8 may 2023 - 15:10 CET

PROGRAMME

III International Conference on Cybersecurity and Elections.

Guarantees against information disorders in the digital arena.

Democracy, rights and elections.

Directors: Loreto Corredoira, José María Coello de Portugal y Rafael Rubio.

WEDNESDAY 10. FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION UCM

8.30 ACCREDITATIONS

9.45 OPENING SESSION (Conference Room)

Participants:

• Secretary of the Venice Commission
• President of the Central Electoral Commission
• Director of the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies
• Representative of the Global Electoral Justice Network
• Rector of UCM
• Deans of the Faculties of Law and Information Sciences
• Loreto Corredoira, Organizing Committee, Co-IP SN Disorders

10.15 PLENARY SESSION 1: Media: information, opinion and disinformation. (Conference Room)

Moderated by: Ignacio Bel Mallén, Universidad Complutense.

Participants:

• Diego Garrocho. Head of opinion for ABC.
• Leyre Iglesias. Head of opinion of El Mundo.
• Esteban Hernández. Head of opinion of El Confidencial.
• Pilar Velasco. Director of Demócrata.
• Daniel Gascón. Columnist for El País, Letras Libres.

Sponsored by The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence FREuDE.

11.45 Coffee break.

12.15 ACADEMIC ROUNDTABLES:

• Roundtable 1. Polarisation and vulnerable audiences. (Classroom C109 - 1st floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: José Antonio Sanz, Complutense University.

Participants:

• María Sánchez Valle. Polarisation: a brake on older people’s participation in social networks.
• Leopoldo Abad Alcalá. New digital divides: more vulnerable to misinformation.
• Irene Delgado Sotillos. Polarisation: the vicious circle between parties and institutions.
• María Benita Beneitez Romero. From citizenship to unexpected citizens.
• Alfonso Palacios Torres. Social networks in plebiscitary democracy.
• Álvaro Antoral Arenas. Hostile narratives and algorithms for the erosion of public debate and democratic institutions.
• Andrés Benítez Espinosa. The influence of new political communication on the perception of consensus.
• José Antonio Sanz. Polarisation, misinformation and populism: the People-as-One and (all) vulnerable publics.

• Roundtable 2. Decoding electoral processes: digital literacy and skills to prevent disinformation. (Classroom C009 - Ground floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: Miguel Ángel Gonzalo, Congress of Deputies.

Participants:

• Alba Toajas Archivo. Experiences of re-appropriation and information literacy.
• Stéphane M. Grueso. Educating citizens to think critically: a barrier against misinformation.
• Juan José Prieto. How libraries combat misinformation.
• Jessica Zorogastua. Media Literacy Initiatives in Spain in educational centres to fight misinformation: projects and tools promoted in 2022.
• Beatriz C. Martínez Isidoro. The institutional fight against disinformation versus citizens’ freedom of information.
• Miguel Ángel Gonzalo. Digital skills for political participation.

• Roundtable 3. Social networks and content moderation (Part I). (Classroom C105 - 1st floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: Oscar Jaramillo, Finis Terrae University.

Participants:

• Luis Salvador. Data protection and the implementation of content moderation treatments.
• Arancha Moretón. The legal position of the new intermediaries in the communicative process.
• Roberto Carlos Rosino Calle. Assessment of the constitutionality of administrative sequestration as an extraordinary instrument for the elimination of hate speech in networks.
• David Bustos Álvarez. Self-regulatory measures for social platforms in the context of electoral processes.
• Ian Eric Dávila Cortés. The use of artificial intelligence for political-electoral purposes: the case of Mexico.
• Oscar Jaramillo. Characterisation of the information flow of disinformation in social networks: the Chilean case on Twitter between 2019 and 2022.

14.00 Lunch. Sponsored by The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence FREuDE.

15.30 PLENARY SESSION 2: Venice Commission. Disinformation campaigns and their risks to democracy: towards the creation of a regulatory framework to protect electoral integrity? (Conference Room)

Moderated by: Rafa Rubio, Professor of Constitutional Law, Complutense University.

Participants:

• Humberto Sierra Porto, judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Externado University.
• Francisco Balaguer Callejón. Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Granada.
• Óscar Sánchez Muñoz. Lecturer of Constitutional Law, University of Valladolid.
• Argelia Queralt Jiménez. Lecturer of Constitutional Law, University of Barcelona.

17.00 ACADEMIC ROUNDTABLES

• Roundtable 4. Disinformation in social networks: proposals to combat it from the journalism. (Classroom C105 - 1st floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: Carmen Beatriz Fernández, University of Navarra.

Participants:

• Catalina Gaete Salgado. Journalists requesting information from the state: should media professionals have more guarantees in the Transparency Law to fight disinformation?
• Eva Amador (online). Political polarisation in new technologies.
• Roelisabell García Rossó. Youth, campaigns, social media and misinformation.
• Carmen Beatriz Fernández y Jordi Rodríguez Vigili. Citizens’ concerns about disinformation in Latin America. Towards a model to identify information vulnerability.

• Roundtable 5. Disinformation and the media. (Classroom C009 - Ground floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: Ignacio Álvarez, Complutense University.

Participants:

• Adriana Amado Suárez. The regulation of the electoral information in the 21st century: from videopolitics to networked communication.
• Jorge Ulloa Plaza. Role of the media for constituent process in a context of states of exception.
• Roberto Rodríguez Andrés. The role of the media in disseminating and/or combating disinformation yesterday and today: a comparative analysis of the role of journalists in disinformation campaigns in the Cold War and in the current era of post-truth and fake news.
• Isabel Serrano Maíllo. Statistical data as source of disinformation in election (and non-election) periods.
• Ignacio Álvarez. Surveillance Capitalism and the Constitution.

• Roundtable 6. Dysfunctions and democratic experiences in Spain, comparative perspective. (Classroom C109 - 1st floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: David Sarias, Rey Juan Carlos University.

Participants:

• Jorge Vilches. The Six-year democracy (1868-1874).
• José María Marco. The Restoration (1874-1923).
• Joseba Louzao. The 2nd Republic (1932-1936).
• Lourdes López Nieto. Guarantees of electoral processes in Spain.
• Javier Santos Sánchez. Data protection: the treatment of ideology and its risks for democracy in the 21^st
• Jacob González Castro. Populism in Spain: the communicative dimension in the cases of VOX and Podemos.

18.30 Visit to the Royal Theatre (prior invitation, due to the limited capacity)

20.30 Tapas in Plaza de Oriente (location to be confirmed, price not included in the registration fee)

THURSDAY 11. FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION UCM

9.30 PLENARY SESSION 3: The Global Electoral Justice Network. Disinformation campaigns and their risks for democracy: creating a framework for their regulation? (EN) (Conference Room)

Moderator: Katharine Sarikakis, University of Viena.

Participants:

• Katherine Ellena, Vicepresidenta de Programas, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) (RMJE).
• Ingrid Bicu, expert in strategic communication and elections from Romania, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) (RMJE).
• Albertina Piterbarg, Electoral Law expert, UNESCO.
• Ann Ravel, commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (EEUU), Universidad de Berkeley, California.

Sponsored by The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence FREuDE.

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 ACADEMIC ROUNDTABLES

• Roundtable 7. European regulation. (Classroom C105 - 1st floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: Covadonga Ferrer, Complutense University.

Participants:

• Moisés Barrio. News of the IA, DSA y DMA Regulations.
• María Diez Crego. EU Regulation of political marketing.
• Elena Herrero-Beaumont. The EMFA: transparency and governance of the media as guarantees of the public’s right to truthful information.
• Rosa María García Sanz. Can the Digital Services Act protect us from misinformation? A critical reflexion.
• Ferrán Armengol Ferrer. European Union and disinformation: from the fefense to guarantee.
• Covadonga Ferrer. Electoral micro-tartgeting: How to protect the data of people’s political opinions?

• Roundtable 8. Comparative models. (Classroom C006 - Ground floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: Ángela Moreno, Complutense University.

Participants:

• Nairbis Desiree Sibrian Díaz y María José Labrador Blanes. Disinformation and regulatory frameworks in Latin America: is it possible to control hate campaigns and deletion of massice data?
• Manuel Pereiro Cárceles. Models of administrative intervention and fake news.
• Chiara Cerbone. New frontiers in the regulation of the digital electoral campaigns: a comparative study between Italy and Spain based on recent EU actions to guarantee transparency in political advertising.
• Alejandro Manzorro Reyes. The importance of the digital chain of custody in electoral processes. Regarding Supreme Court decision no. 597/2022.
• Gonzalo Ramírez Cleves y Magdalena Inés Correa Henao. The non-regulation of electoral manipulation and misinformation in the presidential elections in Colombia in 2022.
• Zyanya Aviles. Regulation of freedom of expression in social networks: differentiated criteria of the Specialized Chamber and the Superior Chamber of the TEPJF.

• Roundtable 9. The Brazil 2022 election campaign: challenges and lessons learned. (Classroom C009 - Ground floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: Vitor Monteiro, Complutense University.

Participants:

• Frederico Franco Alvim. Of the strategies of discursive production in the attacks on the Brazilian democratic institutions.
• Vinícius Quintino de Oliveira. National Electoral Observation and the Brazilian elections of 2022: integrity, trust and transparency.
• Rafa Rubio. The electoral observation mission on misinformation in the Brazilian elections.
• Ana Claudia Santano. The needs and narratives: the Brazilian electronic voting system from a public policy perspective.
• Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha (online). How can the judiciary confront disinformation?
• Vitor Monteiro. Successful initiatives developed by the Brazilian Electoral Justice with the help of allies to deal with disinformation in the 2022 elections.

13.00 PLENARY SESSION 4: Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies. Tecnology, democracy and elections. (Conference hall)

Moderator: Leyre Burguera Ameave, UNED.

Participants:

• Katharina Pabel, member of the Venice Commission, professor of Public Law and International Law at the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna.
• Typhaine Roblot, expert in electoral law and resolution of political-electoral conflicts, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).
• Sarah Bender, J.D. Candidate, Darrow Scholar, University of Michigan Law School.
• Ardita Driza Maurer, expert in Electoral Law, Centre for Democracy Studies Aarau (ZDA), University of Zurich.

14.30 Lunch. Sponsored by The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence FREuDE.

16.00 PLENARY SESSION 5. The hybrid threat and its link to national security through democratic institutions and processes. (Conference hall)

Moderator: Carlos Gajero Grande. Principal Commissioner, Head of Central Unit, General Information Commissioner.

Participants:

• Rear Admiral Javier Roca, 2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Joint Cyberspace Command (Ministry of Defence)
• Captain Ignacio Nieto. Head of Section in the Strategy Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Ministry of Defence)
• Javier Candau. Head of the Cybersecurity Department of the CNI/CCN (Ministry of Defence)
• Marina Rodríguez. Head of the Cybersecurity and Anti-Disinformation Unit of the Department of National Security (Ministry of the Presidency)
• Álvaro Lossada. Head of the Cybersecurity Coordination Office of the State Secretariat for Security (Ministry of the Interior)
• Commissioner Laura Baos. Head of Brigade of the General Information Commissariat (Ministry of the Interior)

Sponsored by The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence FREuDE.

18.00 ACADEMIC ROUNDTABLES

• Roundtable 10. Judges, media and disinformation. (Conference hall)
  

Moderated by: Rosa Mª Fernández, Complutense University.

Participants:

• Cristián Letelier Aguilar. Judges and parallel trials.
• Natalia Velilla. Is the presence in the Social Networks of the judges good?
• Fernando de la Fuente Honrubia. Should judges participate through the media? How, why…?
• Fernando Portillo. Judges and social networks.
• Giuseppe Eduardo Polizzi. Freedom of expression and judges in the Italian model.
• Cristina Hermida del Llano. The origin and function of the Judicial Ethics Committee of the General Council of the Judiciary.
• Eloy García. Are judges the remedy for simulative democracy?
  
• Rosa Mª Fernández Riveira. Judges’ freedom of expression: a difficult dialogue between the Media and judicial independence.

• Roundtable 11. Social networks and content moderation (Part II). (Classroom C105 - 1st floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: Rodrigo Cetina, Pompeu Fabra University.

Participants:

• Álvaro de Argüelles. Legal tools for monitoring social media in the Middle East and North Africa.
• Borja Sánchez Barroso. Responsibility in the network: analysis in light of the González v. Google and Twitter c. Taamneh.
• María Garrote de Marcos. Moderation in the digital space during the election period.
• Jorge Abaurrea. Study on the terms and conditions, self-regulation and the DSA. The applied case of Twitter.
• Tamara Álvarez Robles. Disinformation as a hybrid threat conditioning public opinion: actors involved, manipulation techniques and possible responses.
• Patricia Muñoz Carrasco. Arguments for the legal limitation of the powers to remove political content from social media platforms.

• Roundtable 12. Disinformation and sovereignty. (Classroom C006 - Ground floor. Ed. Lecture room)
  

Moderated by: Valentina Martínez Ferro. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Participants:

• Kateryna Horska. Combating Disinformation In Media In Wartime: Ukraine’s Experience
• Alberto Guevara Castro, Ingrid Bicu y Andi Mihalache. Regulatory challenges for upholding human rights in election-related digital
• Fabricio Bertini Pasquot Polido. Digital Platforms, content moderation systems and anti-democratic online content: a comparative overview of the 08/01 Assault in Brazil.
• Emanuele Cocchiara. Freedom of thought in the algorithmic era: electoral process and “Bubble democracy”.
• Oleksandra Gudkova. Countering double disinformation by feminist activists in Russia and Ukraine.
• Valentina Martínez Ferro. Manipulation of foreign actors: a threat to democracies.

FRIDAY 12. CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES (Constitutional room)

9.00 Accreditations (entrance from Cedaceros street)

09.30 PLENARY SESSION 6. Guarantees of information rights in electoral periods.

Moderated by: Lourdes López Nieto, UNED.

Participants:

• Altus Baquero Rueda, Magistrate of the National Electoral Council (Colombia).
• André Ramos Tavares, Magistrate of the Superior Electoral Court (Brazil).
• Carlos Vidal, Member of the Central Electoral Board (Spain).
• José Luis Vargas Valdez, Magistrate of the Electoral Court of the Federal Judiciary (Mexico).
• Eduardo Valdés, Magistrate Vicepresident of the Electoral Court (Panamá).

11.00 Coffee break

Presentation of books

• Reflections for a quality democracy in a digital era. Rosa Fernández and Ángel Sánchez Navarro
• Balance between information and private life in the virtual environment. Ángela Moreno

12.00 PLENARY SESSION 7. Research groups.

Moderated by: Loreto Corredoira, Complutense University.

Participants:

• Laura Teruel, Co-IP of the Excellence Project of the Junta de Andalucía-FEDER.
• José Julio Fernández (Santiago de Compostela University): IP of the Project Manipulation of information as a problem of security and democratic quality: description, consequences and answers and of the Project of the Center for Securities Studies (CESEG), a mixed center formed by the Santiago de Compostela University and the High Center for Studies of National Defense (CESEDEN).
• Eva Campos: Project Disinformation flows, polarisation and crisis of media intermediation (Disflows).
• Ramón Salaverria (Iberifier).
• Juan A. Nicolás (University of Granada): Symposium Posverdad.
• Cristina Arribas, Grupo Ciberimaginario, Rey Juan Carlos University.
• Julen Orbegozo (University of the Basque Country), Gureiker Group.
• Ángela Moreno, Legal regulation and participation of the digital citizen.

13.30 CLOSING SESSION. Catalina Botero, Meta Oversight Board, Colombia.

Mr. Joaquín Goyache. Rector of the Complutense University.