Please click here [1] for the Global Forum for Media Development-Athens World Conference Program in .pdf
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
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
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
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
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
IN PARALLEL WITH
14:30-16:00 Regional Caucus - International NGOs / ILISSOS, Level 9/RG (E)
Moderator: David Hoffman, GFMD Chairman
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
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
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
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
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 [5], BBC
Santiago Lyon [6], Director of Photography , The Associated Press
Rodney Pinder [7], 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 [8] 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
Links:
[1] http://www.gfmd-athensconference.com/en/files/Program_a_a_g___Full_Programme.pdf
[2] http://www.gfmd-athensconference.com/en/files/Fackson_Banda__9_dec__1430_1600.pdf
[3] http://www.gfmd-athensconference.com/en/files/A_S__Panneerselvan__9_Dec__1630__1830.pdf
[4] http://www.gfmd-athensconference.com/en/files/Rosa_Maria_Alfaro__8_dec__1100_1300.pdf
[5] http://www.gfmd-athensconference.com/en/files/Alan_Johnston__9_Dec__1100_1300.pdf
[6] http://www.gfmd-athensconference.com/en/files/Santiago_Lyon__9_Dec__1100_1300.pdf
[7] http://www.gfmd-athensconference.com/en/files/Rodney_Pinder__9_Dec__1100_1300.pdf
[8] http://www.gfmd-athensconference.com/en/files/Jaime_Abello_Banfi__8_dec__1100_1300.pdf