Program

Thursday May 4th
10.00 - 10.15	Welcome:
	Jens Aaris Thisted, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School Lilie Chouliaraki, ESC Organiser, Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School
10.15 – 10.45	Opening keynote speech: Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media
10.45 – 11.45	Keynote speech: Per Norman, CEO, SES SIRIUS AB
11.45 – 13.15	Lunch
13.15 – 14.30	Keynote speech: Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World Television
14.30 – 15.00	Coffee
15.00 – 17.00	Panel 1: Satellite Industry and the Digital Age
	Panel speaker & moderator: Christian Bovet, Professor, University of Geneva, Vice-Chairman of the Swiss Federal Communications Commission (ComCom)
18.30	Conference dinner at Copenhagen City Hall

Friday May 5th
09.00 – 11.00	Panel 2: Diversity and Diaspora : Arab Communities in Europe
	Panel speaker & moderator: Naomi Sakr, Senior Lecturer in Communication, School of Media, Arts & Design, University of Westminster
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee
11.30 – 13.30	Panel 3: New Spaces of Democracy
	Panel speaker & moderator: Anker Brink Lund, Professor of Media Management, Centre for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch
14.30 – 16.30	Panel 4: Governance of Global Information Flows
	Panel speaker & moderator: Monroe Price, Professor, Oxford University, Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research
16.30 – 17.30	Closing keynote speech: Elizabeth Longworth, Director, Information Society Division, UNESCO
17.30 – 18.00	Closing remarks: Ingrid Volkmer, ESC Co-organiser, Professor, University of Otago Dorte Salskov-Iversen, on behalf of Copenhagen Business School