Congress Sessions
Saturday, 14 June 2008 |
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| 09:30 |
IPI Board Meeting |
| Hyatt Regency Hotel | |
| 19:30 | Welcome Reception |
| Ušće Tower | |
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
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| 10:00 | Opening Ceremony |
| House of the National Assembly | |
| Welcome: Hari Štajner, Chairman, IPI Belgrade Host Committee Mirjana Milošević, Director, Media Center, Belgrade Opening Remarks: Piotr Niemczycki, Publisher, Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw, and Chairman of IPI David Dadge, Director of IPI Keynote Speaker: Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia |
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13:30 |
Neighbours, Partners, Rivals: Perceptions of South East Europe |
| In this session, prominent speakers will discussed the perception of neighbours in South East Europe (SEE) – how the countries in the region, in particular in the former Yugoslavia, perceive each other and whether these perceptions have changed over time. Among other issues, they talked abouthow SEE countries are perceived in Europe, the role of politicians, elites, the media and civil society, and the main points of cooperation and exchange between these countries. | |
| Moderator: Tim Judah, Balkans Correspondent, The Economist and Author, London Panelists: Vladimir Gligorov, Senior Economist, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Vienna Drago Hedl, Editor, Feral Tribune, Split Senad Pećanin, Director, Dani, Sarajevo Biljana Srbljanović, Playwright, Belgrade |
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| 15:30 | When the Guns Fall Silent: An International Perspective on Fostering Reconciliation |
| Reconciliation is a relatively new concept in the field of conflict resolution. It refers to numerous activities that help turn a peace agreement into a lasting peace by creating trust and understanding among former enemies. South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is considered a model in this field. Since the TRC was created in 1995, at least 20 other such commissions have been created worldwide, albeit not always with the same success. International experts in this session will examined the techniques used to foster reconciliation, in particular the media’s role in this process. | |
| Moderator: Denis Murray, BBC Ireland Correspondent Panelists: Munther Dajani, Director, Issam Sartawi Center for the Advancement of Peace and Democracy, Al Quds University, Jerusalem Daphna Golan, Director, Partnership for Social Change, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Barney Mthombothi, Editor, Financial Mail, Johannesburg |
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| 19:30 | Opening Reception |
| Cocktail at City Hall and dinner in Skadarlija bohemian quarter | |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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| Venue: Sava Center | |
| 09:30 | New Media: New Opportunities, New Threats |
| As recent events in Burma have shown, new media have become a great source for free speech. Videos, photographs, SMS text messages, e-cards and blogs, as well as notices on the social networking Website Facebook and updates on the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, flooded the world with images and texts about the demonstrations against Burma’s rulers, until the military, recognising the power of the new media, closed off Internet access. While it is perhaps not surprising that authoritarian or totalitarian governments continue to seek control over the Internet, the emergence of new media has also led to new efforts by more liberal governments to regulate the media, in particular with regard to certain content, raising the possibility that long-established rights to freedom of expression and of the press could be threatened anew. | |
| Moderator: Roy Greenslade, Media Commentator and Columnist; Professor of Journalism, City University, London Panelists: David Kurtz , Managing Editor, Talking Points Memo, New York, NY Dejan Restak, Website Director, B92, Belgrade Christoph Schultheis, BILDblog, Berlin |
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11:30 |
Are Profits Killing the News? (Focus on Europe) |
| In Europe, as in other parts of the world, newspapers are increasingly under pressure, not only from the Internet, but from private equity companies and other large shareholders, who demand ever expanding profit margins. Critics say these new media owners treat newspapers and other media as an investment in a commodity like any other, ready to dump them when profits sag or investors become nervous. According to some, it is not only the future of newspapers and other media that is at stake here, but also the future of news itself. | |
| Moderator: William Green, Editor, TIME Europe, London Speakers: Vuslat Dogan Sabanci, CEO, Hürriyet, Istanbul David Montgomery, CEO, Mecom Group plc, London Michael Ringier, Chairman of the Board, Ringier AG, Zurich |
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| 13:00 | SEEMO Human Rights News Agency Photo Award
Presented by: Oliver Vujović, Secretary General, South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) |
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| 14:30 | Parallel Session: |
| SEEMO Regional Meeting: “Private News Agencies in South East Europe” (Part I) | |
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| 15:30 | IPI General Assembly |
| (for IPI Members only) | |
| IPI Elects Janne Virkkunen as New Chairman (pdf) | |
| 19:30 | Cocktail Reception |
| White Palace - Former Royal Court | |
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
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| Venue: Sava Center | |
| 09:00 | Parallel Session: |
| SEEMO Regional Meeting: “Private News Agencies in South East Europe” (Part II) | |
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| 09:30 | Chasing the Story: The Challenges of Transnational Investigative Journalism |
| In this session, experts from four continents will discussed the importance of cross-border investigative journalism, and how journalists around the world can help each other by sharing newsgathering techniques and news sources when reporting on corruption, organised crime, terrorism, multinational companies, and publishing under threat. | |
| Moderator: Galina Sidorova, Editor-in-Chief, Sovershenno Secretno (Top Secret), Moscow Panelists: Stefan Candea, Co-Founder, Romanian Centre for Investigative Journalism, Bucharest Misha Glenny, Journalist and Author, London Daniele Moro, Editor-in-Chief, "Tg 5", Canale 5, Milan |
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| 11:30 | Reporting America |
| According to a recent Pew Global Attitudes survey, America’s image has plummeted over the last five years throughout much of the world. The fall in U.S. popularity can in part be traced to the policies of the Bush administration, from the war in Iraq to the U.S. detention camp in Guantánamo Bay. But, accepting that the U.S. itself is largely to blame for its poor image, how well does the world’s media perform in reporting on the United States, its actions, policies and motives? Is the reporting fair and unbiased by local and regional political or religious considerations? How well do those who write or broadcast about the U.S. understand it and its political systems, and how well do they convey concepts like representational government, rule of law, balance of powers, freedom of expression and the press to readers and viewers whose societies do not espouse such values? In short, how much does foreign coverage fuel disapproval and suspicion of the United States? | |
| Moderator: Alison Smale , Managing Editor, International Herald Tribune, Paris Panelists: Hafez Mirazi, Vice Chairman, Al Hayat TV, Egypt; former Washington Bureau Chief, Al-Jazeera, Washington, DC Gene Policinski, Vice President/Executive Director, First Amendment Center, Nashville, TN Matthias Schepp, Moscow Bureau Chief, Der Spiegel, Hamburg |
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14:30 |
IPI Open Forum |
| The Limits of Tolerance on the 60th Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights | |
| Moderator: Joe Treaster, Knight Chair for Cross-Cultural Communication, University of Miami School of Communication, Miami, FLA Panelists: Robert Russell, Executive Director, Cartoonists’ Rights Network International, Washington, DC Sawsan Zaidah, Radio Director, AmmanNet, Amman |
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| 16:30 | Closing Ceremony |
Presentation of the “Free Media Pioneer 2008” |
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| 19:30 | Farewell Dinner |
| Belgrade Fortress in a medieval ambiance | |
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| IPI Grand Concert | |
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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| Departure for Post-Congress Tours | |
| 09:30-19:30 | SEEMO Regional Meeting: “Media, Marketing and Business - (Focus on New Media) " |
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