We 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)

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”

• Dionysis Panos, Assistant Professor | Department of Communication and Internet Studies | Cyprus University of Technology

• 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

12.00 – 13.00 BREAK

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Challenge: Lessons Learnt from COVID-19 and Transforming with the New Normal

1:00 pm – 1:05 pm Welcome and Introduction

• Vasilis Koulolias (moderator) Director of eGovlab, ICA Chair, Deputy National Representative | Sweden

1:05 pm – 1:20 pm Keynote: “Looking ahead. How do we operate in the new normal?”

• Mario Campolargo (Speaker) Director General DG Informatics DIGIT | European Commission

1:20 pm – 1:50 pm

Discussion 1: “The new tribes – growing voice and power of self-organising communities”

• Peter Littlefield (Chair) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Employment and Social Development Government | Canada
• Marc Brouillard (Speaker) Chief Technology Officer of the Government | Canada
• Peter Alexander (Speaker) Chief Executive Officer, Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) | Australia

1:50 pm – 2:20 pm

Discussion 2: “Importance of a strong and secure Digital infrastructure”

• Karen Kee (Chair) Deputy Director of the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) | Singapore
• Speaker TBA, Administrative Modernization Agency (AMA) | Portugal (Speaker)
• Nadejda Komendantova (Speaker) Research Group leader, Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) Group| International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

2:20 pm – 2:50 pm

Discussion 3: “Bringing Government to the cloud”

• Shahar Bracha (Chair) Acting CEO of Government ICT Authority, Government CIO | Israel
• Hsiao Ming Chia (Speaker) Director for Government Digital Services, GovTech | Singapore
• Zviel Ganz (Speaker) Adv, Legal advisor, Ministry of Finance | Israel

2:50 pm – 3:00 pm

Round-Up & Closing of Day I

Thursday, September 30

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

11.25 – 13.00 BREAK

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Challenge: Importance of Data and Digital Infrastructure

1:00 pm – 1:10 pm Welcome and Introduction

• Vasilis Koulolias (Moderator) Director of eGovlab, ICA Chair, Deputy National Representative | Sweden

1:10 pm – 1:40 pm Discussion 4: “Challenges of managing digital identities and personal data; ownership of data and self-sovereign identities”

• Frank Leyman (Chair) Frank Leyman, Manager International Relations, Digital Transformation Office BOSA | Belgium
• Paul Timmers (Speaker) Research Associate | University of Oxford

1:40 pm – 2:10 pm Discussion 5: “How do we ensure that data privacy and security is protected?”

• Moriya Zisovitch (Chair) Government Chief Data Officer Israeli ICT Authority-Prime Minister’s Office | Israel
• Howard Hong-Wei Jyan (Speaker) Head of Cybersecurity | Taiwan
• Speaker TBA | UK Government (Speaker)

2:10 pm – 2:40 pm Discussion 6: “Digital Health Certificate and its role as borders open”

• Magnus Enzell (Chair) Senior Advisor, Ministry of Infrastructure | Sweden
• Michiel Sweerts (Speaker) Policy Officer,eHealth, Well-being and Ageing, DG CNECT | European Commission
• Speaker TBC | IATA (Speaker)

Closing of Day II