Programme

09.30     Registration

Speakers:

H.E Amre Moussa,Secretary General of the League of Arab States 

H.E. Ms Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish Minister of International Development Cooperation

H.E. André Azoulay,President of the Anna Lindh Foundation for Dialogue betweenCultures

Pres. Jorge Sampaio,United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations

Launch and Presentation: The Anna Lindh Report on Intercultural Trends 2010 – to be delivered by Andreu Claret (Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation) and the Media Tenor Report by Roland Schatz (President of Media Tenor).

 

Panel Debate: "The Implications of Social Transformations in the Region and the Potential of Media for Intercultural Dialogue and Bridging the Gap in Mutual Perceptions"

 

Moderator: Joe Klein, Time Magazine, editor at large

 

Panelists:

David Ignatius, Washington Post, associate editor and columnist

Sylvie Kauffman, Le Monde, editor-in-chief

Gilles Kepel, Sciences Po, Professor and Chair, Middle East and Mediterranean Studies,

Jamal Khashoggi, Al Watan, editor-in chief

Hafez Mirazi, Kamal Adham Center for Journalism Training and Research, Director

Dalia Mogahed, Gallup Director and Senior Analyst, Abu Dhabi GALLUP Center for Muslim Studies, Washington, DC

Three parallel sessions related to the potential of Media and civil society to rebuild bridges between people and to address the gap in mutual perceptions between the Arab World and the West.

 

Session 1: Covering Intercultural and Interreligious Issues and Crises: Challenging Misperceptions and Stereotypes.

 

Session 2: ‘Understanding the Impact of Hate Speech in the era of Online Media and the Internet’

 

Session 3: Israel – Palestine – Does the media have a role to play in fostering Mideast peace?

Hesham Youssef of the League of Arab States, Paul Walton of the Anna Lindh Foundation, Ms.Soraya Rodriguez Ramos, Deputy Minister for International cooperation, and Amb.Huseyin Avni Botsaliambassador of Turkey to Egypt