Copenhagen, Denmark
May 20-23, 2012
Final program
Please note: The program Monday and Tuesday will have full translation from/to English, Spanish and French.
SUNDAY MAY 20th
13.00 Board meeting at JP/Politikens Hus,
(Rådhuspladsen 37 – a five minutes walk from hotel Ascot)
18.00 The National Museum – special tour for ONO-delegates
(optional)
19.00 Welcome reception and dinner at The National Museum
(Ny Vestergade 10 – a ten minutes walk from hotel Ascot)
Dinner speech: Editor-in-chief Bo Lidegaard, Politiken
MONDAY May 21th
9.00 Registration and coffee – in DR Byen (The Big Meeting Room)
(Emil Holms Kanal 20)
9.30 Welcome to DR
Director General Maria Rørbye Rønn, DR
9.35 State of ONO
President Jacob Mollerup, ONO
9.45 Quality, errors and corrections – an international comparison
Moderator: Professor Ed Wasserman, Wash. & Lee Uni.
– The Danish “quality-project” – what did we find?
Professor Mark Ørsten (RUC)
– ABC testing itself – how and why?
Director of editorial policy, Paul Chadwick, ABC
– Questions and discussion
11.15 Short break
11.30 Multiple errors in the multiplatform newsroom?
Are media responsible for all errors?
Moderator: Professor Mark Prendergast, St. John’s Uni.
Panel:
– Director of editorial policy David Jordan, BBC
– Readers’ editor Chris Elliot, The Guardian
– Ombudsman Ignaz Staub, Tamedia,
– Ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos, NPR
12.30 Lunch in The Concerthouse
13. 30 Special tour in DR’s Concert House – concert chief Leif Lønsmann
13.45 Who are you?
Moderator: Readers’ editor Margreet Vermeulen, De Volkskrant
All news ombudsmen present give a short presentation of themselves.
14.10 The global ONO-survey 2012
Presented by ombudsman Tarmu Tammerk, Estonian Broadcasting.
14.35 News Ombudsmen in Latin America and on The Iberian Peninsula
Trends and characteristics.
Moderator: Defensor Gerardo Albarrán de Alba, MVS.
Keynote: Lic. Flavia Pauwels, Buenos Aires University
15.15 Short break
15.30 La Mediatrice – the French model
Moderator: Ombudsman Pierre Tourangeau, CBC (French service)
Keynote: Marie-Laure Augry, FR3
16.00 Using the handbook – and new plans for outreach
Moderator: Jeffrey Dvorkin, Exec. Director, ONO
Contributions:
– Ombudsman Golan Rahman, Daily Amader Shomay
– Reader’s Editor Sumana Ramanan, Hindustan Times
17.00 Closing – Evening free
17.00 Optional: A guided tour in DR Byen.
Including news room, studios and continuity.
Duration approx. 30 min.
TUESDAY MAY 22 th
9.00 After “Phonegate” – self-regulation at a crossroad
Moderator: Public editor Karen Rothmyer, The Star
1. Session: Setting the scene – UK and Australia
– Behind Phonegate – what is so special with Britain and its tabloids? The Leveson Inquiry and after. A new regulatory body? More readers’ editors?
Readers’ editor Stephen Pritchard, The Observer
– The Australian connection: Scandal, Media Inquiry and worries about the results. Director Paul Chadwick, ABC, and ombudsman Sally Begbie, SBS.
10.30 2.session: Self-regulation has failed in Britain? Is it doomed to fail again?
Keynote: Professor Steven Barnett, University of Westminster
11.00 Short break
11.15 3. session: The future of self-regulation – where are we heading?
Moderator: Ombudsman Sally Begbie, SBS
Panel:
– Readers’ editor Stephen Pritchard, The Observer
– Ombudsman Yavus Baydar, Sabah
– Professor Stephen Barnett
– Ombudsman Mike Getler, PBS
12.30 Lunch in The Concerthouse
13.30 Shoptalks and cases – moderated by Edward Shumacher-Matos, NPR
(Based on specific cases and problems to be suggested by the membership – partly via the questionnaire. Edward selects and moderates. Examples: How to define public interest? Breaking confidentiality – a Danish case. The right to reply. Covering financial crisis – are the media part of the problem? The use of social media. When to delete stories from the web-site? Hidden camera etc.)
15.15 Short break
15.30 Business meeting
17.00 Closing
19.30 Dinner in Tivoli Gardens – Restaurant Grøften
WEDNESDAY MAY 23 th
8.20 Departure from hotel Ascot by bus
9.00 Welcome speech at TV 2, Teglholms Alle 16.
9.10 Do we have the media we deserve?
Special keynote: The Speaker of The Danish Parliament, Mogens Lykketoft
9.50 Plans for our part of the world – debates in five sessions
– The French-speaking
– The Spanish-speaking
– The North-Americans
– The North-Europeans
– The Africans and Asians
11.00 Ombudsmen under pressure
International panel reports from the life of a news ombudsman – including cases from Mark Prendergast, Sally Begbie, Jacob Mollerup a.o.
Moderator: Lars Bennike
12.00 Light meal
12.45 Departure by boat for central Copenhagen
13.30 Arrival by boat at Gammel Strand – end of official program.