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, NGO 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