CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENCY OF MEDIA OWNERSHIP

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND ORGANISERS

Brussels, 24 September 2013

(Hotel Thon EU, 75 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat)

l 1 l TRANSPARENCY OF MEDIA OWNERSHIP l ACCESS INFO EUROPE & OPEN SOCIETY MEDIA PROGRAM l SEPTEMBER 2013 PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS’ NAMES POSITION ORGANISATION Gemma Amran Policy Offi cer Directorate General for Justice: DG JUST Fundamental rights and rights of the child Gabriele Bertolli Policy Offi cer European Commission: Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology: DG CONNECT Ross Biggam Director General Association of Commercial Television in Europe Gülsün Bïlgehan Rapporteur on media Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of transparency Europe – Sub-committee on Media and Information Society Lorena Boix-Alonso Head of Unit European Commission: DG CONNECT – Directora General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology Laura Bretea Assistant to Monica Macovei, EP Group: European People’s Party Member of the European (Christian Democrats) Parliament: Elda Brogi Researcher Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, at the European University Institute in Florence Israel Butler Senior Policy Offi cer Open Society European Policy Institute Francisco Cabrera Legal Analyst European Audiovisual Observatory Andreea Chifan Assistant to Renate Weber, EP Group: Alliance of Liberals and Member of the European Democrats for Europe Parliament Guenaëlle Collet European Affairs Adviser European Broadcasting Union Rachael Craufurd Smith Senior Lecturer University of Edinburgh Francine Cunningham Executive Director European Newspaper Publishers Association Rudiger Dossow Secretary of the Committee on Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Culture, Science and Education Europe Susan Fellah Parliamentary Projects Support Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Division Europe Gvozden Flego Rapporteur of the Committee Member of the Croatian National Assembly, on Culture, Science, Education Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of and Media Europe Jean-François Furnémont Chair European Platform of Regulatory Authorities Kinga Göncz Member of the European EP Group: Progressive Alliance of Socialists Parliament: and Democrats in the

l 2 l TRANSPARENCY OF MEDIA OWNERSHIP l ACCESS INFO EUROPE & OPEN SOCIETY MEDIA PROGRAM l SEPTEMBER 2013 PARTICIPANTS’ NAMES POSITION ORGANISATION Marc Gruber Director European Federation of Journalists Alison Harcourt Senior Lecturer University of Exeter Luc Heyneman Attaché, Delegation Wallonie- Belgian Permanent Representation in the to the EU EU Mathias Huter Senior Analyst & Program Transparency International Georgia Manager Member of the European EP Group: Confederal Group of the Parliament European United Left – Nordic Green Left Alexander Kashumov Head of legal team Access to Information Programme Andris Kesteris Advisor European Commission Directorate General for Enlargement: DG ENLARGEMENT Mykola Kniazhytsky Chair of the Sub-committee on Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Parliamentary Broadcasting Assembly of the Tomas Lindman Counsellor for Cultural Affairs Permanent Representation of Sweden to the (Media, Cultural and Sports EU Policy) Chiril Lucinschi Chair of the Committee on Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Culture, Education, Research, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Youth, Sports and Media Europe Elisabeth Markot Converging Media and European Commission: Directorate General Content for Communications Networks, Content and Technology: DG CONNECT Andris Mellakauls Vice-Chair Council of Europe Steering Committee on Media and Information Society and Culture Giovanni Melogli Europe Director International Alliance of Journalists José Mendes Bota Chair of the Committee on Assembly of the Republic of Portugal, Ethics, Citizenship and Media Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Jasen Mesic´ Chair of the Committee on Parliament of Croatia, Parliamentary Information and Media Assembly of the Council of Europe Marija Obradovic Deputy Head of the Culture National Assembly of Serbia, Parliamentary and Information Committee Assembly of the Council of Europe Paul Radu Executive Director Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Lilia Ramos Martin Intern European Commission Transparency Unit Lisanne Runnenburg Assistant to Dennis de Jong, Trainee for the SP–Eurofraction Member of the European Parliament

l 3 l TRANSPARENCY OF MEDIA OWNERSHIP l ACCESS INFO EUROPE & OPEN SOCIETY MEDIA PROGRAM l SEPTEMBER 2013 PARTICIPANTS’ NAMES POSITION ORGANISATION Carlos Sanz IP & ICT Lawyer European Commission: Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology: DG CONNECT Member of the European EP Group: Greens/European Free Alliance Parliament: Member of the European EP Group: Alliance of Liberals and Parliament: Netherlands Democrats for Europe Renate Schroeder Director European Federation of Journalists Tim Suter Managing Director Communications Chambers Susan Treadwell Deputy Director Open Society Initiative for Europe Peggy Valcke Professor University of Leuven Marit Vochteloo Attaché Education, Culture and Permanent Representation of the Kingdom Audiovisual Affairs of the Netherlands to the Renate Weber Member of the European EP Group: Alliance of Liberals and Parliament: Romania Democrats for Europe John Wittingdale OBE, Chair of the Select House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Committee on Culture, Media Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of and Sport Europe

ORGANISERS ORGANISERS’ NAMES POSITION ORGANISATION Pam Bartlett Quintanilla Researcher and Campaigner Access Info Europe Helen Darbishire Executive Director Access Info Europe Fiona Harrison Consultant Access Info Europe Kim Netzell Campaigns Intern Access Info Europe Mark Thompson Editor and Policy Coordinator Open Society Foundations Media Program

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