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Education & critical thinking in the age of Fake News

Date

07 Jun 2018 12:30

Address

Avenue des Arts 3-4-5
Rue Wiertz 60
1047  Brussels
Belgium

Section

Education

Event Location

Brussels

Event Description

 

 

Thursday 7th June 2018 - 12:30 – 15:00

European Parliament Room A1H1

 

12:30 - 13:00 - Networking lunch hosted by MEP Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

 

13:00 -13:15 - Welcoming remarks

Jana Žitňanská, Vice President of the FEMM Committee and Jose Luis Colás, President of iCmedia.

 

13:15 - 14:00 - Session I. Fake news, children, resilience & critical thinking

Moderator: Loreto Corredoira, Journalist & Comm Law Professor

Nicola Frank, Head of Public Affairs at European Broadcasting Union

Tinna Ros Steinsdottir, Child Participation Officer at Eurochild

Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck, Founder & Director at Lie Detectors and Member of the High Level Expert Group on Fake News

Carlos Perez Maestro, DG CONNECT- Media Convergence & Social Media

 

Q&A

 

14:00 - 14:45 - Session II. Fake advertisement & news and the role of online platforms on it

Moderator: Loreto Corredoira, Journalist & Comm Law Professor

Elisa Lironi, Digital Democracy Manager at ECAS

Christophe Leclercq, Founder of Euractiv and member of the High-Level Expert Group on “fake news”.

Dr. Oliver Gray, former Director General at EACA and EDAA

 Carolina Lorenzon, Director International Affairs at Mediaset

 

Q&A

 

14:45 - 15:00 - Closing remarks

MEP Jana Žitňanská, Vice President of the FEMM Committee

 

 

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