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DAY 1 | 7 OCTOBER
DAY 2 | 8 OCTOBER
16:15 - 17:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Registration & coffee
17:00 - 17:05
UTC+3 (EEST)
Welcome address
17:05 - 17:15
UTC+3 (EEST)
Opening remarks and introduction to NATO StratCom COE
17:15 - 17:50
UTC+3 (EEST)
COE's research area: Manipulation in the Digital Space, Artificial Intelligence and China
17:50 - 18:15
UTC+3 (EEST)
COE's research area: The Information War in Ukraine
18:15 - 18:40
UTC+3 (EEST)
COE's research area: Russian Information Activities outside the West
18:40 - 18:45
UTC+3 (EEST)
Closing address
18:45 - 20:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Networking
08:15 - 09:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Registration & coffee
09:00 - 09:15
UTC+3 (EEST)
Welcome address
moderator
Frederick Fooy
Disinformation Expert
moderator
09:15 - 09:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Opening remarks
speaker
Jānis Sārts
Director, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
speaker
09:30 - 10:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Keynote speech | From combatting disinformation to disrupting illicit influence operations
keynote
Carl Miller
Co-Founder, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos
keynote
10:30 - 11:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:15
UTC+3 (EEST)
Panel discussion | Generative AI and Social Media Content – Risks and Opportunities
speaker
Carl Heath
Senior Researcher and Focus Area Leader for Digital Resilience, RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden
speaker
speaker
Mara Pometti
AI Experience Architect, McKinsey & Company
speaker
speaker
Peter Jančárik
Coordinator of Anti-Disinformation Projects, Seznam.cz
speaker
moderator
Guna Šnore
Senior Expert, NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence
moderator
12:15 - 13:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Lunch
13:30 - 14:45
UTC+3 (EEST)
Panel discussion | TikTok - To Ban or Not: Perspectives from Around the Globe
speaker
Felix Kartte
EU Policy Expert
speaker
speaker
Justin Sherman
Founder and CEO, Global Cyber Strategies
speaker
speaker
Nikhil Pahwa
Founder and Editor, MediaNama
speaker
moderator
Yukai Zeng
Senior Expert, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
moderator
14:45 - 15:15
UTC+3 (EEST)
Coffee break
15:15 - 16:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Panel discussion | AI in Support of Strategic Communications
speaker
Björn Rafn Gunnarsson
Lead Data Scientist, J10 StratCom Division, Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)
speaker
speaker
Camilla Monckton
Shorenstein Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School and former Head of Strategic Communications, UK Cabinet Office
speaker
speaker
Doowan Lee
Chief Strategy Officer, EdgeTheory
speaker
moderator
Elīna Lange-Ionatamišvili
Senior Expert, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
moderator
16:30 - 17:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Keynote speech | The 2024 US Elections and the Information Environment
keynote
Renée DiResta
Technical Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory
keynote
17:30 - 18:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Closing remarks
speaker
Jānis Sārts
Director, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
speaker
moderator
Frederick Fooy
Disinformation Expert
moderator
18:00 - 20:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Networking