Truth, Trust and Hope

Nobel Prize Summit

Melissa Fleming

Melissa Fleming leads the UN’s Department of Global Communications, which is responsible for informing global audiences about the state of the world and engaging them to build support for the organisation’s work and goals.

Melissa Fleming is Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations. Melissa Fleming leads the UN’s Department of Global Communications, which is responsible for informing global audiences about the state of the world and engaging them to build support for the Organisation’s work and goals.

Under her leadership, the Department engages in far-reaching efforts to address misinformation, disinformation and hate speech. She is leading on the development of a Code of Conduct for Information Integrity on Digital Platforms.

Previously, Melissa Fleming served at the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as Head of Global Communications. Prior to that, she worked in senior communications roles for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Melissa Fleming is a TED speaker, the author of the book, A Hope More Powerful than the Sea and the host of the award-winning UN podcast, Awake at Night.

See Melissa Fleming at:

  • 24 May - The Global Conversation
  • Session 2 - Making Sense of Misinformation Part 1: 11:00 - 12:30
  • See Programme
  • 25 May - Forum of Experts
  • Forum of Experts - Part 1: 09:30 - 12:00
  • See Programme

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Summit talks: technology and ethics

I’m not afraid. You’re afraid.

A thought-provoking talk by technology ethicist Tristan Harris, on the race between technology creators and our regulation on AI and our ever-increasing addiction to social media.

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Summit talks: history of disinformation

Manipulating the marginalised.

Watch researcher and scholar Rachel Kuo chart the history of how misinformation and disinformation has been used against the disenfranchised across different racial and religious groups and what we can do collectively to combat it.

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A message from the summit organisers

“I don’t think the truth has ever mattered more”

Watch Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation and Marcia McNutt, President of the US National Academy of Sciences, discuss the upcoming Nobel Prize Summit.

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“With the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit we will promote the scientific method, critical thinking, and constructive dialogue.”

Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation and Marcia McNutt, President of the US National Academy of Sciences.

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