Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022 Feature Conference

High-Level Opening Session and the High-Level Plenary Session Intergovernmental Bodies start at 3:00 pm

(Paris Time, see details below)

10.00 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. (Paris time)

Parallel session – Post-pandemic ICTs adoption in homes: Media and information literate parents, what to trust?

Moderator : Ms Yachat Sandra Nuhu, Programme Assistant, UNESCO, Nigeria

• Ms Estrella Luna Munoz, Expert and Advisor in Education, Media, Arts & Youth Empowerment. Project Manager, Trainer, & Researcher, Mexico
• Ms Grace Githaiga, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Convenor, Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet), Kenya
• Mr Larry Magid, President and Chief Executive Officer, Connect Safely, United States of America
• Ms Kyoko Murakami, Member of the Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue University Network of UNESCO, Lecturer, Hosei University, Japan
• Mr Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha, Co-Lead, UNESCO Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue University Network,  Research Professor, University of South Africa, South Africa

Parallel session - Media and information literacy in the workplace

Moderator: Mr Jesus Lau, Professor, Director, USBI VER Library, Veracruz University, Co-chair, UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance International Steering Committee, Mexico

• Ms Anubhuti Yadav, Professor, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, India
• Ms Ina Fourie, Professor, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Ms Maja Zaric, Head, Unit for International Cooperation, Ministry of Culture and Media, Serbia
• Ms Silvia Bacher, Member of the UNESCO Alliance for Media and Information Literacy, Argentina

Parallel session - Media and information literacy for trust and transparency in media and electoral processes: Era of Misinformation and Disinformation

Moderator: Ms Lena Nitsche, Project Manager, Digital Sphere, Policy and Learning, DW Akademie, Germany

• Mr Gustavo Silveira Borges, Professor and Researcher, University of the Extreme South of Santa Catarina (UNESC), Brazil
• Ms Adaora Ikenze, Head, Anglophone West Africa | Public Policy, Facebook Nigeria Meta Platform, Nigeria
• Ms Narine Khachatryan, Executive Director, Media Education Center / STEM Society, Armenia
• Ms Rachel Fischer, Parliamentary Engagement & Researcher Manager: Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) & Advisory Board Member: International Centre for Information Ethics (ICIE), South Africa
• Mr Austine Frankline Ezejimofo, Senior Lecturer, Communications Studies, Catholic Institute of West Africa, Nigeria
• Ms Razan Masad, Inclusivity and Media Specialist, Tunisia Electoral Assistance Project (TEAP II), United Nations Development Programme, Tunisia

11.30 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. (Paris time)

Parallel session - Media and information literacy curriculum in schools for intercultural dialogue and peacebuilding

Moderator:  Ms Božena Jelušić, Media Literacy Professor, Member of the Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Parliament of Montenegro, Montenegro

• Mr Manuel Pinto, Professor, Minho University, Portugal        
• Ms Aakanksha Sharma, Program Associate,Internews, India
• Mr Ifeoma B. Enweani-Nwokelo, Director, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
• Ms. Maya Rupert, Vice Chair of the Institute for Internet and Technology Addiction at Notre Dame University - Louaize, Lebanon 
• Ms Judy Mavodza, Doctor of Literature & Philosophy in Information Science, United Arab Emirates
   

Parallel session - Special Session: Media and Information Literacy Cities: Data collection and the trust factor

Moderator: Ms Sonia Livingstone, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

• Ms Evelyn Austin, Executive Director, Bits of Freedom, Netherlands
• Mr Gevorg Hayrapetyan, Head, Personal Data Protection Agency, Armenia
• Ms Sonia Livingstone, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
• Ms Ana Paula Dias, Researcher, School of Communication and Arts, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Mr Ahmad Al-Khasawneh, Consultant, President of Irbid National University, Professor of Information Systems at Hashemite University, Jordan

Parallel session - Media and information literacy: Community journalism for better communities

Moderator: Mr John Okande, National Project Manager, UNESCO Office in Nairobi, UNESCO, Kenya

• Ms Sally Tayie, Coordinator, International Media and Information Literacy Institute, Egypt
• Mr Menychle Abebe, Lecturer of Journalism, University of Gondar, Ethiopia
• Mr Tom Law, Head of Policy and Learning, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), United Kingdom
• Ms Lina Chawaf, President, Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE), France
• Ms Martina Chapman, Communications, Professional Specialist, Media Literacy and Digital Engagement, Ireland

12.45 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. (Paris time)

Parallel session - Conversations with the grassroots: Providing a platform to enlighten rural communities on media and information literacy

Moderator: Ms Hania Bitar Director General, PYALARA, Palestine

• Ms Nancy Kwangwa, Director, Zimbabwe Information and Technology Empowerment Trust, Zimbabwe
• Ms Katya Vogt, Global Lead for Media and Information Literacy initiatives, IREX, United States
• Mr Dun Oliver C. Abiera, Founder and Executive Director, Youth Advocates Building Opportunities and Network in Governance, Philippines
• Mr Jerome Morrissey, Head of Global ESchools and Communities Initiative, African Union Thematic Clusters for the Continental Education Strategy for Africa, African Union
• Ms Victoria Ward, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Save the Children, Panama
   

Parallel session - Mayors Dialoguing on Media and Information Literacy Cities

Moderator: Mr Felipe Chibas, Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Member, International Steering Committee of UNESCO MIL Alliance, Brazil

• H.E. Teresa Martinez Acosta, Minister of Childhood and Adolescence, Paraguay
• Mr Dinesh Babu, Assistant Professor, Head in Department of Visual Media and Communication, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, India
• Mr Gustavo Henric Costa, Mayor of Guarulhos City, Brazil
• Mr Juan P. Luque, Mayor of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina 
• Mr Delroy Williams, Mayor of Kingston, Jamaica tbc

Parallel session - Special Sessions: Young girls in digital technology – the place of Media and Information Literacy for critical thinking

Moderator:  Beatrice Bonami, Youth Committee Member, UNESCO MIL Alliance Lecturer, University of Tubingen, Brazil, Germany

• Ms Marianne Bitar Karam, Director of MENA Operations & Lebanon Country Director, Digital Opportunity Trust Lebanon, Lebanon 
• Ms Narine Kachatryan, Chief Executive Officer, Safe AM Platform, Armenia
• Mr Teodor Adrian Chiper, Member of the Children's Board, UNICEF, Romania
• Ms Tatiana Murovana, Programme Specialist, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education, Russia
• Ms Estrella Luna Munoz, Expert and Advisor in Education, Media, Arts & Youth Empowerment. Project Manager, Trainer, & Researcher, Mexico

3:00 p.m. to 4.00 p. m. (Paris time)

High-Level Opening Session

Venue: Presidential Banquet Hall

Master of Ceremony: Mr Cyril Stober, Journalist and Newscaster, Nigeria

• Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria
• Hon Minister Mr Alhaji Lai Mohammed of Information and Culture of Nigeria
• Her Royal Highness Princess Rym Ali, Founder, Jordan Media Institute, Jordan
• Mr Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO

4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. (Paris time)

High Level Plenary Session: Intergovernmental Bodies Joining Forces for Media and Information Literacy for All

Moderator: Ms Marielza Oliveira, Director for Partnerships and Operational Programme Monitoring, Communication, and Information Sector, UNESCO

• Mr Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
• Ms Carla Barnett, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
• Mr Pornchai Danvivathana, Secretary-General, Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
• Mr Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General, (OECD)
• Ms Chiara Adamo, Director of the Division for Human Development, Migration, Governance and Peace (speaking on behalf of Ms Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner, International Partnership, European Commission)

Welcome Cocktail (Transcorp Hilton Hotel)

6:30 p.m

10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. (Paris time)

Parallel session - Media and information literacy in digital spaces: Intergenerational engagement and peer education

Moderator: Mr Paolo Celot, Founder and Secretary-General, European Association for Viewers Interests (EAVI), Belgium

• Ms Therese Patricia San Diego Torres, Director, Research, Policy, and Advocacy Unit, Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, Philippines
• Mr Daniel Nwaeze, Youth Committee Member, UNESCO MIL Alliance, Media and Communications Expert, Afrika Youth Movement, Nigeria
• Ms Bushra Ebadi, Co-Founder HILA Alliance and Research Associate with UNU-EGOV, Canada
• Mr Guy Berger, Former Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO, South Africa
• Mr Haibo Zhang, Deputy Director, Guangzhou Children's Palace, China
• Ms Gulnar Assanbayeva, Regional Media Literacy Adviser, Internews, Kazakhstan
• Mr Emir Pilav, Journalist, The Center for the Development of Youth Activism (CROA), Montenegro
  
   

Parallel session - Media and Information Literacy for resilience in times of crisis and flourishing in times of positive social change

Moderator: Mr Chido Onumah, Coordinator, African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Nigeria

• Ms Vinaya Deshpande, Mumbai Bureau Chief, CNN-News18, India
• Ms Marija Ristic, Regional Director, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), Serbia
• Mr Robin Andersen, Lecturer, Fordham University, United States of America
• Ms Hania Bitar, Director General, Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation (PYALARA), Palestine
• Mr Marcelo Bechara, Director, Institutional Relations and Regulation, Grupo Globo, Brazil

Parallel session - Media and information literacy, access to information and freedom of expression: Combined to renew trust

Moderator: Mr Guilherme Canela De Souza Godoi, Chief, Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists Section, UNESCO

• Ms Kelly Walls, Executive Director, NewsWise, The Guardian Foundation, UNESCO MIL Alliance Award 2019, United Kingdom
• Ms Roula Mikhael, Executive Director, Maharat Foundation, Lebanon
• Mr Jonathan Rozen, Senior researcher, Africa Program, Committee to Protect Journalists, Canada
• Ms Munkhmandakh Myagmar, President, Press Institute, Mongolia
  
   

11.45 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. (Paris time)

Special Session – Ambassadors as Messengers Championing Media and Information Literacy

Moderator:  H.E. Ms Hajo Sani, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate, Permanent Delegation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to UNESCO

• Mr Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
• H.E. Ms Dominique Dupuy, Ambassador, Haitian Permanent Delegation, UNESCO
• H.E. Mr Cui Jianchun, Ambassador, Embassy of the People's Republic of China
• Ms Leena Pylvänäinen, Ambassador, Embassy of Finland in Abuja
• H.E. Mr Ricardo Guerra, Ambassador, Embassy of Brazil in Abuja
• Ms Elizabeth Drew, Head of Governance and Stability (speaking on behalf of Ms Catriona Wendy Campell Laing, British High Commissioner to Nigeria)

Special Session - Talking Across Generations on Media and Information Literacy (TAGe) [with the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP)]

Moderator : Ms Estrella Luna Munoz, Expert and Advisor in Education, Arts and Youth Empowerment, Project Manager, Trainer and Researcher, Mexico

• Mr Daniel Nwaeze, Media and Communications Expert, Afrika Youth Movement, Youth Committee Member, UNESCO MIL Alliance, Nigeria
• Ms Milouda Bouichou, Data Scientist, Agency of Digital Development, Morocco
• Mr Robert Chiwamba, Director, Sapitwa Poetry, Malawi
• Ms Beatrice Bonami, Lecturer, University of Tubingen, Youth Committee Member, UNESCO MIL Alliance, Brazil
• Mr Ifeoma Adaora Anyanwutaku, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture Nigeria
• Mr Yonathan Tesfaye, Deputy Director General, Ethiopian Media Authority, Ethiopia
• Ms Angela Muchai, Director, Communication and Information, Kenya National Commission for UNESCO

Parallel session - Distrust and disinformation undermine democratic governance: Experiences and media and information literacy solutions

Moderator: Mr Elvis Michel Kenmoe, UNESCO Regional Adviser for Communication and Information, Senegal

• Ms Juliet Amoah, Country Director, Emerging Public Leaders and Media Strategist, Ghana
• Mr Jinaud Augustin, Editor-in-Chief and Admin, Juno7, Lawyer, Communication Consultant, Haiti
• Ms Maria Luisa Zorrilla Abacal, Professor-Researcher, Institute of Educational Sciences and Coordinator of the Multimodal Training Program (e-UAEM), Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, Brazil
• Ms Gina Neff, Executive Director, Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  
   

Parallel session - Media and Information Literacy as Enlightenment for All: A focus on Africa 

Moderator: Mr Olagunju L. Idowu, Secretary-General, Nigerian National Commission for UNESCO, Nigeria

• Ms Yemisi Akinbobola, Journalist and Co-founder, African Women in Media (AWIM), Nigeria
• Ms Rachel Fischer, Co-Chair, International Centre for Information Ethics, South Africa
• Mr Wallace Gichunge, Executive Director, Centre for Media and Information Literacy, Kenya
• Mr Chido Onumah, Coordinator of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Nigeria
• Ms Yeama Sarah Thompson, Managing Director, Sierra Leone News Agency, Sierra Leone
  
   

3.00 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. (Paris time)

Parallel session - Ministerial Panel: National Media and Information Literacy Frameworks, Sustaining Beyond Disinformation

Moderator: Mr Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO

• Mr Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO (Opening remarks)
• Honourable Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Ministry of Information and Culture             Federal Republic, Nigeria
• H.E Mallam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, Federal Republic of Nigeria 
• H.E Pr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Federal Republic, Nigeria
• Hon Ms Fatimatu Abubakar, Deputy Minister for Information, Ghana
• Mr Damian Collins, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, United Kingdom

Parallel session - Automated content moderation and challenges of inaccuracies and censorship: Digital platforms distrust and algorithmic biases

Moderator: Ms Melinda Quinones, Co-Founder, ASEAN Network, Philippines

• Ms Marianna Spring, Specialist Disinformation and Social Media Reporter, BBC News, United Kingdom
• Ms Sally Samy Tayie,Coordinator, International Media and Information Literacy Institute, Egypt
• Mr Ibrahim Kushchu, Founding President, Turkish Consortium of Artificial Intelligence, and UNESCO IFAP, Member of the Information Literacy Working Group, Turkiye
• Ms Elizabeth Stewart, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, United States of America
• Mr Stephen Tindi, Lecturer, Ghana Institute of Journalism, Ghana
  
   

Conversion with Women in Politics/Leadership: Engaging Media and Information Literacy for Information Presence and Political Inclusion

Moderator: Ms Charmaine Pereira, Writer and Feminist scholar in Abuja, Coordinator for the Initiative for Women’s Studies, Nigeria

• Ms Beatrice Bonami, Youth Committee Member, UNESCO MIL Alliance Lecturer, University of Tubingen, Brazil, Germany
• Ms Juliet Amoah, Country Director, Emerging Public Leaders and Media Strategist, Ghana
• Ms Charmaine Pereira, Writer,  Independant Feminist Scholar, Nigeria
• Ms Lucy K.L. Mandillah, Deputy Director, Institute of Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Studies, Kenya
• Ms Liz Orembo, Associate, Kenya ICT Action Network, Kenya
• Ms Ning Zo, Chair, Information Literacy Committee, United States

4:45 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Paris time)

Special session – Dialogue with partners : An International Media and Information Literacy Funding (closed-door meeting)

Moderator: Ms Marielza Oliveira, Director for Partnerships and Operational Programme Monitoring, Communication, and Information Sector, UNESCO

• Mr Dobromir Hristov, Programme Manager, Unit D5: Western Balkans Regional Programmes, Economic Investment Plan, DG NEAR, Belgium
• Mr Matt Cooke, Head, Google News Lab, United Kingdom  
• Ms Jelena Zelenovic, Programme Manager, UN Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund, United States of America 
• Mr Albert Forn, Director, mSchools, GSMA, Spain
• Ms Kelly Walls, Executive Director, The Guardian Foundation, UNESCO MIL Alliance Award 2019, United Kingdom

Special Session - Conversations with civil society, global media agencies, and digital platforms : Empowering users and audiences with media and information literacy

Moderator: Mr Paul Mihailidis, Professor of Civic Media and Journalism, Emerson College, United States of America

• Mr Anubhuti Yadav, Head Department, New Media and Information Technology, Course Director, Advertising and Public Relations, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, India
• Ms Kat Stafford, National Investigative Writer and Global Investigations Correspondent, Associated Press, United States of America
• Mr Blessing Chiparausha, University Librarian, Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe
• Ms Nihinola Mary, Senior Account Manager, Huawei, Nigeria, TBC
• Ms Dawn Dimowo, Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google, Nigeria TBC 
• Ms Nonye Ujam, Government Affairs Lead, Microsoft, Nigeria

Parallel session - Media and information literacy for human rights

Moderator: Mr Samson Shuaibu, Head of Department Mass Communication, Bingham University, Nigeria tbc

• Mr Jordan Rittenberry, General Manager, Edelman Trust Barometer, United States
• Mr Ricarson Dorce, Minister-Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of Haiti to UNESCO, Haiti
• Ms Roslyn Kratochvil Moore, Head, Digital Sphere, Policy and Learning, Deutsche Welle Akademie, Germany
• Mr Darwin Franco Migues, Director, Zonadocs, Mexico
• Ms Lucy K.L. Mandillah, Deputy Director, Institute of Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Studies, Kenya
  
   

10.00 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. (Paris time)

Special Session -  Scamming practices and the challenges of trust

Moderator: Mr Nosa Owens-Ibie, Vice Chancellor, Professor of Communication, Caleb University, Nigeria

• Ms Ateh Ndikum Nehtung Larissa, Founder, Youths Internet Morals, Cameroon
• Mr Philip N. Howard, Director, University’s Programme on Democracy and Technology, Oxford, United States
• Mr Neil Andersen, President, Association for Media Literacy, Board Member, Journal of Media Literacy, Canada
• Mr Jonathan Gandari, Chief Director, Government Programs and Messaging, Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Zimbabwe

Special Session - Global conversations – Media and Information Literacy, libraries and trust

Moderator: Mr Stephen Wyber, Director, Policy and Advocacy, International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), Netherlands

• Mr Jesus Lau, Professor, Director, USBI VER Library, Veracruz University, Co-chair, Media and Information Literacy International Steering Committee, UNESCO, Mexico
• Mr Damiano Orrù, Librarian, Vilfredo Pareto Library, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
• Sr Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju, Senior lecturer, Communication Studies- Catholic Institute of West Africa, Nigeria
• Mr Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, India
• Mr Crosby Kemper, Director, Institute of museum and library services, United States of America
• Ms Ellen Tise, Chair, Freedom of Expression Committee, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Special Session - Global conversations with government and civil society on promoting Media and Information Literacy in schools to nurture the future of trust in an ailing world

Moderator: Mr Sow Mamadou Lamine, Regional Education Advisor, UNESCO

• Mr Serge Barbet, Director, Center for Media and Information Literacy (CLEMI), France
• Ms Claire McGuire, Policy and Research Officer, The International Federation of Library Associations, and Institutions (IFLA), Netherlands
• Ms Tessa Jolls, President and CEO, Center for Media Literacy, United States of America
• Ms Mradula Singh, Founder & CEO, NexSchools, India

11.30 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. (Paris time)

Special Session - UNESCO-Twitter Space – Building the global square of trust with media and information literacy

Moderator: Mr Daniel Weimert, Senior Public Policy Associate, Twitter, Germany

• Mr Chido Onumah, Coordinator, African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Nigeria 
• Carlos Hernández-Echevarría, Head of Public Policy and Institutional Development, Maldita, Spain
• Susan Daly, Managing Editor, Journal Media, Ireland
  
   

Special Session - Global conversation with teachers on Media and Information Literacy and trust

Moderator: Ms Eyerusalem Azmeraw, Project Officer at UNESCO's International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA), Ethiopia

• Mr Ramon R. Tuazon, President, Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC), Philippines
• Mr Cheung Chi Kim, Professor & Author, Media Literacy Education, China
• Ms Paulette A Kerr, Lecturer, University of the West Indies, Member, Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue University Network, Jamaica
• Mr Andrew Whitworth, Director of Teaching and Learning Strategy, Manchester Institute of Education, United Kingdom
• Ms Dinara Sagatova, Media and Information Literacy Teacher, Nazarbayev Intellectual School, Kazakhstan

Parallel session - Curriculum development and teacher training authorities advancing Media and Information Literacy

Moderator: Mr Renato Operetti, Senior Programme Specialist, Innovation and Leadership in Curriculum and Learning, International Bureau of Education, UNESCO

• Ms Aichurek Usupbaeva, Founder and Director of Media Sabak Foundation, Kyrgyzstan
• Mr Renato Operetti, Senior Programme Specialist, Innovation and Leadership in Curriculum and Learning, International Bureau of Education, UNESCO
• Mr Steve Nwokeocha, Executive Director, Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA), Nigeria
• Mr Pate Umaru, Dean of School of Postgraduate Studies, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
• Ms Yeama Sarah Thompson, Executive Director, Initiatives for Media Development, Sierra Leone
• Ms Carolyn Wilson, Executive Director, McLuhan Foundation, Lecturer in Teacher Education, Western University, Canada

12.45 p.m. to 2 p.m. (Paris time)

Parallel session - Media and Information Literacy & AI in News Literacy

Moderator: Mr Damaso Reyes, News Literacy Project (NLP), United States of America

• Ms Sonia Gill, Secretary General, Caribbean Braodcasting Union, Barbados
• Mr Damaso Reyes, News Literacy Project (NLP), United States of America
• Ms Ghita Berrada, Research Associate, King’s College London, United Kingdom
• Mr Luu Machila, Senior Public and Media Relations Officer, Zambia
• Ms Yeama Sarah Thompson, Executive Director, Initiatives for Media Development, Sierra Leone
• Mr Mourad Teyeb, Media professional, Media trainer and freedom of information advocate, Tunisia

Parallel session - New interdisciplinary, innovative applications for access to Media and Information Literacy

Moderator: Ms Drissia Chouit, Professor, Comparative Linguistics, Communication and Media Studies at Moulay Ismail University of Meknes, Morocco

• Ms Susan Schneegans, Editor-in-Chief, Science Report Series, UNESCO
• Ms Angela Fessl, Deputy Research Area Head, Know-Center, Co-author, Austria
• Ms Sarah Benjamin Lwahas, Associate Professor in Communication, University of Jos, Nigeria
• Ms Joyce Monteiro, Assistant Programme Specialist, Social and Human Science
  
   

3.00 p. m. to 4.30 p.m. (Paris time)

Special Session - Broadcasting Unions and Associations: Global Media Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy

Moderator: Mr Dimitri Sanga, Director, UNESCO Dakar Office, Senegal

• Ms Claire Grant, President, Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Jamaica
• Ms Justyna Kirczabinska, Head of News Strategy and Transformation, European Broadcasting Union, Switzerland
• Mr Jose Luis Saca, Vice-President International Association of Broadcasting, El Salvador
• Ms Elena Perotti, Executive Director Public Affairs and Media Policy, World Association of Newspaper, France

Special Session – United Nations Roundtable on Media and Information Literacy

Moderator: Ms Marielza Oliveira, Director for Partnerships and Operational Programme Monitoring, Communication, and Information Sector, UNESCO

Opening Remarks

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

• Ms Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations (UN)

Brief Interventions

• Ms Monika Gehner, Head, Corporate Communications, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Ms Ana Tomé Pires, Digital Strategy & Planning Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Mr Boaz Paldi, UNDP’s COVID19 Crisis Communication Manager, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Mr Tim Nguyen, Head of the Infodemic Management Department and the COVID-19 Infodemic Management Pillar Lead, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Mr Simon Walker, Chief, Rule of Law and Democracy Section, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• Ms Gabby Stern, Director of Communications, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Mr Georges Boade, Senior Education Programme Specialist, United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNRWA and Ms Al Kanash Hanan, Chief Teaching and Learning Division, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

Parallel session - Media and Information Literacy meets Cultural Literacy: A trust enabler

Moderator: Ms Maarit Jaakkola, Co-Director, Nordicom, Nordic Centre for Media Research, Sweden

• Mr Vedabhyas Kundu, Programme Officer, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, Ministry of Culture, India
• Mr Olunifesi Suraj, Senior Lecturer, University of Lagos, Nigeria
• Ms Kyoko Murakami, Lecturer, Hosei University, Member of the Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue University Network of UNESCO, Japan
• Mr Abdelhamid Nfissi, Professor, Media Linguistics and Translation, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdella University, Morocco

4:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. (Paris time)

Special Session - Media and Information Literacy in Journalism (News Networks)

Moderator: Mr Ronald David Kayanja, Director, United Nations Information Centre, Uganda (tbc)

• Mr Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO (Opening remarks)
• Mr Ricky Naidoo, Chief Content Officer, African News Agency, South Africa
• Mr Anthony Greene, Member of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union Board of Directors and Manager, Starcom Network, , Barbados Mr Yonatan Tesfaye, Deputy Director General, Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority, Ethiopia
• Mr Gabriel Sosa Plata, Defender of Audiencesrector, Canal 22, Mexico Mr Carlos Henrique Schroder, Chief Executive Officer, TV Globo, Brazil
• Mr Jose Brito Cunha, Director, Futura TV Channel (Globo Group) , Brazil

Parallel session - Media and Information Literacy, Media and Mindset: Assessment of selectivity theory and information-seeking behaviour

Moderator: Mr Oluseyi Soremekun, National Information Officer, United Nations Information Centre

• Mr Olunifesi Suraj, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Nigeria
• Ms Maria-Jose Masanet, Associate Researcher, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
• Mr Abdul Hamid Yakab, Programme Officer, Communication and Information Section, UNESCO
• Mr Fabio Jose Novaes de Senne, Research Coordinator, Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (CETIC), Brazil
  
   

Parallel session - Media and Information Literacy for Global Citizenship: Values of mutual understanding and trust

Moderator: Ms Kristina Juraitė, MILID Network, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

• Mr Daniel Crespo, Deputy Minister of Education, Ecuador
• Ms Despoina Anagnostopoulou, UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Policy for an Active Citizenship and Solidarity, Greece
• Mr Kolawole Ogunbiyi, Programme Manager AFRICMIL, Nigeria
• Ms Kristina Juraitė, MILID Network, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
• Mr Syed Nazakat, Chief Executive Officer, DataLEADS, India
  
   

Parallel session - Dialogue with indigenous communities: Media and Information Literacy for trust

Moderator: Ms Claudia Wanderley, Member, MILID Network, University of Campinas, Brazil

• Ms Franca Umasoye Igwe, Co-creator of a Solution for Language Loss “project Afrilingo”, Nigeria
• Ms Flora Dutra, Doctoral Researcher, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, Brazil
• Mr Eddie Avila, Director, Rising Voices, Bolivia
• Ms Sharon Adetutu Omotoso, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria  
• Ms Claudia Wanderley, Member, MILID Network, University of Campinas, Brazil

10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. (Paris time)

Parallel session - Addressing conspiracy theories: Media and information literate approaches

Moderator: Mr Chido Onumah, Coordinator of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Nigeria

• Ms Estrella Luna Munoz, Expert and Advisor in Education, Media, Arts & Youth Empowerment. Project Manager, Trainer, & Researcher, Mexico
• Ms Lusine Grigoryan, Media literacy specialist/ Project Manager, Media Initiatives Center, Armenia
• Mr Jeremy Hayward, Lecturer in Education, University College London, United Kingdom
• Mr Priyank Mathur, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mythos Labs, United States of America
• Mr Jon Roozenbeek, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cambridge University Social Decision-Making Lab, United Kingdom
  
   

Special Session – Announcement of Global Media and Information Literacy Youth Hackathon Winners

Moderator: Mr Sow, Mamadou Lamine, Regional Education Advisor, UNESCO

 

11.45 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. (Paris time)

Parallel session - Special Session: Media and information literacy: Spurring a more transparent digital common

Moderator: Mr Hopeton Dunn, Professor of Communications Policy and Digital Media, Department of Media Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

• Ms Krisztina Rozgonyi, Senior international media, Telecommunication and IP legal and policy expert, Austria
• Mr Hopeton Dunn, Professor of Communications Policy and Digital Media, Department of Media Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
• Mr Michael Hoechsmann, Associate Professor, Lakehead University, Canada
• Ms Constance Bommelaer, Senior Director, Global Internet Policy, Internet Society, France
  
   

Special Session - UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance and the UNESCO MIL and Intercultural Dialogue University Network Meetings (Including Announcement of Global Media and Information Literacy Winners)

Moderator: Mr Grizzle Alton, Programme Specialist, Section for Media and Information Literacy and Media Development, UNESCO and Ms Irene Andriopoulou, Media Literacy Expert & Analyst, National Centre of Audiovisual Media & Communication, Member, International Steering Committee of UNESCO MIL Alliance, Greece

• Ms Sherri Hope, Associate Professor, Director, Center for Media and Information Literacy, Temple University, Co-Vice Chair, International Steering Committee, UNESCO MIL Alliance, United States of America
• Mr Omwoyo Bosire Oyancha, Research Professor, Department of Information Science, University of South Africa, Co-Lead, UNESCO Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue University Network, South Africa
• Ms Maarit Jaakkola, Co-Director, Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, Co-Lead, UNESCO Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) University, Sweden
• Mr Alexandre Le Voci Sayad, CEO, ZeiGeist, Co-Chair, International Steering Committee, UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance, Brazil
• Mr Daniel Nwaeze, Coordinator, Youth Committee, UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance, Afrika Youth Movement, Nigeria
• Ms Ifeoma Bessie Enweani-Nwokelo, Director, International Collaboration and Linkages,Nigeria
  
   

Parallel session - Media and Information Literacy in the age of AI and Metaverse

Moderator: Mr Tao Zhan, Director, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education, Russia

• Mr Prateek Sibal, Programme Specialist, Digital Innovation and Transformation, UNESCO HQ, France
• Mr Ibrahim Kushchu, Founding President, Turkish Consortium of Artificial Intelligence, and UNESCO IFAP, Member of the Information Literacy Working Group, Turkiye 
• Ms Ghita Berrada, MIL expert, High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA), Morocco

Parallel session - Scientific method and science literacy made simple with Media and Information Literacy

Moderator: Mr Marco A. Cabero, Deputy Secretary General of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), Bolivia

• Ms Agnese Davidsone, Associate Professor in Communication and Media, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Latvia
• Prof. Desire Wade Atchike, Researcher at Taizhou University, Benin
• Prof. Maria L. Ojeda S., Energy and Sustainability Researchers at Universidad Central del Valle del Cauca Tuluá, Colombia
• Ms Gina Thésée, Professor, Faculty of Education, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada
  
   

10 a.m. to 11.15 am (Paris time)

Parallel session – First Validation of Draft International Framework for Digital Communications Platform to Promote Media and Information Literacy

Moderator: Mr Grizzle Alton, Programme Specialist, Section for Media and Information Literacy and Media Development, UNESCO

• Mr Junhao Hung, Professor & Research Associate Fair Bank Centre of Chinese studies, Havard University, China
• Ms Alexa Robertson, Section for Journalism, Media and Communication Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Ms Yeama Sarah Thompson, Executive Director, Initiatives for Media Development, Sierra Leone
• Mr Daniel Nwaeze, Youth Committee Member, UNESCO Media, and Information Literacy
• Ms Cherry Agarwal, Asia-Pacific Regional coordinator, UNESCO MIL Alliance Youth Committee, India
• Ms Fafore Nihinlola Mary, Key Account Director-Regulatory Huawei Technologies, Nigeria

11.30 a.m. to 13.00 p.m. (Paris time)

Closing Session and of the Adoption of the Abuja Declaration on Global Financing for Media and Information Literacy: An imperative to fight against disinformation and build trust.

Moderator: Mr Dimitri Sanga, Director of UNESCO Dakar office, Senegal

• Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations (video message)
• Honourable Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed of Information and Culture Federal Republic, Nigeria
• Mr Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
• H.E. Ms Hajo Sani, Ambassador & Permanent Delegate, Federal Republic of Nigeria to UNESCO

(A Media and Information Literacy Cities Day)

3.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. (Paris time)

Parallel session - Global Media and Information Literacy Week meets World Cities Day (City officials)

Moderator: Mr Oluseyi Soremekun, National Information Officer, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC)

Co-Chair: Mr Alton Grizzle, Programme Specialist, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO

• The first lady of Nigeria Dr Ms. Aisha Buhari

• HE Ms Teresa Martinez Acosta, Minister of Children and Adolescents, Paraguay

• Mr Manuel Araujo, Mayor of Quelimane City, Mozambique

• Ms Daniela Calderon Porter, General director of cultural heritage of the secretary of culture of the government of the state of Puebla

• Mr Felipe Chibás Ortiz, Professor, University of São Paulo and ISC Representative of UNESCO MIL ALLAINCE Latin America and Caribbean Committee, Cuba/ Brazil

4.45 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. (Paris time)

Side event: Global Media and Information Literacy Week meets World Cities Day (Youth)

Moderator: Mr Emmanuel Komi Kounakou, (work mainly in Africa) Director, Platform for Action and Training in Media Education for Children and UNESCO MIL CITIES Initiative Africa, Canada and Mr Daniel Nwaeze, Global Coordinator, Youth Committee of UNESCO, Nigeria

Host: Mr Alton Grizzle, Programme Specialist, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO

• Mr Dorinho Bastos, Cartoonist, University of São Paulo, Brazil
• Ms Rejoice Aniemeka, History News reporter/ content creator, Nigerian television authority, Nigeria
• Mrs Christina Sarpong, Order Processing Specialist, Tendo Technologies,Ghana
• Mr Enrique G. Rivero, Doctoral candidate, Communication scientist and Researcher, School of Communication and Arts University of São Paulo Mexico
• Ms Lina Palacios, Researcher, Center of Internet and Society of the Rosario University,Colombia
• Ms Yetunde Ayobolu, Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Nigeria
• Ms Milouda Biochou, Data Scientist, Agency of Digital Development, Morocco
• Mr Dun Olivier C. Abiera, Founder and Executive Director, Youth Advocates Building Opportunities and Network in Governance, Philippines
• Mr Dough Onah, Chair, Media and Communications, Nigeria
• Ms Estrella Luna, Expert and Advisor in Education, Media, Arts & Youth Empowerment. Project Manager, Trainer, & Researcher, Mexico