Open invitation to all old and new friends of Faktabaari
Faktabaari 5 years anniversary seminar on fact-checking #EUelections2019 in Germany and Finland
Time: Tuesday 2nd of April at International Fact-Checking Day (IFCD)
Place: Päivälehden museo, Ludwiginkatu 2-4
Organiser: Avoin yhteiskunta ry with help of Faktabaari
RSVP by Sunday 31st March especially in view of buffet or toimitus@faktabaari.fi
(We will be updating this secure website frequently - stay tuned)
Programme:
16.30 Welcome coffee
17.00 Anniversary keynote
Faktabaari for fact-based public debate from 2014 to 2019, Mikko Salo, Avoin yhteiskunta ry & Petra Piitulainen-Ramsay, Faktabaari
17.30 Keynote followed by panel discussion
German challenge & Correctiv response in European and IFCN networks: Cristina Helberg, Correctiv faktencheck
Panel: 2019 EU elections as common challenge: European Fact-checkers tackling Populism, Propaganda and violation of Privacy for manipulation (“3P” challenge)
Faktabaari response including co-operation with #vaalivahti, Petra Piitulainen-Ramsay
Role of fact-checking in tackling “3P” challenge in Europe, Mikko Salo
Moderator: Joonas Pörsti, Managing editor/Ulkopolitiikka magazine
18.45 What next - Faktabaari for fact-based public debate and against online disinformation
Short presentations on Faktabaari priority areas by Avoin yhteiskunta ry board members: **digimedia literacy **(Kari Kivinen & Markus Neuvonen), fact-checking (Petra Piitulainen-Ramsay & Mika Horelli, tbc), research (Severi Hämäri & Nina Maskulin), funding (Jyrki Berner & Mikko Salo). Partner interventions warmly welcomed.
19.15 –21 Discussion to continue over buffet dinner and @Faktabaari
We are grateful for Aue-Stiftung for funding and Päivälehti museum for hosting this anniversary event.
Welcome - also Bar will be open
Avoin yhteiskunta ry & Faktabaari
Picture: 2018 Chydenius Medal was granted to Faktabaari - run by transparency NGO Avoin yhteiskunta ry to mark the outstanding performance on international level in promotion of the principles of openness, cherished by Anders Chydenius, the initiator of the world’s first Freedom of Information Act (1766).
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