Building Information Resilient Society in the Changing Information Ecosystem

• Data governance, compliance, frameworks for responsible and ethical data use

• Climate data ecosystem for disaster-resilient infrastructure

• Strategies for maintaining resilient data infrastructure

• Challenges in data management, storage, processing, and accessibility during crises

• Promoting data literacy among individuals and communities to enhance their understanding of data use

• Integrating data education into formal and informal learning settings for increased awareness

• Strategies for using data in decision-making for social impact and community development

• Involving communities in the decision-making processes related to data governance.

• Strategies for building community trust and collaboration in data-related initiatives

• Leveraging data for effective crisis response and management

• Farmer-centric data governance models

Subtheme 2: Information Resilience, Big Data and FAIRification of Data

• Big data and open data for better decision-making

• Open Government Data (OGD), citizen-generated data, community-driven data, link data, and FAIR data

• Enhancing data systems to support timely and accurate information during emergencies

• Blockchain and decentralized systems for data resilience.

Subtheme 3: Information Resilience in Crisis Management

• Role of public libraries and community information centers in building information-resilient communities

• Strategies for building community trust and collaboration in information-related initiatives

• Building resilience through people, information, and technology in post-pandemic

• Information needs (to receive & share), access (channels & factors affects), production (types), use (behavior), influencers (people, organizations, & institutions), and impact across different segments of the population during stress, shock, and disruption.

Subtheme 5: Information Resilience and SDGs

• Information system, network, and services for advancing the UN2030 agenda (SDGs)

• Frameworks for controlling propaganda, fake news, disinformation, and misinformation on social media

• Role of different international organizations, associations, groups, initiatives, and programmes like UNFCCC, UNDP, UNDRR, IPCC, WHO, UNEP, C40 Cities, G20, COP28, etc., in building an information-resilient community.

Subtheme 6: Information Resilience & Frontier Technologies