Programme

Young People and Information: It’s Complicated

Day 1

TIME	SESSION	LOCATION
08:15 – 09:00	Coffee	Foyer
09:00 – 09:20	INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE
09:00 – 09:15	Alex Grech 3CL Foundation Our Point of Departure	Floriani
09:15 – 09:20	Janette Ballard Media Consultant A Manifesto in the Making	Floriani
09.20 – 11.00	THEME #1: ADDRESSING MEDIA FREEDOMS *What can journalism do for you, me and all of us?* Chair: Herman Grech Times of Malta	Floriani
09:20 – 09.40	Evarist Bartolo Former Minister for Education & Employment and Foreign Affairs, Malta The Geopolitics of Deception	Floriani
09:40 – 10:00	Ricardo Gutierrez European Federation of Journalists Europe facing the decline of press freedom: State of play, solutions and good practices	Floriani
10.00 – 10.20	Sean Stephens Vice Ukraine: How Putin’s War Finally Forced Newsrooms To Take Their Younger Audiences Seriously	Floriani
10.20 – 10.40	Clare Kiely On Our Radar Community Reporting as a Public Good: Amplifying diverse voices and experiences	Floriani
10:40 – 11:00	Discussion and Q&A
11:00 – 11:20	Coffee Break #1	Foyer
11.20 – 11:30	MANIFESTO #1 *The ‘making’ starts here* Janette Ballard	Floriani
11.30 – 13.00	THEME #2: COMBATING DISINFORMATION *Trust & Technology: Years to build, seconds to break* Chair: Janette Ballard	Floriani
11:30 – 11.50	Athina Karatzogianni University of Leicester COVID19 Disinformation and Response in India, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand	Floriani
11:50 – 12:10	Karen Elliott University of Birmingham Assuring Citizen Agency in a World with Complex Online Harms	Floriani
12:10 – 12:30	Rachel O’Connell Trust Elevate Youth & Tech: Solutions for the design of age-appropriate digital playgrounds	Floriani
12:30 – 12:50	Noah Giansiracusa Bentley University How Algorithms create and prevent Fake News	Floriani
12:50 – 13:00	Discussion and Q&A	Floriani
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch	Foyer
13:30 – 14:30	MANIFESTO #2 *Help build the manifesto* Janette Ballard & 3CL Team	Andrea Belli
14:30 – 16:00	THEME #2: COMBATING DISINFORMATION Build, Educate or Regulate? Chair: Athina Karatzogianni	Floriani
14:30 – 14:50	Patricia Shaw Beyond Reach Participatory Governance for a Trustworthy Information Age	Floriani
14:50 – 15:10	Elizabeth Canellakis US Embassy in Malta Social Media and Foreign Policy	Floriani
15:10 – 15:30	Janey Starling Level Up Yes we can – effecting change	Floriani
15:30 – 15:50	Alex Grech 3CL Foundation Respondent	Floriani
15:50 – 16:00	Discussion and Q&A	Floriani
14:30 – 16:00	THEME #2: COMBATING DISINFORMATION The many forms of Digital Literacies Chair: Gary Pluim	Andrea Belli
14.30 – 14:50	Olle Nyman RISE The state perspective: Combating disinformation on behalf of the citizen	Andrea Belli
14:50 – 15:10	Lourdes Pullicino MEDAC Declining trust in news media – causes and consequences	Andrea Belli
15:10 – 15:30	Sorcha Hughes Guardian Foundation NewsWise: Young people and the news	Andrea Belli
15:30 – 15:50	Caitlin Webb The Student View Empowering future content creators	Andrea Belli
15:50 – 16:00	Discussion and Q&A	Andrea Belli
16:00 – 16:30	THEME #3: UNDERSTANDING ONLINE BEHAVIOUR In Conversation Talking Loud and Clear Interviewer: Mario Cacciottolo Job Duijnkerke and Dayenne van Peperstraten Content Creators and Digital Nomads Using Tech to build our dreamlife after University In conversation with students	Floriani
16:30 onwards	MANIFESTO #3 From scaffolding to building blocks – have your say as a First Draft emerges Janette Ballard and Team	Floriani

Day 2

TIME	SESSION	LOCATION
08.15 – 09:00	Coffee	Foyer
09:00 – 09:20	INTRODUCTION TO DAY TWO
09:00 – 09:10	Christopher Cutajar Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Foreign & European Affairs and Trade	Floriani
09.10 – 09.20	MANIFESTO #4 Feedback, step back, move forward Janette Ballard	Floriani
09.20 – 11.00	THEME #2: COMBATING DISINFORMATION Build, Educate or Regulate? Chair: Alex Grech	Floriani
09:20 – 09:40	Noah Giansiracusa Bentley University You are just a number in someone else’s equation	Floriani
09:40 – 10:00	Karen Elliott University of Birmingham Finclusion, Agency and online harms	Floriani
10.00 – 10.20	Joshua Ellul University of Malta Blockchain as the Truth Machine	Floriani
10.20 – 10.40	Björn Flintberg RISE Respondent Susie Alegre Doughty Street Chambers Respondent	Floriani
10:40 – 11:00	Discussion and Q&A	Floriani
11:00 – 11:20	Coffee Break #1	Foyer
11.20 – 11:30	MANIFESTO #5 *It’s never too late to have your say* Janette Ballard	Andrea Belli
11:30 – 13:00	THEME #2: COMBATING DISINFORMATION *The Education we need* Chair: John Portelli	Andrea Belli
11:30 – 11.50	Gary Pluim Lakehead University A new curriculum fit for purpose	Andrea Belli
11:50 – 12:10	Natalino Fenech MCAST What skills do tomorrow’s journalists need?	Andrea Belli
12:10 – 12:30	Patrick Camilleri University of Malta Gen-Z Gen-Me	Andrea Belli
12:30 – 12:50	Aleks Farrugia Director Lifelong Learning Respondent Sorcha Hughes Guardian Foundation Respondent	Andrea Belli
12:50 – 13:00	Discussion and Q&A	Andrea Belli
11:30 – 13:00	THEME #3: UNDERSTANDING ONLINE BEHAVIOUR You, me, who we are and what we do Chair: Godfrey Baldacchino	Floriani
11:30 – 11:50	Maria Pisani University of Malta Becoming Sophia: a posthuman manifesto for our times	Floriani
11:50 – 12:10	Megha Mohan BBC Gender and Identity Correspondent Real people and their stories	Floriani
12:10 – 12:30	Janey Starling Level Up Dignity for dead women: changing how the press reports fatal domestic abuse	Floriani
12:30 – 12:50	Toni Sant University of Salford, Manchester The Open Web as Utopia: memories and remnants of the information superhighway	Floriani
12:50 – 13:00	Discussion and Q&A	Floriani
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch	Foyer
14:30 – 15:30	A MANIFESTO IN THE MAKING Chair: Janette Ballard	Floriani
14:30-15:30	Teresa Ribeiro Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Ambassador Natasha Meli Daudey Permanent Representative to the OSCE, the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna Patrick Penninckx Head of Information Society Department, Council of Europe Gorica Atanasova – Gjorevska Minister Plenipotentiary at the Permanent Mission of North Macedonia to the OSCE, UN and other IOs in Vienna	Floriani
15:30 – 15:45	CLOSE Alex Grech	Floriani
15:45 onwards	UNCONFERENCE	Floriani

Programme

Young People and Information: It’s Complicated

Day 1

TIME

SESSION

LOCATION

INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE

THEME #1: ADDRESSING MEDIA FREEDOMS

Chair: Herman Grech

MANIFESTO #1

THEME #2: COMBATING DISINFORMATION

Chair: Janette Ballard

MANIFESTO #2

Janette Ballard & 3CL Team

THEME #2: COMBATING DISINFORMATION

Chair: Athina Karatzogianni

THEME #2: COMBATING DISINFORMATION

Chair: Gary Pluim

THEME #3: UNDERSTANDING ONLINE BEHAVIOUR

Interviewer: Mario Cacciottolo

MANIFESTO #3

Janette Ballard and Team

Day 2

TIME

SESSION

LOCATION

INTRODUCTION TO DAY TWO

Christopher Cutajar

MANIFESTO #4

THEME #2: COMBATING DISINFORMATION

Chair: Alex Grech

MANIFESTO #5

THEME #2: COMBATING DISINFORMATION

Chair: John Portelli

Aleks Farrugia

THEME #3: UNDERSTANDING ONLINE BEHAVIOUR

Chair: Godfrey Baldacchino

A MANIFESTO IN THE MAKING

Chair: Janette Ballard

CLOSE

UNCONFERENCE

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