Logistics
The seminar was held at the Albert Borschette Congress Center (CCAB), Room AB-0D. Rue Froissart, 36 - 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
Registration is now closed. The event is free. Given that the number of participants is limited, registration has been granted on a first come first served basis.
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Recordings and feedback
The event was webstreamed. The recordings are available.
Please see also the following blog post.
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 (Presentation)
- 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 Video message by Vice President Neelie Kroes
Speech by Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau, Head of Cabinet