World Press Freedom Day 2016

Opening Ceremony

25 years after the Windhoek Declaration - Press Freedom, Right to Information, and Transparency

Welcome by Masters of Ceremony

• Annika Damström, Current Affairs Host and Journalist at YLE ‐ Finnish Broadcasting Co. (Finland)
• Peter Nyman, News Anchor, MTV3 (Finland)

• Choreography by Imre Eck
• Music by Jean Sibelius

• Irina Bokova, Director‐General, UNESCO
• Juha Sipilä, Prime Minister, Republic of Finland
• Jussi Pajunen, Mayor, City of Helsinki

• Gwen Lister, Founder of The Namibian; Executive Chair of the Namibia Media Trust (Namibia)

• From the opera “The Red Line” by Aulis Sallinen

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Livestream

Parallel Session 1

Impact of the refugee crisis on Public Service Media values

Organizers: Media Diversity Institute, European Broadcasting Union, YLE - Finnish Broadcasting Co.

Opening Remarks:

• Nasima Razmyar, Member of Parliament of Finland (Afghanistan/Finland)

Panellists:

• Ade Armando, Associate Professor, University of Indonesia (Indonesia)
• Ali Jahangiri, Presenter, YLE Puhe Radio (Iran/Finland)
• Carolina Matos, Lecturer in Sociology, City University London (Brazil)
• Charlotte Harder, International Editor, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Denmark)
• Mircea Barbu, Reporter Foreign Affairs, Adevarul (Romania)
• Naomi Sakr, Professor of Media Policy and Director of the CAMRI Arab Media Centre, University of Westminster (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Moderator:

• Milica Pesic, Executive Director, Media Diversity Institute (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Parallel Session 3

Whistleblowers and Journalists’ Source Protection

Organizers: Article 19, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism

Panellists:

• Julie Posetti, Head of Editorial Digital Capability, Fairfax Media (Australia)
• Rana Sabbagh, Executive Director, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (Jordan)
• Sami Ben Gharbia, Founding Director, Global Voices Advocacy (Tunisia)
• Susanna Reinboth, Journalist, Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)

Moderator:

• Barbora Bukovska, Senior Director for Law and Policy, Article 19 (Czech Republic)

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Plenary 1

Protecting Your Rights: Surveillance Overreach, Data Protection, and Online Censorship

Keynote speaker:

• Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer, F-Secure (Finland)

Panellists:

• Danilo Doneda, Independent consultant and professor at State University of Rio de Janeiro
• Christian Guillermet Fernandez, Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Costa Rica)
• Lina Attalah, Co-founder and Chief Editor, Mada Masr (Egypt)
• Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament (Netherlands)
• Rebecca MacKinnon, Project Director, Ranking Digital Rights (United States of America)

Moderator:

• Christiane Amanpour, Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of Expression and Journalist Safety, UNESCO (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

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Livestream

Parallel Session 4

Countering Hate Speech in the Media through Ethics and Self-Regulation

Organizers: International Federation of Journalists, Finnish Union of Journalists, Finnish Council of Mass Media

Panellists:

• Elina Grundström, Chair, Council for Mass Media in Finland (Finland)
• Ljiljana Zurovac, Executive Director, Bosnia Herzegovina Press Council (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Mogens Blicher Bjerregård, President, European Federation of Journalists (Denmark)
• Josep Adi Prasetiyo, Chairman, Press Council of Indonesia (Indonesia)
• Poni Alice JameKolok, Radio and TV Journalist (South Sudan)
• Zuliana Lainez, Secretary General, Asociación Nacional de Periodistas del Perú (Peru)

Moderator:

• Aidan White, Director, Ethical Journalism Network (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Parallel Session 6

Can tweets recruit for terror? Understanding radicalization in the social media sphere

Organizer: Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum

Panellists:

• Brandon Oelofse, Senior Trainer and Coordinator, Radio Netherlands Training Center (South Africa)
• Chadia Khedir, Editor-in-Chief Cultural News, Watania 2 (Tunisia)
• Mazen Darwish, President, Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression and 2015 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize laureate (Syria)
• Mona Kareem, Contributor, Migrant-rights.org (Kuwait)
• Tommi Karttaavi, Manager Chapter Development-Europe, Internet Society (Finland)

Moderator:

• Patrick Leusch, Managing Director, Global Media Forum (Belgium)

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Plenary 2

Freedom of Information as a Fundamental Freedom and Human Right

Panellists:

• Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda (Nigeria)
• Mabel Rehnfeldt, Investigative journalist and editor, ABC-Digital-ABC Color (Paraguay)
• Markku Suksi, Professor of Public Law, Åbo Akademi University (Finland)
• Neela Banerjee, Journalist, Inside Climate News (United States of America)
• Toby Mendel, Executive Director, Centre for Law and Democracy (Canada)

Moderator:

• Albana Shala, Chair, Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)

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Livestream

Parallel Session 8

Access to Information and SDGs’ Indicators – Goal 16

Organizer: Global Forum for Media Development

Panellists:

• Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Haruna Attah, High Commissioner of Ghana to the Republic of Namibia
• Bill Orme, Global Forum for Media Development United Nations Representative (United States of America)
• Guy Berger, Director of Division Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO
• Karabo Rajuili, Member National Working Group, Right2know (South Africa)
• Mostefa Souag, Acting Director-General, Al Jazeera Media Network (Qatar)

Moderator:

• Tahmina Rahman, Director Bangladesh and South Asia, Article 19 (Bangladesh)

Parallel Session 7

The New Frontiers in Disinformation

Organizer: International Center for Journalists

Panellists:

• Andrey Rikhter, Senior Adviser to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (Russian Federation)
• Magda Abu-Fadil, Director, Media Unlimited (Lebanon)
• Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Executive Secretary, Russian Union of Journalists (Russian Federation)
• Rahma Mian, Co-founder, Hacks/Hackers Pakistan (Pakistan)
• Roberts Putnis, Head of Media Policy Division, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia (Latvia)

Moderator:

• Joyce Barnathan, President, International Center for Journalists (United States of America)

Seminar

Promoting Freedom of Expression in the Arab Region: Impact of development projects

Organizer: UNESCO, Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Programme Seminar (PDF)

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