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Welcome, everyone! Mark your calendars -- Asia’s first investigative journalism conference is happening. Join us in Manila on November 22-24 for this breakthrough event, bringing together top investigative reporters, data journalists, and media law and security experts from across Asia and around the world. 

Check back soon for updates on our program. IJAsia14 will feature nearly 30 sessions and special events. There will be panels on digging out hidden facts online, the environment, business, and how to fund your project; seminars on security and tracking dirty money; data journalism workshops by the best in the business; and much more.

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Syed Nazakat

DataLEADS
Founder & CEO
India

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Syed Nazakat, India, is an award-winning journalist, media entrepreneur, founder and CEO of DataLEADS, a tech and digital media company he founded to promote open data and democratization of information at scale. He leads DataLEADS in New Delhi, as well as oversees its outreach across the world with different partners.

Nazakat has reported from over 30 countries and worked in senior positions at different media organizations. His work has earned him global recognition and awards. He has spearheaded one of the world’s biggest fact-checking, data journalism and media literacy training networks which has resulted in the launch of many fact-checking initiatives, in multiple languages, and has benefited hundreds of institutions and organizations across India.

He is a board member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, representing Asia and leading the GIJN’s mandate and media activities across Asia. He is also a board member of The New Humanitarian (Geneva), an advisory member of the Asian Network of News; Information Educators (Hong Kong) and member of the WHO Expert Group on Ethical Consideration of Social Listening and Infodemic Management.

Nazakat was a jury member on Google’s COVID-19 Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund and served as an advisory member to Facebook's Global Health Expert Advisory Council during the COVID-19 outbreak. He holds a B.Sc degree from India and a master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.