Program

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SUNDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2008

14:00-15:30 Welcome Light Lunch
15:30-17:30 Quality journalism - creating confidence in a globalised world
Olympia A&B, Level - 2 (E, R, A, S)
Speaker and Moderator: Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists

• Stephen Pritchard, President, Organisation of News Ombudsmen, UK

• Andres Gomez, Executive Director, ERBOL, Bolivia

• Luis Teodoro, Deputy Director, CMFR, Philippines

• Bambang Harymurti, Editor in Chief, Tempo Weekly Magazine and Tempo Daily Newspaper, Indonesia

• Jose Buendia, Executive Director, PRENDE, Mexico

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  15:30-17:30 Media development: information on issues that affect people's lives
  VERGINA, Level - 2 (E, PF)
  Speaker and Moderator: Mark Wilson, Executive Director, The Panos Institute, London-UK

• Diana Senghor, Panos, West Africa

• Kunda Dixit, Editor in Chief, Nepali Times, Nepal

• Maria Pia Matta, AMARC, Latin America
  17:30-18:00 Coffee Break

  OFFICIAL OPENING
  18:00 - 19:30 Opening Session & Keynote Speech
  Olympia A&B, Level - 2 (E, R, A, S, PF, GR)
  Opening Remarks: David Hoffman, President of Internews Network and Chair of GFMD
  Keynote Address: Is media development making a difference for the bottom billion?
  Paul Collier, Professor of Economics, Oxford University, Author of The Bottom Billion
  Welcoming Remarks: Panos Sobolos, President of E.S.I.E.A.
  Welcoming Remarks: H.E. Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Hellenic Minister for the Interior,
  Public Administration and Decentralization
  20.00 Welcome Reception
  Welcome Speech: Mr Nikitas Kaklamanis, Mayor of Athens

MONDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2008

09:00-10:30 8 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

• Workshop 1: Media development trends / VERGINA, Level -2 (E)
  Warren Feek, Communication initiative, canada
• Workshop 2: Community radio in latin america: a different form of communication / MYCENAE, Level 1 (S)
  Maria Pia Matta, Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (AMARC / ALC), Latin America &
  Nestor Busso, Asociacion Latinoamericana De Educacion Radiofonica (ALER), Latin America
• Workshop 3: Loans and investments as a tool for media development / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E)
  Sasa Vucinic & Patrice Schneider, Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF), Singapore
• Workshop 4: Fundraising strategies in conflict situations / MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, R)
  Manana Aslamazyan, Executive Director, Internews Europe, Eurasia
• Workshop 5: Monitoring and evaluation / ILISSOS, Level -1 (E, PF)
  Gerry Powers, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service Trust, UK
• Workshop 6: Freelancers - why should we care? / PELLA, Level 1 (E)
  Carr Tina, Director, Rory Peck Trust, UK
• Workshop 7: Media landscapes in conflict situations / HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E)
  Sheldon Himelfarb, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding, US
• Workshop 8: More media for minorities / ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E)
  Andrew Lam, Co-founder of New America Media (NAM), US

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  09:00-10:30 News and content in mobile technology, citizen journalism, future of the internet
  Olympia B, Level - 2 (E, S, A)
  Moderator: Alleida Calleja, Deputy President, AMARC, Mexico

• Sameer Padania, Hub manager, WITNESS
• Jun Matsushita, Internews Europe
• Guy Berger, Professor, Director of School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South AfricaIN PARALLEL WITH
  14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus - Asia / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E)
  Moderators: Roby Alampay and A.S. Panneerselvan, GFMD Steering Committee
• Review of Regional Forum
• Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan
• Fundraising Strategies for the Region
• Presentation of GFMD membership network

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  14:30-16.00 Regional Caucus - Africa / MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, PF)
  Moderators: Gabriel Baglo and Jeanette Minnie, GFMD Steering Committee

• Review of Regional Forum
• Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan
• Fundraising Strategies for the Region
• Presentation of GFMD membership network

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus - Latin America & the Carribean / VERGINA, Level -2 (E, S)
  Moderators: Jaime Abello Banfi and Veet Vivarta (ANDI), GFMD Steering Committee

• Review of Regional Forum
• Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan
• Fundraising Strategies for the Region
• Presentation of GFMD membership network

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus - MENA / OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A)
  Moderators: Shibli Haitham and Ali Djerri, GFMD Steering Committee

• Review of Regional Forum
• Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan
• Fundraising Strategies for the Region
• Presentation of GFMD membership network

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus - International NGOs / ILISSOS, Level 9/RG (E)
  Moderator: David Hoffman, GFMD Chairman

• Presentation of GFMD membership network
• Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan
• Global Advocacy Strategies
  16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

  NETWORKING SESSIONS
  16:30-18:30 Would like to meet - speed dating for project ideas / OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E)
  Participants present new, different, innovative, successful project ideas to share
  experience and look for partners.

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  16:30-18:30 Impossible Dreams? / OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E)
  Participants present ideas on advocacy, projects, research, etc. that they always wanted
  to do but never got around to.

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  16:30-18:30 6 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

• Workshop 1: Protecting journalists reporting crime / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E)
  Drew Sullivan, Organized Crime & Corruption, Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Workshop 2: Communication and gender / MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, S)
  Maria Pia Matta, Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires (AMARC), Latin America
• Workshop 3: Improving election coverage in developing and emerging countries / MYCENAE, Level 1 (E)
  Wesley Gibbings, Association Of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), Trinidad & Tobago
• Workshop 4: Partnership between international media and local organisations / VERGINA, Level -2 (E, PF)
  Marie-S. Frère, Institut Panos Paris (IPP), France &
  Donat M'Baya Tshimanga, Journaliste En Danger (JED), DRC
• Workshop 5: Disasters and emergencies: role of communication / ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E, A)
  Imogen Wall, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service Trust, UK &
  Mark Frohardt, Internews Network, US
• Workshop 6: Monitoring + Evaluation / HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E)
  Sofie Jannush, Catholic Media Council (CAMECO), Germany &
  Remzi Lani, South East European Network for Professionalisation of Media (SEEPNM), Albania
  10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
  11:00-13:00 Corporate social responsibility in media development / new models for the public sphere
  OLYMPIA A, Level - 2 (E, S)
  Speaker and Moderator: Jaime Abello Banfi, Executive Director, FNPI, Colombia
• Patrice Barrat, Executive Director, Bridge Initiative International, France
• Rosa Maria Alfaro, President, A.C.S. Calandria, Peru
• Jonathan Halperin, Director of Research, Communications and Advocacy, SustainAbility, US

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  11:00-13:00 Access and voice in new technology / VERGINA, Level - 2 (E, GR)
  Moderator: James Michael Deane, Head of Policy Development, BBC World Service Trust

• Eduardo Avila, Director, Voces Bolivianas, Bolivia
• Ivan Sigal, Executive Director, Global Voices
• Jane Ransom, Executive Director, IWMF
• Ying Chan, Professor, University of Hong Kong / Shantou University, China
• Pashos Mandravelis, columnist, KATHIMERINI

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  11:00-13:00 Global media players - regional media players - media in transition - future strategies
  OLYMPIA B, Level - 2 (E, R, A, PF)
  Keynote Address: His Excellency Petar Stoyanov, Former President of Bulgaria
  Moderator: Joyce Barnathan, President, ICFJ

• Chris Cramer, New Media Development Director - Thomson-Reuters,
  Former Managing Director - CNN International
• Abdul Rahman Alrasheed, Managing Director, Arabiya/MBC
• Tony Naets, Special Advisor Broadcast News, EBU
• Sevanti Ninan, The Hoot, India
  13.00-14.30 Light Lunch

  REGIONAL CAUCUS MEETINGS
  14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus - Eurasia / OLYMPIA A, Level - 2 (E, R)
  Moderators: Manana Aslamazyan and Remzi Lani, GFMD Steering Committee

• Review of Regional Forum
• Defining Two Key Objectives for GFMD Workplan
• Fundraising Strategies for the Region
• Presentation of GFMD membership network

TUESDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2008

09:00-10:30 Freedom of expression and media development: building enabling environments -
the role of international organisations / OLYMPIA A & B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, PF)
Moderator: Eduardo Bertoni, Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation

• Catalina Botero Marino, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression,
  InterAmerican commission on Human Rights, OAS

• Miklos Haraszti, OSCE representative on freedom of the media

• Sylvie Coudray, Senior programme specialist, Division for freedom of expression,
  democracy and peace, UNESCO

• Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
  10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
  11:00-13:00 Media development in conflict areas: safety comes first / OLYMPIA A & B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, PF, GR)
  Keynote Speech: H.E. Mrs Dora Bakoyannis, Hellenic Minister of Foreign Affairs
  Moderator: Nikos Megrelis, GFMD Athens World Conference Managing Coordinator,
  member of the Executive Committee of International Federation of Journalists

• Alan Johnston, BBC

• Santiago Lyon, Director of Photography , The Associated Press

• Rodney Pinder, Director, INSI

• Carlos Cortes Castillo, Executive Director, FLIP, Colombia

• Donat M' Baya Tshimanga, JED, Democratic Republic of Congo
  13:00-14:30 Light Lunch

  14:30-16:00 12 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

• Workshop 1: Skills: New technologies for media NGOs / OLYMPIA B, Level - 2 (E, S)
  Amy Webb, Webb media consulting, US

• Workshop 2: Strategic framework media and conflict / MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, A)
  Sheldon Himelfarb, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, & Peacebuilding, US

• Workshop 3: Media regulation: what future? / VERGINA, Level - 2 (F)
  Patrick Leusch, Deutsche Welle, Germany

• Workshop 4: Monitoring attacks on journalists / PELLA, Level 1 (E)
  Carlos Cortes Castillo, Press Freedom Foundation (FLIP), Colombia

• Workshop 5: Assessing media landscapes / OLYMPIA A, Level - 2 (E)
  Gwyneth Henderson, Open society institute media program, UK &
  Fakson Banda, Rhodes University, South Africa

• Workshop 6: Working in closed media systems:
  Case Studies from Burma, Iran, Tibet, Sudan / NAOUSSA, Level 1 (E)
  Roby Alampay, South East Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Thailand &
  Albana Shalla, Press Now, Netherlands &
  Ying Chan, Professor, University of Hong Kong / Shantou University, China

• Workshop 7: A Holistic approach to media development - the CIMA Report / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E)
  Marguerite Sullivan, Center For International Media Assistance (CIMA), US

• Workshop 8: Covering climate change / KOZANI, Level 1 (E)
  Mark Harvey, Internews Europe, UK

• Workshop 9: Skills workshop: getting around the internet filters in restrictive media systems
  MYCENAE, Level 1 (E, R)
  Eric Johnson, Internews International, France

• Workshop 10: Media and diversity: the business case for diversity / EDESSA, Level 1 (E)
  Milica Pesic, Media Diversity Institute, UK

• Workshop 11: The right to communication and poverty: The MDGs / ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (S)
  Nestor Busso, Asociacion Latinoamericana De Educacion Radiofonica (ALER), Latin America

• Workshop 12: Strengthening collaborative approaches to media and conflict / HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E)
  Jesper Hojberg, International Media Support (IMS), Denmark
  16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
  16:30-18:00 The case for media development, economic development and good governance
  OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E, S, PF, GR)
  Moderator & Speaker: William Orme, Policy Advisor for Independent Media Development,
  UNDP Bureau for Development Policy

• Sina Odugbemi, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program, World Bank

• Sandor Orban, Executive Director, SEEPNM

• Mark Nelson, Program Manager, The World Bank Institute

• Paula Fray, IPS Regional Director Africa

• Stephen Salyer, President, Salzburg Global Seminar

• George Koumoutsakos, Spokesman, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  16:30-18:00 Measuring impact: how does free, independent media promote democracy and economic development?
  VERGINA, Level - 2 (E, GR)
  Moderator: Bettina Peters, Director, GFMD

• Gerry Powers, Director of Research and Learning, BBC World Service Trust

• Susan Abbott, Associate Director, Annenberg School for Communication, U/PENN

• Mark Whitehouse, Executive Director, IREX, US

• A.S. Panneerselvan, Panos South Asia

• Kostas Betinakis, General Secretary of of E.S.I.E.A.

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  16:30-18:00 Creating enabling environments: media regulation mechanisms that can guarantee effective
  media development - with special intervention on defending media freedom in Zimbabwe
  OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, R, A)
  Moderator: Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda, Nigeria

• Gordana Jankovic, Open Society Media Programme, UK

• Veet Vivarta, Director, ANDI, Brazil

• Jeanette Minnie, Zambezi FoX, South Africa

• Wesley Gibbings, President, ACM, Trinidad & Tobago
  20.00 Dinner

WEDNESDAY, 10 DECEMBER 2008

09:00-10:30 13 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

• Workshop 1: Skills training: new technologies for media NGOs / OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E)
  Amy Webb, Webb media consulting, US

• Workshop 2: Side meeting: internews international / ATHENS VIEW, Level 9/RG (E)
  Eric Johnson, Internews International, France

• Workshop 3: Side meeting: european journalism training association / VERGINA, Level -2 (E)
  Marianne Peters, President, European Journalism Training Association, Netherlands

• Workshop 4: Media and children's rights / KOZANI, Level 1 (S)
  Veet Vivarta, Director, Agencia de Noticias dos Direitos de Infancia (ANDI), Brazil

• Workshop 5: Challenges to media in transition andean region / MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (S)
  Cesar Ricaurte, Fundamedios, Andean Region

• Workshop 6: Independent journalism and media offer: how to take into account the needs of the population
  MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E, PF)
  Caroline Vuillemin, Fondation Hirondelle, Switzerland

• Workshop 7: Impact of radio on development in Africa / MYCENAE, Level 1 (E)
  Armorer Wason, Panos, UK

• Workshop 8: Safety in quality news coverage / PELLA, Level 1 (E)
  Rodney Pinder, Director, International News Safety Institute (INSI), Belgium - UK

• Workshop 9: Women journalists - building bridges across conflict zones / EDESSA, Level 1 (E, R)
  Nadezha Azhgikhina, Russian Union Of Journalists (JUR), Russia

• Workshop 10: Global voices and access to media / ILISSOS, Level - 1 (E, S)
  Eduardo Avila, Voces Bolivianas, Bolivia

• Workshop 11: Fundraising strategies for media development groups / OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A)
  David Hoffman, President of Internews Network and Chair of GFMD

• Workshop 12: New framework of doing journalism / HORIZON, Level 9/RG (E)
  Walter Dean, Committee of Concerned Journalists, US

• Workshop 13: Side meeting ICFJ, mentoring programme / ARISTOTELIS 2, Level 8 (E)
  Joyce Barnathan, President, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
  10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

  REGIONAL CAUCUS MEETINGS
  11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus - Eurasia / OLYMPIA A, Level -2 (E, R)
  Moderators: Manana Aslamazyan and Remzi Lani, GFMD Steering Committee

• Defining Key Objectives for the Region

• Election of one reserve member for GFMD Steering Committee

• Follow up to Networking Sessions

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus - Asia / MACEDONIA B, Level 1 (E)
  Moderators: Roby Alampay and A.S. Panneerselvan, GFMD Steering Committee

• Defining Key Objectives for the Region

• Election of one reserve member for GFMD Steering Committee

• Follow up to Networking Sessions

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus - Africa/ MACEDONIA A, Level 1 (E, PF)
  Moderators: Gabriel Baglo and Jeanette Minnie, GFMD Steering Committee

• Defining Key Objectives for the Region

• Election of one reserve member for GFMD Steering Committee

• Follow up to Networking Sessions

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus - Latin America & the Carribean / VERGINA, Level -2 (E, S)
  Moderators: Jaime Abello Banfi and Veet Vivarta (ANDI), GFMD Steering Committee

• Defining Key Objectives for the Region

• Election of one reserve member for GFMD Steering Committee

• Follow up to Networking Sessions

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus - MENA / OLYMPIA B, Level -2 (E, A)
  Moderators: Shibli Haitham and Ali Djerry, GFMD Steering Committee

• Defining Key Objectives for the Region

• Election of one reserve member for GFMD Steering Committee

• Follow up to Networking Sessions

  IN PARALLEL WITH
  11:00-12:30 Regional Caucus - International NGOs / MYCENAE, Level 1 (E)
  Moderator: Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists

• Election of four members to GFMD Steering Committee

• Election of two reserves to GFMD Steering Committee

• Follow up to Networking Session
  12:30-14:00 Light Lunch
  14:00-16:30 Closing Ceremony / Launch of GFMD Membership Network / OLYMPIA A&B, Level -2 (E, A, R, S, GR, PF)

• Closing Remarks: George Papandreou, President of PASOK, President of the Socialist International

• Speech : Media Development - State of the Media in ten year's time - Future Strategies and Developments,
  Pavlos Tsimas, commentator, MEGA TV, columnist, TA NEA

• Launch of the GFMD Media Development Awards
  Joyce Barnathan & Manana Aslamazyan, GFMD Steering Committee

• Presentation of 2009-2011 Steering Committee

• Official Launch of GFMD Membership Network

• Putting Media Freedom at the Heart of Development - Key Objectives for GFMD 2009
  Bettina Peters, Director, GFMD
  16:30-18:00 Press Conference / ILISSOS, Level 1
  20.00 Farewell Dinner

THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2008

10:00-12:00 Visit to Acropolis (Meeting Point: Divani Caravel Lobby, 09.30 am)
14.00-17.00 Meeting of New GFMD Steering Committee