Programme of the World Forum for Democracy 2019

Wednesday 6 November

Time for Facts

09.30-10.30 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle

Musical Concert

10.30-10.40 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle

Welcoming words

10.40-11.15 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle

Plenary Session 1

11.15-12.30 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle

Democracy dies in darkness: do we have all the information we need?

Lunch break

12.30-14.00

Plenary Session 2

14.00-16.00 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle

Restoring trust in news

Break

16.00-16.30

Plenary Session 3

16.30-18.00 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle

Information and Technology: friends or foes?

Welcome Reception

18.30-20.00 / Blue restaurant, Council of Europe

(upon invitation)

Thursday 7 November

FIRST SERIES OF LABS AND FORUM TALKS

9.00-11.00 / Palais de l’Europe

• LAB 1 - Youth and digital empowerment
• LAB 2 - Transparency: rebuilding citizens trust in institutions
• LAB 3 - Building resilient societies to counter disinformation
• LAB 4 - Analyzing, processing and understanding information
• LAB 5 - Information and its impact on (the) voting
• FORUM TALK 1

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Break

11.00-11.30

FORUM TALKS

11.30-13.00 / Palais de l’Europe

• FORUM TALK 2
• FORUM TALK 3
• FORUM TALK 4
• FORUM TALK 5
• FORUM TALK 6

Lunch break

13.00-14.30

SECOND SERIES OF LABS AND FORUM TALKS

14.30-16.30 / Palais de l’Europe

• LAB 6 - MythBusters
• LAB 7 - Freedom of expression in social media?
• LAB 8 - Women / Media / Gender Equality (title tbc)
• LAB 9 - The power of local journalism
• LAB 10 - Getting the right information through debate
• FORUM TALK 7

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Break

16.30-17.00

Forum Talk: Soshana Zuboff 

17.00-18.30

“Surveillance Capitalism”

Carte blanche : Cartooning for Peace

17.00-18.30