Programme

Monday, 7 December 2015

14:30 – 15:00  – Registration
15:00 – 15:15  – Opening remarks

Balázs Weyer, President,  Editors’ Forum (Főszerkesztők Fóruma)
Ilona Móricz, Director, Center for Independent Journalism (Független Médiaközpont)
Michael Müller-Verweyen, Director, Goethe-Institut Budapest (Goethe Intézet)

15:15 – 15:45 – Public launch of Korrektor.hu, the complaints procedure of the Editors’ Forum in Hungary in partnership with the Hungarian Publishers’ Association (MLE) and the Association of Content Providers in Hungary (MTE)

Balázs Weyer, President, Editors’ Forum
Tibor Kovács, President, Hungarian Publishers’ Association
András Dunai, President, Association of Content Providers in Hungary

Moderator: József Péter Martin – Director of Transparency International Hungary

15:45 – 17:00 – Media self-regulatory and corrective mechanisms – presentations followed by a panel discussion of European practices
Guests:

Janina Führ, German Press Council
Alexander Warzilek – General Secretary, Austrian Press Council
Kjell Nyhuus – Press Complaints Commission, Norway
Tarmu Tammerk – Media Ombudsman, Estonian Public Broadcasting Company
Tamás Tófalvy, General Secretary, Association of Content Providers in Hungary
Tibor Kovács, President, Hungarian Publishers’ Association

Moderator: Vilmos Both, member of the Board, Center for Independent Journalism

17:00 – 18:00 – Journalism in twenty years: trends and change makers – presentations on strategies and scenarios; Q & A from the audience

Journalism in 2025 – four scenarios  – Kim Wannet , Van de Bunt, Netherlands
Theses on the future of the press – Prof. Dr. Christian-Mathias Wellbrock, University of Hamburg
Data-journalism in news reporting – Caelainn Barr, journalist, Data Projects, The Guardian

Moderator: Márton Galambos, editor-in-chief, Forbes Hungary

18:00 – 19:15 – From simple, old patterns to a variety of unique solutions – How do news media organizations cope with rapid changes?

Kim Wannet, Van de Bunt, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Christian-Mathias Wellbrock, University of Hamburg
Caelainn Barr, journalist, Data Projects, The Guardian
Brankica Petkovic, lead researcher, Peace Institute Ljubljana
Balázs Weyer, President, Editors’ Forum

Moderator: János Horvát, President of the Board of Trustees, Center for Independent Journalism

19:30 – 20:00 – The 20th anniversary of the Center for Independent Journalism  – welcoming remarks
20:00 – 22:00 – Reception

If you wish to attend the conference, please fill in the registration form and send it till 1 December 2015.