16:00 – 16:15 Opening

16:15 – 17:15 EU Jean Monnet Chair: The future of European communication in the face of the disinformation pandemic

Moderator: Jorge Tuñón Navarro, Full Professor and Jean Monnet holder, Madrid University Carlos III, Spain

• Raquel Ruiz Incertis

• Rocío Sánchez del Vas             

17:15 – 18:00 Misinformation, Disinformation and Hate Speech on migrants and refugees

Moderator: Uxía Carral, Assistant Professor, Madrid University Carlos III, Spain

• The information integrity toolkit. Gisella Lomax, Senior Advisor on Information Integrity on Digital Platforms, UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency

18:00 - 18:15 Coffee break (you are welcome to watch the recorded presentations, click here!)

18:15 – 19:30 The Disinformation spectrum: Strategies, perceptions, and impact

Moderator: Mariola Moreno, Lecturer, Madrid University Carlos III, Spain

• Sports as Politics: Russia’s Disinformation Efforts During the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Natasia Kalajdziovski & Sam Collard, SecAlliance, United Kingdom

• Who dares to share? Assessing perceptions of disinformation in Cyprus. Dimitrios Giomelakis, Theodora Maniou, Costas Constandinides, Maria Noti. University of Cyprus, Cyprus

• Comparative Mapping of the Propaganda Warfare Ecosystem in the Frontline Baltic States: Propaganda Techniques, Social Polarization, and Echo Chambers. Darius Plikynas, Full Professor, Vilnius University, Lithuania

• The Gossiping Machine: Ethical Tensions in AI-Assisted Verification Systems as Information Ecosystem Actors, Hanna Gawel, Jagiellonian University, Poland

• Vaping and disinformation in the media: Old strategies for new tobacco industry products. Lucía Sapiña, University of València, Spain