The 22nd annual conference, whose theme is “The Mediterranean, Migrants and the Media”, and CoPeAm’s 21st AGM (Conférence Permanente de l’Audiovisuel Méditerranéen), will both be held in Malta from March 26th to 28th, hosted by Maltese public radio and television, PBS.
ROUND TABLES ON FRIDAY MARCH 27th
Official opening by
– Tonio Portughese, chairman of PBS – Malta
– Talal El Makdessi, chairman of CoPeAm – Lebanon
– Anna Maria Tarantola, vice-chairman, EBU
– Owen Bonnici, Minister of Culture – Malta
Panel 1 The Mediterranean confronted with migrants: a shared issue
Introduction: Gilles PECOUT, Full professor at ENS and EPHE; Rector of the Nancy Academy – Metz (France)
– The EU High Representative for foreign affairs and security (to be confirmed)
– Hatem ATALLAH, executive director, Anna Lindh Foundation (to be confirmed)
– Adrian EDWARDS, head of news and media, UNHCR
Panel 2 The role of the media: giving the floor to radio broadcasters
Introduction : Paola BARRETTA , Osservatorio di Pavia – Italy
– Robert OLSSON, head of news, Sveriges Television – Sweden
– Nidaa RAWABDEH , senior editor, JRTV – Jordan
– Boris MITAR, journalist, RTVSLO – Slovenia
– Xavier MARQUET, senior editor North Africa – Orient Express, TV5 Monde – France
Friday afternoon and Saturday morning will be given over to meetings of CoPeAm’s various committees.
The AGM will be held on Saturday March 28th from 3:00 pm. It will open with a speech by Ingrid Deltenre, head of the EBU (to be confirmed)
Source: copeam.org
