Innovation Countdown
Media Party — the international conference that, across 15 editions, has brought the global media-innovation community together in Buenos Aires and the United States — is making its European debut.
On September 7 and 8, 2026, CaixaForum Barcelona becomes a living laboratory of keynotes, hands-on workshops, collaborative work spaces and a project fair. The agenda centers on a single, urgent question: how do we sustain the integrity of information in the post-search era and the age of generative AI?
Keynote Speakers
Nic Newman
Senior Research Associate, Reuters Institute
Lead author of the Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2026 report.
Clara Jiménez Cruz
Co-founder & CEO, Maldita.es
Leader of the Spanish foundation dedicated to fighting disinformation. President of the EFCSN.
Teresa Mondría Terol
Senior Manager, AI, NPR
Specialist in applying AI in newsrooms, from algorithm-assisted investigation to internal tools.
Dmitry Shishkin
Independent Media Advisor
Leader of the BBC User Needs Model and expert in audience-centric media strategy.
Chema Alonso
VP & Head of International Development, Cloudflare
Former Chief Digital Officer at Telefónica and founder of cybersecurity companies ElevenPaths and Informática 64.
Elena Sanz
Editorial Director, The Conversation Spain
Award-winning science journalist with extensive experience writing for major outlets including El País, El Mundo, and La Sexta.
Call For Proposals
We are looking for hands-on workshops and lightning talks. Submit your ideas and become a part of the global laboratory.
Formats Accepted:
- Hands-on workshops — practical sessions on verification, authenticity, editorial workflows, and tools.
- Lightning talks — short talks featuring real-world cases, demos and experiments.
Areas of interest: information integrity, synthetic-content detection, newsrooms + AI, business models, data governance and ethics.
How We Build The Future
1. Discover
World-class keynotes, lightning talks and a Media Fair showcase the bleeding edge of tools.
2. Learn
Practical, hands-on workshops and sandbox discussion spaces dive deep into key verticals.
3. Create!
Our format turns ideas into action — teams build, pitch and demo functional prototypes.
What We Are Discussing
Info Integrity
Verification, traceability and synthetic-content detection.
Newsrooms + AI
Frameworks for assessing AI tools in real production.
Discovery
How news travels in AI-driven systems & fragmented audiences.
Ethics & Biz
Sustainable models, data governance and ethics.
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