Name: 2023 Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress
Start: 2023-09-20T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-09-23T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Hilton Washington DC National Mall

Time: Sep 20, 2023 - Sep 23, 2023

Location: 8:00 AM

Location: Hilton Washington DC National Mall

Topics

Artificial Intelligence (AI) |

Advertising and Marketing |

Body Image |

Brain and Cognition |

Character Development |

Civic Engagement |

Cyberbullying |

Digital Addiction |

Digital Equity |

Education & Learning |

Emerging Technology |

Ethical Design |

Gender |

LGBTQIA+ |

Media Literacy |

Mental Health |

Neurodiversity |

Parenting |

Physical Health |

Privacy |

Race and Ethnicity |

Sexual Content |

Sleep Health |

Social Media |

Social Relationships |

Video Gaming |

Violent Content

Researchers, clinicians, educators, government agency representatives, and others with expertise in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, pediatrics, communications, social work, public health, education, and more gathered to explore how digital media use impacts the social, psychological, cognitive, behavioral, and physical development of children.

Speakers

Jon-Patrick Allem, PhD, MA

Director; Assistant Professor of Research Social Media Analytics (SOMA) Lab; Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Kara S. Bagot

Associate Professor Department of Psychology, UCLA
Fiona Baker, PhD

Director Center for Health Sciences, SRI International
Naomi Baron, PhD

Professor Emerita of Linguistics American University
Rachel Barr, PhD

Professor of Psychology Georgetown University
Marie Bragg, PhD

Assistant Professor of Population Health, Director of Diversity Initiatives; Assistant Professor (affiliated) of Marketing Office of Science and Research, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; NYU Stern School of Business
Sophia Choukas-Bradley, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Director Teen and Young Adult Lab (TAYA Lab), University of Pittsburgh
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH

Editor-in-Chief; Director; Chief Science Officer JAMA Pediatrics; Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle Children’s Research Institute; Children & Screens: Institute of Digital Media & Child Development
Sarah Coyne, PhD

Professor of Human Development School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
Jennifer Stine Elam, PhD

Director of Outreach and Education Human Connectome Project, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Elizabeth Englander, PhD

Founder and Executive Director; Professor of Psychology Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center; Bridgewater State University
César Escobar-Viera, PhD, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Director Program for Internet Delivered Interventions on LGBTQA+ Mental Health (PRIDE iM), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Peter Fagen, JD

Partner F3 Law
Josh Golin

Executive Director Fairplay
James A. Griffin, PhD

Chief; Director Child Development & Behavior Branch; Early Learning and School Readiness Research Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Lauren Hale, PhD

Professor of Family, Population, and Preventative Medicine; Founding Editor-in-Chief Stony Brook University School of Medicine; Sleep Health
Jennifer Harris, PhD, MBA

Senior Research Advisor Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health, University of Connecticut
Karen F. Heffler, MD

Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine
Elizabeth Hoffman, PhD

Senior Scientific Program Manager National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
John Hutton, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Research Director Division of General and Community Pediatrics; Reading and Literacy Discovery Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Baroness Beeban Kidron

Founder and Chair; Crossbench Peer 5Rights Foundation; UK House of Lords
Heather Kirkorian, PhD

Laura M. Secord Chair in Early Childhood Development, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison
Harold Koplewicz, MD

Founding President and Medical Director Child Mind Institute
Elizabeth Laird, MPA, MEd

Director Equity in Civic Technology, Center for Democracy & Technology
Victor Lee, PhD

Associate Professor; Faculty Lead for AI and Education Stanford Graduate School of Education; Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Reg Leichty, JD

Founding Partner Foresight Law + Policy
Cindy H. Liu, PhD

Director; Assistant Professor Developmental Risk and Cultural Resilience Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Megan Maas, PhD

Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Michigan State University
Lucía Magis-Weinberg, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, University of Washington
Clay Mash, PhD

Program Officer Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO), National Institutes of Health
Jason Nagata, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Pediatrics University of California, San Francisco
Desmond Upton Patton, PhD, MSW

Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor, Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, Director SAFELab, University of Pennsylvania
Marc N. Potenza, MD, PhD

Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry Child Study Center and of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine
Mitch Prinstein, PhD, ABPP

Chief Science Officer American Psychological Association
Jenny Radesky, MD

David G. Dickinson Collegiate Professor of Pediatrics, Division Director Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School
Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH

Irving Schulman, MD Endowed Professor in Child Health, Professor of Pediatrics, of Medicine, and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health, Director; Co-Director Stanford Solutions Science Lab and the Center for Healthy Weight; Stanford Screenomics Lab and the Human Screenome Project, Stanford University
Mark Rosenfield, PhD, FAAO

Professor SUNY College of Optometry
Tamara Sobel, JD, CSE

Health and Media Literacy Education Policy Content Specialist; National Advisor for Health and Media Literacy Media Literacy Now
Clifford Sussman, MD

Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist; Internet and Gaming Addiction Specialist; Volunteer Clinical Faculty George Washington University
Eva Telzer, PhD

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience; Associate Editor; Co-Director UNC Chapel Hill; Child Development and Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience; Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain and Psychological Development
Brendesha Tynes, PhD

Professor of Education and Psychology University of Southern California
Ari Waldman, JD, PhD

Professor of Law University of California Irvine School of Law
L. Monique Ward, PhD

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Psychology Department, University of Michigan
Paul Weigle, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Associate Medical Director of Ambulatory Services; Chair of the Media Committee Natchaug Hospital; American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Henry Willis, PhD

Assistant Professor Clinical Psychology Program, University of Maryland, College Park

Agenda-at-a-Glance

4:00pm Coffee Hour for Mentorship Program Participants
5:00pm Welcome
5:15pm Keynote: Putting Children at the Centre of the Digital World
6:00pm Flash Talks
6:40pm Meet the Editors
7:00pm Welcome Reception and Cocktail Party

8:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00am Welcome
9:10am Keynote: Rethinking Children’s Privacy
9:45am The Impact of Technology and Digital Media (TDM) Usage on Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing
10:45am Coffee Break
11:10am Cyber Mirrors: Reflecting on Online Behaviors and Offline Realities
11:10am Abstract Symposium: Young Children and Screens
12:20pm Luncheon
1:30pm Translational Efforts to Prevent and Treat Problematic Use of the Internet in Children and Adolescents
2:30pm Sexts, Lies, & Videostream: Adolescent Sexuality Online
3:30pm Break
4:00pm Media and Parenting Across Childhood: The Importance of Relational Context, Family Media Ecology, and Structural Factors
5:00pm Poster Session and Cocktail Party

8:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00am Welcome
9:10am Keynote: GPT’s Siren Call: Should We be Worried?
9:45am Digital Marketing to Children and Adolescents: Concerns and Opportunities to Address Harmful Practices
9:45am National Studies: A Review of Existing Datasets
10:45am Coffee Break
11:10am Using EdTech Effectively: Balancing Student Learning, Wellness, and Data Privacy
11:10am Abstract Symposium: Mental Health and Body Image
12:20pm Luncheon
1:30pm Social Media and Social Relationships Among Diverse Adolescents
2:30pm Digital Media and Physical Health
2:30pm Abstract Symposium: Parent Knowledge and Behavior
3:30pm Break
4:00pm Early Digital Media Use
4:00pm Abstract Symposium: Prevention and Intervention
5:00pm Free Time
6:00pm Dinner at the International Spy Museum

8:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00am Breakout Sessions: Research Agenda Building
10:45am Break
11:15am Breakout Sessions: Clinical and Scientific Challenges
1:00pm Luncheon, Breakout Group Reports, and Closing Remarks