3 October 2014

A seminar will take place in Brussels on 3 October 2014 for an exchange of practices in the field of transparency of media ownership.

Link: Digital Agenda for Europe

The seminar is open to everybody, subject to prior registration. Public authorities, media practitioners, representatives of civil society and academia, and NGOs are in particular encouraged to attend and share their experiences and views. 

 

 

 

Programme:

08:00 – 09:15 Registration and coffee

09:15 – 09:45 Welcoming speech by Robert Madelin, Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission

 

Case studies:

09:45 – 10:45  Austria

  • Moderator: Susanne Nikoltchev,  Executive Director, European Audiovisual Observatory
  • Dr. Michael R. Kogler, Deputy Director, Department for media law and coordination information society, Constitutional Service, Federal Chancellery of Austria
  • Josef Barth, Founder, The Freedom of Information Forum
  • Josef Trappel, Professor for media policy and media economics & Head of the Institute for Communication Studies, University of Salzburg

 

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 12:15  Croatia

  • Moderator: Prof. Robert Picard, Director of Research, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
  • Damir Hajduk, Deputy Chairman, Croatian Agency for Electronic Media
  • Nenad Sebek, Spokesperson, Regional Cooperation Council
  • Davor Glavaš, Journalist and media expert

 

12:15 – 13:15  Finland

  • Moderator: Lorena Boix Alonso, Head of Unit, Converging Media and Content, DG CNECT, European Commission
  • Sini Wirén, Ministerial Adviser, Communications Market, Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications
  • Risto Uimonen, Chairman, Council for Mass Media in Finland
  • Kallina Simeonoff, Policy Officer - Company Law and Corporate Governance Desk Officer, DG MARKT, European Commission
  • Jarno Hartikainen, EU Correspondent, Finnish business media outlet Kauppalehti

 

13:15 – 14:45 Lunch break

14:45 – 15:00 Report/summary on morning panels, Prof. Tim Suter (Rapporteur), Managing Director, Perspective Associates

15:00 – 16:30 High level debate – Transparency of media ownership, media freedom and pluralism

Moderator: Dr Damian Tambini, Senior Lecturer, Programme Director: MSc Media & Communications (Governance), LSE

Including the following panelists:  

  • Minister Miguel Maduro, Portuguese Minister in the Cabinet of Prime Minister and for Regional Development, Member of the High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism
  • Christian van Thillo,  CEO, De Persgroup & Chairman of the EU Media Futures Forum
  • Helen Darbishire, Vice President and Executive Director, Info Access

16:30 – 17:00 Speech by Vice President Neelie Kroes

 

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