Programme

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08.30 - 09.00 a.m. Welcome coffee
09.00 – 09.45 a.m. Official opening

Welcome to participants: Professor Igor ȘAROV, Rector of Moldova State University

Moderator: Mr Dimitris DIMITRIADIS, President of the External relations section (REX) at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

  • Ms Cristina GHERASIMOV, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration of Moldova
  • Mr Oliver RÖPKE, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
  • Ms Ana REVENCO, Director of the Centre for Strategic Communications and Combating Disinformation
  • Mr Jānis MAŽEIKS, Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Moldova

09.45 – 10.15 a.m. Panel 1: Civil society can defeat disinformation

Moderator: Mr John COMER, EESC member, rapporteur for the opinion on "Safeguarding democracy against disinformation"

  • Mr Laurenţiu PLOSCEANU, EESC Vice-President in charge of Communication
  • Mr Andrei CURĂRARU, Disinformation & Policy Expert, WatchDog.md
  • Mr Alexandru GHEȚAN, Centrul Media pentru Tineri (Media Centre for the Youth)

10.15 – 10.45 a.m. Debate

  • Main discussants: Ms Zornitsa ROUSSINOVA, President of the Bulgarian Economic and Social Council – Ms Marie-Claire MARTEL, Vice President of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council

10.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. Panel 2: Information and disinformation in the era of artificial intelligence

Moderator: Mr Dumitru FORNEA, EESC, Co-chair of the EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform

  • Ms Olga CHYZHOVA, Communication Director for Foreign Policy Council, Ukrainian Prism
  • Mr Ingo MANNTEUFEL, Head of IT and Cybersecurity at Deutsche Welle 
  • Mr Artur GURĂU, Founder of Granat, co-founder of Soofragio

11.15 – 11.45 a.m. Debate

  • Main discussant: Mr Cristian PÎRVULESCU, EESC member of the EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform

11.45 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Panel 3: Journalists against disinformation and the role of strategic communication

Moderator: Mr Cătălin LUNGU, actor

  • Ms Nadine GOGU, Independent Journalism Center (IJC)
  • Ms Maria PRAPORȘCIC, manager of the Stop Fals campaign (stopfals.md)
  • Ms Galina VASILIEVA, newsmaker.md
  • Mr Mihail SIRKELI, nokta.md

12.30 – 01.00 p.m. Debate

  • Main discussants: Mr Bogdan SIMION, President of the Romanian Economic and Social Council - Mr Mihai PEICOV, Executive Director of the Center for Civil Initiatives for National Minorities

01.00 – 01.15 p.m. Concluding remarks

  • Mr Markus PENTTINEN, President of the EESC’s EU-Russia and Central Asia Follow-up Committee
  • Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Institutum Virtutes Civilis, Co-chair of the EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform

01.15 – 02.30 p.m.  Buffet and informal discussions

Languages of the conference: English, Romanian and Russian (with interpretation).

The event will be web streamed.

 

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