Plenary 3 - ‘Building trust and strengthening communication in the misinformation era’
| Wednesday, June 11, 2025 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Halls CD Lower Section |
Overview
Keynotes: Prof. Brett Sutton AO | Mr. Liam Mannix | Ms Tina Purnat
Details
This plenary will address some of the drivers of loss of trust in science, institutions, and public health since COVID and how misinformation and disinformation is having enormous impacts on vaccine preventable diseases and public health globally. Disinformation is designed to capitalize on the psychological and structural weaknesses in our systems and is being weaponised for political gain, power and money. It continues to sow distrust in each other, in institutions and in expertise and democracy. Our three outstanding speakers will discuss how we can start to re-build trust and strengthen communication approaches from the ground up, the role of the media and science journalism and how we can start to create space for more nuanced conversations. With audience participation we hope to re-imagine a new vision for strong public health systems, working with governments, our networks and the media ecosystem.
Keynote presentations followed by Q&A
Speaker
Prof. Brett Sutton
Director Health & Biosecurity
CSIRO
Trust in Science - the arc of history
Abstract
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Mr Liam Mannix
National science reporter
The Age
Misinformation, disinformation, and science and health journalism - problems, solutions and stories from the trenches
Abstract
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Ms Tina D Purnat
Leadership Fellow and DrPH Student
Harvard Th Chan School of Public Health
Recasting expertise and information in health – what public health can do about it
Abstract
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