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Citizens can defeat disinformation

Civil society for an open democratic debate

Draft Programme

09.00 - 09.45 a.m. Official opening

Opening remarks:Ms Zornitsa ROUSSINOVA, President of the Bulgarian Economic and Social Council

  • Ms Iliana YOTOVA, Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria
  • Mr Oliver RÖPKE, President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Keynote speaker: Mr Kiril VALCHEV, Director General “Bulgarian News Agency” (BTA)

09.45 – 10.15 a.m. Welcome coffee

10.15 – 10.45 a.m. Panel 1: Civil society can defeat disinformation

Moderator: Ms Valentina ZARTOVA, Vice-chair of the Bulgarian ESC (Employers’ group)

  • Mr Dimitris DIMITRIADIS, President of the External relations section (REX) at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • Ms Alice STOLLMEYER, Executive Directorat, Defend Democracy
  • Mr Georgi PETROV, Citizen's Participation Forum, Bulgaria
  • Mr Miroslav TSEKOV, youth representative, President of the National Youth Forum of Bulgaria

10.45 – 11.00 a.m. Debate

  • Interventions by Mr Plamen DIMITROV, Vice-chair of the Bulgarian ESC (Workers’ group),
    and Mr. Ioannis KORKOVELOS, Member of the Executive Committee of the Greek Economic and Social Council

11.00 – 11.30 p.m. Panel 2: Information and disinformation in the era of social media

Moderator: Mr Veselin MITOV, member of the Bulgarian ESC (Workers’ group) and member of the EESC

  • Ms Sonya MOMCHILOVA, Chair of the “Council for Electronic Media”
  • Mr Jurgis VILČINSKAS, Deputy Head of Division Strategic Communication, Task Forces and Information Analysis, European External Action Service (EEAS)
  • Mr Boyko BLAGOEV, Head of Communications at the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria

11.30 – 12.00 p.m. Debate

  • Interventions by Bulgarian delegates in EESC: Ms Milena ANGELOVA, Mr Antonio GARCÍA DEL RIEGO and Mr Tomasz WRÓBLEWSKI, 

12.00 – 12.30 p.m. Panel 3: Journalists against disinformation: best practices and ideas for the future

Moderator: Mr Bogomil NIKOLOV, Vice-chair of the Bulgarian ESC (third group) and member of the EESC

  • Mr Tikhon DZYADKO, Editor-in-chief of the Dozhd TV channel
  • Ms Venelina GOCHEVA, Editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper “24 hours”
  • Ms Dobrina CHESHMЕDJIEVA, Host of the "Referendum" talk show at Bulgarian National Television
  • Mr Ivo TODOROV, Director of Digital Programs, Bulgarian National Radio

12.30 – 13.00 p.m. Debate

13.00 – 13.30 p.m. Concluding remarks

  • Mr Markus PENTTINEN, President of the EESC’s EU-Russia and Central Asia Follow-up Committee
  • Ms Zornitsa ROUSSINOVA, President of the Bulgarian Economic and Social Council

13.30 – 14.30 p.m.  Buffet and informal discussions

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