Programme Day 1

Programme of Day 1 of the International Conference on Digital Platform Governance: "Building a Global Forum of Networks"
International Conference on Digital Platform Governance - Dubrovnik
UNESCO
Last update:24 June 2024

18 June

Venue – Hotel Valamar Lacroma, Room Elafiti 3 and 4, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Central European Time.

8:30 - 9:15 - Registration and coffee

Accreditation will also be available at the Hotel Valamar Lacroma from Sunday, June 16. 

9:15 - 11:00 - Opening Ceremony

Plenary Room

Master of Ceremony: Ms. Morana Kasapović, Editor and Journalist, Croatian Television 

Welcome remarks: 

  • Mr. Mato Franković, Mayor of Dubrovnik   

UNESCO video on hate speech 

Opening remarks:

  • Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, UNESCO (video message) 

  • Mr. Josip Popovac, President of the Electronic Media Council and Director of the Agency for Electronic Media (AEM) 

  • Mr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO 

  • Ms. Nina Obuljen Koržinek, Minister of Culture and Media, Croatia 

     

OPENING SESSION

Moderated by: Mr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO and with:

  • Ms. Latifa Akharbach, President of the African Communication Regulation Authorities Network (ACRAN) and President of the Moroccan High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA)

  • Mr. Stanislav Matějka, Vice-Chairperson of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA)

  • Mr. Giacomo Lasorella, Chairman of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) and President of the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM)

  • Ms. Camilla Bustani, Director, International at Ofcom, Global Online Safety Regulators Network representative (GOSRN) 

  • Ms. Armela Krasniqi, President of the Mediterranean Regulatory Authorities Network (MNRA) and Head of the Albanian Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA)

  • Ms. Mònica Duran Ruiz, Executive Secretary of the Platform of Ibero-American Audiovisual Regulators (PRAI) and Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya (CAC)

  • Mr. Denis Rapone, Dean of the board of the Arcom, on behalf of the Chair of Arcom and of the Francophone Network of Media Regulators (REFRAM)

Group pictures to follow. 

11:15 - Keynote: "Hate speech and the importance of good governance of digital platforms"

Plenary room

Mr. Chile Eboe-Osuji, jurist, distinguished member of the High Level Legal Panel on Media Freedom, former prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and former president of the International Criminal Court (2018-2021)

11:35 - 13:05: 

Plenary Session I - Countering online disinformation and hate speech to foster peace and enable human rights 

Plenary Room
 

Introductory remarks: Mr Jeff Allen, Chief Research Officer, Integrity Institute / Remote participation

Moderator: Mr. Christophe Gauthier, #Leplusimportant, RadicalXchange / I4T Knowledge Network representative

Speakers:

  • Ms. Vestine Nahimana, President of the National Communication Council of Burundi, representative of the REFRAM

  • Ms. Camilla Bustani, Director, International at Ofcom, Global Online Safety Regulators Network representative (GOSRN)

  • Mr. Koloreto Cukali, Chairman of the Albanian Media Council (AMC)

  • Ms. Iná Jost, InternetLab Brasil / I4T Knowledge Network

  • Ms. Amrita Sengupta, Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) / I4T Knowledge Network

14:30 – 16:00 

Plenary Session II  - The role of digital platforms in fulfilling human rights in their governance system

Plenary Room

Introductory remarks: Mr. Carlos Aguilar Paredes, Vice-Chairman of European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) - Member of the Board of the Spanish regulator (CNMC)

Moderator: Ms. Ramsha Jahangir, Senior Policy and Communications Associate, Global Network Initiative (GNI)

Speakers:

  • Ms. Armela Krasniqi, President of the Mediterranean Regulatory Authorities Network (MNRA) and Head of the Albanian Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA)

  • Mr. Stanislav Matějka, Vice-Chairperson of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA)

  • Mr. Łukasz Gabler, Public Policy and Government Relations Manager, Tik Tok

  • Ms. Gabrielle Guillemin, Human Rights Manager, Express and Standards, Meta

  • Ms. Miriam Estrin, Policy Manager, Access to Information, Google

16:15 - Keynote: "The Digital Republic: Protecting the Individual in a World of Powerful Technologies”

Plenary room

Mr. Jamie Susskind, Author and Barrister

16:30 – 18:00 

Plenary Session III  - Multi-stakeholder coalitions: local knowledge for the governance of digital platforms

Plenary Room

Moderator: Ms. Lena Slachmuijlder, Executive Director, Digital Peacebuilding Co-Chair, Council on Technology and Social Cohesion, “I4T Knowledge Network”

Speakers:

  • Mr. Milton Ordóñez Amoroso, CCE General Content Coordinator, Consejo de Comunicación, Ecuador

  • Mr. Victor Bwire, Deputy CEO and Director of Strategy and Training, Media Council of Kenya and Coordinator of East Africa Media Councils. 

  • Mr. Rahmad Bagja, Chairperson of Election Supervisory Body of Indonesia (Social Media 4 Peace Representative)

  • Ms. Anida Sokol, Media researcher and editor from Mediacentar Sarajevo (Social Media 4 Peace Representative)

  • Mr. Gustavo Gomez, Executive Director of Observacom, Uruguay (Social Media 4 Peace Representative)

18:00 - 18:30 - Closing Ceremony

Plenary Room

Closing remarks:

  • Mr. Josip Popovac, President of the Electronic Media Council and Director of the Agency for Electronic Media

  • Mr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO

  • Group pictures

 

20:30 - Reception

Terrace - Hotel Valamar Lacroma

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