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Download a copy of the final agenda (including names): agenda.pdf
Sunday, 4 December
18.00 ? 19.30 | Early Arrivals: Social Gathering for Networking
Monday, 5 December
08.00 ? 20.00 | Registration Desk Open
08.00 ? 09.00 | Breakfast
09.00 ? 10.00 | Inside Coverage and Shoptalk
Inside Coverage by policy makers, analysts and journalists on the ground.
- Inside Damascus
- Inside Cairo
- Inside Washington, DC
Shoptalk sessions are intense discussions among peers about issues critical to the profession.
- Journalists in the line of fire
- Blogging Clinic (including how to)
- Propaganda
- Religious media
10.00 ? 10.30 | Break
10.30 ? 10.55 | Welcoming Remarks
- Ambassador Aly Maher, Secretary General, Arab Thought Foundation, introduction
- HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal, President, Arab Thought Foundation
- HH Skeikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of Defense, UAE
- HE Amr Mousa, Secretary General, Arab League
10.55 ? 12.10 | World Press: Power Shifts and Flash Points
How do journalists from China, UK, Germany, Brazil, US, and Arab countries identify the big trends and geopolitical consequences?
12.10 ? 12.40 | SPOTLIGHT:
HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
Press asks 20 questions of one of the world?s most influential investors including: What is the future of media, which media investments promise big pay-off and what will it take for media to survive in today?s competitive economy?
12.40 ? 14.20 | Lunch & Discussions
Hosted by HH Skeikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
14.20 ? 15.10 | What Determines Page One News?
How do editors in different countries choose the lead stories of the day? How do they balance pressure to grab public attention, provide solid journalism, meet advertisers expectations, and survive government influence?
15.10 ? 16.00 | Social Responsibility, Freedom and Propaganda
How do attitudes about the social role of media within society differ around the world? When and where do journalists accept propaganda, when and where do they confront it? How should media treat radicals?
16.00 ? 16.30 | Break
16.30 ? 17.30 | Briefings and Shoptalk
Briefings
- Inside Palesting
- Inside Riyadh
- Inside Beijing
Shoptalk
- The Roots of Prejudice: Report from US-Arab Media Forum of Aspen Institute
- Bloggers and Credibility
- Religion and Media
17.30 ? 18.10 | SPOTLIGHT: Sa?ad Hariri
World press asks this new leader: How will the Lebanese define their destiny?
18.10 | Break to refresh for dinner
19.30 | Opening Day Reception and Dinner
Hosted by HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal, President,
Arab Thought Foundation
Tuesday, 6 December
08.00 ? 20.00 | Registration Desk Open
08.00 ? 09.00 | Breakfast
09.00 ? 09.35 | Educating Journalists
How are the standards of journalism being taught to the next generation? What challenges do the Internet present? Where is the best education for Arab journalists? Should Arab media leaders fund better journalism training?
09.35 ? 10.15 | India and China: How Half the World Views Arabia
How do 2.8 billion people who live nearby perceive what is happing in the Arab World?
10.15 ? 10.55 | Covering the War on Terror
This unique dialog between the world?s leading terrorism correspondent and the spokesman for KSA?s Ministry of Interior will investigate how new terror attacks change the pattern of analysis.
10:55 ? 11:30 | Youth Media
Young viewers speak out on what media is capturing the attention of today?s Arab youth including the power of music and religion.
11:30 ? 12.30 | Briefings and Shoptalk
Briefings
- Inside Baghdad
- Inside Beirut
- Inside London
Shoptalk
- New Media Business Models
- How Think Tanks Influence Media
- Role of Documentaries
12.30 ? 13.50 | Al Arabiya Lunch
13.50 ? 14.20 | SPOTLIGHT: HE Sheikh Ghazi al Yawer
The current Vice President, and former President of Iraq will talk about the moves toward democracy, role of emerging media and what to expect in the next five years.
14.20 ? 14.50 | Reporting on Political Islam
How does the Arab media cover the Islamic movement? What are the tensions, boundaries, and challenges to ?fairness??
14.50 ? 15.40 | Citizen Journalism
How have bloggers, digital tools, and the speed of new media changed newsrooms around the world?
15.40 ? 16.00 | Break
16.00 ? 16.50 | Technology Storms the Business
What are the latest technologies driving market advantage?
16.50 ? 17.40 | Modern Advertising Challenges
What are the new advertising demands for audience measurement, embedded products, and new media packages?and how are media businesses responding?
17.40 ? 18.30 | Today?s News
World Press on the latest flashpoints. Same events, different perspectives. Putting stories into context and getting them right.
18.30 | Break to refresh for dinner
19.30 | Coaches Depart for Desert (45 min trip)
20.30 | Reception and Traditional Emirati Dinner Hosted the Dubai Press Club
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