The second and final day of the Point 10 Conference concluded with the panel, which reflected the connection and correlation of the business community in the digital era of disinformation. Photo by Vanja Čerimagić The moderator of this panel was Alexandra Karppi from the Center for International Private Enterprise – CIPE, and the participants were … Continued
The panel opened with a talk about the alarming situation in the Western Balkans. All countries in the region face the same problem – young people are massively leaving abroad, searching for a better future. What makes this problem even harder to comprehend is the fact that most of the countries in the region do … Continued
The activism that civil society organizations (CSOs) perform gets a whole new dimension when they decide to enter politics and run for office. Why should more CSOs try to influence politics from the “inside”, but also what are the negative effects of these attempts, was a topic of the “When civil society does politics” panel, … Continued
The enduring presence of conspiracy theories globally has been attracting the attention of the wider public and experts alike, and the Balkans region is no exception to this. In recent history, turbulent times of major shifts proved to boost the potency of conspiratorial narratives. This was the case with Brexit, the election of President Donald … Continued
The second day of the Point 10 Conference started off with a panel in partnership with the Open Government Partnership (OGP), where we reflected on the first decade of OGP. Photo by Vanja Čerimagić Moderator of this panel, Danira Karović from CA “Why not” shared that this is one of her favorite topics and recollected … Continued
The integrity of media and information in the digital age is a decade-long topic oven through all installments of the Point Conference. This was the main focus of the panel “Fight for media credibility”. The moderator of the panel Tijana Cvjetićanin asked panelists to give some sort of diagnosis of where we are right now … Continued
Factual, objective and professional reporting is always a hot and important topic. However, during extraordinary circumstances such as wars, it is even more essential to know what is happening on the ground. In this panel, speakers discussed the challenges journalists face when reporting on the Russian invasion. Photo by Vanja Čerimagić The panel was opened … Continued
Retrospective of digital rights in the past ten years, issues related to its regulations and the role of community builders in this field were the focus of the “Digital Rights and Digital Frights” panel held on the first day of the 10th edition of Point Conference. Photo by Vanja Čerimagić Moderated by Feđa Kulenović, an … Continued
Moderated by Anna Kuliberda from The Radical Act of Self-Care, the third panel of this year’s Point Conference tackled the evolution of civic tech, both the good and the bad parts of it. Photo by Vanja Čerimagić Six panelists discussed the major issues within the civic tech community, as well as potential solutions and changes … Continued
Stories from the region and beyond – part 1 included topics of public information, fact-checking and disinformation. Photo by Vanja Čerimagić This session was started by Teona Tomashvili from Forest with her presentation “On the road to creating Georgia’s largest database“. She briefly explained why they created the database, what lessons they had learned and … Continued
POINT 10 kicked off with a conversation about fact-checking, a topic close to most, if not all, of its participants and organizers and one that’s been at the core of the conference from the very beginning. Photo by Vanja Čerimagić Moderated by Faktograf’s Ana Brakus, the panel gave a multitude of perspectives on both the … Continued
Under the slogan “Let’s round it together”, the tenth edition of the POINT Conference started on the 2nd of June in Sarajevo! Photo by Vanja Čerimagić Darko Brkan, director of CA “Zašto ne”, greeted the speakers and participants and thanked everyone for coming to the POINT Conference. “It’s been a pleasure to do this year … Continued
The POINT 9.0 conference, organized under the name “Coming home” was conducted from 11 – 13 November in Sarajevo’s Dom mladih (Youth Center), where it gathered up to 200 participants from the Southeast Europe region, but also from all over the world. During numerous panel discussions and presentations, participants looked at the impact of the … Continued