14:00 – 14:30

Conference registration

14:30 – 15:00

Welcome Addresses

Peter Seitz (Federal Ministry of Science and Research)

Walter Baier (Coordinator, transform! Europe)

Opening Addresses

Joan Barata Mir (Principal Adviser, OSCE)
"On Freedom of Expression"
Abstract in PDF

Helmut Scholz (Member of the European Parliament, GUE/NGL)

15:00 – 15:45

Main Keynote Address

Gill Phillips (Director of Editorial Legal Service, The Guardian, United Kingdom)
"Edward Snowden: More questions than answers?"
Abstract in PDF

Moderator: Christian Fuchs (Professor of Social Media, University of Westminster, UK)

15:45 – 16:15

Plenary address

Augustine Zenakos (Investigative Journalist, UNFOLLOW magazine, Greece)

Mariniki Alevizopoulou (Investigative Journalist, UNFOLLOW magazine, Greece)

Moderator: Dimitris Tsapogas (Scholar, University of Vienna, Austria)

16:15 – 16:30

Coffee and Refreshments  

16:30 – 18:30

Media and Journalism under Pressure

Panel discussion followed by Q&A,

in collaboration with Der Standard.

Moderator: Gerfried Sperl (Journalist, PHOENIX, Austria)

Speakers:

• William Horsley (Media Freedom Representative, Association of European Journalists)
  "A modern media paradox: how journalism is silenced in an age of plenty"
  Abstract in PDF
  

• Barbara Trionfi (Press Freedom Manager, International Press Institute)

• Susanne Scholl (Journalist, Austria)
  Abstract in PDF (en) | Abstract in PDF (de)
  

• Kostas Arvanitis (Journalist, Greece)

• Stanka Tosheva (Editor in Chief of Capital, Bulgaria)
  "The State of Media Freedom in Bulgaria"
  Abstract in PDF
  

• Harald Schumann (Investigative journalist, Tagesspiegel, Germany)

18:30 - 18:45

Closing address

Erich Möchel (Journalist, ORF, Austria)
"Information defense for journalists"
Abstract in PDF

Moderator: Peter Fleissner (President, transform!at, Austria)