Draft Conference programme
International Conference on Freedom of Information: the Right to Know, 2-3 May 2010, Brisbane, Australia.
Sunday 2 May 2010
8:00-09:00 | Registration |
09:00-10:30 | Formal Public Opening Ceremony |
Moderator:
- Michael Bromley, Head of the School of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland
| National Anthem |
| Video welcome presentation |
| Welcome: Paul Greenfield, Vice-Chancellor, University of Queensland |
| Opening Remarks: Cameron Dick, Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations, State Government of Queensland |
| Address: H. E. Ms Penelope Wensley, Governor of Queensland (Invited) |
| The University of Queensland Centenary Oration for World Press Freedom Day |
10:30-11:00 | Refreshments break |
11:00-12:30 | Plenary Session 1 |
Moderator:
- Frank La Rue, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Panel:
- John McMillan, Australian Information Commissioner Designate
- Raghu Menon, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India
- Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda, Nigeria
- Toby Mendel, Executive Director, Centre for Law and Democracy, Canada
12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-15:30 | Parallel Sessions |
Moderator:
- Chris Masters, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor, University of Queensland<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> </table>
Panel:
- Dan Southerland, Executive Director, Radio Free Asia
- Monica Gonzalez, Director, Center of Journalism and Investigation (CIPER), Chile
- Zuhair Al-Jezairy, Director, Aswat al-Iraq
- Shahla Sherkat, Journalist, Iran
- Valentina Al-Ama, Communication and Project Director, Ma'an News Network, Palestine
| Session B: Threats to Media Freedom and Freedom of Information in the South Pacific |
Moderator:
- Ashley Wickham, former General Manager of the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Studios, Solomon Islands
Panel:
- Sophie Foster, Fiji Times, Fiji
- Savea Sano Malifa, Samoa Observer, Samoa
- Susuve Laumaea, Co-Chair of the Pacific Freedom Forum, Papua New Guinea
- Lisa Williams-Lahari, Founding member, WAVE and Pacific Freedom Forum, Cook Islands
15:30-16:00 | Refreshments break |
16:00-17:30 | Plenary Session 2 |
Moderator:
- Ulla Carlsson, Director of Nordicom (Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research) at Göteborg University, Sweden
Panel:
- Senator Joe Ludwig, Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister of State, Federal Government of Australia
- David Banisar, Senior Legal Counsel, Article 19, United Kingdom
- Ramzi Khoury, Strategic Communications Consultant; CEO, Strategy Falcons Ltd. of Dubai, United Arabic Emirates
- Taranath Dahal, Chairperson, Freedom Forum, Nepal
- P.V. Satheesh, Director, Deccan Development Society, India
18:30 | Cocktail function |
Monday 3 May 2010
9:00-10:30 | Plenary Session 3 |
Moderator:
- Aidan White, General-Secretary, International Federation of Journalists, Belgium
<tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>Panel:
- Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Secretary, Union of Journalists, Russia
- Alvaro Herrero, Executive Director, Association for Civil Rights, Argentina
- Rozlana Taukina, President of the Journalists in Danger Fund and former President of the Association of Independent Electronic Mass Media in Central Asia (ANESMICA), Kazakhstan
- Atmakusumah Astraatmadja, Executive Director, Dr Soetomo Press Institute, Indonesia
</td></tr><tr valign="top"> </tr><tr valign="top"><td>10:30-11:00</td><td>Refreshments</td></tr>
11:00-13:00 | Plenary Session 4 |
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Moderator: Paul Barclay, Presenter, ABC Radio National's Australia Talks
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Panel: Guy Berger, Head of the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Alexandra Föderl-Schmid, Editor-in-chief, Der standard, Austria
Francis Herman, Former General Manager, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation; Adviser, Vanuatu Broadcasting Corporation
Premesh Chandran, Co-founder and CEO of Malaysiakini.com, Malaysia<tr valign="top"><td>13:00-14:00</td><td>Lunch</td></tr>
14:00-15:00 | Adoption of Brisbane Declaration |
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Moderator: Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO<tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>Panel: Drafting Commission
Guest: Councillor David McLachlan, Brisbane City Council</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>15:00-17:30</td><td>WPF Day Prize Award Ceremony and Conference Closing</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>
Moderator:
- Martin Hadlow, Associate Professor, School of Journalism, University of Queensland, Deputy Chair, Australian National Commission to UNESCO, Convenor, World Press Freedom Day Conference 2010
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>One minute of silence</td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td>
Speakers:
- Michael Bromley Professor and Head of School, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland
- Fernando Cano Busquets, Guillermo Cano Foundation Representative
- Joergen Ejboel, Chairman of the Board Jyllands Posten/Politiken Newspapers LTD
Representative of the Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation - Joe Thloloe, President of the Jury of the World Press Freedom Prize, Press Ombudsman, Press Council of South Africa
Cultural Performance - Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>World Press Freedom Prize Laureate</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> </td><td>Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP. Prime Minister (invited)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>17:30</td><td>Farewell cocktail function</td></tr>