CDAC Public Forum 2025: Information in Crisis

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Road to Bonn blog series - think pieces leading up to the 2025 Public Forum

Agenda

The event will be moderated by Edith Kimani, Deutsche Welle.

09:30 Welcome & keynotes on ‘Information in Crisis’

  • Edith Kimani, Deutsche Welle (Chair)

  • Churchill Otieno, The New Humanitarian  

  • HRH Princess Sarah Zeid, The New Humanitarian  

  • Tammam Aloudat, The New Humanitarian 

10:30 Lightning talks: What makes information aid?

  • Ouboulé Abalo, Fondation Hirondelle's Country Representative in CAR and Head of Radio Ndeke Luka  

  • Charlotte Lindsey - Author of IFRC World Disasters Report on Information Integrity

  • Anjali Mazumder – The Alan Turing Institute 

  • Ana Cristina Ruelas – UNESCO

11:30 Panel 1: Information as Aid under siege: Financing communication in crises

12:30 Lunch & exhibition networking

14:45 Panel 2: Who do we trust in crises? Lessons for the new age of information disorder

16:15 Breakout rooms: AI in crisis – what next? (Not streamed online)

17:45 Networking reception