Registration

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Program

Downloadable program and full list of speakers to come soon.

9:00-10:00
Welcome Coffee + Registration

10:00-10:15
Welcome from the Chair

10:15-11:15
Countering disinformation in Europe – the next five years

Speakers:

• Alberto Rabbachin, DG CNECT
• Sophie Eyears, Meta
• Marie Bohner, AFP
• Felix Kartte, Senior Fellow, Mercator
• Paul Gordon, Assistant Director, Democracy and Fundamental Rights, Coimisiún na Meán

Moderator: Clara Jiménez, EFCSN

11:15-11:30
Coffee break

11:30-11:45
Spotlight: Elections & Climate Change – Database Projects of the EFCSN

Speaker: Jakub Śliż, EFCSN

11:45-13:00
Leveraging Fact-Check Data in the AI Revolution

Speakers: TBA

13:00-14:00
Lunch

14:00-15:00
Foreign and/or domestic – who spreads disinformation?

Speakers:

• Jacob Tamm, the Deputy Head of Division Information Integrity and Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, EEAS
• Blanka Zöldi, Lakmusz
• Mark Scott, DFR Lab
• Amaury Lesplingart, Co-Founder and CTO, CheckFirst

Moderator: Stephan Mündges, EFCSN

15:00-16:00
Prebunking in Practice: Turning Theory into Action

• Dr Melisa Basol, Founder and CEO, Pulse
• Tommaso Canetta, Pagella Politica
• Mikey Biddlestone, University of Kent

16:00-16:30
Coffee break

16:30-16:45
Spotlight: Georgia after the elections – Fact-checkers under attack

Speaker: Mariam Tsitsikashvili, GeoFacts

16:45-17:45
Fact-checkers under attack – how to deal with threats and harassment

Speakers:

• Aleksandar Vostrov, Belarusian Investigative Center
• Filipe Pardal, Poligrafo
• Oliver Money-Kyrle, IPI
• Maja Sever, President of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)

Moderator: Ana Brakus

17:45-18:00
Closing remarks

19:00
Reception

What’s the conference all about?

Meet the fact-checking community in Europe and learn first-hand about the challenges and wins of fact-checkers across the continent. We’ll discuss key issues affecting our work, and engage with key players across the fact-checking community, from platforms and policymakers. Plus, there will be plenty of networking!

Mis- and dis- information is on the rise and fact-checkers stand stronger together against its spread when we collaborate with each other and with those who are invested in our work. This is an opportunity for stakeholders in fact-checking to come together for a day of community building and knowledge sharing.