Riga Graduate School of Law kindly invites you to the presentation of the book "Developing a Legal Framework for Resilient Societies in Latvia and the European Union" and a discussion. The event will occur on March 1, 2024, at the Riga Graduate School of Law, Strelnieku Street 4a k-2, Riga, from 10:00 to 15:00.
Agenda
09:30 - Registration
10:00 - 10:15 Opening remarks, Dr Adam Czarnota, Rector of the RGSL
10:15 – 10:30 Opening remarks, Christopher Gronau, Head of the Culture and Media department, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Riga
10:30 – 11:00 Keynote speech, Dace Melbārde, MEP, Shadow rapporteur of INGE - Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation
11:00 – 11:45 Presentation of the book: “Developing a Legal Framework for Resilient Societies in Latvia and the European Union” by Dr Adam Czarnota & Dr Mārtiņš Hiršs
11:40 – 13:00 - Lunch
13:00 – 15:00 - Discussion: “Strengthening Accountability for Online Information Manipulation”.
Participants:
Uldis Elksnītis, European External Action Service Information and Communication Officer
Dr Mārtiņš Hiršs, Disinformation researcher, RGSL lecturer
Dr Dariia Opryshko, Senior Fellow Institute Information, Telecommunications and Media Law
Monika Hanley, Associate, Center for Media Literacy
Elina Lange-Ionatamishvili, Senior Expert at the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Moderator: Viktors Makarovs, Special Envoy on Digital Affairs at the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The project aims to gather key local and international experts from the media, legal community, and NGOs to develop national, European, and transatlantic level recommendations for a legal framework for countering disinformation and enhancing societal resilience against it.
The project has been developed with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Germany in Riga and the NATO Public Diplomacy Division.