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MisinfoCon is a two day gathering taking place on 22-23 March, 2025.
MisinfoCon is a two day gathering taking place on 22-23 March, 2025.
Lightning Talks - 10 minute talks from domain experts.
Lightening talks on the same theme take place back to back. The last fifteen minutes of the hour are reserved for question and answer.
Workshops - 60 to 90 minute facilitated sessions to dive deep into specific topics.
Lightning Talks take place till 2pm.
Workshops are conducted in parallel, after 2pm
The detailed agenda can be found below.
DAY 1, MARCH 22
DAY 1, MARCH 22
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration and Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Introduction and Housekeeping
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Lightning Talks: Promise of Generative AI
Rakesh Dubuddu
Founder, Factly
Heena Singhal
Senior Research Manager, Video Volunteers
Dhara Atul Mungra
Co-Founder, SimPPL
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lightning Talks: Building Public Resilience to Scams
Adrija Bose
Editor, Decode-Boomlive
Rajneil Kamath
Founder and Publisher, Newschecker
Sanyukta Dharmadhikari
Deputy Editor, Logically Facts
Dr. Hansika Kapoor
Research Author, Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, India
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lightning Talks: Synthetic Media - Detection Techniques
Digvijay Singh
CTO, Contrails AI
Geetha Raju
Senior Policy Analyst on AI and Data at CeRAI, IIT Madras
Aatman Vaidya and Priyash Shah
Software Developer, Tattle
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lightning Talks: Decentralized Infrastructures for Online Communities
Dinesh TB, Shalini and Noordine
Janastu
Nilesh Trivedi
Co-founder and CTO, Snowmountain AI
Thejesh GN
Independent Technologist and Open Data Enthusiast
Kaustubha Kalidindi
Program Manager and Legal Counsel, Tattle
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Workshops
WikiCred: Challenges of Trust in Wisdom of the Crowds
Unmasking Deepfakes: Detection, Defence & Discourse
by Archis Chowdhury, Senior Correspondent-Data and Policy, BOOM Fact CheckDesign Beyond Deception: Building Ethical & Trustworthy Interfaces
by The Pranava Institute
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Workshops
Community Mobilization on Misinformation Inoculation by Nidhi Sudhan, Citizen Digital Foundation
Smoke and Mirrors : Unpacking Gendered Disinformation with Snakes and Ladders
Prarthana Mitra, Project Manager, Knowledge and Communications, Point of View
DAY 2, MARCH 23
DAY 2, MARCH 23
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Lightning Talks: The Underbelly of Generative AI
Pamposh Raina,
Head, Deepfakes Analysis Unit (DAU), Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA)
Uma Subramanian and Siddharth Pillai
Founder, Rati Foundation
Himanshu Panday
Co-Founder, Dignity in Difference
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Lightning Talks: Polarization and Public Psychology
Dr. Sramana Majumdar
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ashoka University
Dr. Paras Sharma
Co-founder and Director at The Alternative Story
Dr. Prashant Kumar Choudhary
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bengaluru
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lightning Talks: Regulatory and Law Enforcement Perspectives on Scams
Amrita Sengupta
Research and Program Lead-Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru, India.
Deepti George
Deputy ED and Head of Strategy, Dvara Research
Karthik Bapannad
Technologist & Public Policy Expert
Sukanya Thapliyal
Koan Advisory
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lightning Talks: Global Lessons
Oyange James, Mophat Okinyi
African Content Moderators Union
Preeksha Malhotra
Project Manager-Partnerships and Editorial, Asian Dispatch
Ilona Vinogradova
Founder and Executive Director, LovinFilms Pro Media Lab
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Workshops
WikiCred : Ways to building trust in Wisdom of the Crowds
Effective Debunking
Himanshu Panday, Co-founder, Dignity in Difference
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Closing
Profile of speakers can be found here.
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