Agenda

18 May 2005

Section 7. Development of Communications and Freedom
of Expression.
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1. Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace

Venue:

• Konstantinovsky Palace, The Corner Reception Room

Chairpersons:

• Henrikas Juskevicius, Adviser for UNESCO, member of British Royal Television Society, Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Entineers (SMPTE, USA)
• Iosif Dzyaloshinskiy, President, Remedial Fund “Commission on Free Access to Information” (Russia)

Rapporteur:

• Taras Shevchenko, Director of Kiev Institute of Media Law (Ukraine)

Presentations:

1. Media and World Summit on Information Society
   Alain Modoux, President, International Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communications (Canada)
2. Freedom of Expression in Transition to the Information Society
   Taras Shevchenko, Director of Kiev Institute of Media Law (Ukraine)
3. Mass Media within the Framework of Access to Information: Much Noise, Little Access
   Iosif Dzyaloshinskiy, President, Remedial Fund “Commission on Free Access to Information”
4. Public Television: Experience and Future Trends
   Mikhail Fedotov, Head of UNESCO Chair for Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

Section 7. Development of Communications and Freedom
of Expression
15:30 – 19:00 Session 2

Venue:

• Konstantinovsky Palace, The Corner Reception Room

Chairpersons:

• Mikhail Fedotov, Head of UNESCO Chair for Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia (Russia)
• Co-Chair to be announced

Rapporteur:

• Taras Shevchenko, Director of Kiev Institute of Media Law (Ukraine)

Presentations:

1. Social Content and Development of Communications in the Information Society
   Stoyan Denchev, Rector, Higher institute of Library Science and Information Technologies (Bulgaria)
2. Media Education and Media Literacy in Knowledge Societies
   Alexander Fedorov, President, Association of Cinema Education and Media Pedagogics (Russia)
3. Module of Media Education for Journalists and Not Only for Them
   Nadezhda Alvares, Executive Director, South-Ural Media Education Center (Russia)

Discussion and drafting recommendations delivered during the previous sessions

Moderator:

• Vladimir Livshits, Vice-President of UNESCO Programme “Cultural Cooperation of Provincial Towns of the World”, Vice-President of Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio (Russia)