Titled “Documenting Change / Empowering Media”, next year’s IPI World Congress in Amman, Jordan is a must for anyone who cares about press freedom.

The two and a half day event will examine the many challenges, concerns and opportunities facing journalists in a rapidly changing media landscape – not only in the Arab world, but around the globe.

Panels will focus on fostering free speech and media professionalism in the region after the Arab Spring; covering Syria; the role of women in the media; reporting on religion; criminal defamation; promoting and protecting the safety of journalists; and Internet regulation, among other issues.

The Congress will immediately follow the second annual Forum for Media Freedom Defenders in the Arab World, organised by the Amman-based Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ), which will chair the local host committee for the World Congress.

The annual IPI World Congress and 62nd General Assembly will feature a line-up of prominent figures from print, broadcast and new media, as well as renowned speakers from the fields of politics, business and academia.

Confirmed speakers, moderators and panellists to date include:

King Abdullah II
Wesley Gibbings, president, Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers, Trinidad and Tobago
Jim Clancy, anchor and correspondent, CNN, International, USA
David Westin, adviser and former president & CEO of NewsRight; former president of ABC News, USA
Jillian York, director of international freedom of expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation, USA
Alison Bethel McKenzie, executive director, IPI
May Chidiac, founder and president, May Chidiac Foundation Media Institute; former television anchor, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC)
Simon Morrison, copyright public policy manager, Google, UK
Vuslat Dogan, chairwoman of the board of directors, Hürriyet, Turkey
Lawrence Pintak, founding dean, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University, USA; author of “The New Arab Journalist”
Frank La Rue, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Ryan Blethen, director, new product strategies, The Seattle Times, USA
Massoud Akko, member of the media freedoms committee, Syrian Journalists Association
Jeffrey Sharlet, founder, The Revealer: A Daily Review of Religion & Media, Center for Religion and Media, New York University, USA
Jumana Ghunaimat, editor-in-chief, Al-Ghad, Jordan
Thilo von Trott, director of public affairs & corporate responsibility, Gruner + Jahr, Germany
Karl Bostic, producer, NBC News, UK; former chief, NBC News, Baghdad Office
Abdullah Ensour, prime minister of Jordan
Ferial Hafajee, editor-in-chief, City Press, South Africa
Rodney Pinder, former director, International News Safety Institute (INSI), UK
Galina Sidorova, chairwoman of the board of directors, IPI; chairwoman of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism – Foundation 19/29, Russia
Nidal Mansour, executive president, Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ), Jordan

Congress venue:
The 2013 IPI World Congress will be held at Le Royal Hotel Amman, where we have reserved a contingency of rooms at special rates. Located in the heart of the city, at the crossroads of old and new Amman, this luxurious hotel offers award-winning service, complemented by the Royal Spa experience, as well as its own shopping arcade and a variety of world-class restaurants from which to choose.
For more information, visit the IPI World Congress website.

Early Bird Registration Rates:
Members: €810
Non-Members: €900
Accompanying Persons: €350

We encourage you to come earlier to take advantage of next year’s unique joint conference opportunity:

IPI World Congress and 62nd General Assembly
CDFJ’s annual Forum for Media Freedom Defenders in the Arab World.

Tel: +43 1 512 90 11 Fax: + 43 1 512 90 14
Web: www.ipiworldcongress.com & www.freemedia.at
E: ipi(at)freemedia.at

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