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2:00–6:30 pm

Conference Registration

Location: Lobby, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

6:30–9:00 pm

Opening Dinner

Welcome by Charles E. Morrison, President, East-West Center and Suwat Thongthanakul, President, National Press Council of Thailand

Keynote Address: "Eternal Vigilance: The Role of the Media in East Asia Community Building"

Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Location: The Gallery, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

8:00-9:00 am

Conference Registration

Location: Lobby, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

9:00–10:15 am

Keynote Address on U.S. Media Issues: "What Is Happening in the American Media and How It Relates to Asia"

Orville Schell,  Arthur Ross Director of the Center on US-China Relations at the Asia Society, New York, New York, USA; and former Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

Summary:  Dean Orville Schell will discuss the principles on which the American Press were founded,how today's U.S. media has evolved, both in theory and practice to create the current state of media affairs; and what the implications for these changes are for Asia and the world.

Although Asian news organizations still rely on Western media outlets for global coverage, because there has been a decrease in Asian coverage, especially in broadcast, upstart Asian media outlets are being presented with a chance to make inroads into this Western media monopoly.

Location: The Gallery, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

10:15–10:45 am

Coffee Break

Location: Lobby, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

10:45 am–Noon

Keynote Address on Asia Media Issues: "Between the Tiger and the Crocodile: Creating Spaces for Watchdog Journalism in the New Asia."

Sheila Coronel, Director, Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Columbia University, New York City, USA; 2003 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for developing investigative journalism in the Philippines

Summary:  The media in Asia have never been as free, as powerful and as pervasive as they are now. As Asian societies become more affluent and globalized, the media will be even more powerful and pervasive. But Asian media will be in a bind: as its reach and power grow, it will be straining from the strictures of both the state and the market, the tiger and the crocodile.  For sure, much has changed in the media and journalism landscape in the last 25 years. Many of those changes have to do with globalization, the speed of technological change and the dismantling of state controls on the press. But journalists have to be increasingly vigilant, innovative, attuned to the needs of citizens and technologically savvy if they are to play their role as watchdog of societies in the throes of wrenching change.

Location: The Gallery, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

12:15–1:45 pm

Luncheon Talk: "The Changes and Development of China's Media."

Li Datong, Senior Editor, China Youth Daily;  former Chief Editor, Freezing Point Weekly of China Youth Daily, Beijing, China; free-lance writer and contributor to openDemocracy on current global affairs

Summary:  Li Datong will review the changes in China's media over the last 30 years with a focus on current and future media issues. He will discuss ways that the authorities controlled the media from the 1980s to the 1990s; changes among media practitioners; market pressures;  challenges from the internet; and whether the 2008 Olympics will change the media conditions in China.

Location: Basement 1 Level in Concept CM², Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

2:00–3:15 pm

Panel Breakout Sessions

Panel 1: Everybody’s Media: Blogging, Citizen Reporting, New Media Trends, and Online Ethics

• Lily Yulianti Farid, Co-Founder and Editor, www.Panyingkul.com -- an Indonesian citizen journalism website, Tokyo, Japan, "Citizen Journalism: A Collaborative Work Between Professional Journalist and the Citizens.  A Case Study of Indonesian Citizen Journalism Websites"
• Andrew Jordan, Technology Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Online, New York, New York, USA, "The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Media Democratization"
• Yi Hyun Kang, Staff Writer of Local News, Pressian, a leading Korean internet news service, Seoul, Korea, "The Present Condition of Online Media in Korea"
• Aaron Quinn, Assistant Professor of Journalism, California State University Chico, Chico, California, USA, "Global Citizen Journalism"
• Moderator: Alex Au, Blogger, www.Yawningbread.org, Singapore

Location: Monet, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 2: Covering Conflict

• Kunda Dixit, Editor, Nepali Times, Kathmandu, Nepal, "Media in Post-Conflict Reconciliation" 
  
• Champika Liyanaarachchi, Editor, Daily Mirror, Colombo, Sri Lanka, "The War Against Terrorists Versus the War Against the Media”
• Aboeprijadi Santoso, Correspondent, Pantau Foundation/Radio Netherlands, Jakarta, Indonesia, "Tsunami, Myth and Reality on Aceh Peace"
• Moderator: Andreas Harsono, Director, Pantau Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia

Location: Pissarro, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 3: Have Passport and Pen Will Travel: A Guide to Fellowships for Journalists

• Craig Gima, Assistant City Editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
• Additional panelists and moderator to be announced

Location: Cezanne, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 4: Threats to Journalists and Journalism

• Theresa Bacalla, Writing Fellow, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Philippines/ Senior Professorial Lecturer, Department of Communication, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, "Journalist Killings in the Philippines: No End in Sight"
• Tran Ngoc Chau, Editor, The Saigon Times, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Saigon Times Group, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, "The Challenge of Vietnam's Press: Seeking to Contribute More to the Sustainable Development"
• Mary Kissel, Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal Asia, Hong Kong, SAR China, "Press Freedom in One-Party States: A Futile Fight"
• Kamal Siddiqi, Editor Reporting, The News International, Karachi, Pakistan, "Muzzling the Pakistan Press"
• Moderator: Tom Brislin, Chair/Professor, Academy for Creative Media, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Location: Renoir, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

3:15–3:45 pm

Coffee Break

Location: Lobby, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

3:45–5:00 pm

Panel Breakout Sessions 

Panel 1: Newsroom Nationalism in an Age of Globalism

• Tom Brislin, Chair/Professor, Academy for Creative Media, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA, "Yellow Ribbon Journalism-- Constricting the Boundaries of News"
• Andreas Harsono, Director, Pantau Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia,"Media, Colonial History and the Indonesian Propaganda"
• Bok Jin Seon, Current Affairs and News Reporter, Korea Broadcasting System, Seoul, Korea, "Diplomatic Conflicts Between Korean and Japan and the Reports of Korean Media"
• Mujtaba Ali Syed, Editorial Staff, ChennaiOnline, Chennai, India, "Nationalism in an Age of Globalism: An Indian Experience"
• Moderator: Renee Loth, Editorial Page Editor, Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Location: Monet, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 2: Burma Update

• Dr. Khin Myint Oo, Author, Freelance Reporter, www.Groundreport.com, Rangoon, Burma
• Aung Zaw, Editor/Director, The Irrawaddy magazine covering Burma and Southeast Asia, Chang Mai, Thailand, "Journalists Under Siege: How Burma's Media Exposed Government Brutality to the World"
  
• Other Burmese journalists to be announced
  

Location: Pissarro, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 3: Covering Islam in Asia and the U.S.

• Endy Bayuni, Chief Editor, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Indonesia, "Which Islam?"
• David Crumm, Online Editor, Read the Spirit and Former Religion Writer, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, USA, "Building Communities That Cross Chasms"
• Norzie Pak Wan Chek, TV3, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Moderator: William Dobson, Managing Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine, Washington, D.C., USA

Location: Cezanne, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Workshop Sessions: Enterprise Reporting
Conducted by Ken Moritsugu, Enterprise Editor, The Associated Press, Bangkok

Location: Renoir, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

5:00 pm

Close for the day

9:00–10:00 am

Keynote Address: "China's Development Challenges"
Christopher McNally, China Specialist, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Location: The Gallery, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

10:00–10:30 am

Coffee Break

Location: Lobby, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

10:30–11:45 am

Panel Breakout Sessions

Panel 1: Covering the 2008 Olympics: What to Expect

• Francesco Liello, China Correspondent, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Member, Foreign Correspondents Club of China, Beijing, China "China, Media and the Olympics – An Opportunity for Transparency"
• Gary E. Swanson, Distinguished Journalist-In-Residence, Mildred S. Hansen Endowed Chair, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, USA, "The Role of NBC News in Covering Sports and the Olympics"
• Xie Songxin, Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief, Director, National Department, China Daily, Beijing, China, "The Lasting Legacy"
• Additional panelist and moderator to be announced

Location: Monet, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 2: China's Regional/Global Impact

• South Asia: Nanda D. Banerjee, Consulting Editor, India Press Agency (IPA), Kolkata, India, "Energizing India: The External Factor"
• Southeast Asia: Kavi Chongkittavorn, The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand, "China-ASEAN Relations: Competitive Cooperation"
• United States: William Dobson, Managing Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine, Washington, D.C., USA, "Sino-American Relations: Growing Together or Growing Apart?"
• Northeast Asia - Korea: Seo Ji Eun, Staff Writer of Business Desk, International Herald Tribune--JoongAng Daily, Seoul, Korea, "Korea-China Relations"
• Northeast Asia - Japan: Takabumi Suzuoki, Senior Staff Writer, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. (NIKKEI), Tokyo, Japan, "Japan's Silent Hostility"
• Moderator: Christopher McNally, East-West Center China Specialist, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Location: Pissarro, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Workshop Session: Investigative Journalism
Conducted by Sheila Coronel, Director, Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Location: Renoir, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

12:00–1:30 pm

Luncheon Program: "Asia's Media in Transition"

• Endy Bayuni, Chief Editor, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Indonesia, "Freedom First, Professionalism Follows"
• Suthichai Yoon, Editor-in-Chief, Nation Multimedia Group, Thailand
• Moderator: Mary Kissel, Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal Asia, Hong Kong, SAR China

Location: Basement 1 Level in Concept CM², Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

1:45 pm

Depart for Half-Day Field Trips

Option I, Klong Toey Slum: CLOSED. This group will visit Klong Toey, Bangkok’s largest slum, to meet with Father Joe Maier, a straight-talking priest who has worked with the poorest of the poor here for 33 years. Father Joe, a Redemptorist Priest, and Sister Maria Chantavarodom of the Daughters of Queenship of Mary Immaculate, whom the group will also meet, founded the Human Development Foundation in 1974. The Foundation, a nondenominational, community-based field organization, now operates 20 kindergartens for slum children, five orphanages, and a care home for mothers and children with AIDS. It also provides a variety of community services to the poor. Website: http://www.fatherjoe.org

Option II, Gender Development Research Institute: The afternoon’s visit will take us just outside of the hustle and bustle of Bangkok to the peaceful Gender Development Research Institute (GDRI) campus. The campus tour will include the opportunity to learn more about the many services provided there: an emergency home for women and children who have been victims of domestic violence, a clinic, a shelter for women with AIDS, and a vocational training center. The Institute is active in policy research and policy advocacy on issues that affect Thai women’s lives and welfare. GDRI, the research arm of the Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women, is a private, non-profit organization established in 1990 with support from UNIFEM.

Option III, Art and Architecture of Bangkok: A cultural expert from Silpakorn University, Thailand’s leading university for fine arts and archaeology, will serve as a guide to introduce us to the significance and symbolism of Thai traditional art, in particular Buddhist temple art and architecture, as we tour several of these impressive religious and cultural treasures.

6:00 pm

Field trips conclude. Return to conference hotel. Close for the day.

9:00–10:15 am

Keynote Address:  “Media Business in Greater China: A Conversation with Jimmy Lai”

Jimmy Lai, Founder/Chairman, Next Media Ltd., Hong Kong, SAR China; Raymond Burghardt, Director, East-West Seminars, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Chairman, American Institute in Taiwan; former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam

Summary:  Jimmy Lai is founder and chairman of Next Media Ltd., one of Hong Kong’s leading newspaper and magazine publishing companies that has expanded into Taiwan.  Raymond Burghardt will conduct this question-and-answer session with the controversial publisher, who owns the Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s second largest daily newspaper.

Location: The Gallery, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

10:15–10:45 am

Coffee Break

Location: Lobby, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

10:45 am–12:00 pm

Panel Breakout Sessions

Panel 1: Standing Room Only for World Powers in the Pacific Islands-- Checkbook Diplomacy and the Politics of Influence

• Maloni Albert, News Supervisor (Radio), Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation, Port Vila, Vanuatu
• Kalafi Moala, Publisher, Times of Tonga, Tonga
• Other Pacific Island journalists to be announced
• Moderator: Tom Brislin, Chair/Professor, Academy for Creative Media, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

Location: Monet, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 2: Northeast Asia Issues

• Hisayoshi Ina, Columnist and Vice Chair of the Editorial Board, The Nikkei Newspapers, Tokyo, Japan, "Post Koizumi Confusion"
• Lee, Joo Hee, Staff Writer of National Desk, The Korea Herald, Seoul, Korea, "Relation of South-North Korea: North's Nuclear Issue"
• Xie Songxin, Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief, Director, National Department, China Daily, Beijing, China, "The New Chinese Leadership"
• Michael Chia-Chang Yu, Producer, News Department, Public Television Service, Taipei, Taiwan, "After the Elections: Where Does Taiwan Go?"
  
• Moderator: William Dobson, Managing Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine, Washington, D.C., USA

Location: Pissarro, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 3: South Asia Issues

• Bulbul Monjurul Ahsan, Head, News & Current Affairs, NCA, ATN Bangla, President Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists-BFUJ, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  President Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists-BFUJ
• Kunda Dixit, Editor, Nepali Times, Kathmandu, Nepal, "Pax India: Learning to Get Along with South Asia's Big Brother"
  
• Naveen S. Garewal, Chief Reporter, The Tribune, Chandigarh, India, "Conflicts, Contradictions and Concerns India Needs to Confront”
• Champika Liyanaarachchi, Editor, Daily Mirror, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Kamal Siddiqi, Editor Reporting, The News International, Karachi, Pakistan, "Where Pakistan Is Headed – Implications for Pakistanis, the War on Terror, and Relations with the West "
• Moderator to be announced

Location: Cezanne, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 4: United States Issues

• Michelle Burford, Features Writer, O, The Oprah Magazine, New York, New York, USA
• Philip Humes, Executive Producer Special Projects/News Operations, WXIA-TV/WATL-TV, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• Renee Loth, Editorial Page Editor, Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• William Welch, Reporter and Los Angeles Correspondent, USA Today, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Moderator: Jeanne Mariani-Belding, Editorial Page Editor, The Honolulu Advertiser, and President, Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Location: Renoir, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

12:15–1:45 pm

Luncheon Address: "Social Media in China: From Personal Meme to Massive influence."

Isaac Mao, Co-Founder of Social Brain Foundation, Beijing, China; Co-founder of CNBlog.org the earliest website promoting grassroots publishing in China.

Summary:  Mr. Mao will analyze two mindsets in the world: Top-down Intelligent Design and Bottom-up Evolution.  The grassroots media evolution, once ignored and now the 2nd superpower in China, is showing its growing power to foster social changes.  The bottom-up force not only reveals traditional failings under government control and censorship, but also generates collective intelligence and new social norms to help Chinese become more adaptable to global perspectives. Some cases in the talk will illustrate these changes.

 

Location: Basement 1 Level in Concept CM², Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

2:00–3:15 pm

Panel 1: Covering Diversity in America

• Michelle Burford, Features Writer, O, The Oprah Magazine, New York, New York, USA
• Renee Loth, Editorial Page Editor, Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Jeanne Mariani-Belding, Editorial Page Editor, The Honolulu Advertiser, and President, Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
• Moderator: David Crumm, Online Editor, Read the Spirit and Former Religion Writer, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Location: Monet, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 2: Thailand in Transition—Organized by National Press Council of Thailand

• Panelists and moderator to be announced

Location: Pissarro, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 3: The North Korean Nuclear Crisis: Breakthrough or Breakdown?

• Mike Chinoy, Edgerton Fellow in Korean Security, Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles, California, USA; former CNN Senior Asia Correspondent
• Jim Kelman, Public Diplomacy Consultant, recently retired from the State Department after a 30 year career as a public diplomacy officer, McLean, Virginia, USA
• Moderator: James Wolf, Defense Technology Correspondent, Reuters, Washington, D.C., USA

Location: Cezanne, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Workshop session: Web-Based Journalism
Conducted by Andrew Jordan, Technology Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Online, New York, New York, USA

Location: Renoir, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

3:15-3:45pm

Coffee Break

Location: Lobby, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

3:45–5:00 pm

Panel 1:  Building Media Networks in the Asia Pacific

• Kavi Chongkittavorn, The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand
• Lee, Sang Kee, Editor of Sports Department, Hankyoreh Shinmun, Former president of Korea's Association of Journalists and Founder, Seoul, Korea
• Additional panelists to be announced
• Moderator: Susan Kreifels, Media Program Coordinator, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

Location: Monet, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 2:  Covering Public Health and Infectious Diseases

• Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP); Editor, CIDRAP Business Source; Director, NIH-supported Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance within CIDRAP; Professor, School of Public Health, and Adjunct Professor, Medical School, University of Minnesota
• Emmy Fitri, City Desk Editor, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Indonesia, "Health Journalists at Crossroads: Indonesian Case"
• Maryn McKenna, Freelance Journalist, Author, specializing in public health, global health, and infectious disease, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, "Feet on the Pavement: Assumptions and Reality in Reporting on Disease"
• Moderator: Nancy Davis Lewis, Director, Research Program, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Location: Pissarro, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Panel 3: Migration and Human Trafficking in the Asia Pacific

• Allan Dow, Communications Officer, ILO-IPEC-Mekong Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, United Nations, Bangkok, "Human Trafficking : Redefining the 'Traffickers'"
  
• Amarjit Kaur, Professor, Economic History, School of Business, Economics and Public Policy, University of New England, Armidale,  Australia, "Rethinking Borders: Migration Challenges in Southeast Asia"
  
• Kiranjit Kaur, Associate Professor, Public Relations Department, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, "NGOs and the Promotion of Migrant Workers' Rights in Malaysia: How the Media Can Assist"
  
• Leigh Lehane, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, "The Social Determinants of Health in Migrants from Burma working in Thailand"
  
• Moderator: James Wolf, Defense Technology Correspondent, Reuters, Washington, D.C., USA

Location: Cezanne, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Workshop Session: Covering China
Conducted by Jocelyn Ford, Freelance Reporter, Beijing, China; Board Member, Foreign Correspondents Club of China

Location: Renoir, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

5:00 pm

Sessions close

6:30–9:00 pm

Closing Dinner Program: Knowing the Country You Report
Speaker: Christopher Moore, Award-Winning Author, Asia-based novels, Bangkok, Thailand, "The Ghost of Somerset Maugham"

Summary:  Based on meeting an old expat who was one of the last people to meet Somerset Maugham at the British club in Singapore, this talk is about how writers collect impressions and information interviewing people for fiction.  This can be important for journliasts since intelligence gathering is crucial to accurate and reliable news as well as fiction.  Christopher Moore will draw comparisons between those worlds and examine how shortcuts create fiction that does not endure.

Location: The Gallery, 4th floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square