2 November 2026

•  LIVE       10.00-13.00    Opening session and Debate - What is transforming and shaping Europe?  (Hemicycle)

(Re)building Democratic Security  and Foresight : Linking Citizens, Institutions, and Territories to Anticipate Future Challenges

• 14.30-16.00    Citizen’s perspectives
  • Parallel session 1.  Civic Engagement and Democratic Participation (Room 6)
  • Parallel session 2.  Foresight Scenarios (Room 1)
  • Parallel session 3.  Living Together: How does Intercultural Inclusion Strengthen Our Democracies? (Room 2)
  • Parallel session 4.  The Role of Local Powers on Safeguarding Democracy  (Room 3)
• 16.30-18.00    Institutions’ perspectives
  • Parallel session 5.  Dialogue Europe – Africa for democratic security (Room 2)
  • Parallel session 6.  Shaping the Future of Democracy: Demographic Change, Economic Actors and Democratic Resilience (Room 1)
  • Parallel session 7.  Results of national foresight exercises (Room 3)
  • Parallel session 8.  Strengthening Societal Resilience to Disinformation (Room 6)
  • Parallel session 9.  Creative political processes (Room 10)

3 November 2026

• 9.30-12.30     Morning plenary sessions (Hemicycle)
• 14.00-15.20    Labs – Serie 1

Pillar 1 - Learning and practising democracy

• Session 1 - Empowering Citizens: Media and Information Literacy for Democracy (Room 9)

Pillar 2 - Protecting democracy

• Session 2 - Citizen Mobilisation for Climate: Rethinking Governance in Times of Emergency (Room 1)
• Session 3 - Social justice and public services (Room 6)

Pillar 3 - Innovating democracy

• Session 4 - Strengthening inclusive democracy free from hate speech (Room 2)

• 15.40– 17.00    Labs – Serie 2

Pillar 1 - Learning and practising democracy

• Session 5 - Democratic Participation in the Digital Age: What Tools for Strengthening Civic Engagement? (Room 9)

Pillar 2 - Protecting democracy

• Session 6 - Electoral and democratic integrity (Room 6)

Pillar 3 - Innovating democracy

• Session 7 - AI and Democracy: Opportunities, Risks and Governance Challenges (Room 1)
• 17.00– 18.00    Closing ceremony (Hemicycle)