Program
Thursday Nov. 5
0930 Welcome
Frode Rekve, director, The Norwegian Institute of Journalism
0935 Opening remarks
Håkon A. Gulbrandsen, state secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1000 Afghanistan: Critical and investigative journalism – what kind of possibilities exist?
Moderator: Bjørn Hansen, journalist
Panelists:
Jamila Omar, director,
Human Rights Research and Advocacy Consortium, Kabul
Reza, photographer
Espen Barth Eide, state secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Defence
Johnny West, development manager,
Institute for war & peace reporting
Laila Bokhari, research fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
1200 Lunch
1300 Azerbaijan and Russia: A deadly profession
Anna Politkovskaya may be the most well-known, but she is by far not the only one.
Moderator: Gro Holm, commentator, NRK
Panelists:
Malahat Nasibova, journalist, recipient of the 2009 Rafto prize
Khadija Ismayilova, bureau chief, Baku, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Vitaly Yaroshevsky, deputy editor, Novaya Gazeta
Berit Lindemann, advisor and Head of information, The Norwegian Helsinki Committee
1500 Coffee break
1530
Russia/Caucasus: The Norwegian Union of Journalists' projects
Eva Stabell, project manager, The Norwegian Union of Journalists
Serbia: The establishment of a press complaints council
Kjell Nyhuus, organizational secretary,
Norwegian Press Association
Gaza: Past, present and future
Kjetil Haanes, International Federation of Journalists/UNESCO (Norwegian National Committee)
1630 End of sessions day one
1800 Reception
Music by José Leguina Band
Exhibit: Pictures from Gaza, Linda Bournane Engelberth, photographer
1900 Conference dinner
Friday Nov. 6
0800 Breakfast
0900 The world’s worst cases: A global overview of journalists’ working conditions
David Dadge, director, International Press Institute
1000 Rumors and lies from Sri Lanka: The information war
Moderator: Anders Tvegård, journalist, NRK
Panelists:
Dileesha Abeysundara, journalist, Irudina
Rajan Chelliah, journalist, NRK
W.T.J.S. Kaviratne, president, Southern Province Media Association
Sverre Tom Radøy, journalist and author
1155 Closing remarks
1200 Lunch