Programme of the World Forum for Democracy 2019
Wednesday 6 November
Time for Facts
09.30-10.30 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle
Opening session
10.30-10.50 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle
Musical break
10.50-11.00 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle
“Georgian six” and Guram Kurashvili Choral
Plenary Session 1
11.00-12.30 / 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
16.30-18.30 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle
Information and Technology: friends or foes?
18.30 / Palais de l’Europe
Inauguration of Cartooning for Peace’s Fresco
Thursday 7 November
FIRST SERIES OF LABS AND FORUM TALKS
9.00-11.00 / Palais de l’Europe
- Forum Talk 1: Artificial Intelligence and Information
- Forum Talk 2: Disinformation and Fake News
- Forum Talk 3: Environmental journalists in danger
- LAB 1 - Human 2.0. Youth and digital empowerment
- LAB 2 - Rebuilding trust in institutions
- LAB 3: The human brain: the ultimate fact-checker?
Break
11.00-11.30
SECOND SERIES OF LABS AND FORUM TALKS
11.30-13.00 / Palais de l’Europe
- Forum Talk 4: Information Integrity
- Forum Talk 5: Safety of journalists
- LAB 4 - Building resilience to disinformation
- LAB 5 - Voting Under the Influence
- LAB 6 - Gender equality in the media
Lunch break
13.00-14.30
Film "A Dark Place"
13.00-14.30 / Projection Room of the Council of Europe
Screening and discussion
THIRD SERIES OF LABS AND FORUM TALKS
14.30-16.30 / Palais de l’Europe
- Forum Talk 6: Strengthening democracy in the 21st century
- Forum Talk 7: Fact Checking
- LAB 7 - MythBusters
- LAB 8 - Social media freedom and accountability
- LAB 9 - Local journalism - at the frontline of the information
- LAB 10 - The search for truth in a ‘post-truth’ world
Break
16.30-17.00
Carte blanche : Cartooning for Peace
17.00-18.30 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle
17.00-18.30 / Palais de l’Europe, room 1
Conversation with David Patrikarakos
War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
Friday 8 November
Plenary Session 4
9.00-10.30 / Palais de l’Europe, hemicycle
Freedom of expression and protection of journalists
Plenary Session 5
10.30-11.30 / Palais de l’Europe, Hemicycle
A multilateral response
Closing Session
11.30–13.00 / Palais de l’Europe, Hemicycle
Reporting from the labs and ceremony for the Democracy Innovation Award
Closing Performance
13.00 / Palais de l’Europe, Hemicycle
