Agenda

Neuro-rights Workshop

An activity on neuro-rights aimed at helping anyone understand what they are, why they matter today, and what is at stake if they are not protected. Two dynamics will be proposed: in the first, participants will be asked to express their opinions on specific situations that affect neuro-rights; in the second, they will be asked to share which part of their mind they would protect from external interference. All of this will be accompanied by clear and simple explanations.

Presentation of the Ideas Lab of the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA), as well as its initial areas of work. This lab was created to foster research, innovation, and debate on the development and responsible use of AI. Our mission is to anticipate, analyze, and assess the impacts of AI in order to promote its safe and trustworthy use.

A short session to understand how disinformation is evolving in an environment shaped by AI, audience fragmentation and the emergence of new information authorities. The panel will combine institutional, academic, technical and governance perspectives to address three questions: what is changing in the information ecosystem, what risks does this pose to rights and democracy, and what responses are currently most effective in terms of regulation, detection, moderation and media literacy.

A discussion on how to strengthen media literacy and critical thinking in an information landscape characterised by fragmented audiences, an overabundance of content and the rapid spread of misinformation. The panel will bring together perspectives from academia, education, institutions and civil society to explore how to foster critical citizenship through schools, families and public policy, and which skills are now essential for informed and responsible participation in the digital environment.

They say we all have a small troll inside us. But what happens when troll culture falls into the hands of states? Countries such as Russia, Saudi Arabia, or Iran have become laboratories of so-called state-sponsored trolling, a practice that directly threatens the future of freedom of expression worldwide.

Although we often think of troll culture as a trivial form of entertainment or a toxic outburst born from anonymity, new disinformation strategies have skillfully incorporated it into what is known as the “hate industry.” An industry that exploits virality, memetics, and the political tension of social networks in the service of censorship, digital repression, and new forms of para-state surveillance.

Notes to rebuild trust in democracy by restoring its usefulness in the digital age.
A conversation to explore some of the challenges democracy faces in addressing social discontent and how to improve public action in the digital environment. Rethinking rights or their real effectiveness, as well as opportunities to improve public policies—from citizen engagement to the incorporation of scientific evidence—will be key elements of this dialogue.

The proliferation of digital systems that influence decisions, profiles, recommendations and relationships poses a key challenge: how to effectively protect individuals and their rights within an increasingly complex technological ecosystem. This session proposes a practical, multidisciplinary discussion on complementary layers of protection: the European framework of fundamental rights and digital principles; technical and organisational safeguards for privacy and protection by design; and the mechanisms of regulation, self-regulation, oversight and institutional accountability necessary to ensure rights and accountability.

The accelerating pace of digitalisation underscores the need to translate digital rights into specific obligations, oversight mechanisms and effective safeguards. This panel brings together representatives from professional bodies, institutions and specialist legal practice to examine how European regulatory frameworks—including those applicable to automated systems—can be effectively implemented in real-world contexts characterised by intensive data use. The discussion will address challenges relating to compliance, legal certainty, governance and liability, as well as the role of the legal profession in protecting rights in the digital environment.

As part of the conference’s panel on media and information literacy, this presentation introduces the educational resource developed by the Gabo Foundation in partnership with Colombia’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MinTIC) as a replicable Latin American case study. It addresses disinformation, filter bubbles, digital wellbeing and media literacy as the most accessible and sustainable way of making digital rights a reality for everyone. It demonstrates that digital rights are not guaranteed by regulatory frameworks alone: they are exercised when a person learns to recognise a lie, protect their privacy and question what the algorithm shows them.

A dialogue between evidence and narrative to address young people’s digital rights in Latin America. Nicolás Canosa (OIJ) will present the Study on the Impact of Digitalisation on the Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being of Young People in Ibero-America (2026), providing key data to understand current challenges. Building on this, Carolina Gómez Piñol (Gabo Foundation) will lead a critical discussion on how the media constructs the narrative surrounding young people and technology, highlighting issues such as disinformation, privacy and the protection of minors.

Screening and discussion of the documentary “My Rights, My Future”, followed by an open discussion with the audience, as part of the partnership with the COTEC Foundation. The session offers an accessible, evidence-based reflection on how technological transformation is affecting employment, working conditions and rights in the digital environment, with a particular focus on the challenges of transparency, accountability and safeguards for individuals.