Side-Events

Last update:11 May 2023

Day 0 Programme - 21 Feb

Partners from around the world convened their constituencies to discuss issues of regulation of digital platforms.

See the programme for all open and closed sessions below. 

Open sessions

  • 9:00-10:30

Organizer: UNESCO  | Room XI | Hybrid session

  • 09:00-19:00

Organizer: #Leplusimportant, Acad茅mie des sciences morales et politiques, RadicalxChange | Room XII | Interpretation EN/FR | Hybrid session

  • 09:30-12:30

Organizer: UNESCO | Room IX | Interpretation EN/FR | Hybrid session

  • 09:30 鈥 12:30

Organizer: GFMD and the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy | UNESCO Room XVI | Interpretation EN/FR

  • 10:00-11:30

Organizer: UNESCO and IREX | Room II | Hybrid session

  • 11:00-12:30

Organizer: UNESCO, Center for Law, Internet and Society from IDP (CEDIS/IDP); Center for Technology and Society at FGV; Action Coalition on Meaningful Transparency (ACT); Global Network Initiative (GNI); IGF Coalition on Platform Responsibility  | Room IV  | Hybrid session

  • 11:30-13:00

Lessons learned from media regulation and ensuring healthy, equitable information ecosystems in a digital world

Organizer: Internews and the Government of Estonia | Room V 

  • 11:30-13:00

Navigating hate speech in the digital sphere: The role of education

Organizer: UNESCO | Room XI | Interpretation: EN/FR | Hybrid session

  • 14:00-17:30

Organizer: Inter- Parliamentary Union and UNESCO | Room IX | Interpretation: EN/FR | Hybrid session

  • 14:00 鈥 16:00

Unpacking the implementation of regulating platforms 

Organizer: Research ICT Africa (RIA) | Room XVI UNESCO

  • 14:00 - 17:30

Organizer: The Forum on Information and Democracy and Reporters without Borders (RSF)  | Room II | Hybrid session

Live Webcast

  • 14:30 -16:30

Organizer: UNESCO | Room XI | Interpretation: EN/ES 

Live Webcast

  • 14:00 - 15:30

Organizer: UNESCO, Globalpolicy.AI and OECD | Room VII | Hybrid session

  • 15:30 -17:30

Organizer: Conseil de d茅ontologie journalistique (CDJ - Belgium) on behalf of #PressCouncils.eu | Room III

  • 15:00-18:30

Democracy, Sustainability and Corporations

Organizer: IPS Academy Association 鈥淐itizens' Platform on Climate Change and a Sustainable World鈥 and The Map Report | Room IV

  • 16:00 -17 :30

Organizer: UNESCO and OBSERVACOM | Room VII | This event will be in Spanish only 

Live Webcast

  • 16:00 - 18:00

Act Now! Platforms, Plans & Perspectives: Next steps towards an (Internet) Digital Public Sphere for the Public Good

Organizer: European Broadcasting Union | Room 2.002 

  • 16:30 - 18:30

Organizer: Instituto Alana (Alana Institute) |  Room XVI UNESCO 

  • 17:00-19:00

Organizer: Hans-Bredow-Institut,Hamburg | Room VIII 

  • 17:30 - 18:30

Organizer: Meta Oversight Board | Room XI | Interpretation: EN/ES

  • 18:00-20:00

Human Rights Impact Assessments in times of crisis: interactive workshop

Organizer: Access Now, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) | Room VII | Hybrid session

 

Closed sessions

  • 08:30 - 16:30

Organizer: UNESCO, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Observatory on Disinformation of the Complutense University of Madrid

  • 09:00-17:00

Organizer: International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)

  • 9:30 鈥 16:30

Organizer: UNESCO

  • 09:30-12:30

Closed-door session: Social Media 4 Peace 

Organizer: UNESCO

  • 17:15-18:45

United Nations Interagency Dialogue on Disinformation and Data Transparency

Organizer: UNESCO

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