Events

We regularly participate in events and webinar to shed the light on our work and projects, together with partners, NGO, policy makers, journalists and other stakeholders tackling disinformation. Here are every details about our agenda, but also upcoming and past disinformation related events from our partners.

Events

March 2026

24

Digital Platform Compliance Summit

The Digital Platform Regulation & Compliance Summit is an event designed specifically for online platforms’ legal and compliance teams.

24

Trust & Safety Summit

Trust & Safety Summit is Europe’s largest independent event dedicated to the evolving world of Trust & Safety.

31

INCYBER Forum 2026

The 18th edition of this European conference on digital security and trust will be held in Lille, France. It will feature sessions on digital safety, OSINT and cybersecurity.

April 2026

01

OSINT Day

The OSINT Day is a dedicated event held within the INCYBER Forum in Lille, France. This event aims to showcase real-world applications of this practice.

08

Cambridge Disinformation Summit

The University of Cambridge will host the Cambridge disinformation summit on 8-10 April. It will explore systemic risks from disinformation supported by technology such as AI and online social and search platforms.

14

Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum

For the first time, the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum will be held in a French-speaking country, under the theme ‘Building Inclusive and Resilient Digital Futures’.

16

Global Forum: FIMI & Hybrid Threats

This online forum will bring together two focused days of expert-led sessions on FIMI trends, Chinese influence operations, hybrid warfare, and cyberattacks. It will feature 15+ speakers from leading research institutions, governments, and the security sector.

25

European Public Policy Conference

The 2026 European Public Policy Conference will serve as a platform for dialogue and collaboration to strengthen the EU’s collective resilience against election interference, misinformation and cyberattacks.

May 2026

05

RightsCon 2026

The 14th edition of RightsCon will take place in Lusaka, Zambia and online from Tuesday, May 5 to Friday, May 8, 2026.

06

Protect NGO’

Foundations, nonprofits, cities, corporations and volunteers will be gathering in this event to learn why cyber protecting nonprofits matters and what they can do about it.

31

OSMOSIS Conference

OSMOSIS is a US association of OSINT professionals. Its annual conference will be held in Florida, USA.

June 2026

15

Disinformation Summer Institute

This 4-day event will take place June 15-18, 2026 at the IslandWood Retreat on Bainbridge Island near Seattle.

17

Media & Learning 2026: Co-Creating the Future of Learning

Media & Learning 2026 will take place in Provinciehuis, Leuven, Belgium from Wednesday, 17th to Thursday, 18th June 2026. Call for proposals is open until 31 January 2026.

17

Global Fact 2026

This year, the global fact-checking summit will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania. Call for speakers is open until Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 11:59 Eastern time.

September 2026

07

Harmful Visuals Preconference 2026

This preconference will be focusing on visual harms such as sexting, revenge porn, and online hate. Call for papers is open until Tuesday, 31 March at 23:59 CET.

07

EDMO BELUX 2.0 Final Conference

EDMO BELUX 2.0 will hold its final conference in Brussels, on 7-8 September. Call for papers, panels and workshops is open until March 8, 2026, 23:59 (Brussels/Luxembourg time).

October 2026

06

#Disinfo2026

The EU DisinfoLab’s annual conference will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania.

06

Political Communication Summit

Europe’s leading voices in political messaging, public affairs, and institutional communications will gather in Vienna, Austria, on 6-7 October. The Political Communication Summit is powered by Partisan, the team behind the Political Tech Summit.

About us

Check First is a leading Finnish software and methodologies company, spearheading adversarial research techniques. We believe that everyone should be able to understand how and why content is presented to them. We advocate for online clarity and accountability, building solutions to attain this goal. Partnering with leading institutions, regulators, NGOs and educators, we aim at curbing the spread of disinformation and foreign influence manipulations.

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