BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5b6b2e72-4b5b-4beb-8eea-84369f453de0.208092@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200811T153908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T153908Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Death of the Experts DESCRIPTION:Missouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annua l Public Affairs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 202 0! This year's public affairs theme is The Power of Voice. \n\n\nLinks to all live webinar events will be listed on the Public Affairs Conference schedule website.\n\n\nEvery day\, we entrust our lives to experts. Howev er\, because we have access to unlimited online sources — such as self-au thored blogs\, Wikipedia and WebMD — there is a trend toward “self-procla imed experts” drowning out the voices of qualified professionals. Technol ogy allows anyone to post anything without having to defend their “facts. ” Even through the coronavirus pandemic\, true expert voices are being er oded. How do you balance freedom of speech with accuracy and quality? Wha t can professionals do to defend themselves when emotionally charged accu sations are used to attack their credibility\, often without scientific e vidence? With degree mills offering easy credentials\, websites hawking u nproven cures and elected officials polarizing the issues\, how do you ar rive at a best course of action\, especially in times of crisis? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Mi ssouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annual Public Affa irs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 2020! This year' s public affairs theme is&nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missourist ate.edu/the-power-of-voice.htm">The Power of Voice</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Li nks to all live webinar events will be listed on the&nbsp\;<a href="https ://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/schedule">Public Affairs Conference sc hedule website</a>.</p>\n<p>Every day\, we entrust our lives to experts. However\, because we have access to unlimited online sources — such as se lf-authored blogs\, Wikipedia and WebMD — there is a trend toward “self-p roclaimed experts” drowning out the voices of qualified professionals. Te chnology allows anyone to post anything without having to defend their “f acts.” Even through the coronavirus pandemic\, true expert voices are bei ng eroded. How do you balance freedom of speech with accuracy and quality ? What can professionals do to defend themselves when emotionally charged accusations are used to attack their credibility\, often without scienti fic evidence? With degree mills offering easy credentials\, websites hawk ing unproven cures and elected officials polarizing the issues\, how do y ou arrive at a best course of action\, especially in times of crisis?</p> </body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T120500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR