Designs for Independent Media in Iraq
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Sunday, June 1

8:30 - 10:00 Conference Registration
10:00 - 10:15 Opening Remarks and Introductions – Markos Kounalakis
Guest Speaker -- TBA
10:15 - 12:00 Lessons Learned from the Past
Discussion Panel:
Mr. Eric Davin, Association AÏNA (Afghanistan)
Mr. Simon Haselock, United Nations (Kosovo, Bosnia Herzegovina)
Mr. Monroe Price, The Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research
Ms. Kathleen Reen, Internews, Southeast Asia
Andrei Richter, Moscow Media Law and Policy Institute
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch

2:00 - 4:00

State of Arab Media
Discussion Panel:
Ms. Magda Abu-Fadil, Institute for Professional Journalists, Lebanese American University (text of Abu-Fadil's speech)
Ms. Hala Ahmed Alumran, Policy Expert, Manama, Bahrain
Mr. Bahey el-Din Hassan, Director, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Mr. Siyamend Othman, Media Policy Analyst, London, England
4:00 - 5:00 Summary by each Workgroup Member of the Draft

5:00 - 7:30

Reception

7:30

Dinner

Monday, June 2

10:00 - 12:00

Work Group Morning Sessions
Media Law
Regulatory Reform

12:00 - 2:00 Lunch

2:00 - 4:00

Work Group Afternoon Sessions
Professionalism and Training
Public Service Broadcasting
Internet

4:00 - 4:30 Break

4:30 - 5:30

Rapporteurs present Work Group Reports

7:30

Dinner

Tuesday, June 3

10:00 - 12:30

What’s Next? An Open Discussion on Future Steps for Iraq

12:30 Lunch and Departures