Claudia SCHMIDT
MEP 2014-2019; SME Connect Austria President
Maurizio GRIFONI
President Fon.Te Pension Fund; Co-Founder Core Values Org.
Keynote Speakers
Monsignor Lucio Adrian RUIZ
Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication, Vatican City
Lukas MANDL MEP
Vice-Chair Subcommittee on Security and Defence; AFET, EMPL & LIBE Committees; Member Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation
Speakers
Javier FIZ-PÉREZ
Vice-President Core Values Org.; President of the Ibero-American Observatory for the Development of the Real Sustainable Economy (OISERS)
Philip LARREY
Dean of Philosophy, Pontifical Lateran University in the Vatican; Author “Connected World” and “Artificial Humanity”
Elisabetta CASTANA
Journalist RAI Vatican, Italian National Television
Mario MANTOVANI
President CIDA & ManagerItalia
Nicola BERTINELLI
President Consorzio Parmigiano Reggiano¨
Carlo D’ASARO BIONDO
EVP Telecom Italia Group; CEO Noovle
Cristiana FALCONE
CEO JMCMRJ Foundation; Board Member Telecom Italia Group
Moderation
Alberto ZILIO
Director Public Affairs, AT&T
In a post-pandemic and digital age, Communication must necessarily have social purposes and it must certainly be “true”. True Communication is the one that, first of all, verifies the truthfulness of the news and spreads it clearly and reaches the latest (even in person) and those who do not have easy access or possibility.
With the advent of the internet and the viral spread of content, both the safety of consumers and the reputation of legitimate businesses are at stake. Unethical digital advertising and smear campaigns cause disinformation and threaten livelihoods.
Pope Francis “goes to the heart of communication, to the essence of what it means to communicate” and says: “Internet, if lived as a network of people and not just as a network of wires,” is a “gift from God”. The Pope does not fail to underline the pitfalls of the web, reiterating that “no matter how important technologies are, they can never replace humans. It is the journalists who have to go out on the streets, meet people, look for stories. This is up to the people, technologies can’t do it”.
Communicating Hope
After the global crisis we need to rethink about a human coexistence, in order to build a better future, and Communication plays a fundamental role. This Communication must be certified, must be secure information, aware about the risks of infodemics such as the excess of information that circulates, to insinuate doubts, which threaten rather than reconstruct the truth.
Communication in the digital age, therefore, is an interaction between man and technology where humanity is expressed in output and news and where the Education of Digitalization becomes necessary for the coexistence of both.
The publication of this document received financial support from the European Parliament. Sole liability rests with the author. The European Parliament is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
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