Agenda
09:30 - 10:00
Registration and breakfast
10:00 - 10:10
Welcome from Ofcom
Claire Levens, Head of Media Literacy Policy and Evaluation, Ofcom
10:10 - 10:30
Setting the scene: information attitudes and habits in an era of misinformation
Alison Preston, Head of Research, Making Sense of Media, Ofcom
10:30 - 11:00
Keynote 1: General Elections, observation from around the world
Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent, BBC
11:00 - 11:45
Panel 1: Tackling misinformation: a series of case studies
Chair: Fay Lant, Policy Manager, Ofcom
Health misinformation in Glasgow – Dr Anna Black, General Practitioner (GP), Glasgow Youth Health ServiceTackling misinformation with young people in Birmingham – Yasin Erkul, Youth Worker, Dream ChasersPrebunking election misinformation online – Amanda Gurruchaga, Head of Programmes Shout Out UK11:45 - 12:15
Keynote 2: Is Prebunking part of the solution to mis and dis?
Dr Melisa Basol, Founder and CEO, Pulse
12:15 - 13:05
Lunch
13:05 - 14:05
Panel 2: What Works? Perspectives on combatting mis and disinformation
Chair - Claire Levens, Head of Media Literacy Policy and Evaluation, Ofcom
Richard Burgess, Director of News Content, BBCChris Morris, CEO, Full FactGeorgina Lee, FactCheck and Data news editor, Channel 4 News14:15 - 15:15
Workshops
Workshop 1: Engaging and supporting different user groups
Natalie Mawhinney, Senior Market Research Manager (MSOM), Ofcom and Fay Lant, Policy Manager, Ofcom
Workshop 2: User expectations of services surrounding mis and disinformation and possible tech solutionsDr Pedro Freire, Senior Machine Learning Associate, OfcomDr David Fletcher, Senior Data Scientist, OfcomDr Jireh Jam, Computer Vision Research Technologist, OfcomNiamh NiShuilleabhain, Policy Manager, OfcomInes Leroyer, Strategy Advisor, OfcomWorkshop 3: Does professional news work as an antidote to mis and disinformation?Fran Yeoman, Head of Journalism, Liverpool John Moores UniversityMichael Jermey, Director of News and Current Affairs, ITVJonathan Heawood, Executive Director, Public Interest News FoundationKate Morris, Policy Manager, OfcomMegan Dunn, Policy Manager, Ofcom15:15 - 15:35
Afternoon tea, featuring Commitment Corner
15:35 - 16:15
The view from Ofcom
Chair: Ed Leighton, Director, Strategy and Policy, Ofcom
Cristina NSquires, Group Director, Broadcasting and Media Group, Ofcom
Yih-Choung Teh, Group Director, Strategy and Research, Ofcom
Lindsey Fussell, Interim Group Director, Online Safety, Ofcom
16:15 - 16:20
Closing remarks
Yih-Choung Teh, Group Director, Strategy and Research, Ofcom