ECPMF Conference 2015

Media experts from across Europe will meet in Leipzig on the 8th and 9th of October at the inaugural conference of the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). The event will focus on topics such as surveillance, source protection, whistleblowing and European media law.

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Confirmed speakers include Galina Arapova, Director of the Mass Media Defence Centres, Russia; Laura Garavini, Italian MP and Anti-Mafia Commission member; Esad Hecimovic, investigative journalist, Bosnia; Hans-Ulrich Jörges, Editor in Chief Special Affairs, Gruner+Jahr, Germany; Gabriele Bertolli, European Commission, Directorate Communications Networks; Melody Patry, Advocacy Officer, Index on Censorship, UK; Ljiljana Smajlovic, Chief Editor of Politika, Serbia; Tom Heinemann, award-winning documentary filmmaker, Denmark; Naser Selmani, President, Association of Journalists of Macedonia; Alberto Spampinato, founder of Ossigeno per l’Informazione, Italy; Dirk Voorhoof, Professor of International Media Law, Belgium; George Pleios, Professor of Culture of Mass Media, Greece; Peter Matzneller, General Manager, Institute of European Media Law, Germany; Richard Peppiatt, journalist, Naughty Step Productions, UK; Peter Warren, Chairman, Cyber Security Research Institute, UK; Bjoern Rupp, encryption expert, Germany; Vessilin Dimitrov, Deputy Editor in Chief, Forbes Bulgaria; Ides Debruyne, Managing Director, Journalismfund.eu, Belgium; Besa Luci, Editor in Chief, Kosovo 2.0.

On the evening of 8th October, the Freedom and Future of the Media Prize will be awarded to the Turkish journalist and author Nedim Sener and to the Iranian film director Jafar Pahani.

The schedule of the conference, speakers biographies and the registration form are available here: https://ecpmfconference2015.sched.org/