A New World Order in the Media?
Association of European Journalists
Congress and General Assembly
Sapiegos Tech Park & Lithuanian Journalism Centre
16 – 19 November 2017
Arrival of delegates
18.00 — Reception at the Finnish Ambassador’s Residence, K. Kalinausko gatve 24, 03107 Vilnius (passports required) (by invitation)
9.30 — Welcome address – Otmar Lahodynsky, President of the Association of European Journalists
9.45 — Address by Darius Skusevičius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs: Reliable media and democratic politics and Q & A
10.30 — Panel debate: Dalia Bankauskaitė (Media Program Director at Vilnius Institute of Policy Analysis) Brian Whitmore (RFE/RL); Nerijus Maliukevičius (infowars expert) Marius Laurinavičius (senior expert at Vilnius Institute of Policy Analysis)
Topic: Russian financed/controlled GONGOs’ role in disinformation campaigns
11.15 — Coffee break
11.30 — Panel debate: Dainius Radzevičius, President of Lithuanian Journalists Union (moderator); Audrone Nugaraite, Ass. Prof Vytautas Magnus University; Ruslanas Irzikevicius, Editor-in-Chief Lithuanian Tribune.
Topic: Pressing media issues in Lithuania in the wider European context
12.30 — Lunch hosted by His Worship Mayor Remigijus Šimašius of Vilnius, Sapiegos Tech Park (by invitation)
14.00 — Address: Jennifer Adams (OSCE Media Freedom Project Officer)
Topic: Safety of Female Journalists Online; Q & A
14.45 — Address by Mikko Salo, Faktabaari Finland: Escalation of “Post-Truth” in the Nordics and Baltics
15.15 — Panel debate: William Horsley (moderator); Mikko Salo; Liepa Želnienė, Journalist at 15min.lt,; Irina Nedeva – Senior Editor, Bulgarian Radio and Television; Llewellyn King (executive producer and host of White House Chronicle)
Topic: Fact-finding, media pluralism and editorial integrity
16.00 — Coffee break
16.15 — Interview with Dutch journalist and media expert Geert -Jan Boogaerts, head of the Future Media Lab with Lieven Taille and Džina Donauskaite (Association of Lithuanian Journalists
Topic: Big or Thick data? Journalism in times of personalized and data-driven user experience
17.00 — Closing
19.00 — Dinner hosted by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry/StratCom: The Element (T. Ševčenkos g. 16) (by invitation)
09.30 — AEJ General Assembly, Didžioji g. 5, Vilnius 01128
12.30 — Lunch: Restaurant Kitchen, Didzioji str. 11 sponsored by EIGE with speaker Mira Banerjee – Head of Knowledge Management and Communications: Why is gender equality an issue in journalism? (by invitation)
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) works to promote and ensure equal opportunities for women and men across Europe and beyond.
14.00 — Guided walking tour arranged and sponsored by Go Vilnius
16.00 — Free time
Vilnius Tech Park
Vilnius Tech Park