Conference Program

Tuning in to Diversity 2010
Media and Diversity European Conference
Budapest, 25-26 February 2010

Venue: Millenáris Center (Building B) – Budapest

Day One – Thursday, February the 25th:

12:00 – 14:00: Arrival of participants and registration

14:00 – 14:30: Opening of the Conference:
Balázs Medveczky, President in charge of MTV
Ed Klute, Director Mira Media

14:30 – 15:30:  Talk show on “How diversity is implemented in European
                       media?” moderated by Kriszta Toth, anchor woman at
                       MTV, with:
                       - Frans Jennekens, President of the IDPG group of the
                         EBU, and Diversity Manager at NPS (Dutch Public
                         Broadcaster);
                       - Janos Daroczi, President of the Roma Foundation Office,
                         Hungary;
                       - Myria Georgiou, Lecturer, London School of
                         Economics;
                       - Ed Klute, Director Mira Media (Dutch National Expertise
                         Center on Media and Diversity).

15:30 – 16:00:  Break

16:00 – 17:00: The Roma jungle interactive show

17:00 – 18:00: Introductive workshops:
                       25 participants each one, in preparation of the Day Two
                     workshops

18:00 – 21:30:  Information market with Hungarian and international media
                       and integration projects

18:30 – 20:00: Buffet dinner

20:00 – 21:30:  European premiere of the new EBU series Roma in Europe:
                       - Introduction by Daniela Drastata, HRT (Croatian Public
                         Broadcaster)
                       - Screening of 2 episodes: Roma in Spain and Roma in
                         Poland
                       - Q&A session

21:30: Closure of the first day of the Conference

Day Two – Friday, February the 26th:

10:00 – 10:30:  Plenary session: Presentation of a video report on Day One
                       and introduction to the workshops to the workshops of Day
                       Two

10:30 – 12:30:  Morning workshops (8 workshops running in parallel)

            Workshops for international NGOs:
            1. Media and NGOs, a touchy relationship: strategies to get into
                the media
            2. When the media get it wrong
            3. Alternative information: tools NGOs can use to fulfil lacking
                information

Workshops for PSBs/mainstream media:

4. One Diversity Toolkit, several training methods

5. Approaching and organising diversity in mainstream media

6. From minority programming to multicultural programming

7. Workshop for researchers
8. Workshop for Hungarian NGOs (in Hungarian)

12:30 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 14:30: Plenary: Introduction to the afternoon workshops

14:30 – 16:30: Afternoon workshops (8 workshops running in parallel)

1. Media and NGO, a touchy relationship: the point of view of both
parties

2. When the media get it wrong: sharing responsibilities between
media and NGOs

3. Minorities in broadcast media in Central and Eastern Europe

4/5. Community connections for PSBs journalists and program
makers

6. How to build a diversity database, how to use it

7. Monitoring media coverage: Why? When? Which media? With
which techniques?

8. Workshop for Hungarian NGOs (in Hungarian)

16:30 – 17:30:  Plenary session:
                       - Presentation of workshops outcomes
                               - Conference's conclusions

18:30 – 20:30: Buffet dinner and presentation of video report on Day Two

20:30 – 21:15: Presentation of the Roots & Routes International project

21.15 – 22:15: After party with PAL ISTVAN "SZALLONNA" and his band

22.15: Closure of the conference

Sponsors:

European Fund for Integration of
Third Country Nationals

European Union's Fundamental Rights
and Citizenship Program

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