OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media LIVE

Expert Conference, Kyiv, 26 June 2018

Strengthening Media Freedom and Pluralism in Ukraine During Times of Conflict In and Around the Country

AGENDA

OPENING SESSION: 09:00 - 09:30

Speakers

Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative of Freedom of the Media

Jeffrey Erlich, Senior Project Officer, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine

SESSION I: ENSURING MEDIA DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM: 09:30 - 11:00

Speakers

Marius Lukošiūnas, Programme Specialist, Division of Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO

Nataliia Ligachova, Chairperson, NGONGO
non-governmental organization Detector Media

Sergiy Tomilenko, Chairman, National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Maksym Savanevsky, Managing partner, PlusOne DA agency of digital communications

Moderator Nataliya Gumenyuk, Head, Hromadske.ua

SESSION II: COUNTERING DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA: 11:30 - 13:00

Speakers

Andrey Rikhter, Senior Adviser, Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

Ludmila Andronic, Member, Media Self-Regulatory Organizations Network

Olexandr Horokhovskyi, Founder and chief editor, FactCheck-Ukraine media platform

Martina Chapman, Director, Mercury Insights Limited

Johann Bihr, Head of Eastern Europe & Central Asia Desk, Reporters Without Borders

Moderator Dieter Loraine, Director, Albany Associates

SESSION III: SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS: 14:00 - 15:30

Speakers

Oksana Romaniuk, Executive Director, Institute of Mass Information

Oleksandr Kovtun, Deputy Chief of the Main Investigation Department, National Police of Ukraine

Ricardo Gutiérrez, General Secretary, European Federation of Journalists

Valeriy Makeiev, Secretary, National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Moderator Nouneh Sarkissian, Executive Director, Media Initiatives Center in Yerevan

SESSION IV: FREEDOM OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION: 16:00 - 17:00

Speakers

Vladimir Kazanevsky, Writer/Cartoonist

Oleh Smal, Cartoonist/ Journalist/Architect

Roman Vintoniv, TV journalist

Moderator Sébastien Gobert, Press correspondent

CLOSING SESSION: 17:00 - 17:15

Speakers

Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative of Freedom of the Media

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For more information about this conference, please visit the webpage: https://www.osce.org/representative-on-freedom-of-media/381841