Education & critical thinking in the age of Fake News
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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
Registrations will close on June 3rd
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