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Al Jazeera Forum 2007 - Schedule
Schedule for the 3rd Al Jazeera Forum to be held in Doha in April 2007
Last Modified: 25 Apr 2007 09:26

 

Here is a timetable of events for the 3rd annual Al Jazeera Forum 2007 - Media and the Middle East: Going beyond the Headlines.

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Saturday, March 31, 2007
13:00 - 21:00

Registration and Tours

19:00 - 20:30 Cocktail Networking Reception

Sunday, April 01, 2007
09:00 - 09:05

Introduction to Day 1

09:05 - 09:15 Welcoming remarks
09:15 - 09:30 Opening address: Wadah Khanfar
09:30 - 10:00

Keynote - Seymour Hersh

10:00 - 11:15

Session: Parachute Journalism v Journalism of Depth

11:15 - 11:45

Coffee Break

11:45 - 13:15

Roundtable discussion:
Politics, Media and Misinformation - the Arab World and the South in Focus

13:15 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 16:30

Free time, networking and sightseeing

16:30 - 18:00

Session: Regional News Channel in the Middle East: Building Bridges or Walls

Monday, April 02, 2007
09:00 - 09:05

Introduction to Day 2

09:05 - 09:45

Keynote - Lawrence Lessig

09:45 - 11:15

Session: New Media - Speaking Truth to Power?

11:15 - 11:45

Coffee Break

11:45 - 13:15

Session: Future Wars?

13:15 - 14:30

Lunch
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