Programme of the World Forum for Democracy 2017
Wednesday 8 November
Time for Facts
9.00-10.00 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle
Concert
10.00-10.15 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle
Lisa Simone, Jazz Singer
Plenary session 1
10.15-11.45 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle
From democracy of parties to democracy of citizens?
Plenary session 2
11.45-13.15 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle
Media - friend or foe of democracy?
Lunch break
13.15-15.00
Opening session
15.00-15.30 / Palais de l’Europe, Hemicycle
- Welcome words by the World Forum for Democracy organisers
Plenary session 3
15.30-17.30/ Palais de l’Europe, Hemicycle
Is Populism a problem?
Random Sample Voting
17.30-18.00 / Palais de l’Europe, Hemicycle
Introducing the demonstration experiment on Random Sample Voting and Evaluation Voting
Thursday 9 November
Lightning Talks
09.00-10.30 / ROOMS 1 & 2, Palais de l'Europe
Panel discussions
09.00-10.30
- Panel 1 - From Fake to Facts: How to strengthen ties among Research, Policy, and Society to counter populism? - Room 6
- Panel 2 - What responses to anti-migrant populist rhetoric and action? - Room 5
- Panel 3: Gender Equality and Political Empowerment of Women - Room 8
Break
10.30-11.00
Lab series 1
11.00-13.00 / palais de l'europe
- LAB 1: Is hybrid democracy more inclusive? (Room 2)
- LAB 2: “Corruption and populism: can the international community help?” (Room 9)
- LAB 3: Fact checking: is it worth the effort? (Room 8)
- LAB 4: Making votes count more (Room 6)
- LAB 5: Participatory democracy: an antidote to populism? (Room 1)
- LAB 6: Citizens’ disconnect: can parties open up? (Room 5)
Design Session
11.00-16.00 / palais de l'Europe, Lobby of the Committe of ministers
Agora of Democracy
Knowledge café
11.00-13.00: 1st round - 14.30-16.00: 2nd round / Palais de l’Europe, Blue Restaurant
The Female Face of the Far Right – Country perspectives and progressive counter-strategies
Lunch break
13.00-14.30
Participants’ Assembly
14.30-18.00 / Palais de l’Europe, Hemicycle
Networking session
14.30-18.00 / Palais de l’Europe, Blue Restaurant
Antidotes to populism: connecting people and politics
Labs series 2
14.30-16.30 / Palais de l’Europe
- LAB 7: Bursting social media eco chambers (Room 5)
- LAB 8: Corruption and populism: can citizen watchdogs help? (Room 2)
- LAB 9: Fake news: does fact checking work? (Room 1)
- LAB 10: ArtiVism against populism (Town Hall)
- LAB 11: Can democracy survive public service media? (Room 7)
- LAB 12: Big data: campaigning or manipulation? (Room 9)
- LAB 13: Civic education – how does it increase resilience to populism? (Room 8)
Break
16.30-16.45
Storytelling
16.45-18.00/ Palais de l’Europe, ROOMS 1 & 5
Friday 10 November
Plenary session 4
09.00-10.30 / Palais de l’Europe, Hemicycle
Multilateral responses to populism?
Closing session
10.30-12.30 / Palais de l’Europe, Hemicycle
Art events
