In cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation

: Speakers :

Marcello Scarone

Fadi Ismail

Imad Bachir

Tala Abu Taha

Mona Ziade

Neil Skene

Sonia Dabbous

Day 3: June 11, 2004

9:00-10:30

Session VI
Ethics of New Media/Media Globalization

• Chair: Marcello Scarone, Program Specialist, Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace, UNESCO, Paris
• Fadi Ismail, General Manager, 03 Productions, Dubai Media City
• Imad Bachir, Director, Faculty of Information and Documentation, Lebanese University
• Tala Abu Taha, Operations Director, Trans-Arabian Creative Communications Services (TRACCS), Amman

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30

Session VII
Media Practices

• Chair: Mona Ziade, Communications Officer, World Bank Country Office for Lebanon
• Neil Skene, U.S. journalist, former trustee, Poynter Institute for Media Studies
• Sonia Dabbous, Assistant Editor for Political and Diplomatic Affairs, Akhbar Al Yom, Cairo & Affiliate Professor, Department of Mass Communication, American University in Cairo.
• Magda Abu-Fadil, Director, Institute for Professional Journalists, Lebanese American University, Beirut

12:30-2:00

Lunch break

2:00-3:30

Workshop Part II
Balanced Reporting/Monitoring Media Practices

• Mahmoud Tarabay, Assistant Professor of Communication, Lebanese University

3:30-3:45

Short coffee break

3:45-4:45

Workshop Part II (cont.)
Media Globalization/Exchange of Information

• Mahmoud Tarabay

4:45-5:15

Wrapup and conclusion of conference

• Kirsten Maas and Magda Abu-Fadil