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

May 2026

04

Geneva Cyber Week

This event will bring together experts from a variety of sectors across multiple events to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in cybersecurity.

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.

13

IWF Annual Report Launch

IWF will be presenting its 2025 annual report on CSAM on May 13th.

18

re:publica 26

Europe’s largest digital society festival will be held in Berlin.

20

Cybersec Europe

Cybersec Europe is a cybersecurity event bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and decision-makers to tackle today’s biggest digital risks and opportunities.

31

OSMOSIS Conference

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

June 2026

03

Riga StratCom Dialogue 2026

The 2026 StratCom Dialogue invites policymakers, strategists, communicators, and thinkers to discuss strategic communication.

03

IIC France Chapter meeting: Key Pillars of the Digital Networks Act

Held in Paris, this breakfast discussion will explore the key pillars of the Digital Networks Act, focusing on the evolution of the Single Market and authorization frameworks, as well as the convergence between telecom, cloud, and data centre ecosystems.

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.

29

Summer Course on European Platform Regulation 2026

This event held in Amsterdam will offer a deep dive into the law and policy of the Services Act, as well as other legislation aiming to reform the laws for online intermediation and the digital economy (e.g. the Digital Markets Act).

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.

07

World Summit AI

During this event held in Amsterdam, leaders and researchers in the AI field will be able to discuss economic, technological and ethical dialogues driving the new paradigm of AI.

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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