United States Agency for International Development and International Research and Exchanges Board. Conference

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1 United States Agency for International Development and International Research and Exchanges Board Conference Building Independent Media in Serbia Fifteen Years Later 1 2 November 2012, Hotel Metropol Palas, Belgrade Agenda Registration of Guests Main Conference Room, Day 1 Master of Ceremony: Maja Žeželj, presenter, RTS Screening of the film: Serbia - Building Independent Media Opening remarks Introduction to keynote speakers: Mark Whitehouse, Vice-President, IREX Keynote Speakers: Michael D. Kirby, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Serbia Bratislav Petković, Minister of Culture and Information, Republic of Serbia Coffee Break Contemporary Media Law: Legality, Standards and Challenges Media Strategy and Implementation Rich McClear, former Chief of Party of USAID media assistance programs Dragan Janjić, Media Coalition Representative

2 Coffee Break Dragan Kolarević, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Culture and Information, Republic of Serbia Slobodan Kremenjak, Lawyer, Media Law Specialist Sandra Bašić Hrvatin, Media Expert, Slovenia Davor Glavaš, Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Study of Journalism, Zagreb, Croatia Zoran Sekulić, Director, FoNet Agency Achievements and Challenges in Turbulent Times: Evolution of Media Assistance in Serbia Peter Wiebler, Director, Democracy and Governance Office, USAID Serbia and Montenegro Ljiljana Smajlović, President, Journalists Association of Serbia Veran Matić, Editor-in-Chief, B92 Rich McClear, former IREX Chief of Party of USAID media assistance programs Srđan Bogosavljević, Director, IPSOS Strategic Marketing Lunch Break Media Freedom, Professionalism, Sustainability: Tracking Progress and Identifying Issues in Media Development Leon Morse, Managing Editor of Media Sustainability Index and Deputy Director, IREX Vojislav Žanetić, Director, Mozaik Agency Vukašin Obradović, President, Independent Journalists Association of Serbia Goran Cetinić, Media Consultant Investigative Journalism: Unsolved Stories in the Prosecutor s Office Miloš Teodorović, journalist, Radio Free Europe Ana Petruševa, Macedonia Country Director, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Miodrag Čvorović, Producer of Insider program, B92 Predrag Blagojević, Editor, Juznevesti.rs Branko Čečen, Director, Center for Investigative Journalism, Belgrade

3 Side Conference Rooms: Day 1 Parallel Events: Room First of its kind in Serbia: Perun Software Presentation - providing anonymity to whistleblowers (simultaneous translation provided) Software Presenter: Predrag Blagojević, juznevesti.rs Training on Investigative Journalism: Cutting Edge Techniques in Applying Free Access to Information Law in Journalistic Work (Serbian language only) Trainers: Pištaljka website and Journalists Association of Serbia: Vladimir Radomirović, Ivan Ninić, Petar Jeremić Room Training: Selection and Usage of Photographs on the Web and Elections 2012 Photo Exhibition (with lunch and coffee breaks) (Serbian language only) Trainer: Zvezdan Mančić, President, Association of Media Photographers Main Conference Room, Day Looking Ahead Preconditions and Critical Issues for Media Development in Serbia Dragana Solomon, Head of Media Department, OSCE Mission to Serbia Paula Thiede, Acting Head, OSCE Mission to Serbia Adriano Martins, Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia Jadranka Jelinčić, Director, Open Society Foundation Susan K. Fritz, Mission Director, USAID Serbia and Montenegro Revolutionizing the Profession: Social Media for Journalists David Brewer, Founder and Editor, Media Helping Media Steve Herrmann, Editor, BBC News website Malachy Browne, News Editor, Storyful Solana Larsen, Managing Editor, Globalvoices (on Skype) Danica Ilić, Web editor and Communication Manager, Media Diversity Institute, London

4 Coffee Break Media Market and Trends: How Many is Too Many Advertising Budgets a Challenge to Economic Independence of Media Dušan Mašić, Business Development Manager, MENA & West Asia, BBC World Service Darko Broćić, Managing Director, Nielsen Audience Measurement Nebojša Spaić, Editor in Chief, NIN Dragan Kremer, Media Projects Coordinator, Open Society Foundation Serbia Milan Kovačević, Country Manager, Gemius Jovan Stojanović, Director, Direct Media Ivan Stanković, Director, Communis Tijana Popović, Media Director, Universal Media Lunch Break Presentation by IPSOS Strategic Marketing: News Consumption of the Youth of Today Presenter: Predrag Kurčubić, Research Director, Media CT and Public Affairs, IPSOS Strategic Marketing Threats to Media Pluralism: Sustainability of Local and Regional Media Non-discriminatory Access to State Funds Saša Mirković, President of ANEM and Media Coalition representative Nedim Sejdinović, President of the Executive Board, Independent Journalists Association of Vojvodina, and Media Coalition Representative Dragana Žarković Obradović, Head of BIRN Serbia Roy Saatchi, Media Consultant, Roy Saatchi Associates Milorad Tadić, Director, Radio Boom 93, Požarevac Coffee Break Media Literacy: How to Recognize Credible Content Critical Consumption and Analysis of Media Content Jovanka Matić, Research Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences Milica Pešić, Executive Director, Media Diversity Institute, London

5 Aralynn McMane, Executive Director, Young Readership Development, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, Paris Velimir Ćurgus Kazimir, Director, Ebart Media Archive Closing Words Mark Whitehouse, Vice President, IREX Side Conference Rooms: Day 2 Parallel Events Room Telling Stories with Data Best Practices of Using Data in Journalism (simultaneous translation provided) James Ball, Data Journalist, The Guardian Kevin Charman-Anderson, Editor and Digital Strategist, Knowledge Bridge, Media Development Loan Fund Susan McGregor, Assistant Professor, Columbia Journalism School, Tow Center for Digital Journalism How to Generate Income from Your Online Presence: Advanced Ways of Advertising and Sales (simultaneous translation provided) Ivan Poltoracki, Digital Account Director, Communis agency Ivan Dimitrijević, Fastbridge agency Marko Jevtić, Business Development Director, Httpool agency Svetlana Kojanović, former Editor-in-Chief of RTV Čačak Dejan Miladinović, President, Local Press Slobodan Krajnovic, Editor-in-Chief, Radio 021 and 021.rs Room Meet the Belgrade Law School Students - Winners of the Price Moot Court International Media Law Competition (Serbian language only) Students from the Belgrade Law Faculty won the Price Moot Court international media law competition held at Oxford University in The Belgrade team argued a case before international media experts and judges in this competition of 26 teams from 19 countries.