This year’s EU DisinfoLab conference took place in Krakow from 11 to 12 October, bringing together over 300 renowned professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds. Over the course of two days, participants delved deep into the complexities of contemporary disinformation challenges, touching on regulation, transparency, access to data and the impact of disinformation on individuals and society at large.

The FERMI consortium held its 3rd in-person meeting in Helsinki hosted by the Finnish Ministry of the Interior. Partners demonstrated a preliminary version of the FERMI platform, and highlighted progress on ethics and data protection and communication and dissemination activities. Other focal points that will play an even bigger role in the near- and mid-term future include pilot planning and exploitation.

On June 14-15 2023, the European Commission held the Projects to Policy Seminar 2023 in Brussels, bringing together EU policymakers, project officers and project managers. The seminar was a great opportunity to learn more about the work the EU is doing on the policy side of domestic security and to get to know the policy and project officers as well as colleagues working on other projects that were recently funded under the Horizon framework.