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DCN GLOBAL FOR THE AMERICAS INAUGURAL EVENT

Information Literacy in the Age of Disruption Hybrid Forum

About

In the early days of the internet, technologies empowered new voices, provided citizens around the world with greater freedom of expression, opportunities for civil society, education, and political participation. This is still true, especially in places where the Internet is a critical tool in the struggle for freedom.

However, we’ve seen, in recent years, that these same technologies are now being used to undermine democracy. There is bias, manipulation, polarization, disinformation, abusive surveillance, and authoritarian control through digital networks. A digital interconnected society and world, based on trust and respect of human rights is the goal and the paradigm explored by the Digital Communication Network’s new hybrid regional event, hosted in Costa Rica.

Digital Communication Network Global’s (DCN) premise is that in the age of informational disruptions, only coalitions of professionals can address the multiple challenges to the information space.

The topic of the hybrid forum, Information Literacy in the Age of Disruption, provides an opportunity to start building this coalition in the Americas, to join DCN’s other similar ones in Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.

*Spanish Version available here 

Live Streaming of the Day 1 

Live Streaming of the Day 2 

Speakers

Elizabeth M. Allen
Elizabeth M. Allen
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs , U.S. Department of State
Marysela Zamora Villalobos
Marysela Zamora Villalobos
Founder and Executive Director, Fábrica de Historias and Nosotras Women Connecting
Nikos Panagiotou
Nikos Panagiotou
President, DCN Global, Greece
Franak Viačorka
Franak Viačorka
Vice President of DCN Global
Particio Morera Viquez
Particio Morera Viquez
Executive Director of Parque La Libertad Foundation
Sofía Chinchilla Cerdas
Sofía Chinchilla Cerdas
Journalist, Costa Rica
Maria Fernanda Cruz
Maria Fernanda Cruz
Executive director of La Voz de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Hulda Miranda Picado
Hulda Miranda Picado
Coordinator of Interferencia, Costa Rica
David Bolaños Acuña
David Bolaños Acuña
Editor, Co-founder of Doble Check, Costa Rica
Kiran Maharaj
Kiran Maharaj
President / CoFounder, Media Institute of the Caribbean (Jamaica) & CoFounder, Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (Regional), Trinidad and Tobago
Sofia Alvarez
Sofia Alvarez
Education Director, SembraMedia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Claudia Dinorah Ramirez
Claudia Dinorah Ramirez
Jefa de Informacion, La Prensa Grafica, San Salvador, El Salvador
Juan Battaleme
Juan Battaleme
Academic Director, CARI (Argentian Council for International Relations), Argentina
Miguel Fabrega
Miguel Fabrega
Chief Creative Principal, Neology, NFT and Metaverse Designer, House of Attention, Ciudad de Panama, Panama
María Virginia Marín
María Virginia Marín
Executive Director and Founder, ProboxVE; Digital Sherlock from the DFRLab and Forum2000 member
Ismael Briasco
Ismael Briasco
Co-founder and CEO, LinkedUp, Buenos Aires, Argentina
David Aragort
David Aragort
Chief of Institutional Relations, RedesAyuda; Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Caracas, Venezuela
Alexandre Le Voci Sayad
Alexandre Le Voci Sayad
ZeitGeist CEO, Co-chair of the International Steering Committee, UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tomas Duran
Tomas Duran
Director General for Research, Development and Innovation, Scientific Park of Social Innovation, UNIMINUTO, Bogota, Colombia
Ernesto Nunez Chacon
Ernesto Nunez Chacon
Founder and Director, La Doble Traccion, Transmedia Newsroom and Agency, San Jose, Costa Rica
Ricardo Vásquez Dazarola
Ricardo Vásquez Dazarola
PhD Fellow Researcher, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Guy Mentel
Guy Mentel
President and Chief Legal Officer of Global Americans, Global Americans, Washington DC, U.S.
Lidia Sanchez
Lidia Sanchez
Fact-checking editor, lead of a verification project (TikTok), Animal Politico, Mexico City, Mexico
Sabrina Almeida
Sabrina Almeida
Researcher, School of Digital Communications at FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pedro Peres
Pedro Peres
Researcher, Laboratory of Public Policy and the Internet (LAPIN), Brazil
Javier Melendez
Javier Melendez
Analyst Expediente, Abierto, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Federico Rodriguez Hormaechea
Federico Rodriguez Hormaechea
Researcher of ObservaTIC (University of the Republic) and Co-founder of Fibras, Montevideo, Uruguay
Ricardo Ruiz Freire
Ricardo Ruiz Freire
Executive Director International, Global Innovation Gathering, Researcher Instituto Procomum, Recife, Brazil
Abdias Zambrano
Abdias Zambrano
Research Associate, Instituto Panamericano de Derecho y Tecnología (IPANDETEC Central America), Panama City, Panama
Daniel Arbol
Daniel Arbol
Argentian Counsel for International Relations, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paula Bravo Medina
Paula Bravo Medina
Digital Editor, CNN en Espanol, Bogota, Colombia
Federica Tortorella
Federica Tortorella
Co-founder of the project Embajadores de Internet
Victoria Martin del Campo
Victoria Martin del Campo
Tech Philosopher, Mexico
Jennifer Avila
Jennifer Avila
Founder and Editor in Chief, Contracorriente, Honduras
Reinaldo Pamponet
Reinaldo Pamponet
Founder and CEO, Itsnoon, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Cynthia Picolo
Cynthia Picolo
Executive Director, Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), Brasilia, Brazil
Caio Machado
Caio Machado
Executive Director, Instituto Vero, Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade, Brazil
Beatriz Quesadas Rojas
Beatriz Quesadas Rojas
SocialTIC, Mexico City, Mexico
Cristian Bravo Gallardo
Cristian Bravo Gallardo
Researcher, Ecuador

Schedule

October 17

  • 9:00 Opening Remarks
    • Marysela Zamora (Moderator) 
    • Nikos Panagiotou, DCN Global President 
    • Elizabeth M. Allen, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    • Patricio Morera, Executive Director of Parque Metropolitano La Libertad
  • 9:30 Journalism in the Digital Age

    Moderator: David Bolaños Acuña

    • Kiran Maharaj, President / CoFounder, Media Institute of the Caribbean (Jamaica) & CoFounder, Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (Regional), Trinidad and Tobago (ENGLISH) 
    • Sofia Alvarez, Education Director, SembraMedia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Jennifer Avila, Founder and Editor in Chief, Contracorriente, Honduras
  • 10:00 Media Entrepreneurship. Ideas That Work

    Marco Túlio Pires, NewsLab Lead, Google, Sao Paolo, Brazil (Virtual) 

  • 10:20 Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Disinformation Claudia Dinorah Ramirez, Jefa de Informacion, La Prensa Grafica, San Salvador, El Salvador
  • 10:40 How Can We Harvest the Power and Virality of Information Traveling Through WhatsApp, the Most Used Chatting App in Latin America? Paula Bravo Medina, Digital Editor, CNN en Espanol, Bogota, Colombia
  • 11:00 Coffee Break

    During the coffee break, registration to workshops and PechaKucha will open. 

  • 11:30 Trust in Technology and the Future Of Digital Influence Juan Battaleme, Academic Director, CARI (Argentian Council for International Relations), Argentina
  • 11:50 Frontier Digital Technologies and Their Policy Implications: Artificial Inteligence. Data Protection. Disinformation
    • Cynthia Picolo, Executive Director, Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), Brasilia, Brazil
    • Caio Machado, Executive Director, Instituto Vero, Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade, Brazil (ENGLISH) 
  • 12:20 Web 3.0 Unleashing the Future of Latin American Creativity Miguel Fabrega, Chief Creative Principal, Neology, NFT and Metaverse Designer, House of Attention, Ciudad de Panama, Panama
  • 12:40 Blockchain is Much More Than Cryptocurrencies. New Paradigms to Improve the Information Space

    Reinaldo Pamponet, Founder and CEO, Itsnoon, Sao Paolo, Brazil (VIRTUAL) 

  • 13:00 Lunch
  • 14:00 Parallel Workshops More info:
  • Workshop 1 -Twitter, a Double-Edged Sword. Civil Society vs. Authoritarian States in Latin America María Virginia Marín, Executive Director and Founder, ProboxVE; Digital Sherlock from the DFRLab and Forum2000 member
  • Workshop 2 – Hackathon Creating Ideas to Spread Among  Communities on How to Spot and Avoid Misinformation in a  Collaborative Way (Families, Schools, Libraries, Museums etc.).

    Alexandre Le Voci Sayad, ZeitGeist CEO, Co-chair of the International Steering Committee, UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance,
    Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • Workshop 3: Infodemic: the new pandemic and the social challenges

    Cristian Bravo Gallardo, Researcher, International University of Ecuador

  • Workshop 4 – DCN Global Networking

    Networking Workshop by DCN Global team. The team will discuss more details about the DCN Americas Hub and its launch. 

  • 15:30 Coffee Break (please visit the mini trade show, inside the main hall, where participants showcase projects and initiatives)
  • 16:00 Media and Information Literacy as a Lifelong Learning Process

    Moderator: Maria Fernanda Cruz

    • Alexandre Le Voci Sayad, ZeitGeist CEO, Co-chair of the International Steering Committee, UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Tomas Duran, Director General for Research, Development and Innovation, Scientific Park of Social Innovation, UNIMINUTO, Bogota, Colombia
  • 16:30 InfoActivism

    Beatriz Quesadas Rojas, SocialTIC, Mexico City, Mexico

  • 16:50 Journalism is an Insufferable Yawn: Humor and Gamification as the Path to Engaging and Sustainable Journalism Ernesto Nunez Chacon, Founder and Director, La Doble Traccion, Transmedia Newsroom and Agency, San Jose, Costa Rica
  • 17.10 Game "Social Media Against Humanity"
    • Federico Rodriguez Hormaechea, Researcher of ObservaTIC (University of the Republic) and Co-founder of Fibras, Montevideo, Uruguay
    • Federica Tortorella Casilla, Co-founder of the project Embajadores de Internet
  • 17:30 PechaKucha

    Opportunity for participants to make brief presentations – not more than five minutes – in connection to the forum’s topic, mostly focusing on their work or perspective

  • 18.00

    Forum Day 1 Closing

October 18

  • 9:00 Moderators’ Introduction
  • 9:10 Combating Disinformation in the Digital Age: Legal Challenges and Latin America Normative Scenario

    Ricardo Vásquez Dazarola, PhD Fellow Researcher, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  • 9:30 Disinformation and Fake News Can Only Be Stopped by Coalitions

    Guy Mentel, President and Chief Legal Officer of Global Americans, Global Americans, Washington DC, U.S. (ENGLISH) 

  • 9:50 Misinformation During Elections and in Politics

    Moderator: David Bolaños Acuña

    • Lidia Sanchez, Fact-checking editor, lead of a verification project (TikTok), Animal Politico, Mexico City, Mexico
    • Sabrina Almeida, Researcher, School of Digital Communications at FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Pedro Peres, Researcher, Laboratory of Public Policy and the Internet (LAPIN), Brazil
  • 10:20 Foreign Influence in Latin America

    Moderator: Sofía Chinchilla Cerdas

    • Javier Melendez, Analyst Expediente, Abierto, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
  • 10:40

    Coffee Break 

  • 11:10 Using Social Media to Fight Censorhip and Propaganda. The Role of Technology in the New Authoritarism in Latin America
    • David Aragort, Chief of Institutional Relations, RedesAyuda, Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Caracas, Venezuela (Virtual) 
    • María Virginia Marín, Executive Director and Founder, ProboxVE; Digital Sherlock from the DFRLab and Forum2000 member
  • 11:40 Digital Tools for Human Rights

    Ricardo Ruiz Freire, Executive Director International, Global Innovation Gathering, Researcher Instituto Procomum, Recife, Brazil (Virtual) 

  • 12:00 Tech and Civil Society

    Abdias Zambrano, Research Associate, Instituto Panamericano de Derecho y Tecnología (IPANDETEC Central America), Panama City, Panama

  • 12:20 Digital and Politics. Why it matters?

    Franak Viačorka, Vice President of DCN Global 

  • 12:40 Unfulfilled Promise: The Impact of Digital Divide in Human Development Federico Rodriguez Hormaechea, Researcher of ObservaTIC (University of the Republic) and Co-founder of Fibras, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • 13:00 Government Digital Transformation: Optimizing User Experience

    Victoria Martin del Campo, Tech Philosopher, Council of Justice, Mexico

  • 13:20 Lunch
  • 14:30 Parallel Workshops More:
  • Workshop 1 – Hackathon Creating Ideas to Spread Among  Communities on How to Spot and Avoid Misinformation in a  Collaborative Way (Families, Schools, Libraries, Museums etc.).  Alexandre Le Voci Sayad, ZeitGeist CEO, Co-chair of the International Steering Committee, UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Workshop 2: Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age: Digital Transformation and Personal Branding

    Ismael Briasco, Co-founder and CEO, LinkedUp, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Workshop 3: Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in Latin America Tomas Duran, Tomas Duran, Director General for Research, Development and Innovation, Scientific Park of Social Innovation, UNIMINUTO, Bogota, Colombia
  • Workshop 4: Decision Making on Artificial Intelligence Ethics

    Victoria Martin del Campo, Tech Philosopher, Mexico

  • Workshop 5: DCN Global Networking

    Networking Workshop by DCN Global team. The team will discuss more details about the DCN Americas Hub and its launch. 

  • 16:00 Coffee Break Please visit the mini trade show, inside the main hall, where participants showcase projects and initiatives
  • 16:30 Information Integrity and Digital Harms

    Moderator: Hulda Miranda Picado

    • Daniel Arbol, Argentian Counsel for International Relations, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Juan Battaleme, Counsel for International Relations, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 17:00 DCN Americas Network Launch

    Marysela Zamora, Professor Nikos Panagiotou and the DCN team Marianna Tanagia, Diana Filimon, Ioanna Georgia Eskiadi. 

  • 17:30 End of the Forum

    Closing remarks TBA 

This forum is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Office of Citizen Exchanges and organized by Digital Communication Network Global (DCN Global) and World Learning. 

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