[Governance] WEBCAST TODAY: ‘The ‘Infodemic’ – misinformation and disinformation during COVID​-19’ #DigitalCooperation

[Joly MacFie]

As noted, this the 3rd in this series. #1 was  “Connectivity: Situation
Assessment” <https://youtu.be/EQv3gVgxDoo>, and #2 was “Connectivity: Best
Practice” <https://youtu.be/ti7G1dDW7HQ>
ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday 29 April 2020 at 9:30am EDT (13:30 UTC) the
Office of the Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General,
working on Digital Cooperation presents the third in the UN/ITU Webinar
series 'Digital Cooperation during COVID19 and beyond'."

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<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/infodemic>On *Wednesday
29 April 2020* at *9:30am EDT* (13:30 UTC) the *Office of the Special
Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General, working on Digital
Cooperation <https://digitalcooperation.org/>* presents the third in the
UN/ITU Webinar series '*Digital Cooperation during COVID19 and beyond
<https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Pages/seminars/2020/DigitalCooperation/default.aspx>*'.
The topic is '*The ‘Infodemic’ – misinformation and disinformation during
COVID-19*'.

This webinar aims to discuss specific communication challenges countries
are facing during the COVID19 crisis, and strategies and tactics which have
been deployed to counter disinformation and misinformation. In particular,
discussion will focus on what could be possible immediate action that could
lead the global response to COVID19. UNDP and UNESCO are strategic partners
of this webinar.

*Organizers*
-Mr *Fabrizio Hochschild*, Under Secretary-General and Special Advisor, UN
-Ms *Doreen Bogdan-Martin*, Director of Development Bureau, ITU

*Speakers *
-H.E *Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberge*r, Permanent Representative of Austria to
the UN Office in Geneva and President of the Human Rights Council
-Mr *Adama Dien*g , Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Genocide
Prevention, UN
-The Rt. Hon. *Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury*, Former President of the
Supreme Court of the U.K.
-Ms *Mercedes Aramendia*, President of the Unidad Reguladora de Servicios
de Comunicaciones (URSEC), Uruguay
-Mr *John Omo* , Secretary-General, African Telecommunication Union (ATU)
-Ms *Liz Corbin* , Deputy Media Director and Head of News, European
Broadcasting Union (EBU)
-Ms *Monika Bickert*, Vice President for Content Policy, Facebook
-Ms *Irene Jay Liu*, Google News Lab Lead, APAC

*Moderators*
-Mr *Robert Opp*, Chief Digital Officer (CDO), UNDP
-Mr *Guy Berger*, Director for Strategies and Policies in the Field of
Communication and Information, UNESCO

*LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/infodemic
<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/infodemic>*

*PARTICIPATE: contact: jeounghee.kim at un.org <jeounghee.kim at un.org>*

*TWITTER: #DigitalCooperation <http://bit.ly/digitalcooperation>*

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https://isoc.live/12021/


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