The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is organising a conference about defending the truth in the era of “fake news” on 13 and 14 June. The event will take place in Leipzig, Germany.
International experts will present case studies about how to combat and deal with „fake news“ – from forged war pictures from Syria to the creation of myths in the French election campaign. They will introduce „elves“ from Lithuania who prevent „trolls“ from disseminating propaganda and smear campaigns in (social) media and the fact-checking tools for the verification of sources and pictures. From the EFJ, Camille Petit will be the speaker on European Federation of Journalists and Council of Europe initiative against self-censorship.
The conference is free of charge and it will be held in English. Applicants need to confirm their participation until June 5 via email to conference@ecpmf.eu.
Programme:
DAY 1, Tuesday 13 June
13.45 Registration
14.00 Welcome by ECPMF’s Lutz Kinkel
14.10 – 14.30 Keynote: ”Lying press” (Lügenpresse) in Germany
EIJC researcher Martin Hoffmann presents ECPMF fact-finding missions 2015-17
14.30 – 15.15 Henrik Kaufholz moderates keynote debate (tbc)
15.15 – 15.30 Time for questions and comments from the floor
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee/tea break
16.00 – 17.45 Case studies and discussion
Moderation: Jane Whyatt (ECPMF)
18.00 – 20.00 Networking reception for all participants with drinks and finger food, roof terrace Ringcafé.
DAY 2, Wednesday 14 June
09.30-10.30 Conference plenary with case studies and podium discussion
Moderation: ECPMF chair Henrik Kaufholz
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break and networking
11:00 – 12:00
Truly media – Jochen Spangenburg will talk about user-generated content as an information resource, and the misinformation ecosystem in general. He will point to existing practices, strategies and approaches, and consider pitfalls as well as ways forward. His focus will be on demonstrating Truly.Media, a tool for collaborative verification of UGC, that is currently in beta testing status. Truly.Media is partly based on and includes insights from the European research projects REVEAL and InVID, which will also be portrayed.
12.00 – 12.15 Prof Dirk Voorhoof (Ghent University) and Ides Debruyne (journalismfund) present Manifesto on Fake News (comments are welcome beforehand! http://www.differenceday.com/manifesto-difference-day-2017-final/)
12.15 – 12.30 Summary by ECPMF Managing Director Lutz Kinkel, call to media freedom community to defend truth and expose fake news throughout Europe
12.30 – 13.30 Networking lunch
13.45 End