Media Freedom & Pluralism
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09.00 - 09.30 Registration & Coffee
09:30 - 10:30 SESSION 1. Opening Remarks by hosts, organisers, and official guests.
- Mr. Donald Tusk, President of European Council (to be confirmed)
- Mr. Theodore Zahov, Chairman of Union of Publishers in Bulgaria, Co-publisher and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economedia AD
- Mr. Valdo Lehari Jr., ENPA Vice-President, CEO and Publisher of Reutlinger General-Anzeiger Verlag in Germany;
Q&A Session: 15 mins
10.30 - 12:00 SESSION 2. Future of the Media in the EU: challenges and opportunities.
- Mrs. Pauline Adès-Mével, Head of the European Union-Balkans Office, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- Mr. Matthijs Berman, Principal Adviser of the OSCE, Representative on Freedom of the Media
- Mr. Mark Dekan, CEO Ringier Axel Springer Media AG Mr. Michal Boni, MEP (EPP/PL)
Moderated by: Dr. Lutz Kinkel, Managing Director of ECPMF, Former Editor at Spiegel-Online and tagesschau.de, Head of the Stern-Online Office in Berlin
Q&A Session: 15 mins
12.15 - 13.45 SESSION 3. Pressures on Media Freedom in the EU: case studies (Part I) - Session dedicated to Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary.
- Mr. Tomasz Piatek, Investigative Journalist, Author of the book, ‘Macierewicz and his Secrets’ Poland
- Mr. Mirosław Wróblewski, Director of the Department of Constitutional, International and European Law, Office of the Polish Ombudsman, Poland
- Mr. Bartosz Wielinski, Foreign Editor of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
- Mr. Václav Štětka, Researcher and Expert on Media policies, Loughborough University, Czech Republic
- Mr. Gabor Polyak, Director of Mertek Media Monitor, Hungary
- Mr. Benedek Javor, MEP (Greens/HU), Hungary
Moderated by: Mrs. Silvia Chocarro, Global Advocacy Strategist, IFEX,
Q&A Session - 15 mins.
13.45 - 14:30 LUNCH
14.30 - 16.00 SESSION 4. Pressures on Media Freedom in the EU and candidate countries: case studies (Part II) -
Session dedicated to Bulgaria, Slovakia, Malta and Serbia.- Mr. Alexander Kashamov, Attorney-at-law, Head of the Legal Team of Access to Information Programme, Bulgaria
- Mr. Matthew Caruana Galizia, Journalist at International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Malta; the son of the former Maltese journalist, writer, and anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia
- Mr. Oliver Vujovic, South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO)
- Secretary General Mr. Pavol Szalai, Senior Editor at Euractiv.sk, Slovakia
- Mr. Peter Bardy, Editor in Chief of Aktuality.sk, Slovakia (video)
- Mr. Zoran Sekulic, President of Managing Board of the Serbian Newspaper Publishers Association; Owner and Editor in Chief of News Agency FoNet, Serbia
Moderated by: Mr. Ivan Bedrov, investigative journalist, Bulgaria
Q&A Session: 15 mins
More Information & Registrations:
Marie De Cordier, EU Legal Advisor - EMMA/ENPA
E-mail: marie.decordier@magazinemedia.eu
Tel: +32 (0)2 536 06 02
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