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TENTATIVE AGENDA
26 June |
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5:00p – 5:45p | Opening Remarks |
Edward Schumacher-Matos, Ombudsman – NPR | |
Michael Shifter, President of the Inter-American Dialogue | |
Jorge Familiar, Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank (tbd) | |
5:45p – 6.45p | Presentation of the report Media Systems Regulation and Digital TV in Latin America, by Gustavo Gómez Germano |
Introduction by: | Sergio Jellinek, External Affairs Manager, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank |
Discussants: | José Miguel Vivanco, Executive Director, Americas Division, Human Rights Watch |
Silvio R. Waisbord, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University | |
6.45p – 8:30p | Reception |
27 June |
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9:30a – 11:00a | Panel 1: Press Freedom, Pluralism and Media Systems in Latin America |
Speakers: | David Rivas, Director of Public Media, El Salvador |
Romel Jurado, Ecuador, President of Checks & Balances | |
Omar Rincón, Colombia, Director of the Journalism Institute of Los Andes University | |
Mauricio Herrera, Director of the University of Costa Rica and former member of the Inter-American Courts of Human Rights | |
Moderator: | Marcelo Varela, Carter Center |
11:00a – 11:15a | Coffee Break |
11:15a – 1:00p | Panel 2: The Crisis of Print Media and the Future of Digital Journalism |
Speakers: | Oscar Martinez, El Faro, El Salvador |
Daniel Moreno, General Director, Animal Politico, Mexico | |
Moderator: | Edward Schumacher-Matos, Ombudsman – NPR |
1:00p – 2:30p | Lunch and Closing Remarks by the organizers:
Edward Schumacher-Matos, Ombudsman – NPR Michael Shifter, President of the Inter-American Dialogue Sergio Jellinek, External Affairs Manager, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank |