Location: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Av. de Berna 45 A, Lisbon, Portugal
Day 1: Monday, 15 July (10:00 – 18:00 WEST)
10:00 – 10:30
Welcome coffee and registrations
10:30 – 10:40
Welcome and institutional remarks
Martin Essayan - Trustee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Marco del Panta - Secretary-General of the European University Institute
10:40 – 11:10
Presentation of the EMIF Annual Progress Report for Year 3 of implementation
Pedro Calado – Chair of the Management Committee on behalf of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Fabrizio Tassinari - Member of the Management Committee on behalf of the European University Institute
Joanna Krawczyk – Independent Member of the Management Committee, German Marshall Fund
11:10 – 11:30
Presentation of EMIF's external assessment
Max Von Abendroth - The Partnering Initiative
11:30 – 12:00
Conversation with the EMIF Steering Committee – emerging challenges and recommendations from the External Evaluation Report of Year 3
Moderated by Paolo Cesarini - Florence School of Transnational Governance, EUI
Martin Essayan - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Marco del Panta - European University Institute
Miguel Poiares Maduro - European University Institute
12:00 – 13:00
Townhall Session – EMIF's Impact after 3 years
Open discussion with audience after reports presentations
Moderated by Joanna Krawczyk – EMIF - German Marshall Fund
13:00 – 14:30
Networking lunch
14:30 – 15:30
Panel discussion on networks of disinformation in election times in Europe and worldwide
Moderated by Joanna Krawczyk – EMIF - German Marshall Fund
Adam Fivenson - National Endowment for Democracy
Global perspective from NED about the super election year
Omri Preiss – DISARM
On the DISARM Framework and the 2024 EP Elections
Giovanni Zagni - Pagella Politica
Observations from the EDMO Taskforce on 2024 European Elections
15:30 – 16:30
Election-themed session presentation of EMIF-funded projects related to recent and ongoing electoral processes
Testimonies from EMIF’s grantees:
- Anna Ørtoft: Empowering Nordic Fact-Checking with Social Data in the 2024 EP Elections
- Margot Cassiers: Electi Facts: Euro 2024
- Bret Schafer: The search barometer – a tool to understand search engine vulnerabilities ahead of the EP elections
- Speaker TBC: The marketplace of (false) ideas
16:30 – 18:00
Networking reception
Day 2: Tuesday, 16 July (10:00 – 13:00 WEST)
09:30 – 10:00
Welcome
10:00 – 11:30
Two sides of the same coin: algorithmic accountability and user empowerment
Moderated by Fabrizio Tassinari - Florence School of Transnational Governance, EUI
Virginia Padovese - NewsGuard
Maria Giovanna Sessa – EU DisinfoLab
Google (TBC)
Testimonies from EMIF’s grantees:
- Guillaume Kuster - Check First
- Luis Espinosa-Anke: NEUTRALIZING ECONOMIC REWARDS OF DISINFORMATION - Cardiff University
- TeamLit (TBC)
11:30 – 11:45
How EMIF addresses the main thematic areas targeted by disinformation
Rolf Nijmeijer - EMIF, Florence School of Transnational Governance, EUI
Annachiara Zardini - EMIF, Florence School of Transnational Governance, EUI
11:45 – 12:45
Flash Talks on Emerging Disinformation Themes
Testimonies from EMIF grantees on four thematic areas: vulnerable groups, health, climate, international crises
Moderated by:
Joana Pires Teixeira - EMIF, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Youssef Zeineddine - EMIF, Florence School of Transnational Governance, EUI
- Marie Šafár Postma: The dynamics of LGBTQ+ misinformation across Europe
- Lucila Gisele Alvarez Zuzek: Understanding Misinformation and Science in Societal Debates (UnMiSSeD)
- Ioanna Kostarella: SHAZAAM
- Attila Biro: Debunking Deceit: Defend Ukraine and EU Against Malign Mis/Disinformation
12:45 – 13:00
Closing remarks
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Team
13:00 – 14:30
Networking lunch