Programme

IPI Board Meeting

(for IPI Board Members only)

Seminar on Covering Corruption

(separate registration required)

Board Dinner

Opening Ceremony

Keynote Speaker:

• Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

Lunch

Session I

"Roundtable Discussion on Freedom of Expression Trends Worldwide"

Panellists:

• Catalina Botero, OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
• Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression
• Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
• Pansy Tlakula, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)

Coffee Break

Session II

"The State of the State-Owned: A Look at the Role of State-Owned Media in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Beyond"

Panellists:

• Ken Ali, CEO, Caribbean New Media Group, Trinidad and Tobago
• Attila Mong, Editor, Origo.hu, Budapest, Hungary

Coffee break

Session III

"Rising Tides: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Press Freedom"

Panellists:
Jacqueline Charles, Caribbean Correspondent, Miami Herald, Miami, USA
Sano Malifa, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Samoa Observer, Apia, Samoa

Regional Network Meetings

Welcome Reception

Session IV

"Online Media Ethics"

Moderator:

• George Brock, Professor and Head of Journalism, City University; former Managing Editor, The Times, UK

Panellists:

• Javier Darío Restrepo, Head, Fundacíon Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI, Colombia
• Yvette Walker, Edith Kinney Gaylord Endowed Chair of Journalism Ethics, University of Central Oklahoma; Night News Editor, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, USA

Coffee break

Session V

"Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela: The Big Three and their Impact on Press Freedom in the Region"

Moderator:

• Davan Maharaj, Editor & Executive Vice President, Los Angeles Times, USA

Panellists:

• Catalina Botero, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, OAS, Colombia
• Marjorie Miller, Latin America and Caribbean Editor, Associated Press (AP), Mexico City, Mexico
• Teodoro Petkoff, Editor, Tal Cual,Venezuela
• Marcela Turati, Journalist & Author, Mexico

Lunch

Session VI

"Colonial Legacies – Criminal Defamation in the Caribbean"

Panellists:

• Kwame Boafo, Director, UNESCO Office in Kingston, Jamaica
• Wesley Gibbings, President, Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
• Geoffrey Robertson QC, Human Rights Lawyer, Doughty Street Chambers, London, UK

Coffee Break

Session VII

"New Business Models: What’s Working Where"

Panellist:

• Charles M. Sennott, Executive Editor and Vice President, GlobalPost, Boston, USA

IPI General Assembly

(for IPI Members only)

Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony

Session VIII

"Manipulating the Media: Government Advertising as a Reward or Punishment for Media Outlets"

Moderator:

• Jim Clancy, Anchor and Correspondent, CNN International, USA

Panellists:

• Maxie Cuffie, CEO & Publisher, Mirror Group Publications, Trinidad & Tobago
• Saso Ordanoski, Director of Media and Public Affairs, VeVe Group, Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Anand Persaud, Editor-in-Chief, Stabroek News, Georgetown, Guyana
• Eleanora Rabinovich, Director, Freedom of Expression Program, Association for Civil Rights (ADC), Argentina

Coffee break

Parallel Session IX/A

"Covering Corruption"

Moderator:

• David Kaplan, Global Center for Investigative Journalism, USA

Panellists:

• Sheila Coronel, Founding Director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalists; Toni Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, USA
• Adriana León, IPYS, Peru
• Juanita Léon, Founder and Director, LaSillaVacia.com, Bogota, Colombia
• Galina Sidorova, Chairperson, Foundation for Investigative Journalism; former Editor-in-Chief, Sovershenno Secretno, Moscow, Russia

Parallel Session IX / B

"Going Beyond Borders: Covering Breaking News in Your Own Backyard and Making Sure Your Story Gets Out to the Rest of the World"

Moderator:

• Wesley Gibbings, President, Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Panellists:

• Salim Amin, Chairman, A24 Media, Nairobi, Kenya
• Canute James, former Caribbean Correspondent, Financial Times, London, UK; Director, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
• John Yearwood, World Editor, The Miami Herald, Miami, USA

Lunch

Session X

A Conversation with a world-famous figure from politics, business or the media interviewed by a prominent journalist

Session XI

"Covering the Environment"

Panellist:

• Günther Mayr, Head, Science News Department, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), Vienna, Austria

Coffee Break

Session XII

"Moving from the Newsroom to the State House: The Journalist as Political Mouthpiece?"

Panellists:

• Doug Frantz, Managing Director, Kroll Associates, Inc; former Deputy Staff Director and Chief Investigator, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; former Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, USA
• Andy Johnson, former CEO, Government Information Services (GIS); former Host, "Morning Edition," TV6, Trinidad
• Labaran Maku, Minister of Information and Communication, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Lagos

Closing Ceremony

Free Evening