On September 26, from 14:00 CET, on the Zoom platform, an online conference with a title Information Matters: Enhancing Adults Digital and Media Literacy will be held, dedicated to the topic of media literacy with a focus on its acquisition by adult users over 55 years old. The event topic will be discussed in a broad perspective by inviting participants from all over Europe to engage and interact: experts in the field of media and digital literacy, librarians, adult educators, policymakers, representatives of non-governmental organizations whose practice has intersections. The event will be carried out in English as a working language. Duration: approx. 60 min.
This conference is planned as a closing event for the Information Matters project, implemented in the period February 2023 – October 2024 with the financial support of the European Union under the Erasmus + program. The conference will therefore wrap up the results and the challenges related to the IM project implementation. The audience will also meet representatives of the partner organizations working on the project and will be able to participate in the closing Q&A session.
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE VIA THE LINK here
PROGRAM:
Introduction
- Spaska Tarandova (GLBF, moderator of the conference)
Introduction to the event and its participants
Presentations
- Vanya Grozdanova (GLBF)
The Information Matters project: challenges and success stories – main objectives, partners, activities and products of IM projects - Paolo Celot (EAVI)
Current trends in media literacy in Europe and the importance of media literacy training for senior citizens - Nikola Tulechki
“Tailored content for everyone?” How artificial intelligence is helping propaganda and hurting democracy”
Workshop
- Justin Toms
How to fight fake news, disinformation and AI content
Practical and fun ways to introduce key concepts and discover new ways to work with adults on the topics of media literacy, fake news, disinformation and AI content.
Open discussion
- Q&A with the audience participation
About the speakers:
Paolo Celot
Paolo is the Founder and Director of EAVI – the international organisation based in Brussels that has been working on media literacy and citizenship at a European level for longer than any other organisation active today. Over the last twenty-five years, Paolo has accumulated considerable international experience in media, working for long periods in London, Milan, and Brussels. He is an economist from Pisa University with a sound knowledge of European affairs. He follows high-level fora such as the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society at the Council of Europe and various European Commission Expert Groups. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the European Audiovisual Observatory in Strasbourg and other international forums and organisations like the UNESCO MIL Alliance. Paolo has authored books, articles, audiovisual productions, policy papers and four different European-wide research studies covering 27 countries on media literacy and citizens-related issues. He previously worked for both private and public broadcasters, including advising the BBC and RAI. He has also worked for television advertising agencies and collaborated with other public bodies. Paolo enjoys conducting conversations with international guests and also offers public speaking and presentations on media literacy and disinformation-related issues. He has been invited to speak in four different languages in more than 20 different countries at more than 100 international conferences across and beyond Europe. He has also directed many different European projects and organised workshops and training about the role of media in people’s lives. He remains animated by the numerous challenges posed by emerging media forms, and he is interested in the role of media, technologies, artificial intelligence, disinformation, and digital citizenship in shaping our societies.
Nikola Tulechki
Nikola is a linguist and knowledge engineer at Ontotext since 2017. He is one of the founders of the “Data for Good Bulgaria” and the Association for Fair Elections.
He has a PhD from Toulouse federal Univerisity (France) on applications of natural language processing of aviation accident reports. Nikola teaches a “Semantic Technologies” course at Sofia University and in New Bulgarian University.
Justine Toms
Justine Toms was born in Sofia, a Bulgarian from Armenian origin. She has Master degrees from Sofia University in Pedagogy, French philology and Philosophy. Justine is among the pioneers of the Bulgarian Internet – expert in online communication, creator of multiple websites and two web contests. An expert in online media and marketing, founder of digital agency ABC Design & Communication since 1988. Justine has also been the idea leader of the competition for best Bulgarian online projects – BG Site since 1999. A university teacher at New Bulgarian University, Sofia University and SoftUni Digital. For many years, Justine has been an activist-volunteer in numerous initiatives – child’s reading, digital competences, online safety, Wikipedia and open source, environmental topics.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Agreement number: 2022-1-BG01-KA220-ADU-000085514