Day 1 4 Sep 2017 Day 2 0800 Registration. Tower Ballroom, Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore 0900 Room B - Banyan: Opening remarks by Mr Torben Stephan, Director, KAS Media Programme Asia 0910 Plenary Session Room B - Banyan: From Arab Spring to Fake News – Chances and Challenges of Social Media in Political Communication Harris, Vincent Melissen, Jan Lüfkens, Matthias Ressa, Maria Kruger, Anne 1030 Coffee 1100 Election Campaigning Room A - Acacia: Offline Campaigning Tools that are still Successful in Europe and Asia Tan, Daniel Voigt, Mario Vergeer, Maurice Echle, Christian Social Media Room B - Banyan: Trolls, Bots and Fake News – Cyber War on Social Media Curato, Nicole Kaigo, Muneo Langer, Marie-Astrid Manabat, Jacque 1230 Lunch 1400 Social Media Room A - Acacia: Changing Landscape of E-Democracy Skoric, Marko Soon, Carol Kruger, Anne Sinha, Astik Populism Room B - Banyan: How to Deal with Populism? Curato, Nicole Patzelt, Werner J. Spahr, Christian Frevert, Ute Wan Jan, Wan Saiful 1530 Coffee 1600 Election Campaigning Room A - Acacia: Benefits of Offline and Online Campaigning Voigt, Mario Thakur, Anurag Stephan, Torben Vergeer, Maurice The Straits Times Room B - Banyan: Can Mainstream Media Take on the Challenge Posed by Social Media in Elections? Fernandez, Warren Yoon, Suthichai Velloor, Ravi Wan Jan, Wan Saiful Liow, Joseph 1730 Plenary Session Room B - Banyan: Is the Gatekeeper Gone? – The Changing Role of Traditional Media Scholten, Heike Langer, Marie-Astrid Demptos, Gilles Yoon, Suthichai Hussain, Zakir 1830 Networking Reception All are welcomed Day 2