Conference programme

Tuning in to Diversity 2011
 
27 & 28 May 2011
ConcordiaTheater, Hoge Zand 42,  Den Haag
 
Social media and community media, new opportunities for an independent (immigrant) voice in the public debate.
 
Organised by: Mira Media
 
 
Friday 27 May 2011 (draft program)
Chair:    Senay Ozdemir
 
09:30    Opening
 
09.45    Internetlogica
            Bart Drenth, Member of RMO – Council for Social Development, the Netherlands.
 
10.00    Impact of social media on news coverage outside the Arab world,
Hans Laroes, editor-in-chief NOS-News and President van de EBU news assembly, the
Netherlands.
 
10.20    What can immigrants (and media) learn from Egypt, locally and internationally?
Abdel Rahman El Shershaby, Information Engineer at Marokko Media, the Netherlands
 
10:40    Panel discussion
 
11:15    Coffee break
 
11:45    New role of Community media
Alexandra Moe, Washington DC director New America Media,USA
 
12:15    New lobby strategies for immigrant organizations
Frank Sharry, Executive Director America's Voice, USA
 
12:45    Lunch
 
13:45 – 15:45    Afternoon parallel sessions
 
1      New lobby strategies for immigrant organizations
Chair: Bashy Quraishy, chief-editor Mediawatch, Chairman of ENAR advisory counsil, Denmark
            13:45    America’s Voice,
Frank Sharry, Executive Director America's Voice, USA
            14:05    Tactical Technology Collective, International,
Tanya Notley, Manager Info-activism Programme, UK
            14:25    Les Indivisibles,
Gilles Sokoudjou, Les Indivisibles, France
            14:45    Marokko.nl – Dutch-Moroccan social website,
Gijs van Beek. Director Marokko.nl, The Netherlands
            15:00    Debate
 
2      New role of community media
Chair: Giovanni Massaro, programme manager Mira Media, The Netherlands
            13:45    New America Media,
Alexandra Moe, Washington DC director, NAM, USA
            14:05    New Londoners,
Ros Lucas, executive director, Migrants Resource Centre, London UK
            14:25    Kaskosan.com - ROMA social website,
Steve Carlson & Mohd Saidi, Kaskosan, Hungary
            14:45    Debate
 
3      Intercultural dialogue and cooperation between immigrant groups and mainstream media
Chair: Ed Klute, director Mira Media, The Netherlands
Ed Klute, director Mira Media, the Netherlands
            14:05    Glocal Community Voice, breaking the silence, MEM project
                                    Janiche Opsahl & Rayen Contreras, Sweden
            14:25    Diversity approaches in NTR, Dutch Public Service Broadcasting,
Frans Jennekens, Head of Diversity at NTR, President of the EBU Intercultural
            14:45    Debate
 
4      The use of social and community media in support of intercultural dialogue and active participation of citizens in multicultural neighbourhoods.
Chair: Anna Meli, COSPE, Florence, Italy
            13:45    Measuring the impact of Social Media in the neighboorhood
            Else Rose Kuiper, senior researcher Haagse Hogeschool
            14:05    Coalition building by using media in multicultural neigbourhoods,
            Ben Lee, Executive director NANM. London, UK
            14:25    Show case, the integrated media approach in Schilderswijk The Hague.
                              Marlon Berends, Communication coordinator Schilderswijk, The Hague
            14:45    Debate
 
15:45    Coffee break
 
16:00    Short reports from parallel sessions + panel discussion chaired by Will Tinnemans
                With Johan Flyckt (Glocal Voices, Sweden), Nicoleta Fotiade (Media Monitoring Agency, Romania),  Maarten Hoff (Dutch Refugee Council, The Netherlands),  Frans Jennekens (NPS, The Netherlands), Alex Moe (NAM, USA)
 
17:00    Drinks
 
19:00    Dinner (international guest only)
             Restaurant ‘Het wapen van Den Haag’, Driehoekjes 13.
 
 
Saturday 28 May 2011 – Concordia Theater (Closed event )
09:00    Opening
09:30    Welcome by Ed Klute, director Mira Media & organizer of Tuning in to Diversity 2011
09:35    Introduction to the projects MEM, Media4ME and Wereldjournalisten (Ed Klute)
10:00    Panel discussion - The strategic use of social media by NGO’s.
            with Frank Sharry (America’s voice), Alex Moe (New America Media), Gilles Sokoudjou (Les Indivisibles), Steve Carlson (Kaskosan).
            Chair: Ed Klute
 
11:00    Break
 
11:15    Experiences from a year of Multicultural Europe in the Media (MEM)
            11:15 Milan Pucancik – Society of Goodwill, Bratislava, Slovakia
            11:30 Dagmar Sieglova – Director of Multicultural Centre, Prague, Czech Republic
            11:45 Izabella Chruslinska, Association of Ukrainians in Poland
            12:00 Group session: speed dating
12:30    Lunch
 
13:30 – 16:30 Afternoon parallel session
1.     MEM – project development
 
13:30 – Project evaluation by National MEM coordinators
 
14:00 - Project development
            Brainstorm session on future projects and possible partnerships
 
2.     MEM – Training for trainers for PSB/NGO representatives
 
Interactive training session based on the Toolkits for PSBs and for NGO’s
 
Trainers : Giovanni Massaro (Mira Media), Zoe Papaikonomou (Lecturer at Hogeschool Windesheim and freelance writer/journalist) 
 
 
3.     Media4ME seminar (closed session)
 
16:30    Drinks
17:30    Closure of Tuning in to Diversity 2011