On April 2, HCSS strategic analyst Laura Jasper will participate in a panel during the conference “Together for Truth: Whole-of-Society Approach to Safeguard Democracy” in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Organised by the Anti-Disinformation Network for the Balkans (ADN-Balkans) to mark International Fact-Checking Day, the event brings together fact-checkers, journalists, researchers, policymakers, and civil society leaders from across the Western Balkans and Europe.
Hosted by Metamorphosis Foundation, the full-day international conference will focus on disinformation threats, foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), election integrity, fact-checking, and cross-sectoral collaboration.
Laura Jasper will be part of the panel on “Geopolitical 360 in Information Threats – European Learned Lessons shared for the Western Balkans”.
Speakers:
- Martha Turnbull (COI Director – Hybrid Center of Excellence, Finland)
- Beaudine Verhoek (NATO Public Diplomacy Division)
- Sanda Svetoka (Senior Expert – NATO StratCom Center of Excellence, Latvia)
- Katarina Klingova (Senior Research Fellow – GLOBSEC – Slovakia)
- Laura Jasper (Strategic Analyst – The Hague Center for Strategic Studies, Netherlands)
- Sonya Dimitrova-Martinyuk (Editor – StopFake, Ukraine)
- Moderated by: Svetlana Siljanoska (Strategic Communications Consultant)
The full program can be downloaded here (PDF).
Watch the event livestream on YouTube: