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Rebuilding Egyptian Media for a Democratic Future

held

at the

Council Hall of the Supreme Council of Culture,

Cairo Opera House Cultural Complex

30-31 March, 2011

With Appendices

Appendix 3: Conference Programme

Supreme Council of Culture

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Rebuilding Egyptian Media for a Democratic Future

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

DAY ONE: March 30 2011

9:30-10.00 Registration and Coffee

10:00-10:30 Opening Address and Welcome

• Hossam Nassar, Adviser to the Minister of Culture and First

Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Cultural Relations

• Basyouni Hamada, Conference Co-Chair

• Naomi Sakr, Conference Co-Chair

10:30-12:00 Panel 1 - Lessons of Previous Democratisations

Chair: Mona El-Hadeedy, Cairo University, Egypt

Panelists:

• Boyko Boev, Article 19, UK Promoting media freedom at times of profound transformations:

ARTICLE 19 in the Balkans

• Jane Duncan, Rhodes University, South Africa Media Democratisation: The South African Experience

• Andrew Mills, Northwestern University, Qatar Lessons learned from journalism training in countries of the

former Soviet Union in the 1990s

• Florian Weigand, Deutsche Welle (DK-Akademie), Germany Media Self-Regulation as Part of Democratisation Processes

in Transition Countries

• Monir Zaarour, International Federation of Journalists, Brussels The Role of Journalists in the Democratisation of Media

12:00-12:30 Coffee break

12:30-14:15 Panel 2 - Enabling environment for free, independent, pluralistic,

decentralized and responsible media

Chair: Mohamed Abd El-Hamaid, Helwan University, Egypt

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• Rasha Allam, AUC, Egypt Restructuring Egyptian Broadcasting

• Ali Belail, Orbit Productions Egypt Credible Audience Measurement: An Essential Step towards a more developed, diverse and democratic television in Egypt

• Marius Lukosiunas, UNESCO, Egypt UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators Framework

• Sawsan Zaidah, Radio Al-Balad, Jordan The Role of Community Media and Social Media in Promoting Reform

• Steve Buckley, Community Media Solutions, UK Promoting Plural and Independent Broadcasting

• Ayman Salama, Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, Egypt The Role of Media in Disclosure of Human Rights

Violations in Former Authoritarian Regimes

14:15-15:15 Break for lunch

15:15-17:00 Panel 3 - Transformation of state-owned media into democratic

media

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• Rasha Abdullah, AUC, Egypt Precedents for Public Service Broadcasting in Egypt: Findings from a Panos Research Project

• Ramy Aly, University of Sussex, UK Mediating the Nation: From State to Public Service Broadcasting –

Critically Engaging Egypt as a Complex Society

• Simon Derry, BBC World Service Trust, UK, and European Broadcasting Union, Geneva Building Public Value: The Importance of Public Service Broadcasting

for National Cohesiveness and Debate

• Savyasaachi Jain, University of Westminster, UK Fulfilling the Mandate: Guiding the Transition from State Broadcaster

to Public Service Broadcaster

• Elizabeth Smith O.B.E, Commonwealth Media Group A Plan and a Timetable for Transforming State-Owned Media into

Democratic Institutions

• Solaiman Salh, Cairo University, Egypt How to Construct a New Egyptian Communication Order

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17:00-17:30 Tea

17:30-18:45 Panel 4- Political, social, economic and cultural requirements for

democratic media

Chair: Saed El-Sayed, Cairo University, Egypt

• Mervat Abu Oaf, AUC, Egypt Media Law and Implications of Egypt’s Constitution for Free Press

• Mihai Coman, University of Bucharest, Romania When Saying means not doing: Journalists fight for imposing their

Power on Media and Politics

• Aliaa Dawoud, AUC, Egypt Media Treatment of Women’s Political Rights in post-Mubarak’s Egypt

• Verica Rupar, Cardiff University, and Milica Pesic, Media Diversity Institute, UK The Importance of Journalism Training and Education for Democratic

Media

• Saber Hares, Sohaj University, Egypt Egyptian Press after January 25th Revolution: Alternative Visions

18:45-19:00 Day One Closing Remarks

DAY TWO: March 31 2011

SPECIALIST WORKSHOP ON MEDIA RESTRUCTURING AND REFORM

9:30-10:00 Arrival

10:00-11:45 Session 1 - Egyptian Media and the Democratic Process

Chair: Hamdy Hassan, Misr International University

• Awatef Abdel-Rahman, Cairo University, Egypt Civil Society and Media democratization in Egypt

• Naomi Sakr, University of Westminster, UK Democratisation of Egypt’s State-Owned Media

• Steven Barnett, University of Westminster, UK Broadcasting in the Public Interest: From State Control to Public

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11:45-12:15 Coffee break

12:15-13:45 Session 2 - Establishing and Sustaining Public Service Media

Chair: Ali Agwa, Cairo University, Egypt

• Basyouni Hamada, Cairo University, Egypt Political and Legal Structures for Democratisation of Egyptian Media

• Walid F. Barakat, Ibtesam Al –Gendy, Cairo University, Egypt

Amany A. Fahmy, Khaled Salah, Cairo University, Egypt Rebuilding the Broadcasting System in Egypt after January 25th Revolution

• Mahmoud Khalil, Hesham Atteya, Hany M. Ali, & Mehrez Ghaly, Cairo University , Egypt

Towards an Alternative View of Egyptian Press Ownership

13:45-14:45 Break for Lunch

14:45-16:30 Panel 3 - Regulating Media and Telecoms for Citizen

Empowerment

Chair: Steve Buckley, Community Solutions, UK

• Maria Michalis, University of Westminster, UK The Public Interest in Telecommunications and the Internet

• Hussein Amin, AUC, Egypt An overview of Principles Governing the Establishment of A Broadcast

Regulator in Egypt

16:30-17:00 Tea

17:00-18:00 Plenary Debate

Conference Recommendations: Considerations for Egypt’s Future

Communications Policy

Co- Chair: Basyouni Hamada

Co- Chair: Naomi Sakr

18:00 Close