In cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation

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H.E. Michel Samaha

Riyad F. Nassar

Kirsten Maas

Magda Abu-Fadil

Gebran Tueni

Christian Oussi

Mark Damazer

Maher Abdallah Ahmed

Jamil Mroue

Rafik Nasrallah

Mona Knio

Anthony Löwstedt

Labib Nasir

Day 1: June 9, 2004

8:00-9:30

Registration

9:30-10:30

Opening ceremony
Introduction: Magda Abu-Fadil
The Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Media in the Region: Kirsten Maas
LAU President’s Welcome: Dr. Riyad F. Nassar
The Official View: H.E. Information Minister Michel Samaha

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30

Session I
Media Ethics: Reality and Challenges

• Chair: Gebran Tueni, Publisher, An-Nahar
• Christian Oussi, Media Consultant to Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares
• Mark Damazer, Deputy Director, BBC News, London
• Maher Abdallah Ahmed, Head of International and Media Relations, Al Jazeera
• Brian Whitaker, Middle East Editor, The Guardian

12:30-2:00

Lunch break

2:00-3:30

Session II
Access to Information/Objectivity

• Chair: Jamil Mroue, Publisher, The Daily Star
• Rafik Nasrallah, Beirut Bureau Chief, Abu Dhabi TV
• Marcello Scarone, Program Specialist, Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace, UNESCO, Paris

3:30-3:45

Short coffee break

3:45-5:30

Session III
Distorted Images/Stereotyping

• Chair: Mona Knio, Chair, Arts & Communication Division, Lebanese American University
• Anthony Löwstedt, Press Freedom, Middle East Coordinator, International Press Institute, Vienna
• Labib Nasir, Media & Information Coordinator, Miftah, Jerusalem