2022 Forum for Democratic Resilience

2022.12.3 IORG

From Eastern Europe to Western Pacific, from Taiwan to Ukraine, democracies in the world are facing multiple challenges. Foreign influence and domestic polarization, difficulties in our information environment have negatively impacted public discourse. We citizens often find ourselves unable to engage in informative conversations based on credible information, nor to make informed decisions on important policies.

Taiwan’s civil society has mobilized itself in meeting these challenges. Many have embarked on various endeavors from collaborative fact-checking to human rights advocacy to restore the information environment as an asset to democracy, not an obstacle. The 2022 Forum for Democratic Resilience organized by IORG will host four discussions on international cooperation, Taiwan’s elections, scientific research, and information literacy education, present the latest research finding and advocacy outcome, as well as explore solutions for the continued strengthening of Taiwan’s democratic resilience.

Basic info

Time = 9:00 – 17:00 Saturday December 3^rd, 2022
Venue = Conference Hall, Tsai Lecture Hall, College of Law, National Taiwan University
Organizer = IORG
Livestream = IORG YouTube channel
Register = Fill in this Google Form
Language = Taiwanese Mandarin (interpretation not provided)

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Agenda

Time	Agenda	Speakers
9:00-9:10	Registration
9:10-10:30	Session 1 - Democratic Resilience in Taiwan and the Global Context	Chihhao Yu Co-director, IORG Moderator Marcin Jerzewski Head of Taiwan Office, European Values Center for Security Policy Jason Liu Advisor, Taiwan Office, National Democratic Institute Evan Morrisey Deputy Political Chief, American Institute in Taiwan
10:30-10:40	Break
10:40-12:10	Session 2 - Information Manipulation and Elections in Taiwan	Chao-Chen Lin Professor, Graduate Institute of Journalism, National Taiwan U. Jia-Wei Liu Professor, Dept. of Public Administration and Policy, National Taipei U. Shaohong Lin Researcher and Data Engineer, IORG Joshua Wang Co-director, IORG Moderator
12:10-13:30	Break
13:30-15:00	Session 3 - Citizen Empowerment with Data and Science Countering Manipulation	Titus C. Chen Associate Professor, Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-Sen U. Chia-Mu Yu Associate Professor, Dept. of Information Management and Finance, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung U. Zoe Lee Digital Producer and Reporter, READr Chihhao Yu Co-director, IORG Moderator
15:00-15:10	Break
15:10-16:40	Session 4 - Information Literacy Education in Schools and Communities	Isabel Hou Chair, g0v jothon Sinead Chen Chief Executive, Science Media Center Taiwan Joshua Wang President, Taiwan Pàng-phuānn Association of Education Chihhao Yu Co-director, IORG Moderator
16:40-17:00	Closing	IORG