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EDMO BELUX 2.0 conference: Countering disinformation, raising democratic resilience

8 September @ 08:30 - 17:30

MORNING Countering disinformation by …

08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome by EDMO BELUX and BrIAS
Room: Polina Mendeléef seminar hall
Speakers: Trisha Meyer (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Geoffroy Patriarche (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles), EDMO BELUX Co-Leads, Silvia Erzeel (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), BrIAS Programme Co-Director, Democratic Governance: Challenges and Innovations
09:10 Quand journalistes et élèves se rencontrent : Regards sur les ateliers de terrain
When journalists meet students: Observing media literacy workshops in practice
Room: Polina Mendeléef seminar hall
Moderator: Valentine François (Média Animation, EDMO BELUX WP4 Lead)
Speakers: Faustine Grosjean (Média Animation), Jil Theunissen (AJP), Valentin Jamet (Lie Detectors), Marie Gilson (RTBF)
This opening panel will be held in French.
10:00 Transition and transfer to breakout rooms (parallel tracks)
10:10 Analysing deep fakes, AI slop and disinformation (research track)
Room: Paul de Knop co-working space
Moderator: Tom Willaert (Royal Military Academy)
This session will be held in English.

Russian ‘slopaganda’ on X
Speaker: Gabriele Cosentino (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Monitoring AI-Assisted disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg
Speaker: Joseph Di Vincenti (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Assessing media literacy needs (media literacy track)
Room: Polina Mendeléef seminar hall
Moderator: Sascha Helsper (University of Luxembourg)
This session will be held in English and French.

La théorie de l’inoculation en éducation aux médias : Des pratiques éducatives aux effets auto-réalisateurs ?
Speaker: Martin Culot (Média Animation)

Protecting the “informed citizen” against disinformation to defend democracy: Reflecting on the discourses shaping EU disinformation mitigation policies
Speaker: Sabri Derinöz (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, EDMO BELUX WP2 Lead)

11:10 Break and networking
11:35 Transition and transfer to breakout rooms (parallel tracks)

Raising democratic resilience by…

11:40 Voicing disinformation expertise in public debates? Well, it’s complicated (research track)
Room: Paul de Knop co-working space
Moderator: Geoffroy Patriarche (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, EDMO BELUX Co-Lead)
Speakers: Sabri Derinöz (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, EDMO BELUX WP2 Lead) and Simon Desplanque (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)
This workshop will be held in English. 		Equipping citizens (media literacy track)
Room: Polina Mendeléef seminar hall
Moderator: Tatiana Debrabandere (CSEM)
This session will be held in English and French.

La lutte contre la désinformation comme injonction : Autonomie et recompositions professionnelles dans l’éducation aux médias en Belgique francophone
Speakers: Cédric Tant and Marie Dufrasne (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)

Media and information literacy trainings for journalists
Speaker: Sinem Sahin (Lie Detectors)

12:40 Lunch
13:35 Transition and transfer to breakout rooms (parallel tracks)

AFTERNOON Countering disinformation by …

13:40 Monitoring climate disinformation, mainstream media and democratic resilience: Evidence-based responses in Belgium and the EU (fact-checking track)
Room: Paul de Knop co-working space
Moderator: Louna Wemaere (QuotaClimat)
Speakers: Arnaud Benoîts (QuotaClimat) and Sabri Derinöz (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, EDMO BELUX WP2 Lead)
This panel will be held in English. 		Researching gender and identity-based disinformation: European perspectives on narratives, targets and responses (policy track)
Room: Polina Mendeléef seminar hall
Moderator: Natália Sabol Tkáčová (Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom)
Speakers: Rachel Winny (Centre for Information Resilience), Leah Nann (Ludwig Maximilians Universität München)
This panel will be held in English.
14:40 Transition and transfer to breakout rooms (parallel tracks)

Raising democratic resilience by …

14:50 Reinforcing relevant and sustainable fact-checking (fact-checking track)
Room: Paul de Knop co-working space
Moderator: Grégoire Ryckmans (RTBF)
This session will be held in English.

The elephant in the room: Mapping the research on fact-checking’s business models
Speaker: Helene Seynaeve (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

New ways of mediating what is true: How AI reconfigures the role of fact-checkers across different media systems
Speaker: Paulo Ferracioli (Hanken School of Economics)

Mitigating political disinformation (policy track)
Room: Polina Mendeléef seminar hall
Moderator: Trisha Meyer (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, EDMO BELUX Co-Lead)
This session will be held in English and French.

Equipping civil society to respond to election-targeted information manipulation
Speakers: Federico Giulio Sicurella (independent), Alisa Schaible (International IDEA)

Implementation of the Code of Conduct on Disinformation and its integration with the DSA
Speaker: Amine Bidar (AFP, DE FACTO and CEDMO)

Criminaliser le mensonge en politique : Mode d’emploi
Speaker: Léopold Verlaine Corbion (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)

15:50 Break and networking
16:15 Digital Services Action: What if we actually enforced the DSA?
Digital Services Action : Et si on appliquait vraiment le DSA ?
Room: Polina Mendeléef seminar hall
Moderator: Joe McNamee (EU Disinfolab)
Speakers: Aidan O’Brien (DCU, EDMO Ireland), Nikos Sarris (CERTH-ITI, MEDDMO and EDMO), Daniela Alvarado Rincón (DRI)
This closing panel will be held in English.
17:15 Closing remarks
Room: Polina Mendeléef seminar hall
Speakers: Trisha Meyer (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Geoffroy Patriarche (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles), EDMO BELUX Co-Leads
17:30 End of conference

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  • EDMO BELUX

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