#MediaNetAsia14   REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDIA AND INTERNET FREEDOM                

#MediaNetAsia14 REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDIA AND INTERNET FREEDOM Best Western Premier Dua Sentral
Kuala Lumpur, 15‐17 October 2014 Itinerary Date/Time
Session
14 October (Tuesday) : Arrival, check in
15 October (Wednesday)
8.30-9.00
Registration and Opening
(Organizers)
9.00-10.30
PLENARY: Online and Offline Media: Transcending media divide Why are there tensions between those who occupy the different media spaces? How important is it for people’s access to information for us to define the journalist versus the non‐journalist? Are there better ways of describing what’s out there in terms of outlets offering journalism products and are there common causes and values that they share? Cases or trends from Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore Moderator: Uni Lubis (tbc) Panelists: 11.00-12.30
OPEN FORUM: Changing faces of censorship
What kinds of censorship are being felt now by the media and individuals over
online spaces? Are these largely state-based, commercial-based and what
about other forms of censorship such as the ones that gender-based and
related to religious expression?
Moderator: CSCC (tbc) Experiences from Sri Lanka, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia (tbc) 14.00-15.30
PLENARY: Media and Internet Laws
How focused are cybercrime laws on cybercrimes or are they nets cast wide
for crimes of expression as well? Should regulations be enacted for
expression, formal and informal communication? How far are laws on data and
infrastructure (retention, security etc) potentially affecting media?
Moderator: CIJ (tbc) Panelists: 1
16.00-18.00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 1: Media and Tech Collaboration
Session Coordinator:
Session 2: International Standards on FOE - media and internet
Session Coordinator:
19.00-21.00
Dinner Talk
16 October (Thursday)
9.00-10.30
PANEL: Media freedom and internet governance at the international fora
This session will discuss some of the key intersects between the advocacies
for media freedom and internet governance.
Moderator: Gayathry Venkiteswaran Panelists: Moez Chakchouk, ATI Tunisia (tbc), Jac Kee, APC (tbc), Kulachada Chaipipat (SEAPA) 11.00-12.30
PLENARY: Hate speech and the media
Is it fair to say that the media – both established news media and social media ‐ are fuelling or channeling hate speech? Are we agreed on what constitutes hate speech and are there ways of assessing them? What is the relationship between the political situation and media content that is said to fuel such expression? What standards do the media use when deciding on content that are legitimate criticism, harmful or inciting towards hatred? Should intermediaries and corporations also bear the responsibilities? Why and how? Presentation by Bytes for All Moderator: Associate Prof Cherian George (tbc) Panelists: Judy Taing, Mon Mon Myat (tbc), Endy Bayuni (tbc) 14.00-15.30
WORKSHOP 1
Operationalising principles on hate speech and media responsibility
This workshop will be open to all participants. The purpose of the workshop is
to critically discuss, using international standards, what constitutes hate
speech and the extent to which media may be responsible.
Workshop Coordinator: Article 19
16.00-18.00
PARALLEL WORKSHOP
W2: How to run an advocacy campaign on hate speech
Workshop Coordinator:
W3: Ethics in Media
Workshop Coordinator:
17 October (Friday)
2
9.00-10.30
PLENARY: Privacy and Surveillance
How have the revelations of mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency and agencies in Australia, Canada, UK, and New Zealand been perceived in Asia? What are the challenges to free expression posed by mass surveillance and modern surveillance techniques? Who are the main groups targeted by surveillance and how are private corporations involved in the providing for the surveillance technologies Moderator: APC (tbc) Panelists:
11.00-12.30
WORKSHOP
W4: Tools for being safe online
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W5: Monitoring Surveillance
Workshop Coordinator:
14.00-15.30
PARALLEL SESSIONS
S3: Netwoking for regional digital rights
Session Coordinator: Nica Dumlao (tbc)
S4: Desired legal framework for Asia
Session Coordinator:
CLOSING AND CONCLUSIONS
18 October (Saturday): Departure/ Check out
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