This one-and-a-half-day conference will take place in Prague under the auspices of the Czech Presidency of the European Union. Leading experts and key stakeholders – including NGOs, academics, think tanks, practitioners, and legislative and technology actors – will contribute to exploring a comprehensive range of topics.
The complexity of the problem of information disorders will be addressed in discussions focused on a wide range of topics, including:
● the impact and regulation of disinformation
● strengthening democracy in the context of declining trust and increasing societal fragmentation
● the current role of media and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
● foreign interference
● the relation between technology and disinformation
● efforts to boost media and information literacy.
This one-and-a-half-day conference will take place in Prague under the auspices of the Czech Presidency of the European Union. Leading experts and key stakeholders – including NGOs, academics, think tanks, practitioners, and legislative and technology actors – will contribute to exploring a comprehensive range of topics.
The complexity of the problem of information disorders will be addressed in discussions focused on a wide range of topics, including:
● the impact and regulation of disinformation
● strengthening democracy in the context of declining trust and increasing societal fragmentation
● the current role of media and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
● foreign interference
● the relation between technology and disinformation
● efforts to boost media and information literacy.
Register
Please register and make sure to book entrance to your preferred panels of #CIC2022.
All practical information will be shared once your registration is confirmed.
Meet our Chairman
Speakers
Meet our Chairman
Speakers
Thursday 22, 2022
Morning Session:
Grand Opening of the conference on EU action and regulation to counter disinformation.
This grand opening will address the main high-level issues of the conference with the participation of representatives from the EU, National Government, and City of Prague; experts from EDMO, national and regional hubs covering regions from Spain to the Baltics and Balkan countries; private tech company representatives, and a European multidisciplinary community of academic researchers, fact-checkers, media practitioners,
and other stakeholders.
Thursday 22, 2022
Afternoon Session:
1. Impact of Disinformation on Society
2. Changing Minds and Hearts? The Role of Fact-Checking
3. Technology and AI: Current challenges in false information detection
4. Addressing Foreign Interference and the Disinformation Challenge in Europe
Friday 23, 2022
Morning Session:
1. Disinformation, Media Freedom and Journalism
2. Ukraine: Challenges and Lessons Learned
3. Media Literacy and Education
4. Epistemic Democracy + Cava&Snacks Double Book Launch
Programme
Thursday 22, Morning Session
Grand Opening
This grand opening will address the main high-level issues of the conference with the participation of representatives from the EU, National Government, and City of Prague; experts from EDMO, national and regional hubs covering regions from Spain to the Baltics and Balkan countries; private tech company representatives, and a European multidisciplinary community of academic researchers, fact-checkers, media practitioners, and other stakeholders.
Thursday 22, Afternoon Parallel Sessions
- Impact of Disinformation on Society
- Changing Hearts and Minds? The Role of Fact-checking
- Technology and AI
- Look Who’s Talking: Chinese and Russian Propaganda and Disinformation in Europe
Friday 23, Morning Parallel Sessions
- Disinformation, Media Freedom and Journalism
- Ukraine and COVID-19: Challenges and Lessons Learned
- Media and Information Literacy in the Age of Global Crisis and Confrontations
- Epistemic Democracy + Cava & Snacks Double Book Launch
Programme
Thursday 22, Morning Session
Grand Opening
This grand opening will address the main high-level issues of the conference with the participation of representatives from the EU, National Government, and City of Prague; experts from EDMO, national and regional hubs covering regions from Spain to the Baltics and Balkan countries; private tech company representatives, and a European multidisciplinary community of academic researchers, fact-checkers, media practitioners, and other stakeholders.
Thursday 22, Afternoon Parallel Sessions
- Impact of Disinformation on Society
- Changing Hearts and Minds? The Role of Fact-checking
- Technology and AI
- Look Who’s Talking: Chinese and Russian Propaganda and Disinformation in Europe
Friday 23, Morning Parallel Sessions
- Disinformation, Media Freedom and Journalism
- Ukraine and COVID-19: Challenges and Lessons Learned
- Media and Information Literacy in the Age of Global Crisis and Confrontations
- Epistemic Democracy + Cava & Snacks Double Book Launch
What is the Purpose of the CEDMO International Conference #CIC2022?
• To tackle the growing disenchantment with democratic processes, and institutional distrust and discord in civil society across Europe.
• To gather a multidisciplinary community focused on fighting information disorders in Europe, and to arrange talks between the key partners representing the EU, public institutions, think tanks, civil society/ NGOs, academia, and the private sector.
• To enable dialogue regarding the positive and negative role of tech in the European democratic landscape; identify areas where regulation can ameliorate problems, and advise on ways in which tech companies’ own actions could improve democratic outcomes.
• To mark the first anniversary of EDMO regional hubs in action.
• To build community and EU-wide resilience while protecting information ecosystems, democracy, social cohesion and human rights.
• To promote this year’s Czech Presidency of the EU, and the concern and efforts of the Czech Republic to mitigate the harm done by disinformation, and to support the European Commission agenda regarding the defense of European democracy.
What is the Purpose of the CEDMO International Conference #CIC2022?
• To tackle the growing disenchantment with democratic processes, and institutional distrust and discord in civil society across Europe.
• To gather a multidisciplinary community focused on fighting information disorders in Europe, and to arrange talks between the key partners representing the EU, public institutions, think tanks, civil society/ NGOs, academia, and the private sector.
• To enable dialogue regarding the positive and negative role of tech in the European democratic landscape; identify areas where regulation can ameliorate problems, and advise on ways in which tech companies’ own actions could improve democratic outcomes.
• To mark the first anniversary of EDMO regional hubs in action.
• To build community and EU-wide resilience while protecting information ecosystems, democracy, social cohesion and human rights.
• To promote this year’s Czech Presidency of the EU, and the concern and efforts of the Czech Republic to mitigate the harm done by disinformation, and to support the European Commission agenda regarding the defense of European democracy.
Register
Please register and make sure to book entrance to your preferred panels of #CIC2022.
All practical information will be shared once your registration is confirmed.
The whole conference places great emphasis on the principles of sustainability and circular economics. This is a new approach towards materials and product usage, which aims to prevent waste and keep material in circulation for as long as possible. Our event minimises environmental, economic and social impacts – the goal is to economise on the use of natural resources and the environment in line with the newly created sustainability strategy of the capital city of Prague, Czechia.
Register
Please register and make sure to book entrance to your preferred panels of #CIC2022.
All practical information will be shared once your registration is confirmed.
The whole conference places great emphasis on the principles of sustainability and circular economics. This is a new approach towards materials and product usage, which aims to prevent waste and keep material in circulation for as long as possible. Our event minimises environmental, economic and social impacts – the goal is to economise on the use of natural resources and the environment in line with the newly created sustainability strategy of the capital city of Prague, Czechia.