Program

The table below provides you with a brief overview of our conference program.
The detailed program including all information on the breakout sessions is available for download here.
For more information on individual papers or plenary speakers please check the sections on conference speakers and on plenary speakers.
You can access and download podcast sessions of our keynote presentations and plenary sessions through the website of our supporter SBS Radio here.

Conference Program
“Journalism in the 21st Century: Between Globalization and National Identity”
Melbourne, July 16&17, 2009

Conference Venue:
Law Building, University of Melbourne
University Square, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton VIC 3053
Directions to the conference venue as well as to the venue of our Welcome Reception can be downloaded here.

WEDNESDAY, July 15, 2009

2.00 - 3.00 pm SBS Studio Tour No.1
3.00 - 4.00 pm SBS Studio Tour No.2
Location: SBS, Level 2, Alfred Deakin Building, Federation Square, Melbourne VIC 3000

6.30 - 8:30 pm Welcome Reception, Venue: Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
Location: Situated on Swanston Street between Faraday and Elgin Streets, Parkville VIC 3010
Sponsored by: Faculty of Arts and School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne

THURSDAY, July 16, 2009

8.30 am Registration (Coffee and Tea will be available)

Plenary Sessions will be held in the GM 15 Lecture Theatre

Time	Session Topic	Speakers
9.00 - 9.30 am	WELCOME	•Prof John Dewar, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Global Relations, University of Melbourne
		•Prof Mark Considine, Dean Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
		•Prof Barbie Zelizer, President International Communication Association (ICA)
		•A/Prof Ingrid Volkmer, Conference Chair and Acting Head Media and Communications Program, University of Melbourne

CONFERENCE SEGMENT I: THE GLOBAL AND THE NATIONAL AND CONFLICT DISCOURSES

Time	Session Topic	Speakers
9.30 - 10.00 am	OPENING KEYNOTE Transnational Journalism Middle East Public Diplomacy and Virtual States	•Prof. Philip Seib, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication
10.00 - 11.00 am	PLENARY PANEL Journalism and ‘Soft’ Power: Between Conflict Coverage and Media Diplomacy	•Dr. Sarmila Bose, University of Oxford, UK
		•Tom Hyland, International Editor of The Sunday Age, Melbourne
		•Prof Michael X. Delli Carpini, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, Philadelphia
		•Elias Mokua Nyatete, Fomer Director of Radio Kwizera, Ngara Tanzania and University of Melbourne

11.00 - 11.30 am Morning Tea

11.30 - 1.00 pm BREAK OUT SESSION 1 (4 parallel running panel sessions)
For more information on the Break Out sessions please download the detailed program. A downloadable pdf version of the program is available on top of this page.

1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch

2.00 - 3.30 pm BREAK OUT SESSION 2 (4 parallel running panel sessions)
For more information on the Break Out sessions please download the detailed program. A downloadable pdf version of the program is available on top of this page.

3.30 - 4.00 pm Afternoon Tea

CONFERENCE SEGMENT II: JOURNALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Time	Session Topic	Speakers
4.00 - 5.00pm	PLENARY DISCUSSION Journalism in the New Digital Age: New Directions for National and International Media Outlets	•Valerio Veo, Executive Producer Online Current Affairs SBS, Sydney
		•Christoph Lanz, Director of Television, Deutsche Welle, Berlin
		•Bruce Dover, Chief Executive, Australia Network, Sydney
		•Prof Terry Flew, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
5.00 - 6.00pm	OPEN FORUM DISCUSSION

6.00 - 7.00 pm Reception
Location: Foyer, Law Building
Sponsored by: The University of Melbourne Media and PR Office

FRIDAY, July 17, 2009

8.30 - 9.00 am Registration (Coffee and Tea will be available)

Time	Session Topic	Speakers
9.00 - 9.30 am	KEYNOTE OF THE DAY Local Memories - Global News	• Prof Barbie Zelizer, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

CONFERENCE SEGMENT III: GLOBAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES AND NATIONAL JOURNALISM PRACTICE

Time	Session Topic	Speakers
9.30 - 10.00 am	PLENARY SPEECH Journalism Practice Across Time: The Impact of Changing Technologies on Newsroom Practice over the past 20 years	• Prof Ralph J. Begleiter, Former CNN World Affairs Correspondent, University of Delaware
10.00 - 11.00 am	PLENARY PANEL Journalism Practice and the Changing Newsroom	• Prof John Hartley, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
		• Paul Ramadge, Editor in Chief of The Age, Melbourne
		• Eric Beecher, Publisher of Crikey, Melbourne

11.00 - 11.30 am Morning Tea

11.30 - 1.00 pm BREAK OUT SESSION 3 (4 parallel running panel sessions)
For more information on the Break Out sessions please download the detailed program. A downloadable pdf version of the program is available on top of this page.

1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch

2.00 - 3.30 pm BREAK OUT SESSION 4 (3 parallel running panel sessions)
For more information on the Break Out sessions please download the detailed program. A downloadable pdf version of the program is available on top of this page.

3.30 - 4.00 pm Afternoon Tea

CONFERENCE SEGMENT IV: THE ETHICS OF JOURNALISM AND ITS FUTURE IN A DIGITAL WORLD

Time	Session Topic	Speakers
4.00 - 4.45 pm	PLENARY SPEECH Towards the Ethics of Global Media: Truthfulness, Hospitality, Care	• Prof Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
4.45 - 6.00 pm	PLENARY DISCUSSION Journalistic Ethics and the Future of Journalism	• Prof Julianne Schultz, Griffith University, Queensland
		• Christoph Wimmer, Manager Quality & Standards, SBS Radio, Sydney
		• Michael Gawenda, Centre for Advanced Journalism, University of Melbourne

6.00 - 6.15 pm

CLOSING

• A/Prof Ingrid Volkmer, Conference Chair and Acting Head Media and Communications Program, University of Melbourne

6.15 - 7.45 pm Closing Reception,
Location: Foyer, Law Building

Saturday, July 18, 2009

10.00 - 11.00 am SBS Studio Tour No. 3
11.00 - 12.00 pm SBS Studio Tour No. 4
Location: SBS, Level 2, Alfred Deakin Building, Federation Square, Melbourne VIC 3000