Experts’ seminar with stakeholders, journalists and researchers
Information warfare and social media manipulation have proven to be a very powerful tool to feed polarization and to erode institutional trust. This seminar wants to foster an open dialogue among experts about how to better build resilience to hybrid activities. Building transatlantic alliances and common approaches to these challenges increases the capacity to understand and confront such threats.
Pol Morillas, Director, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
Katie Stana, United States Consul General in Barcelona
A discussion between:
Raquel Jorge Ricart, Analyst on Technology and Digital Agenda, Elcano Royal Institute
Jack Kelly, Visiting Fellow, The German Marshall Fund; Data Investigator for Bank of America
Manel Medina, Director, Master's Degree in Cybersecurity and Blochchain Management, UPC; former Deputy Director, Technical Competence Department, ENISA, European Information Security Agency (2011-2014)
Jeffrey Michaels, IEN Senior Fellow in American Foreign Policy and International Security, IBEI
Chaired and moderated by:
Karma Peiró, Journalist specializing in Information and Communication Technologies; co-director, Visualization for Transparency Foundation (ViT)
Followed by a debate between all the speakers and invited guests
A discussion between:
Veera Kaarela, Analyst, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats
Carme Colomina, Research Fellow on Disinformation, EU and Global Politics, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
Renee DiResta, Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory (online)
Jessica Berlin, Visiting Fellow, The German Marshall Fund, Berlin; Founder, CoStruct
Chaired and moderated by:
Nereida Carrillo, Journalist; Founder, learntocheck.org
Followed by a debate between all the speakers and invited guests
Carme Colomina, Research Fellow on Disinformation, EU and Global Politics, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
