Opening Address: Emma Murphy, school of government affairs, Durham University, Ruth Turner, chief executive, Tony Blair Faith Foundation and Joanildo Burity, director of faith and globalisation programme, Durham University

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Panel 1: Religious Identity: How should we understand the nature and activities of online faith-based communities?

With: Heidi Campbell, associate professor, Texas A&M University; Professor Lorenzo Cantoni, vice-director, the Institute of Public and Educational Communication; Brenda Brasher, visiting assistant professor, Tulane University; Andrew Graystone, director, Churches’ Media Council.

Moderator: Rev Dr. Peter Phillips, director of research, Centre for Biblical Literacy and Communication, Durham University.

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Panel 2: Building New Communities: How has the internet created space for new religious communities to come together?

With: Simon Jenkins, founder and editor of “Ship of Fools”, author, designer & cartoonist; Scott Thumma, professor of sociology of religion, Hartford Institute for Religion Research; Lorne L Dawson, professor of sociology, University of Waterloo; Stephen Timms, MP for East Ham and vice-chair, the Labour Party; Ambassador Miguel Diaz, US Ambassador to the Holy See.

Moderator: Heidi Campbell, associate professor, Texas A&M University.

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