#safety of journalists and media | Room 2The main focus of this discussion will be on presentations and discussions of research on which dangers are more likely to be faced by Ukrainian journalists at the moment: threats to health and life, threats of being sued, or digital threats? Participants will also try to find an answer to the question: do the dangers associated with the war devalue other threats that have always existed?
● Katerina Sergatskova, Director of 2402 Foundation;● Yevhen Vorobiov, Lawyer, “Platform of Human Rights”;● Svitlana Ostapa, head of the Public Broadcasting Supervisory Board, deputy editor-in-chief of the Detector Media portal;● Iryna Chulivska, digital security trainer at IREX, co-founder of the Digital Security Lab NGO; ● Kateryna Diachuk, the head of the NGO "IMI” Freedom of Speech Monitoring Department;● Yuliia Derkachenko, the Representative of the Commissioner for Information Rights (The Office of the Ombudsman);● Vladyslava Nechai, representative of the Department for the Protection of State Interests in the Field of Information Security of the Security Service of Ukraine.
Moderator: Oksana Romaniuk, Director of Institute of Mass Information

#social media in journalism | Room 3Social media in general is an integral channel for delivering content and communicating with audiences. It doesn't matter whether it is radio, broadcast television, or a fully online media outlet — it must have active, engaging social media pages with large audiences and views. In addition, after the outbreak of war in 2014, social media pages became almost the only channel of communication with audiences for many media outlets, especially in the East of Ukraine. The occupation of new territories during the full-scale invasion, as well as the transformation of content consumption in general, made this true for all Ukrainian media. But this makes newsrooms dependent on tech giants and owners of social media platforms. Some of which do not even have representative offices in Ukraine. Shadow banning, strict rules on sensitive content, and the need to constantly adapt to changes in algorithms — Ukrainian media face this every day while trying to tell the truth about the biggest war in the center of Europe since World War II. What should individual newsrooms and the community as a whole do in such a situation? If only to adapt, how? If we try to convey something to the owners of social networks, what are the ways, and will it have an effect?
● Olha Odarchenko, Olga Odarchenko, partner at SEOforMedia, SEO specialist;● Haiane Avakian, Chief Product Owner at Abo Agency● Igor Rozkladai, CEDEM, Deputy director● Evseev Kyrylo, YouTube Certified Specialist, News of Donbas● Veronika Nanovska, journalist of Mediamaker● Iryna Masliukova, Social Media Editor Donbas.Realities project

Moderator: Olena Dub, Media consultant. Social media expert of the Human Rights Center ZMINA

#reconstruction, rebuilding | Room 4Journalists, as the main watchdogs in the post-war reconstruction, will have a lot of work to do. The government will seek re-election, the society will seek to rebuild the devastated regions and public communication, and journalists will seek to find a balance between reporting and criticism. But to fully restore the country, the media news outlets must be not only an information platform, but also full-fledged actors in the process. How can journalists find a new balance between their new roles in the new environment?
● Pavlo Kyrylenko, Chair of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine;● Oleksandr Burmahin, Member of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting;● Nataliia Klymova, Deputy Director ISAR Ednannia;● Valeriya Iegoshyna, Investigative journalist at “Schemes” by RFE/RL● Oleksandr Ostapa, СEO at Thebuchacity;
Moderator: Vadym Miskyi, Program Director, NGO “Detector Media”

#transformations | Room 2After the adoption of the “Media Law”, Ukraine saw fundamental changes in the regulation of the media sector. In particular, the law launched a procedure for reforming local TV channels founded by local governments. In addition, the new legislation regulates the activities of online media. However, the legislation also expands the responsibility of the media. Are they ready to exist in the new environment? 
● Oleksandr Burmahin, Member of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting;● Igor Rozkladai, CEDEM, Deputy director;● Lygachova Nataliia, Head of The Detector Media NGO;● Mykyta Poturaiev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy;● Tetiana Smyrnova, GR Director of 1+1 Media
Moderator: Tetyana Lebedyeva, Media expert, member of CJE

#transformations | Room 3
How can the media find its own special tone of communication with the audience? During the practical meeting, we will share mistakes and life hacks of crisis communications. Visitors will get real-life cases, lots of practice, and a gift — a new MDF communications guide for the media.
Trainer: Yulia Salizhenko, Media Development Foundation

#reconstruction, rebuilding | Room 4 Why is it important for media to cooperate, and what are the benefits? Presentation of the Media Network and discussion of tools to strengthen the impact of media and think tanks on the challenges of Ukraine's recovery.
● Roman Danilenkov, co-founder of Nakipilo media group;● Mariia Smyk, Senior editor of solution media “Rubryka”;● Valerii Bolgan, editor-in-chief at Intent;● Taras Zhovtenko, International Security/Defense Analyst, Ilko Kucheriv “Democratic Initiatives” Foundation;● Yulia Mincheva, Budget Watchdog project leader, VoxConnector Editors Club, author, and host of the podcast “What's wrong with the economy?”
● Moderator: Anastasiia Rudenko, CEO at Eastern Variant, RecoveryWin MediaNetwork

#ethics and war | Room 2
During a full-scale war, media professionals face ethical dilemmas, the outcome of which can actually save someone's life or, on the contrary, lead to fatal consequences.Should media publish explicit images that may traumatize the audience? Should one interview the wounded or relatives of the dead at the scene of the tragedy, and how to do it without causing harm? How should we cover what is happening in the temporarily occupied territories? Should we make pieces about prisoners of war, and how exactly?During the discussion, the participants will be offered ethical dilemmas, the answers to which they will seek together in a moderated dialogue.
● Lina Kushch, First Secretary at National Union of Journalists of Ukraine;● Pogorelov Oleksii, President of the Ukrainian Media Business Association, Member of the Commission on Journalism Ethics;● Oleksandr Demchenko, Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier, “Come Back Alive” consultant;● Valentyna Troian, Host of Ukrainian and Hromadske Radio, coordinator of the regional service of Hromadske Radio, representative of the Institute of Mass Information in Luhansk region;● Vladyslav Hladkyi, Deputy editor at “Kavun.city” (Kherson);● Diana Butsko, “Hromadske” journalist
Moderator: Tetiana Ihnatchenko-Tiurina, Head of the department of information activities and communications with the public of the Donetsk regional state administration

#transformations | Room 3Supporting Ukrainian media professionals during the war has become a priority for many Western foundations and programs. What are the peculiarities of the work of these funds in the context of war? What are the priorities of their grant programs? How have they changed in response to the needs of the media? What are the criteria for participating in these programs? And do these programs include strategic goals for the development of the media themselves?
Organizer: Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU), Сhemonics
● Iryna Savchenko, Regional Development Manager, Internews Network● Roman Kiflyuk, National Counsel, Ukraine, IMS● Olga Prokopenko, Head of the "Media" project in OSCE, Support Programme for Ukraine ● Vira Kostenko-Kuznyetsova, Media director UCBI4, Chemonics International
Moderator: Vitaliy Moroz, Ukraine Country Manager, eQualitie / StratCom Media Advisor, PFRU, Chemonics

#resistance to propaganda | Room 3
Russia systematically tries to spread disinformation about vulnerable groups in Ukraine: women, members of the LGBT community, religious and national minorities, residents of the occupied and de-occupied territories, children, etc. The audience will learn about the specific methods and tools used by Russia to target disinformation, as well as how to ensure the rights and safety of these vulnerable groups.
● Lesia Bidochko, Deputy Head of the Detector Media Research Center;● Marina Nesterova, Senior Analyst at InMind.
Moderator: Galyna Petrenko, Director at NGO Detector Media

#resistance to propaganda | Room 3Are social networks and personal blogs beating classic newsrooms? Why is Telegram dangerous? Social media are super popular, but that does not mean that critical thinking will be formed, as no one checks the information — it's information fast food. How can the media overcome these challenges, especially in a situation of shrinking audiences when digital becomes paywalled?. Many media outlets switch to subscriptions when it's not popular. This means that people will live in parallel realities. Digital inequality — some will live in the world of verified information, while others will be in social networks because they are not ready to pay for content. The media need to become more distinctive, not just retransmit what has already been everywhere — less newsy, more meaningful. But this means that their audience will become smaller and smaller.
● Ganna Krasnostup, Director of the Department of Information Policy and Information Security of MCIP● Kruhlii Olha, Head of Communications at Svidomi ● Anton Maksimenko, co-founder of the Grunt media outlet● Maksym Dvorovyi, Head of Digital Rights at Digital Security Lab Ukraine● Yuliia Kaplan, Head of a department, The National institute for strategic studies. Expert of the National platform of resilience and cohesion
Moderator: Anastasiia Romaniuk, Digital platforms analyst, Civil Network OPORA

#transformations | Room 2What does it mean to be the media of a city that no longer physically exists? For whom and what to write about? And most importantly, why? How and for whom should journalists whose cities are occupied write? Should we try to reach the "other side" or write for those who have left? In this panel, we will discuss how the media from the occupied and destroyed territories can find their mission and bring meaning back to their work. 
● Anna Romanenko, editor-in-chief at 0629.com.ua (Mariupol)● Oleksii Artiukh, Editor-in-Chief (TRIBUN, Rubizhne)● Alona Schekodina, (public media portal bakhmut.in.ua)● Yana Chumachenko, editor (Sievierodonetsk online)
Moderator: Oleksiy Khutornyy, Project manager at Media Development Foundation

#transformations | Room 3Recently, Ukrainian media have been facing an increasingly acute problem of finding trained journalists. At the same time, almost every humanitarian (and not only humanitarian) higher education institution has a journalism school from which several dozen people graduate yearly. During the discussion, the participants will try to find out why these young professionals do not apply for work in the media, and why their level of training often does not meet the expectations of newsrooms. Is it possible to adapt the journalism school’s curricula to the new realities? Is non-formal education able to remedy this situation?
● Tetyana Marena, Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Affairs, Mariupol State University;● Olena Popova, Head of the Department of Journalism and Ukrainian Studies, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University;● Viktor Pichuhin, Nakipilo Media Group, development director, trainer;● Alona Romaniuk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Journalism;● Oksana Romaniuk, Director of the Institute of Mass Information;● Viacheslav Mavrychev, Editor-in-Chief of the Eastern Hub, Suspilne Ukraine
Moderator: Anton Liagusha, Dean, Graduate Department of Social Sciences and Humanity at Kyiv School of Economics

#ethics and war | Room 4
Military experts, bloggers, journalists — many new people are becoming commentators on current events. What is the basis for confidence in their expertise? Is it the frequency of mentions in other media, the number of followers on social media, their personal brand and positioning? However, the Ukrainian media field has not seen as many public refutations and disclosures of evidence of pseudo-expertise as it did during the full-scale invasion. So, how can we avoid creating idols, but at the same time have new and interesting commentators for news stories?
● Dukhnich Olga, journalist at NV.UA● Dmytro Lykhovii, editor-in-chief of the Novynarnia media outlet● Tatyana Troshchynska, Editor-in-chief, presenter, Hromadske.radio● Maryna Synhaivska, Deputy Director General – National News Agency of Ukraine - Ukrinform● Yaroslav Zubchenko, Deputy editor-in-chief of Detector Media● Andrii Ianitskyi, Development Director of Espreso (online&digital)
Moderator: Otar Dovzhenko, Expert of NGO Lviv Media Forum

#трансформація | Зала 2New times create a new vocabulary: cotton, orcs, Russia with a small letter, the direction of movement of a Russian warship... Is this psychological relief or a substitution of concepts? How long will this way of formulating stay with us? And how identical is it to the ideas of Russian propaganda with their “claps”? And if we go deeper into the details, to what extent do words shape meanings? Especially in a situation where the population has been exposed to different media realities as a result of the Russian attack. And under certain conditions, incorrect terminology, which is spread both in everyday life and in the narratives of media personalities, creates more barriers in society. To what extent does the language that is being formed under the influence of the great war meet the needs and demands of people in qualitatively different conditions and regimes: long and short-term occupation, a loud front or a deep rear, displacement and refugee. What language will truly take into account not only reality but also lay the groundwork for returning to a common communication field? What is the role of the media and experts involved in the broadcasts, what are the red lines and do they exist at all? This is what we will try to talk about during the panel, how this dynamic manifests itself from the vocabulary to the selection of experts as commentators.
● Otar Dovzhenko, Expert of NGO Lviv Media Forum;
● Yevhen Bryzh, Тext editor, Detector.media;
● Igor Rozkladai, CEDEM, Deputy director;
● Hanna Kurtsanovska, journalist at Svoi.City.

Модератор: Maksym Ieligulashvili, Coalition “Ukraine. 5 AM” — Institute for Peace and common ground

#journalism in times of war | Room 3This workshop aims to provide journalists with answers to the following questions: 
What are the basic principles of documenting war crimes, and how do they differ from journalistic work?- What can journalists do to help witnesses and not harm the investigation while working on this topic?- What are the ethical principles of working, talking, and communicating with victims and witnesses? - How to make this process of documentation as useful and as traumatic as possible for both parties.- What journalists can do in their communities and neighborhoods. What can be the unique role of national, international and local media in documenting war crimes. 
● Nataliya Gumenyuk, Co-founder of The Reckoning Project, The Public Interest Journalism Lab● Kostiantyn Korobov, managing editor at The Reckoning Project

#social media in journalism | Room 4
Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, anonymous Telegram channels have gained huge audiences. Their secret to success is the lack of responsibility: there is no need to verify information and consider standards.
So now, quality media have to fight for the audience while adhering to journalistic and ethical standards.
● Katerina Rodak, author of the investigation about "Труха", journalist at NGL.media● Khrystyna Havryliuk, editor-in-chief of Suspilne Novyny● Andriy Boborykin, executive director of Ukrainska Pravda● Oleh Derenyuga, editor-in-chief of NikVesti (Mykolaiv)● Dmytro Barkar, Head of Analytics at the Institute of Mass Information
● Serhii Mikhalkov, Analyst at Texty.org.ua
Moderator: Oksana Romaniuk, Director of the Institute of Mass Information

#safety of journalists and media | Room 2
Ukrainian journalists, along with Ukrainian society, have once again found themselves in a situation of a “destroyed world.” But can a traumatized professional do their job properly? At what point can you limit yourself to self-help, and how do you know if you or your colleagues really need the help of a specialist? And how do you find a specialist?
● Nataliia Umerenkova, PhD, psychologist, psychotrauma therapist, Senior Researcher of Institute for Social and Political Psychology at the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine (Laboratory of Mass Communication Psychology and Media Education)

Room 311% of citizens have experienced cyber fraud since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, according to a survey conducted by Opendatabot and the National Bank of Ukraine, which involved more than 112,000 Ukrainians. Threats in the digital space are now more than ever affecting Ukrainian journalists, who are being targeted by well-planned attacks from Russia. The workshop will focus on what attacks Ukrainian editorial offices and journalists are facing in the online space and how well the specialists of the Nadiyno.org Digital Security Hotline manage to solve the problems.
Organizers: eQualitie and Internews Ukraine
● Pavlo Bielousov, Digital security expert, Internews Ukraine● Vitaliy Moroz, Ukraine Country Manager, eQualitie / StratCom Media Advisor, PFRU, Chemonics

#investigative journalism | Room 4According to last year's data from the Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy, the share of investigative journalism in Ukraine's regional media is 0.1%. How do we make sure that high-quality local investigations become a popular media format? How to scale up your topics and talk about complex issues in a non-boring way? We learn from the experience of our colleagues.
● Nataliya Onysko, co-founder NGL.media ● Andriy Romanenko, Journalist ● Oleg Oganov, editor Nikcenter● Anna Bureyko, communication manager at YouControl
Moderator: Oleksa Shalayskiy, Co-founder of the portal "Наші гроші", Expert in investigative journalism

Room 3
The Ukrainian information space is full of plans to rebuild destroyed buildings, the government declares the priority restoration of critical infrastructure in the de-occupied and frontline territories, and the information focus is on the liberation of all temporarily occupied Ukrainian land. At the same time, we understand that de-occupation and reintegration are not only about territories but also about people. It is about how urgent issues for Ukrainian citizens (real estate, housing, etc.) will be addressed, how human-oriented the approach will be. What threats and problems are waiting for Ukrainian society if the vision for the future is not discussed in advance? What kind of future is offered to people from these regions? How should we speak to people from Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and how can we better integrate/return people mentally to the Ukrainian information space?
● Olena Shapoval, Press secretary of the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration;● Tetiana Ihnatchenko-Tiurina, head of the department of information activities and communications with the public of the Donetsk regional state administration;● Katheryna Zarembo, Associate fellow (New Europe Center);● Serhii Stukanov, Head of analytical department of Centre for Content Analysis;● Svitlana Tkachenko, Head of the Board of the NGO "Access Point";● Victor Levit, Zeus Ceramica in Slovyansk;● Oleksii Artiukh, Editor-in-Chief TRIBUN;
Moderator: Andrii Romanenko, Journalist, media expert