‘Terrorism, Trade
and Truth’ –
the role and responsibilities
of broadcasters in times
of crisis and conflict.
The 8th Annual International
Conference of
Voice of the Listener
& Viewer (VLV)
at the Royal Society
of Arts, Strand, London WC2
Took Place On The
24 – 26 April 2002
Outline Programme
Wednesday, 24 April – 09:00 – 13:00
By special arrangement, for overseas delegates,
visits to broadcasting centres in London
14.00 : Conference registration – Tavern
Room, Royal Society of Arts
14.30 : Session 1 – Tavern Room, Royal
Society of Arts
Conference opening and introduction: Jocelyn Hay, Chairman, Voice
of
the Listener & Viewer.
Welcome from the UK government:
Baroness Blackstone, UK Minister for the Arts
15.30 : Keynote speech: Television and
society in times of external threat –
September 11th 2001 and the media.
Dr. Frank D. Freiling, Director International Affairs, ZDF Television,
Germany and President, The Prix Italia.
18.00 : Reception hosted by Mark Byford,
Director, BBC World Service,
At the Bush World Service, Bush House, the Strand, London WC2
Thursday, 25 April
09.30 : Session 2 – the Great Room,
Royal Society of Arts
The European Scene – the place of public service broadcasting within the
new regulatory framework
Speakers:
Werner Rumphorst, Director, Legal Affairs, European Broadcasting
Union
Jean-Eric de Cockborne, Head of Audio Visual Policy, Directorate
for
Education & Culture, European Commission
Chair:Professor Vincent Porter, Director, Centre for Communications
&
Information Studies, University of Westminster
11.00 : Coffee / Tea – Benjamin
Franklin Room. Kindly sponsored by S4C.
11.30 : Session 3 – the Great Room
The Global Scene – the implications for broadcasting and audio visual
services of the new round of negotiations at the World Trade
Organisation.
Speakers:
Abdel Hamid Mamdouh, Director of Trade in Services, World Trade
Organisation
Malcolm McKinnon, Head of Trade in Services Unit, Department for
Trade, UK
Kip Meek, Managing Director, Spectrum Strategy Consultants, UK
Cécile Despringre, Chargée des affaires, européenes
de la SACD and
Conseiller juridique de la FERA e de l’AIDAA, Paris
Chair: Professor Sylvia Harvey, Centre for Film & Television
Studies,
Sheffield Hallam University
13.00 : Lunch – Benjamin Franklin Room.
Kindly
sponsored by the BBC.
14.00 : Session 4 – the Great Room
The front line: the role and responsibilities of newscasters in times of
crisis
and conflict
Speakers:
Yosri Fouda, Deputy Director, London Bureau, Al Jazeera Television,
Qatar
Tony Maddox, CNN International, Senior Vice President for Europe,
Africa and
the Middle East
Bridget Kendall, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent, UK
Vaughan Smith, founder, Frontline Television News, UK
Chair: John Owen, Director, Former London Centre, Freedom Forum,
USA
15.25 : Tea/Coffee – Benjamin Franklin
Room. Kindly sponsored by S4C.
15.50 : Session 5 – the Great
Room
What role for regulation in an increasingly competitive and global market?
Speakers:
Prof. Dr Jo Groebbel, Director General, European Institute for the
Media,
Germany
Ranjit Sondhi, BBC Governor, UK
Carole Tongue, Citigate Public Affairs Consultancy and former
MEP/spokesperson on public service broadcasting, UK
Chair: Professor Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University
of
Westminster
17.15 : Close of session
Thursday, 25 April
19.00 : Conference dinner - Commonwealth
Club, Northumberland Ave
London WC2
Speaker: Mark Tully, BBC Special Correspondent in India
Friday, 26 April
09.30 : Session 6 – the Great
Room
New media: new opportunities and universal access? Can new
media
help democratise the information society?
Speakers:
John J Musukuma, Secretary-General, Southern African Broadcasting
Association
Phil Laven, Director, Technical Affairs, European Broadcasting Union
Professor Stephen Coleman, Centre for e-democracy, London School
of
Economics, UK
Chair: Paddy Coulter, Director, Reuters Foundation Programme,
Oxford
10.55 : Coffee – Benjamin Franklin Room
11.20 : Session 7 – the Great Room
Re-inventing Radio: bringing new opportunities to local and global audiences
Speakers:
Polya Stancheva, Director General, Bulgarian National Radio
Tony Stoller, Chief Executive The Radio Authority, UK
Nigel Chapman, Deputy Director, BBC World Service, UK
Chair: Preben Sorensen, Danish Federation of Listeners’ & Viewers’
Associations
12.40 : Lunch – Benjamin Franklin Room.
Kindly
sponsored by Channel 4.
13.40 : Session 8 – the Great
Room
Can cultural identity and diversity flourish in an increasingly globalising
media environment?
Speakers:
Paul Bolt, Director, Broadcasting Standards Commission, UK
Guillaume Chenevière, President, World Radio & Television
Council
Yasmin Anwar, Commissioning editor, Multi-cultural Programmes, Channel
4
Chair: John Clark, VLV Management committee member
15.10 : Tea/Coffee – Benjamin Franklin
Room
15.25 : Session 9 – the Great
Room
Conclusions and the way forward
Jocelyn Hay, VLV chairman
16.30 : Close of conference
Voice of the Listener & Viewer is glad
to acknowledge support from the BBC, BBC World Service, ITC, Radio Authority,
Broadcasting Standards Commission, S4C, Channel 4, Commonwealth Broadcasting
Association, Sandford St Martin Trust and Thomson Foundation, without whose
help it would not be possible for the event to take place, or for the cost
of attendance by groups representing the citizen and consumer interest
in broadcasting to be subsidised.
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