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Media in a Challenging World A 360 DEGREE PERSPECTIVE Welcome to Trinidad & Tobago! IPI World Congress Trinidad & Tobago 23-26 JUNE 2012 www.ipiworldcongress.com Programme 13:00 Session I: Media in a Challenging World “roundtable Discussion on Freedom of Expression A 360 Degree Perspective Trends Worldwide” In this session, veteran journalist Peter Preston interviews SATURDAY, 23 JUNE 2012 the four special rapporteurs for freedom of expression, who represent the United Nations, the Organization of 09:30 IPI Board Meeting American States (OAS), the Organization for Security (for IPI board members only) and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR). 09:30 Workshop on Covering Corruption (separate registration required) 16:30 2nd IPI National Committee Meeting Moderator: 19:30 Board Dinner Peter Preston, columnist, The Guardian and The Observer; former editor, The Guardian, UK SUNDAY, 24 JUNE 2012 10:30 Opening Ceremony Panellists: Catalina Botero, OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Wesley Gibbings, president, Expression Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Dawn Thomas, group CEO, Opinion and Expression One Caribbean Media Limited (OCM) Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE Representative on Freedom of Carl-Eugen Eberle, chairman of IPI; former director of the Media legal affairs, ZDF - German Television Pansy Tlakula, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, ACHPR Keynote Speaker: 14:00 Coffee Break The Honorable George Mtaxwell Richards, president of Trinidad and Tobago 14:30 Session II: “executive Director's Report: “the state of the state-Owned: The State of Press Freedom Worldwide” A Look at the Role of State-Owned Media in Latin America, the Caribbean and Elsewhere” In many parts of the world, broadcasters, newspapers and news agencies continue to be owned, controlled or funded by the state. Such media outlets may exist in competition with private or independent media, but often they are the Alison Bethel McKenzie, sole source of news and can be misused for propaganda executive director of International purposes. Panellists in this session will examine the state Press Institute of state-owned media around the world and discuss whether government ownership can be beneficial to the public interest, or if it always undermines economic and political freedoms. 12:00 Lunch 6 @ipi_WoCo2012 Programme Moderator: Pavol Múdry, founder and former CEO, SITA-Slovak News Agency, Slovakia Panellists: Odette Campbell, head of news, Grenada Broadcasting Network, Grenada Jacqueline Charles, Caribbean correspondent, The Miami Herald, USA Hajime Hikino, senior writer/science news, Chunichi Shimbun, Japan Panellists: Sano Malifa, founder and editor-in-chief, Samoa Observer, Samoa Ken Ali, CEO, Caribbean New Media Group, Trinidad and Tobago Poonam Dabas, principal correspondent, Doordarshan 17:30 – 18:30 Regional Network Meetings News, India Julio E. Muñoz, executive director, Inter American Press Association, USA 19:30 Welcome Reception Attila Mong, journalism consultant, Mertek Media Monitor; editor, atlatszo.hu, Hungary MONDAY, 25 JUNE 2012 15:45 Coffee break 09:00 Press Conference “Joint Declaration on Crimes Against Freedom of expression” 16:15 Session III: “rising Tides: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Press Freedom” With last year's earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the devastating earthquake in Haiti two years ago still fresh in everyone's minds, panellists will discuss how natural disasters can impact media freedom. How do governments and companies prevent journalists from accessing the information they need to inform the Catalina Botero, OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of public? What can journalists do to circumvent attempts Expression at censorship? And what role, if any, do governments and civil society have in assisting journalists in doing their Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of jobs under such crisis situations? Opinion and Expression Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Moderator: James Fahn, executive director, Pansy Tlakula, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Earth Journalism Network, Expression and Access to Information, ACHPR Internews, USA NOTE: Pre-registration necessary! Please contact the IPI team for press accreditation. www.ipiworldcongress.com 7 Programme 09:30 Session IV: “Journalists Behind Bars: A Conversation with Eynulla Fatullayev and nedim sener” Turkish journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Moderator: Nedim Sener spent one year in prison on charges of Davan Maharaj, editor and executive supporting an armed terrorist organisation. Although vice president, The Los Angeles Times, released in March, he still faces trial and a prison USA sentence of up to 15 years, if convicted. Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev spent four years in prison based, in part, on alleged violations of anti-terrorism law. In this session, moderated by IPI deputy director Anthony Mills, Sener and Fatullayev will discuss their respective experiences behind bars. Why were they really jailed? How were they treated? How did they cope? And why do they remain so defiant? Panellists: Catalina Botero, OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression Cenovia Casas, editor-in-chief, El Nacional, Venezuela Marjorie Miller, Latin America and Caribbean editor, Moderator: Associated Press, Mexico Anthony Mills, deputy director, International Press Institute Marcela Turati, journalist, Proceso, Mexico 12:15 Lunch 13:15 Session VI: “Colonial Legacies – Criminal Defamation in the Caribbean” A colonial legacy, criminal defamation laws remain on the books in many countries in the Caribbean. Experts in this session will discuss the chilling effect of criminal Panellists: defamation on freedom of expression and press freedom and the need to campaign for its abolishment not only Eynulla Fatullayev, head, haqqin.az; chairman, in the Caribbean, but also in many developed countries, Public Union for Human Rights, Azerbaijan where their continued existence emboldens repressive Nedim Sener, investigative reporter and columnist, regimes around the world. Posta, Turkey 10:30 Coffee break Moderator: Toby Mendel, executive director, Centre for Law and Democracy, Canada 11:00 Session V: “Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela: The Big Three and their impact on Press Freedom in the region” Mexico, Cuba and Venezuela loom large in the Caribbean region with regard to freedom of expression and press freedom. In Cuba and Venezuela, journalists suffer to varying degrees under repressive regimes, while Mexico’s journalists are being caught in the crossfire between drug cartels and the military. To what extent is the situation in these countries impacting the media Panellists: policies of other governments in the region? How is the situation for journalists affected? Kwame Boafo, director and representative, UNESCO Kingston Cluster Office for the Caribbean 8 @ipi_WoCo2012 Programme Wesley Gibbings, president, Association of Caribbean Presentation of "IPI World Press MediaWorkers, Trinidad and Tobago Freedom Hero" Award Shena Stubbs, senior legal advisor/company secretary, David S. Rohde, investigative journalist The Gleaner Group of Companies, Jamaica and foreign affairs columnist, Thomson Reuters, USA 14:30 Coffee Break Presentation of “iPi Free Media Pioneer 2012” Award Iryna Vidanava, founder and editor-in- 15:00 Session VII: chief, 34 Multimedia Magazine, Belarus “new Business Models: What’s Working Where” In this session, representatives from different types of media – both traditional and online – and from various parts of the world will provide examples of how they are defying negative global trends through innovation and creativity, and succeeding in making money from TUESDAY, 26 JUNE 2012 journalism. 09:30 Parallel Session VIII/A: “Manipulating the Media: Government Advertising as Moderator: a Reward or Punishment for Media Outlets” Panellists will examine how governments around the Larry Kilman, deputy CEO and world use advertising to manipulate the media and executive director of communications influence news coverage, placing more government ads & public affairs, World Association of for positive coverage and pulling their ads from ‘negative’ Newspapers and News Publishers, media. What can the media do to resist government France attempts to control them through advertising? Moderator: Jim Clancy, anchor and correspondent, CNN International, USA Panellist: Ryan Blethen, director, new product strategies, The Seattle Times, USA Narasimhan Ravi, director, The Hindu, India Charles M. Sennott, executive editor and vice president, GlobalPost, USA Panellists: Clive Bacchus, managing director and editor-in-chief, Federation Media Group, Saint Kitts and Nevis 16:30 – 18:00 IPI General Assembly (for IPI members only; please present IPI membership Anand Persaud, editor-in-chief, Stabroek News, Guyana card or conference badge) Eleanora Rabinovich, director, freedom of expression program, Association for Civil Rights, Argentina 19:30 Gala Fundraising Dinner & Awards Ceremony at Hyatt Regency Trinidad, hosted by Surujrattan Rambachan, minister of foreign affairs and communications, Trinidad and Tobago www.ipiworldcongress.com 9 Programme 09:30 Parallel Session VIII/B: “Digital Monetization for Media groups” In this session, experts will discuss some of the new ways that media outlets can digitally inform their communities Moderator: and, at the same time, make money from the digital tools David Kaplan, investigative