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Speakers:

1. Stefan Heumann

2. Michael Vetter

3. Astrid Maier

Protecting facts when information becomes a battlefield. An unexpected dialogue hosted by a media house brings together military, political, tech, and media leaders. The panel explores how cybersecurity and disinformation erode trust, and how societies can build resilience around facts in an increasingly contested digital environment. The conversation confronts the vulnerabilities of trust in a world shaped by cyber threats and disinformation.

Introduction by Sven Gösmann (An Unexpected Journey), followed by a Keynote from Lieutenant General Michael Vetter, Director General Innovation and Cyber at the German Federal Ministry of Defence, followed by a panel discussion with Stefan Heumann (Managing Director Agora Digitale Transformation) and Teresa Dapp (Managing Director dpa-Infocom).



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Speakers: Lena Dupont and Martha Turnbull

European democracy is under attack. Foreign actors are trying to influence elections and public debate. Technological dependencies have left many European countries vulnerable. Martha Turnbull, Director for Hybrid Influence at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, will present an overview of current hybrid threats to European democracy.

The EU is trying to react to these threats and shore up its defences, but democratic governments always seem to be a step behind actors that are not bound by legal obligations and democratic values. In the European Parliament, the special committee on the EU Democracy Shield (EUDS) is trying to come up with answers like a new European Centre for Democratic Resilience. EUDS committee member Lena Düpont, a young German

In a panel, Lena Düpont, MEP and Martha Turnbull, The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE), will discuss the challenges and possible EU reactions with the audience.