Looking Beyond the Horizon 12 July 2018, Astana, Kazakhstan Session/ Time Title Venue 9:00 – 9:20 Conference Open MC: Dr Dan Santa, Radio Romania ROR Welcome: Mr Georgica Severin, President Director General, Radio Romania Ministerial Address: Mr Dauren Abayev, Minister of Information and Communication, Republic of Kazakhstan Session 1 Asia-Europe Media Dialogue: Focus on Central Asia 9:20 – 10:30 In the spirit of Media2020 Dialogues, this is a session for all members from all continents but starting from a new perspective. Instead of the traditional “East looks at West” and “West looks at East” discussions, this session will be Kazmedia led by a guest speaker from Central Asia, challenging our preconceived views Centre of “The Other” by dissecting the two global hemispheres from a Central Asian/East European perspective. If you thought you knew about your own continent or the other continent, this is a session to shake your worldview. Moderator: Yerlik Karazhan, Deputy Director, Kazmedia, Kazakhstan Panelists: Alan Azhibayev, Chairman, Khabar Agency, Kazakhstan Fayyaz Sheheryar, Director General, All India Radio, India John Maguire, Director of International Relations and Cooperation, France Medias Monde Claudio Cappon, Secretary General, COPEAM Lyazzat Zhunussova, General Director, Kazmedia,Kazakhstan 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break Session 2 Perspectives on Diversity: Engaging Audiences & Serving 11:00 – 11:45 Communities Continuing the theme of cross-cultural as well as cross-continent understanding, invited delegates from east to west will present short examples of how they serve diverse audiences and communities in their own contexts. Kazmedia Moderator: Dr Dan Santa, Director of International Relations, Radio Centre Romania Panelists: Flavia Voinea, Manager, Bucharest FM, Romania Alexandre Pletser, Coordinator of International and EU programs , URTI Rüdiger Landgraf – Kronehit Radio, Austria Xie Lijian - Deputy Director of International News Dept., CCTV, China Session 3 Beyond the Hype of Big Data – why it’s important and why 11:45 – 12:30 broadcasters should be paying attention. From current policies to practical applications, we look at why Big Data matters and how it will change broadcasting as we know it. We will also examine the dangerous borderland Kazmedia between Big Data gathering and “identity harvesting”. How do we learn about Centre our audiences without infringing their privacy? Moderator: Steve Ahern, Managing Director, Ahern Media & Training, Australia Panelists: Masakazu Iwaki, Head of AI promotion, STRL, NHK Kazakhtelecom Innovation Department Wim Moortgat, Manager Audio Technology, VRT, Belgium Lawrence Galkoff, General Manager, RadioPlayer Worldwide Grzegorz Zajączkowski, Digital Advisor, Digital Champion of European Commission for Poland 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Kazmedia Centre Session 4 Factual vs Fake – how can real news compete? 14:00 – 15:00 Centred on fresh research into why fake or false news seems so popular today, especially in social media, this session looks at the reasons why and what methods established media can use to combat it. Expert panellists will examine both the phenomenon itself – and the underlying human qualities that drive it – as well as suggesting practical responses. It will ask questions such as: Why do so many people seem to like fake news? Is real news boring and, if so, do we need to improve? How can we help educate our listeners and viewers to tell the difference? Moderator: Radka Betcheva, Head of Member Relations Eastern Europe, EBU Panelists: Julie Posetti, Senior Research Fellow & Journalism Innovation Project Lead, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, UK Kazmedia Drew McDaniel, Professor, Director, School of Media Arts, Ohio Centre University USA Simona Martorelli, Vice Director, Radiotelevisione Italiana GWAP GENERATION WHAT? JAPAN. As part of the international campaign for Showcase the young generation, Generation What? Japan or “Nani-Gene” started on 6 15:00-15:30 April. In the first four days, more than 100,000 responses were received in the survey, which takes „a selfie‟ of their generation. The NHK Nani-Gene team join us to share the story of Japan‟s Millenials thus far. Presenters: Tomoko Matsuda, Senior Manager, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Japan Tatsuhiro Beniko, Senior Manager, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Japan 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break Session 5 Beyond the Horizon - Blue Sky Thinking 16:00 – 17:00 Guest speakers from the two-days of dialogue give their own expert views on what our industry can expect next. They will speak on what media and broadcasting trends they can envisage in the next few years in their own fields of expertise, but then they will be challenged to step outside their own specialties to give informed opinions on what might be over the horizon in other areas of the media that we have not yet begun to consider. This session will involve participation by all delegates interested in blue sky thinking „outside the box‟! Moderator: Drew McDaniel, Professor, Director, School of Media Arts , Kazmedia Ohio University, USA Centre Panelists: (to be decided with the Moderator, drawn from participants and panellists of the past two days) Alyona Gorbacheva, Program Director of Khabar channel, Khabar agency on conventional media and internet, Kazakhstan. Sandughash Rakhimzhanova, Director of Kazakh TV channel, Khabar Agency 17:00-17:15 Conference Close Invitation to join the next Media 2020 Dialogue .