3CL Young People’s Summit
Agenda

Venue: Valletta Design Cluster (VDC) & Spazju Kreattiv
Dates: 7–8 November 2025

 

Day 1 – Friday, 7 November 2025 | Valletta Design Cluster

08:30–09:00 | Registration and Coffee

09:00–09:20 | Opening Remarks
Alex Grech  (3CL Foundation & University of Malta)

Theme 1: Young People, Digital Citizenship and the Media

09:20–09:30 | Moderator’s Opening Remarks
Nina Shengelia (University of Tbilisi)

09:30–10:30 | Fact-Checking, Media Literacy and Media Resilience
Paula Gori (European Digital Media Observatory – EDMO)
Maia Klaassen (University of Tartu & Baltic EDMO)
Victoria Vdovychenko (University of Cambridge / Future of Ukraine) 

10:30–10:45 | Respondents and Q&A

10:45–10:55 | Break

10.55 –11:45 | The Fourth or Fifth Estate? Balancing Popular Appeal and Truth-Telling in Journalism
Viktorija Car (University of Split)
Bertrand Borg (Times of Malta)

11:45–12:00 | Respondents and Q&A

Theme 2: The Multigenerational Workplace in the Age of AI

12:00–12:20 | The Changing Nature of Work: Generational Shifts in the Small State
Godfrey Baldacchino (3CL Foundation & University of Malta)

12:20–12:35 | Respondents and Q&A

12:35–13:35 | Lunch Break

13:35–14:05 |The Multigenerational Workplace
Christine Garzia (3CL Foundation)
Ruth Debrincat (Malta National Skills Council)

14:05–14:45 | Human-Centred Workplaces and AI
Gege Gatt (EBO)
Taylor Freeman (Axon Park)

14:45–15:00| Respondents and Q&A

Theme 3: Core Skills for the AI Generation

15:00–15:30 | Beyond Digital Natives: Critical Digital Literacies in the Age of AI
Alex Grech  (3CL Foundation & University of Malta)

15:30–16:00 | Loneliness and Algorithms
Vladimír Šucha (European University Institute)

16:00-16:15| Q&A

16:15–16:35 | Young People, Technology, Power & Mediated Relationships
Matthew Bartolo (Willingness)

16:35–16:45 | Q&A

16:45–17:00 | Close of First Day

Day 2 – Saturday, 8 November 2025

Morning Plenary Sessions – Spazju Kreattiv and Valletta Design Cluster

10:00–10:10 | Introduction to Day 2
Alex Grech  (3CL Foundation & University of Malta)

10:10–10:40 | Exhibition & Discussion
Nina Olsen (University of Malta)

11:00–11:20 | Walk from Spazju Kreattiv to Valletta Design Cluster

11:20–12:20 | AI, Guardrails & the Future of Humanity
Jean Gove’ (University of Hong Kong)
Mark Bugeja (Institute of Tourism Studies)

12:20–12:35 | Respondents & Q&A

12:35–13:15 | Lunch

Afternoon Session – Unconference Format | Valletta Design Cluster

13:15–16:30 | Workshops

Jacques Cordina (3CL), Jacob Kearey-Moreland (Lakehead University), Alex Galea (UM), Jacob Grech (EUI), Nina Olsen (UM) and Larissa Vella (NSC)

16:30–17:00 | Does this Summit have a future?
Alex Grech  (3CL Foundation & University of Malta)