Schedule Panels

Broadcasting Community: a workshop on policies in Europe Organised by the Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS), at the Central European University (CEU) Sponsored by the Hungarian National Radio and Television Authority (ORTT); Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS) at CEU; Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication; Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE); World Association of Community Radio (AMARC) Europe; and the Austrian Cultural Forum (Osztrák Kulturális Fórum) Workshop Schedule Wednesday, 16 May 19:00

Public event, Popper Room Access, policy & participation: Community broadcasting & the Hungarian media landscape Panel discussion about the past, present and future of community broadcasting and minority broadcasting in Hungary. Péter Molnár, Center for Media and Communication Studies, CEU Péter Muszatics, Rádió C Gábor Valyi, Tilos Rádió Gergely Gosztonyi, ELTE University Chair: Balázs Weyer, Association of Hungarian Content Providers, community radio producer

Reception to follow Thursday, 17 May All workshop panels to be held in Faculty Tower Building, room 309 (FT 309); public event to be held in the Gellner Room. 9:00

Coffee, juice, and welcome remarks

9:30-11:00

Panel: Policy In(ter)ventions: case studies across Europe Ciarán Kissane, Broadcasting Commission of Ireland Christer Hederström, CMFE Board Member , Sweden Salvatore Scifo, London Metropolitan University, UK Mojca Planšak, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Rui Monteiro, Global Media Aarhus, Denmark Chair: Kate Coyer, CEU, Hungary

11:00-11:30 11:30-13:00

Coffee Break Panel: Linguistic and ethnic majorities and minorities: broadcasting for peace, rights and reform Eylem Yanardagoglu, City University, UK Sirin Dilli, Paris III University, France / Bilgi University, Turkey Mirjana Kristović, University of Niš, Serbia Miklós Sükösd, CEU, Hungary Agus Hernan, Radio Gure Irratia, France Chair: Francesco Diasio, AMISNET, Italy and AMARC Europe

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00

Public Event, Gellner Room Enabling Europe? Policy futures for citizens’ and community media Panel discussion about the possibilities and prospects for European-level media and cultural policy in support of minority access and community-based broadcasting. Panelists: Karin Resetarits, Member of the European Parliament, Austria Helmut Peissl, Community Media Forum Europe, Austria Miklós Haraszti, OSCE, Belgium Dr. György Ocskó, Council of Europe, Hungary Steve Buckley, AMARC, UK Chair: Miklós Sükösd, CEU, Hungary

Reception to follow 16:30-18:00

Panel: Towards a community-friendly policy environment? Civil society organizing & policy interventions Stefania Milan, European University Institute, Italy Agata Juniku, NGO Nemeza, Croatia Bahdan Arlou, CDMAG multimedia magazine, Belarus Zoran Dragošev & Vasil Gjuroski, Cross Radio Arne Hintz, CEU, Hungary Chair: Thomas Kupfer, CMFE, Austria

19:30

Dinner for workshop and event participants Köleves, Dob utca, District VII

Friday, 18 May All sessions to be held in Faculty Tower Building, room 309 (FT 309) 9:00

Coffee, tea & juice

9:30-11:00

Panel: Digitize this! Community broadcasting, convergence and the transition to digital Pieter de Witt, OLON, Netherlands Otto Tremetzberger, Arts University of Linz, Austria Lawrie Hallett, Ofcom, UK Nan Rubin, Community Media Services, US Chair: Steve Buckley, AMARC, UK

11:00-11:30

Coffee break

11:30-13:00

Panel: Research needs and priorities: A sound Eurovision? Peter Lewis, London Metropolitan University, UK Kate Coyer, CEU, Hungary Saso Bogdanovski, Broadcasting Council, Macedonia Petra Pfister & Judith Purkarthofer, Radio Research Group, Vienna Henry Loeser, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic Christos Barboutis, University of Athens, Greece Chair: Helmut Peissl, CMFE, Austria

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-17:30

Small group discussion, report back, and concluding remarks (15:30-16:00 Coffee Break)

Evening

Tour of garden cafes and Budapest’s famous nightlife