The international conference “#Webimmunization. How can online social networks create collective resilience against misinformation?” was organized jointly by the research team of the #Webimmunization project and the Kościuszko Institute. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness about the risks arising from online misinformation. 

It was the first conference organized in the framework of the #Webimmunization research project which received funding from the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 through the National Science Center call IdeaLab (project number: 2019/35/J/HS6/03498).

The event was held under the patronage of the Vice-Rector of the Jagiellonian University for Medical College (Cracow, Poland), Prof. dr. hab. Tomasz Grodzicki and the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences JUMC, Prof. UJ, dr. hab. Piotr Pierzchalski.

All conference sessions were live streamed via the Ecct.io platform and on the project’s website (via Youtube). The participants could register on the Ecct.io platform free of charge. Registered participants had the opportunity to ask questions to the speakers. The conference was recorded and the recordings of the respective conference sessions are published below.

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PROGRAMME AND LIVESTREAM:

08.30 – 08.40  Introduction

• Dr. Jan PIASECKI (JUMC)

08.40 – 09.10  Welcoming remarks

• Prof. dr. hab. Marek SANAK, Jagiellonian University Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Science and Development in the Medical College
• Dr hab. Marcin WALIGÓRA, prof. UJ, Vice Dean for Scientific Development, Faculty of Health Science, JUMC
• Prof. dr hab. Jan HARTMAN, Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Bioethics, JUMC

Moderator: Dr. Jan PIASECKI (JUMC)

Livestream “Introduction & welcoming remarks”:

09.10 – 10.10  PANEL 1: Machine learning: deep fakes, GPT3 (EN)

• Dr. Łukasz KOBYLIŃSKI (Institute of Computer Science, PAS)
  “Am I talking to a human? State of the art in natural language processing in 2020”
• Jan MIZGAJSKI (Poznan University of Technology)
  “Trauma, recovery, immunity: complex systems perspective and the role of artificial intelligence” (the full text of the presentation is available here)

Moderator: Prof. Mikołaj MORZY (Poznan University of Technology)

Live stream “Panel 1”:

10.15 – 11.15  PANEL 2 – Credibility on the web: checking, inculcating and self-organizing trusted sources of information (EN)

• Prof. Adam WIERZBICKI (Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology) 
  “Truth, Post-truth and Credibility”
• Viktoras DAUKŠAS (DebunkEU.org)
  Presentation

Moderator: Kamil MIKULSKI (Kosciuszko Institute)

Live stream “Panel 2”:

11.20 – 12.20  PANEL 3 – The psychology of believing in disinformation (EN)

• Prof. Romuald POLCZYK (Jagiellonian University)
  “How can we induce resistance to misinformation in the context of witness testimony?”
• Aleksander GUNDERSEN (University of Oslo)
  “The psychology of accepting and sharing misinformation”

Moderator: Prof. Jonas KUNST (University of Oslo)

Live stream “Panel 3”:

13.00 – 14.30  PANEL 4 – Affected groups: the perspective of groups under stress (EN)

• Dr hab. Maciej PILECKI (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry JUMC)
  “COVID-19. In the seek of facts.”
• Dr Katarzyna BĄKOWICZ (SWPS & University of Social Sciences)
  “Fake news – real consequences. The Blue Whale Game study.”
• Dr Klaudia ROSIŃSKA (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University)
  “Analysis of individual susceptibility of social media users to fake news: Polish perspective.”

Moderator: Dr hab. n.med. Rafał RYGUŁA (Maj Institute of Pharmacology PAS)

Live stream “Panel 4”:

14.35 – 15.35  PANEL 5 – Dezinformacja i demokracja (PL) – not interpreted into English

• Anna MIERZYŃSKA (OKO.press)
  “Edukacja obywatelska w czasach dezinformacji”
• Łukasz KRÓL (Kolegium Europejskie w Natolinie)
  “Jak funkcjonują algorytmy, które rekomendują nam treści na platformach społecznościowych i w jaki sposób mogą one rekomendować treści fałszywe, radykalne, lub teorie spiskowe”
• Paweł GWIAŹDZIŃSKI (UJCM)
  “Dezinformacja. Definicje, mechanizmy działania i wielkie pytania.”

Moderator: Dr. Jan PIASECKI (JUMC)

Live stream “Panel 5”: