The 2018 festival – the twelfth edition – will be the biggest and best yet, with more than 700 speakers from all over the planet and more than 300 sessions in the programme. All sessions will take place in the stunning setting of the historic town centre of Perugia. Each session will be live-streamed, with the on-demand video available on the festival website immediately afterwards. Simultaneous translation in English-Italian will be provided for about 75 sessions. All festival sessions will be free entry for all attendees, without any need for registration.

About 200 volunteers – journalism students, aspiring journalists or journalists at the beginning of their careers – come from 21 different countries. The programme attempts to cover all the major issues of current interest in the media and beyond. We hope you find it stimulating.

Topics to be covered in the 2018 programme include sexual harassment, disinformation, climate change, cyber-war and propaganda, artificial intelligence, the alt-right and populism, humanitarian crises, investigative journalism, basic income, trust in the media, migration, fact-checking and debunking, confronting trauma, data journalism, engagement, news start-ups, news literacy, local journalism, diversity and inclusion, public service media, business models, freedom of expression, philanthropy in the media, and many more.