Events
Co-inform combatting disinformation event 29-30 September 2021We invite you to join the online event for a first-hand experience on the tools and the results of Co-Inform that will take place September 29th-30th!
Agenda
Wednesday, September 29 (all times CET, Rome, Berlin, Stockholm, Johannesburg)
09.00 – 09.10 “Welcome and overall background to Co-Inform”.
Mattias Svahn | Head of Research Head of Research egovlab The Centre for Excellence in e‑Governance Studies at Stockholm University.
09.10 – 09.35 “Co-creating anti-disinformation tools “
- Mattias Svahn | Head of Research egovlab The Centre for Excellence in e‑Governance Studies at Stockholm University.
- Eleni Kyza | Associate Professor in Information Society | Cyprus University of Technology | Communication and Internet Studies | President: European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EmiRLI)
09.35 – 10.00 “Introduction to and demo of the Co-inform browser plug-in;
- Aleix Amill | Scytl Election Technologies
10.00 – 10.25 “Report on the evaluation of the Co-Inform browser plugin”
- Eleni Kyza | Associate Professor in Information Society | Cyprus University of Technology | Communication and Internet Studies | President: European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EmiRLI)
- Christiana Varda Founder & CEO at Media What, PhD Candidate | Cyprus University of Technology | Communication and Internet Studies |
10.25 – 10.40 BREAK – 15 minutes
10.40 – 11.10 “Introduction to and demo of the Co-inform dashboard; how to crowdsource for accurate misinformation detection”
- José-Maria, Gomez Perez Director, Language Technology Research |ai
11.10 – 11.35 “Report on the evaluation of the Co-Inform dashboard with journalists and policymakers”
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Dionysis Panos, Assistant Professor | Department of Communication and Internet Studies | Cyprus University of Technology
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Melina Karageorgiou | Journalist & Ph.D. student Department of Communication and Internet Studies | Cyprus University of Technology
- Eleni Kyza | Associate Professor in Information Society | Cyprus University of Technology | Communication and Internet Studies | President: European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EmiRLI)
- Christiana Varda Founder & CEO at Media What, PhD Candidate | Cyprus University of Technology | Communication and Internet Studies
11.35 – 12.00 “Introduction to and demo of the Co-inform tool Misinfo.me
- Martino Mensio | PhD Candidate and Research Assistant | Knowledge Media Institute
Thursday, September 30 (all times CET, Rome, Berlin, Stockholm, Johannesburg)
09.00 – 09.10 “Introduction to the second day”
Mattias Svahn | Head of Research Head of Research egovlab The Centre for Excellence in e‑Governance Studies at Stockholm University.
09.10 – 09.35 “Demo of the Co-inform Twitter Bot + some discussion on future directions for combating misinformation on social media based on Co-inform experiences;”
- Harith Alani | Professor at Knowledge Media Institute | Open University London
09.30 – 09.55 “Policy suggestions from Co-inform, – a fact checkers perspective + some discussion on future directions for combating misinformation on social media based on Co-inform experiences”;
- Allan Leonard | Co-founder and editor FactCheckNI
- Orna Young | Executive Director & Co-Founder at FactCheckNI
09.55 – 10.20 “Combating the spread of disinformation while embracing the need for radical algorithmic transparency – Lessons learned from Co-inform with Policy recommendations for the covid19 era
- Evika Karamagioli Scientific Associate | University of Athens, Greece
10.20 – 11.05 “Policy implications for media & information literacy to counter misinformation on social media based on Co-inform experiences;”
- Eleni Kyza | Associate Professor in Information Society | Cyprus University of Technology | Communication and Internet Studies | President: European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EmiRLI)
- Christiana Varda Founder & CEO at Media What, PhD Candidate | Cyprus University of Technology | Communication and Internet Studies |
11.05 – 11.25 (20 minutes presentation 5 minutes Q&A) “Pathway to a Human Values Based Approach to Tackle Misinformation, with some discussion on future directions for combating misinformation on social media, based on Co-inform experiences”.
- Traci Farell | Research Associate at The Open University London
- Lara Piccollo | Research Fellow at The Open University
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Co-inform project is co-funded by Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)
H2020-SC6-CO-CREATION-2016-2017 (CO-CREATION FOR GROWTH AND INCLUSION)
Type of action: RIA (Research and Innovation action)
Proposal number: 770302