 100 Most Influential People of 2019, and has also been named one of Time's Most Influential Women of the Century. She was also part of BBC's 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2019 and Prospect magazine's world's top 50 thinkers, and has won many awards for her contributions to journalism and human rights. Before founding Rappler, Maria focused on investigating terrorism in Southeast Asia. She opened and ran CNN's Manila Bureau for nearly a decade before opening the network's Jakarta Bureau, which she ran from 1995 to 2005. She wrote Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of al-Qaeda’s Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia, From Bin Laden to Facebook: 10 Days of Abduction, 10 Years of Terrorism, and How to Stand up to a Dictator.
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