EMIF Winter Event 2024 – Disinformation: Systemic Challenges, Structural Solutions

EMIF is pleased to invite you to participate to their flagship Winter Conference, taking place on 02 – 03 December 2024 in Florence, Italy, under the theme: “Disinformation: Systemic Challenges, Structural Solutions.”

This event will bring together leading experts and practitioners from across the European information ecosystem to discuss structural solutions to counter disinformation at various societal levels. The conference will also highlight EMIF’s projects, their impact, and their relevance to current disinformation challenges.

PROGRAMME

Monday, 2 December 2024

• 09:30 – 10:00 / Registration and Coffee
• 10:00 – 10:30 / Opening Remarks
• 10:30 – 11:30 / Evolving Regulatory Frameworks to Counter Disinformation
• 11:30 – 12:30 / The Monetisation of Disinformation
• 12:30 – 14:00 / Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 15:00 / Disinformation and Pseudoscience
• 15:00 – 16:30 / Parallel Workshops
  • A: The Code in Practice: Understanding Its Impact through Structural Indicators
  • B: Resilience and Protection: mitigating threats against counter-disinformation practitioners
• 16:30 – 17:00 / Coffee Break
• 17:00 – 18:00 / EMIF Grantee Competition – Pecha Kucha Flash Talks
• 18:00 – 19:30 / Networking Cocktails

Tuesday, 3 December 2024

• 10:00 – 11:00 / Boosting Best Practices in Media Literacy through Community Guidelines
• 11:00 – 11:15 / Welcome Coffee
• 11:15 – 12:45 / Parallel Workshops:
  • C: Follow the money: investigating the monetisation of disinformation
  • D: Pseudoscience: countering anti-scientific disinformation through effective communication
• 12:45 – 13:15 / EMIF Grantee Competition Award Ceremony
• 13:15 – 13:30 / Closing Remarks
• 13:30 – 15:00 / Networking Lunch

Find out more about the event here and register.