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, 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”

• 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
  
  

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