Behind the Mask: Whistleblowing During the Pandemic – #DNL23#BehindTheMask
Tactics of Empowerment – Part 4
The 23rd conference of the Disruption Network Lab
Streamed live >> via www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask/
Whistleblowers, human rights advocates, journalists, activists, artists, lawyers and researchers denouncing abuses and wrongdoing in the course of the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted power asymmetries and injustices that already existed in society, but which are now impossible to ignore. In the current crisis, we must devote our time to generate new ideas and to produce more literacy around misconducts and abuse in healthcare. Inspired by whistleblowers, and in dialogue with them, we advocate use of collective strength and energy to learn from this pandemic and foster societal changes beyond isolation.
PROGRAMME:
Thursday, March 18 · 2021
15:00–15:10: OPENING Tatiana Bazzichelli (Programme Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE) & Lieke Ploeger (Community Director, Disruption Network Lab, NL/DE).
15:10–15:30 · CORONATION Film InterviewConversation with Ai Weiwei (Artist & Activist, CN) and Jess Search (Chief Executive of Doc Society, UK). Introduced by Roberto Perez-Rocha (Director for the International Anti-Corruption Conference Series at Transparency International, MEX/DE).
15:30–17:00 · PANEL
DEFENDING THE TRUTH IN THE PANDEMIC: Is Whistleblowing the Magic Wand?Thuli Madonsela (Professor, Stellenbosch University, Former Public Protector of South Africa, ZA), María de los Ángeles Estrada (Executive Director of the Transparency and Anti-corruption Initiative, MX), Stefano Fusco (Co-founder, Noi Denunceremo / We Denounce – Truth and Justice Committee for Covid-19 Victims, IT). Moderated by Roberto Perez-Rocha (Director for the International Anti-Corruption Conference Series at Transparency International, MEX/DE)
18:30–20:00 · KEYNOTE
WHISTLEBLOWING & COVID-19: Telling the Truth at the Center of CrisisErika Cheung (Theranos Whistleblower, Co-founder and executive director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, US). Eileen Chubb (Care Industry Whistleblower, Compassion In Care Founder, Co-Founded The Whistler, UK). Moderated by Delphine Halgand (Lead Rapporteur, Infodemics Report & Director of The Signals Network, FR/US).Friday, March 19, 2021
15:00–16:30 · PANEL
DIGGING DEEPER INTO HEALTHCARE: The Vaccine Rollout, Pandemic Journalism & CorruptionSarah Steingrüber (Independent Global Health Expert, Global Health Lead for Curbing Corruption, DE), Serena Tinari (Investigative Journalist, Co founder, Re-Check, IT/CH), Alexander Nanau (Film Director, Colectiv Documentary, DE/RO), Moderated by Jonathan Cushing (Head of Global Health Programme, Transparency International, UK).
18:30–20:00 · PANEL
VOICES OF CARE: Exposing Dangers to Public HealthDelphine Halgand (Lead Rapporteur, Infodemics Report & Director of The Signals Network, FR/US), Yvonne Dellmark (Chair, Karolinska University Hospital’s Medical Association, Vice Chairman of the Swedish Medical Association, Physician at Karolinska University Hospital, SE), Helen O’Connor (Former NHS Nurse, GMB NHS Union Organiser, UK). Moderated by Cassie Thornton (Artist & Activist, Collective Healthcare Researcher, US/CA).Saturday, March 20, 2021
11:00–13:00 · PANEL
JULIAN ASSANGE: Repression, Isolation & LockdownSuelette Dreyfus (Technology Researcher, Journalist & Writer, AU), Jennifer Robinson (Human Rights Lawyer and Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London, AU/UK), Stefania Maurizi (Investigative Journalist, IT), Felicity Ruby (PhD Candidate at Sydney University, Researcher on Surveillance and Democracy, AU). Moderated by Anna Myers (Executive Director, Whistleblowing International Network, UK).
The conference is curated by Tatiana Bazzichelli in cooperation with Transparency International.Funded by: Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa (Senate Department for Culture and Europa, Berlin), Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (grant provided by NEO Philanthropy), Checkpoint Charlie Foundation / Checkpoint Charlie Stiftung.Supported [in part] by a grant from the Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the OSIFE of the Open Society Foundations.Part of Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.Media Partners: Berliner Zeitung, TAZ (die Tageszeitung), Il Mitte & ExBerliner. See Less