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CITIZENS CAN DEFEAT DISINFORMATION

Civil Society for an open democratic debate

08.30 - 09.00 : Welcome coffee

09.00 – 09.45 : Official opening 

  • Mr. Pavlos MARINAKIS, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson of the Hellenic Republic
  • Mr. Dimitris DIMITRIADIS, President of the External relations section at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • Ms. Niovi RINGOU, Head of Representation in Athens, European Commission

09.45 – 10.15 : Panel 1 - Civil society can defeat disinformation

Moderator: Mr. Nikolas VAFIADIS, Foreign editor at ANT-1 TV 

  • Prof. Marina RIGOU, Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication and Media, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Mr. Andreas PANAGOPOULOS, Panhellenic Federation of Journalists' Unions
  • Mr. Niko EFSTATHIOU, Editor at @lifomag, @kathimerini 

10.15 – 10.45 : Debate


10.45 – 11.15 : Panel 2 - Information and disinformation in the era of AI and social media 

Moderator: Mr. Apostolos MANGIRIADIS, News Anchor at ERT

  • Mr. Luca BERTUZZI, Senior AI Correspondent at MLex
  • Prof. Pantelis VATIKIOTIS, Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University 
  • Mr. Marcos MOSCHOVIDIS, Founder and editor-in-chief @eu.for.you 

11.15 – 11.45 : Debate


11.45 – 12.30 : Panel 3 - Journalists against disinformation and the role of strategic communication

Moderator: Mr. Sotirios TRIANTAFYLLOU, President of the Panhellenic Federation of Journalists' Unions 

  • Prof. Nikolaos PANAGIOTOU, Professor, Head of Peace Journalism Lab, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • Mr. Giorgos CHRISTIDES, Foreign Press Association 
  • Ms. Alessandra BRIGANTI, Journalist at the Italian News Agency ANSA - Brussels desk

12.30 – 13.00 : Debate


13.00 – 13.15 : Concluding remarks

  • Mr. Dimitris GALAMATIS, Secretary General of Communication and Information, Hellenic Republic


13.15 – 14.30 : Buffet and informal discussions

Languages of the conference: English and Greek (with interpretation).

The event will be web streamed.