BUENOS AIRES
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THU OCT 29
Ciudad Cultural Konex
FRI OCT 30
Ciudad Cultural Konex
SAT OCT 31
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The rise of AI agents is not just a technological upgrade: it is a structural shift in who tells the story. When an algorithm can generate, curate, and argue a narrative without human intervention, storytelling competes against systems that also narrate. In this scenario, cognitive sovereignty —the ability to think, editorialize, and decide without delegating judgment to a machine— becomes vital for the survival of journalism.
This defense is also an opportunity. Media Party 2026 calls for a twofold task: protect human judgment while we dare to experiment with the new forms of storytelling in the age of agents.
Featured Keynotes
Caspar Llewellyn Smith
> Leading the responsible deployment of AI at Guardian News & Media (GNM).
> Board member and trustee of the Architectural Association (AA).
Marina Walker Guevara
> Pulitzer Center | Panama Papers | Stanford JSK.
> Exploring power, technology, and truth in the digital age.
Sevgil Musaieva
> Ukrainska Pravda.
> Defending independent journalism on the front lines.
Sasa Vucinic
> Co-founder and Managing Partner.
> Investing in independent media in emerging markets.
Tomás Escobar
> Founder.
> Innovation in platforms and media technology.
Andrew Fishman
> Co-founder and President.
> Investigative journalism & digital rights.
Marco Tulio Pires
> Data Editor and Technologist.
> Empowering journalists with cutting-edge data tools.
Franco Piccato
> Chequeado.
> Innovating in fact-checking and digital journalism in Latin America.
Brittani Kollar
> Deputy Director at MediaWise.
> Media literacy, AI, and disinformation.
We don't just talk about the future; we build it.
Discover
International-level keynotes, lightning talks, and our "Media Fair" as a showcase of cutting-edge tools.
Learn
Hands-on workshops and sandbox spaces to explore the workflows and verticals of the future.
Create!
Our hackathon turns ideas into action. Teams build, pitch, and present functional demos.
MEDIA FAIR
An interactive showcase for creators, development teams, and entrepreneurs to present prototypes, tools, services, and innovative media projects in front of a global community of experts.
* Open call for prototypes, papers, tools, and media initiatives.
Media Party Buenos Aires 2025 gathered more than 200 speakers and 2,000 professionals from 30 countries.
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Tracking Synthetic Content: Armin Senoner’s Insights Ahead of Media Party Barcelona 2026
https://youtu.be/n-Z0BGfJRFA?si=jo94bc_Yu_2i7c12 At Media Party Buenos Aires 2025, Google DeepMind’s Armin Senoner introduced SynthID to watermark…
Megan H. Chan “Pinpoint: AI-powered tool for journalists”
https://youtu.be/k28S9byGb3A?si=YgCfLuf27s3i6sED At Media Party Buenos Aires 2025, Google’s Megan H. Chan introduced Pinpoint, a free…
Edward Tian: “Can AI replace critical thinking?”
https://youtu.be/1riIGNpwVQI?si=vZxn_-njr7xC5XrQ At Media Party Buenos Aires 2025, GPTZero Co-Founder Edward Tian flipped the conference's dominant…
Natalia Suniga “TikTokization and Desire in a Loop”
https://youtu.be/gXpBv7M7G1c?si=cnU9BPbg3ebiXtPq Natalia Suniga, founder of Strategy of Things and former Head of TikTok for LATAM,…
David Coronel “Calíope, Your Voice Amidst the Noise”
https://youtu.be/nL9sl7H0j8I?si=WTnu51sErFSZ5Hk- At the latest edition of Media Party Buenos Aires, David Coronel, a member of…
Ester Borges “Who Pays for the News? Technology, Taxes, and Journalism Sustainability”
https://youtu.be/Y0mvftcreaY?si=i1LK0pRoIkiCEJOS At Media Party, Ester Borges presents research from the Momentum Journalism and Tech Task…
Andrés González Casco: “Can branded content also be great journalistic content?”
https://youtu.be/jhD_GteiXAM?si=m_oUebfyeWci5c0X In this talk, Andrés González Casco questions how traditional advertising interrupts the user experience…
Leonardo Dalera: “How NOT to Implement Artificial Intelligence Projects in Media”
https://youtu.be/dBJbs5bDow0?si=Aq_1Vcufgt_RqCdu In this Lightning Talk, Leonardo Dalera proposes questioning the urgency to adopt technology without…
Janine Warner “Successes and failures: lessons from innovative digital media”
https://youtu.be/gvrTpj3SSXo?si=4_OmFyQTSFQto5TG In this presentation, Janine Warner celebrates the tenth anniversary of SembraMedia, an organization dedicated…
Alejandro Valdez Sanabria: “Training Oral Languages for AI”
https://youtu.be/F9RtENvElzk?si=3UsyV70qLS-WUGMG Alejandro Valdez Sanabria, from El Surti, presents the AIKUAA project at Media Party 2025. This…
Nicolás Rocca Rivarola – “Storytelling with AI: How to Tell Stories That Move People in One Minute”
https://youtu.be/Gq2swPDA2FE?si=rrA-B_4T_nR2sJpG Nicolás Rocca Rivarola presents MedIA, the first Argentine media outlet created entirely with artificial…
Carolina Hadad “Introducing Shira: A New Way to Train Journalists Against Phishing”
https://youtu.be/020mpz0CuSU?si=JEgpA3OQIYTqb3A3 Carolina Hadad, from the organization Horizontal, introduces Shira, a platform created to train journalists…
Enrique Avogadro “Creative Industries as a Laboratory for the Future: Narratives, Community, and Business Beyond the Algorithm”
https://youtu.be/IbpVBQofo8g?si=hNaltzNwVG9hIK8s In this talk, Enrique Avogadro argues that the future of media does not reside…
Sam Gregory “How to Improve Deepfake Detection”
https://youtu.be/TUISWSIDGuQ?si=c08mCsQe8I7iHCV- Sam Gregory discusses the implementation of "Deepfakes Rapid Response Force" at WITNESS to help…
Juan Manuel Ortiz de Zárate “Normsy: AI + Human Empathy to Defuse Online Toxicity in Real Time”
https://youtu.be/gWZEJQp8CtM?si=5FYz8ZYBxwrUjZ9J In this talk, Juan Manuel Ortiz presents Normsy, an artificial intelligence born from a…