9:00 to 9:30 |
Registration
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9:30 to 10:00 |
Opening RemarksRoom X
- Welcome by Mr Michael Worbs, Chairman of the Executive Board, UNESCO
- Opening address by Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
- Address by Mr Marcelo Rech, President, World Editors Forum
- Video message by Mr David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
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10:00 to 11:30 |
Panel 1: Rise of identity politics as a challenge to representative democracyRoom X
Moderator: Mr Ivor Gaber, Professor, University of Sussex
- Mr Henrikas Iouchkiavitchious, Independent expert
- Mr Yascha Mounk, Lecturer on Government, Harvard University, USA
- Mr David Levy, Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism,Oxford University, UK
- Mr Philip Howard, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, UK
- Mr Paul F. Nemitz, Director, Fundamental rights and Rule of Law, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
- Ms Amira Yahyaoui, Al Bawsala, Tunisia
- Mr Kari Huhta, Diplomatic Editor, Helsingin Sanomat, Finland
Q&A session
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11:30 to 12:00 |
Coffee break
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12:00 to 13:30 |
Panel 2: Media challenged - business models and new technologiesRoom X
Moderator: Mr Vincent Peyrègne, Chairman, World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA);
- Mr Ricardo Gandour, Journalism Director, CBN, Brazilian Radio Network, Brazil
- Mr Vicente Jiménez, Director-General, Cadena SER, Spain
- Ms Lina Chawaf, Founder, Rozana Radio, Syrian Arab Republic
- Mr Andrius Tapinas, Founder and CEO, Liberty TV, Lithuania
- Mr Giles Trendle, Director, Al Jazeera English, Qatar
- Mr Carlos Dada, Editor-in-Chief, El Faro, El Salvador
Q&A session
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13:30 to 14:30 |
Lunch break
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14:30 to 16:15 |
Panel 3: A crisis of audience identity - social networks, computer generated misinformationRoom X
Introduction by Mr Frank La Rue, Assistant Director General, UNESCO
Moderator: Ms Christiane Amanpour, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of Expression and Journalists’ Safety, and Chief International Correspondent, CNN
Sub-session on “Fake news”
- Mr Serge Schmemann, The New York Times, USA
- Ms Evangelina de Bourgoing, Director of Programmes, Global Editors Network
- Ms Ginna Lindberg, Head, Foreign News, Swedish Broadcasting, Sweden
- Mr Vyacheslav Umanovskiy, Secretary, Russian Union of Journalists, Russia
- Ms Verashni Pillay, Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post, South Africa
Sub-session on impact of internet intermediaries
- Mr Espen Egil Hansen, Editor-in-Chief, Aftenposten, Norway
- Mr Richard Allan, Director of Policy in Europe, Facebook
- Mr Samuel Laurent, Head, Les décodeurs, Le Monde, France
- Ms Audrey Herblin-Stoop, Head of Public Policy France, Twitter
- Ms Maria Ressa, Editor in chief and CEO, Rappler, Philippines
Q&A session
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16:15 to 16:45 |
Coffee break
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16:45 to 18:00 |
Panel 4: The future of journalism training, media information literacy and ethicsRoom X
Moderator: Mr Aidan White, Director, Ethical Journalism Network
- Mr Adam Thomas, Director, European Journalism Centre, The Netherlands
- Ms Elena Vartanova, Dean, Moscow State University, Russia
- Ms Divina Frau-Meigs, Professor, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
- Mr Samy Tayie, Professor, Cairo University, Egypt
- Ms Sanita Jemberga, Director, Baltic Centre for Investigative Journalism, Latvia
- Ms Albana Shala, Chair, UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)
Way Forward by Mr Frank La Rue, Assistant Director General, UNESCO
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18:00 to 19:00 |
Cocktail hosted by the Permanent Delegation of Finland to UNESCO and Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Indonesia to UNESCO
at the 7th floor cafeteria
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