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2022 East-West Center International Media Conference
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This agenda is subject to change. All events to be held at the Hawai'i Convention Center unless otherwise noted. All speakers and panelists are anticipated to participate in-person unless otherwise noted. All sessions marked with an asterisk (*) will be streamed online in real time to virtual registrants.
JUNE 27 - ARRIVAL
6:00pm | Sunset Welcome Reception at Elks Club Waikīkī
Check-in will begin at 5:30pm.
JUNE 28 - DAY 1
Rebuilding public trust in media.
8:00am | Check-In Opens
9:00am | Welcome Remarks by East-West Center and Co-Host Konrad Adenauer Stiftung*
- Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum, President, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Ansgar Graw, Director, Media Programme Asia, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Singapore)
- Moderator: Susan Kreifels, Media Program Manager, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
9:20am | Plenary Panel: Building Trust in Newsrooms and on Social Media*
- Dr. Joan Donovan, Research Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
- Dr. Cherian Georgevirtual, Professor of Media Studies & Associate Dean for Research, School of Communication and Film, Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong)
- Alan C. Millervirtual, Founder and CEO, News Literacy Project (Washington DC, USA)
- HR Venkatesh, Director of Training and Research, BOOM FactCheck (New Delhi, India)
- Panelist/Moderator: Joy Mayer, Founder & Director, Trusting News (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
10:35am | Opening Keynote: The Battle for Facts*
Supported by the First Hawaiian Bank Lecture Series Fund.
- 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa, Co-founder and CEO of Rappler.com digital news site (Manila, Philippines)
- Moderator: Bill Dorman, Vice President & News Director, Hawaiʻi Public Radio (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
11:40am | Plenary Speaker: The Metrics of Public Trust*
- Stephen Kehoevirtual, President & CEO, Asia Pacific at Edelman (producers of the Edelman Trust Barometer) (Singapore)
- Moderator: Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta Mariavirtual, Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat (Singapore)
12:30pm | Luncheon Panel: Connecting through Cross-Border Collaboration*
All panelists are participants in the East-West Center media program “Reporting on Cross-Border Issues of Mutual Concern” for Indian and Pakistani journalists.
- Safina Nabi, Independent Multimedia Journalist (Srinigar, Jammu, & Kashmir, India)
- Lubna Jerar Naqvi, Pakistan Gender Coordinator & Trainer, International Federation of Journalists (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Pratyush Ranjan, Executive Editor, Jagran New Media (Delhi, India)
- Ravinder Singh Robin, Independent Journalist (Amritsar, India)
- Khuldune Shahid, Pakistan Correspondent, The Diplomat (Lahore, Pakistan)
- Disha Shetty, Staff Reporter, The Fuller Project (Pune, India)
- Moderator: Steven Youngblood, Founding Director, Center for Global Peace Journalism, Park University (Parkville, Missouri, USA)
1:35pm | Plenary Panel: Journalism in a State of Emergency*
- Meghnad Bose, Deputy Editor, Quint Lab, The Quint (Noida, India)
- Cape Diamond, Freelance Multimedia Journalist and Documentary Film Producer (Yangon, Myanmar)
- Parwiz Kawa, News Editor, Afghanistan International Television (Washington DC, USA)
- Paul Ronzheimervirtual, Deputy Editor-in-Chief on assignment in Eastern Ukraine, Bild-Zeitung, (Berlin, Germany)
- Moderator: Jocelyn Ford, Former Chair, Media Freedoms Committee, Foreign Correspondents Club of China (Zhuhai, China)
2:45pm | Breakout Session #1
Four media workshops or panels on diverse media and news issues will be offered concurrently during each afternoon session.
- Workshopstreaming: News Literacy
- Alan C. Miller, Founder and CEO, News Literacy Project (Washington DC, USA)
- Panel: Pacific Islands Media: Challenges and Innovation
- Sincha Dimara, News Manager, Inside PNG (Papua New Guinea)
- Dr. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Editor, Pacific Environment Weekly (Safua, Savaiʻi, Sāmoa)
- Rosa Koian, Program Coordinator, Internews (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)
- Kila Wani, Executive Director, Inside PNG (Papua New Guinea)
- Margaret Wise, Chief of Staff, The Fiji Times (Suva, Fiji)
- Moderator: Donna Hoerder, Program Coordinator, Internews (Suva, Fiji)
- Workshop: Adopting a User-Focused Strategy in Newsrooms
- Alan Soon, Co-Founder & CEO, Splice Media (Singapore)
- Workshop: Ethical Challenges and Trust When Using OSINT in Reporting (Part 1)
- Organized in partnership with the Journalism and Media Program at the Stanley Center for Peace and Security.
- Allison Puccioni, Imagery Analyst and Principal/Founder, Armillary Services (Oakland, California, USA)
- Devon Terrill, Program Officer, Journalism and Media, Stanley Center for Peace and Security (Muscatine, Iowa, USA)
- Luisa Kenausis, Program Associate, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Stanley Center for Peace and Security (Muscatine, Iowa, USA)
4:00pm | Breakout Session #2
Four media workshops or panels on diverse media and news issues will be offered concurrently during each afternoon session.
- Workshopstreaming: Peace Journalism Principles and Practice
- Steven Youngblood, Director, Center for Global Peace Journalism, Park University (Parkville, Missouri, USA)
- Panelstreaming: Global Challenges Facing Women Journalists
- Swati Bhattacharjee, Senior Assistant Editor, Editorial Page, Ananda Bazar Patrika (Kolkata, India)
- Uni Lubis, Editor-in-Chief, IDN Times (Jakarta, Indonesia)
- Safina Nabi, Independent Multimedia Journalist (Srinigar, Jammu, & Kashmir, India)
- Lubna Jerar Naqvi, Pakistan Gender Coordinator & Trainer, International Federation of Journalists (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Moderator: Jocelyn Ford, Former Chair, Media Freedoms Committee, Foreign Correspondents Club of China (Zhuhai, China)
- Panel: South Korea Goes Conservative: Emerging Issues on the Korean Peninsula
- Nari Baek, Journalist, Yonhap News Agency (Seoul, South Korea)
- Jungmin Lee, Washington DC Correspondent, Korean Broadcasting System (Washington DC, USA)
- Kyung Ju Lee, Correspondent, The Seoul Shinmun (Washington DC, USA)
- Moderator: Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent, Voice of America (Washington DC, USA)
- Workshop: Ethical Challenges and Trust When Using OSINT in Reporting (Part 2)
- Organized in partnership with the Journalism and Media Program at the Stanley Center for Peace and Security.
- Allison Puccioni, Imagery Analyst and Principal/Founder, Armillary Services (Oakland, California, USA)
- Devon Terrill, Program Officer, Journalism and Media, Stanley Center for Peace and Security (Muscatine, Iowa, USA)
- Luisa Kenausis, Program Associate, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Stanley Center for Peace and Security (Muscatine, Iowa, USA)
6:00pm | Gala Banquet Dinner: Honoring Journalists of Courage and Impact*
Sponsored by Pacific Century Institute. Check-in will begin at 5:00pm.
- Helen Altonnvirtual, News Reporter (Retired), The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Jerry Burrisin absentia, Political Columnist and Editorial Page Editor (Retired), The Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Kunda Dixit, Editor and Publisher, Nepali Times (Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
- Dr. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Editor, Pacific Environment Weekly (Safua, Savaiʻi, Sāmoa)
- Parwiz Kawa, News Editor, Afghanistan International Television (Washington DC, USA)
- Soe Myintvirtual, Editor-in-Chief & Managing Director, Mizzima Media Group (Yangon, Myanmar)
- Moderator: Glenn Van Zutphen, Founder, VanMedia Group (Singapore)
JUNE 29 - DAY 2
Increasing trust and global connections in science: climate change and public health.
9:00am | Keynote Speaker: Close Encounters in an Uncertain Time: the Science-Public Health-Media Nexus in the COVID Era*
- Dr. Tim Brownvirtual, Epidemiologist & Senior Research Fellow, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Moderator: Chad Blair, Politics & Opinion Editor, Honolulu Civil Beat (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
9:40am | Keynote Speaker: Connecting on Climate in the Pacific Islands*
- Senator Hilda Heine, Former President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Moderator: Dr. Mary Therese Perez Hattori, Interim Director, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
10:25am | Plenary Panel: Shaping a New Climate Change Message in the Pacific Islands*
- Dr. Rosie ‘Anolani Alegado, Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography & Hawaiʻi Sea Grant, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Rev. James Bhagwan, General Secretary, Pacific Conference of Churches (Fiji)
- Brianna Frueanvirtual, Climate Activist for Sāmoa (Auckland, New Zealand)
- Dr. Tammy Tabe, Oceania Research Fellow, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Moderator: Dr. Victoria Keener, Senior Research Fellow, East-West Center; Co-Lead Principal Investigator, Pacific RISA (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
11:30am | Plenary Panel: Reframing the Conversation on Climate*
- Kristy Drutmanvirtual, Environmental Media Host, Activist, and Digital Media Strategist (New York, New York, USA)
- Dr. Deepti Ganapathy, Journalist and Professor of Management Communication, Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore, India)
- Dr. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Editor, Pacific Environment Weekly (Safua, Savaiʻi, Sāmoa)
- Dr. Matthew A. Shapirovirtual, Professor of Political Science, Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- Panelist/Moderator: Dr. Kevin Woods, Environmental Research Fellow, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
12:45pm | Luncheon Q&A*
Sponsored by Meta.
- Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy, Meta (San Francisco, California, USA)
- Moderator: Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
1:45pm | Breakout Session 1
Four media workshops or panels on diverse media and news issues will be offered concurrently during each afternoon session.
- Workshopstreaming: Digital Security for Journalists (repeated in the next session)
- Sponsored by the Meta Journalism Project.
- Luis Botello, Deputy Vice President of Global Impact and Strategy, International Center for Journalists (Washington DC, USA)
- Jorge Luis Sierra, Co-Founder & President, Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers (Edinburg, Texas, USA)
- Workshop: Evolution of Asian Americans and the Media
- May Lee, Founder & CEO, Lotus Media House; Adjunct Professor, USC Annenberg (Long Beach, California, USA)
- Panel: Best Practices in Climate Reporting
- Dr. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Editor, Pacific Environment Weekly (Safua, Savaiʻi, Sāmoa)
- Disha Shetty, Staff Reporter, The Fuller Project (Pune, India)
- Moderator: Dr. Deepti Ganapathy, Journalist and Professor of Management Communication, Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore, India)
- Workshop: Best Practices for Reporting on the US Military
- Lt. Col. Melissa Milner, US Air Force; Deputy Director of Public Affairs, US INDOPACOM
- MAJ Jonathan Camire, Public Affairs Officer, US Army
- LCDR Amelia Umayam, Public Affairs Officer, US Navy
3:00pm | Breakout Session 2
Four media workshops or panels on diverse media and news issues will be offered concurrently during each afternoon session.
- Panelstreaming: Combating Misinformation
- Ann Hsieh, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, The Storm Media (Taipei, Taiwan)
- Kyung Ju Lee, Correspondent, The Seoul Shinmun (Washington DC, USA)
- Uni Lubis, Editor-in-Chief, IDN Times (Jakarta, Indonesia)
- Lubna Jerar Naqvi, Pakistan Gender Coordinator & Trainer, International Federation of Journalists (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Pratyush Ranjan, Executive Editor, Jagran New Media (Delhi, India)
- Margaret Wise, Chief of Staff, The Fiji Times (Suva, Fiji)
- Moderator: Philippa McDonald, Former Senior News Reporter, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Sydney, Australia)
- Panelstreaming: Democracy Thrown Off Balance
- Nathan Bomey, National Reporter, Axios (Washington DC, USA)
- Ruth Cabalvirtual, Senior Correspondent, CNN Philippines (Manila, Philippines)
- Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Editor, The Wire (New Delhi, India)
- Moderator: Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent, Voice of America (Washington DC, USA)
- Workshop: Digital Security for Journalists (Repeat)
- Sponsored by the Meta Journalism Project.
- Luis Botello, Deputy Vice President of Global Impact and Strategy, International Center for Journalists (Washington DC, USA)
- Jorge Luis Sierra, Co-Founder & President, Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers (Edinburg, Texas, USA)
- Workshop: Restoring Trust through Investigative Documentaries
- Rajneesh Bhandari, Chief Editor, Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network (Kathmandu, Nepal)
4:15pm | Breakout Session 3
Four media workshops or panels on diverse media and news issues will be offered concurrently during each afternoon session.
- Workshopstreaming: Investigative Journalism in a Zero-Trust World
- Nathan Bomey, National Reporter, Axios (Washington DC, USA)
- Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
- Panelstreaming: Silencing Journalists: Press Freedom in the Asia-Pacific Region
- Lesley Power, CEO, Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom (Sydney, Australia)
- Cape Diamond, Freelance Multimedia Journalist and Documentary Film Producer (Yangon, Myanmar)
- Kunda Dixit, Editor/Publisher, Nepali TImes (Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Luz Rimban, Executive Director, Asian Center for Journalism, Ateneo de Manila University (Manila, Philippines)
- Thinn Thiri, Editor, Mizzima Medina Group (Falls Church, Virgina USA)
- Panel: China and the US: The Playoff for Influence in Asia and the Pacific Islands
- Robert Delaney, North America Bureau Chief, South China Morning Post (Washington DC, USA)
- Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times (Washington DC, USA)
- Dr. Tarcisius Kaubutalaka, Associate Professor, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Moderator: Dr. Denny Roy, Senior Research Fellow, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Workshop: Managing Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance in the Pacific
- Joseph D. Martin, Director, Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
5:30pm | Happy Hour Mixer with Lightning Talks
- Organized in partnership with the Journalism and Media Program at the Stanley Center for Peace and Security.
- Disha Shetty, Staff Reporter, The Fuller Project (Pune, India)
- Allison Puccioni, Imagery Analyst and Principal/Founder, Armillary Services (Oakland, California, USA)
- Jon Letman, Independent Journalist (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
JUNE 30 - DAY 3
Restoring trust and building US-Indo-Pacific connections in diplomacy and international relations.
9:00am | Welcome Ceremony*
- Traditional Hawaiʻi welcome shared with opening of the EWC/EWCA International Conference.
9:35am | Keynote Speaker*
- Dr. Kurt Campbellvirtual, US Deputy Assistant to the President, Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs on the National Security Council (Washington DC, USA)
- Moderator: Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times (Washington DC, USA)
10:10am | Keynote Speaker*
- Acting Under Secretary of State Liz Allen, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, US Department of State (Washington DC, USA)
- Moderator: Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent, Voice of America (Washington DC, USA)
10:55am | Plenary Speaker: Allies and Partners: Delivering Integrated Deterrence*
- Maj. Gen. Chris McPhillips, Director, Strategic Planning and Policy at US Indo-Pacific Command (Camp Smith, Hawaiʻi, USA)
11:15am | Plenary Speaker: Asia Matters for America: How and How Much? Facts, Polls, and Perspectives*
- Dr. Satu Limaye, East-West Center Vice President and Director, East-West Center in Washington (Washington DC, USA)
11:30am | Plenary Panel: Does America Still Matter for Asia? Views on US Influence from Senior Regional Journalists*
- Robert Delaney, North America Bureau Chief, South China Morning Post (Washington DC, USA)
- Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times (Washington DC, USA)
- Ann Hsieh, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, The Storm Media (Taipei, Taiwan)
- Jungmin Lee, Washington DC Correspondent, Korean Broadcasting System (Washington DC, USA)
- Khuldune Shahid, Pakistan Correspondent, The Diplomat (Lahore, Pakistan)
- Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Editor, The Wire (New Delhi, India)
- Moderator: Dr. Satu Limaye, East-West Center Vice President and Director, East-West Center in Washington (Washington DC, USA)
12:30pm | Lunch Break & Site Visits
- Boxed lunch provided at Hawai'i Convention Center.
- Site visits and sightseeing on the island of Oʻahu (additional fees may apply).
Evening
- Conference closes.
2022 East-West Center International Media Conference
Home | About | Digital Program | Agenda | Speakers | Partners | Donate | Press
2022 East-West Center International Media Conference
Home | About | Digital Program | Agenda | Speakers | Partners | Donate | Press

This agenda is subject to change. All events to be held at the Hawai'i Convention Center unless otherwise noted. All speakers and panelists are anticipated to participate in-person unless otherwise noted. All sessions marked with an asterisk (*) will be streamed online in real time to virtual registrants.
JUNE 27 - ARRIVAL
6:00pm | Sunset Welcome Reception at Elks Club Waikīkī
Check-in will begin at 5:30pm.
JUNE 28 - DAY 1
Rebuilding public trust in media.
8:00am | Check-In Opens
9:00am | Welcome Remarks by East-West Center and Co-Host Konrad Adenauer Stiftung*
- Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum, President, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Ansgar Graw, Director, Media Programme Asia, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Singapore)
- Moderator: Susan Kreifels, Media Program Manager, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
9:20am | Plenary Panel: Building Trust in Newsrooms and on Social Media*
- Dr. Joan Donovan, Research Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
- Dr. Cherian Georgevirtual, Professor of Media Studies & Associate Dean for Research, School of Communication and Film, Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong)
- Alan C. Millervirtual, Founder and CEO, News Literacy Project (Washington DC, USA)
- HR Venkatesh, Director of Training and Research, BOOM FactCheck (New Delhi, India)
- Panelist/Moderator: Joy Mayer, Founder & Director, Trusting News (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
10:35am | Opening Keynote: The Battle for Facts*
Supported by the First Hawaiian Bank Lecture Series Fund.
- 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa, Co-founder and CEO of Rappler.com digital news site (Manila, Philippines)
- Moderator: Bill Dorman, Vice President & News Director, Hawaiʻi Public Radio (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
11:40am | Plenary Speaker: The Metrics of Public Trust*
- Stephen Kehoevirtual, President & CEO, Asia Pacific at Edelman (producers of the Edelman Trust Barometer) (Singapore)
- Moderator: Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta Mariavirtual, Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat (Singapore)
12:30pm | Luncheon Panel: Connecting through Cross-Border Collaboration*
All panelists are participants in the East-West Center media program “Reporting on Cross-Border Issues of Mutual Concern” for Indian and Pakistani journalists.
- Safina Nabi, Independent Multimedia Journalist (Srinigar, Jammu, & Kashmir, India)
- Lubna Jerar Naqvi, Pakistan Gender Coordinator & Trainer, International Federation of Journalists (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Pratyush Ranjan, Executive Editor, Jagran New Media (Delhi, India)
- Ravinder Singh Robin, Independent Journalist (Amritsar, India)
- Khuldune Shahid, Pakistan Correspondent, The Diplomat (Lahore, Pakistan)
- Disha Shetty, Staff Reporter, The Fuller Project (Pune, India)
- Moderator: Steven Youngblood, Founding Director, Center for Global Peace Journalism, Park University (Parkville, Missouri, USA)
1:35pm | Plenary Panel: Journalism in a State of Emergency*
- Meghnad Bose, Deputy Editor, Quint Lab, The Quint (Noida, India)
- Cape Diamond, Freelance Multimedia Journalist and Documentary Film Producer (Yangon, Myanmar)
- Parwiz Kawa, News Editor, Afghanistan International Television (Washington DC, USA)
- Paul Ronzheimervirtual, Deputy Editor-in-Chief on assignment in Eastern Ukraine, Bild-Zeitung, (Berlin, Germany)
- Moderator: Jocelyn Ford, Former Chair, Media Freedoms Committee, Foreign Correspondents Club of China (Zhuhai, China)
2:45pm | Breakout Session #1
Four media workshops or panels on diverse media and news issues will be offered concurrently during each afternoon session.
- Workshopstreaming: News Literacy
- Alan C. Miller, Founder and CEO, News Literacy Project (Washington DC, USA)
- Panel: Pacific Islands Media: Challenges and Innovation
- Sincha Dimara, News Manager, Inside PNG (Papua New Guinea)
- Dr. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Editor, Pacific Environment Weekly (Safua, Savaiʻi, Sāmoa)
- Rosa Koian, Program Coordinator, Internews (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)
- Kila Wani, Executive Director, Inside PNG (Papua New Guinea)
- Margaret Wise, Chief of Staff, The Fiji Times (Suva, Fiji)
- Moderator: Donna Hoerder, Program Coordinator, Internews (Suva, Fiji)
- Workshop: Adopting a User-Focused Strategy in Newsrooms
- Alan Soon, Co-Founder & CEO, Splice Media (Singapore)
- Workshop: Ethical Challenges and Trust When Using OSINT in Reporting (Part 1)
- Organized in partnership with the Journalism and Media Program at the Stanley Center for Peace and Security.
- Allison Puccioni, Imagery Analyst and Principal/Founder, Armillary Services (Oakland, California, USA)
- Devon Terrill, Program Officer, Journalism and Media, Stanley Center for Peace and Security (Muscatine, Iowa, USA)
- Luisa Kenausis, Program Associate, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Stanley Center for Peace and Security (Muscatine, Iowa, USA)
4:00pm | Breakout Session #2
Four media workshops or panels on diverse media and news issues will be offered concurrently during each afternoon session.
- Workshopstreaming: Peace Journalism Principles and Practice
- Steven Youngblood, Director, Center for Global Peace Journalism, Park University (Parkville, Missouri, USA)
- Panelstreaming: Global Challenges Facing Women Journalists
- Swati Bhattacharjee, Senior Assistant Editor, Editorial Page, Ananda Bazar Patrika (Kolkata, India)
- Uni Lubis, Editor-in-Chief, IDN Times (Jakarta, Indonesia)
- Safina Nabi, Independent Multimedia Journalist (Srinigar, Jammu, & Kashmir, India)
- Lubna Jerar Naqvi, Pakistan Gender Coordinator & Trainer, International Federation of Journalists (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Moderator: Jocelyn Ford, Former Chair, Media Freedoms Committee, Foreign Correspondents Club of China (Zhuhai, China)
- Panel: South Korea Goes Conservative: Emerging Issues on the Korean Peninsula
- Nari Baek, Journalist, Yonhap News Agency (Seoul, South Korea)
- Jungmin Lee, Washington DC Correspondent, Korean Broadcasting System (Washington DC, USA)
- Kyung Ju Lee, Correspondent, The Seoul Shinmun (Washington DC, USA)
- Moderator: Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent, Voice of America (Washington DC, USA)
- Workshop: Ethical Challenges and Trust When Using OSINT in Reporting (Part 2)
- Organized in partnership with the Journalism and Media Program at the Stanley Center for Peace and Security.
- Allison Puccioni, Imagery Analyst and Principal/Founder, Armillary Services (Oakland, California, USA)
- Devon Terrill, Program Officer, Journalism and Media, Stanley Center for Peace and Security (Muscatine, Iowa, USA)
- Luisa Kenausis, Program Associate, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Stanley Center for Peace and Security (Muscatine, Iowa, USA)
6:00pm | Gala Banquet Dinner: Honoring Journalists of Courage and Impact*
Sponsored by Pacific Century Institute. Check-in will begin at 5:00pm.
- Helen Altonnvirtual, News Reporter (Retired), The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Jerry Burrisin absentia, Political Columnist and Editorial Page Editor (Retired), The Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Kunda Dixit, Editor and Publisher, Nepali Times (Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
- Dr. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Editor, Pacific Environment Weekly (Safua, Savaiʻi, Sāmoa)
- Parwiz Kawa, News Editor, Afghanistan International Television (Washington DC, USA)
- Soe Myintvirtual, Editor-in-Chief & Managing Director, Mizzima Media Group (Yangon, Myanmar)
- Moderator: Glenn Van Zutphen, Founder, VanMedia Group (Singapore)
JUNE 29 - DAY 2
Increasing trust and global connections in science: climate change and public health.
9:00am | Keynote Speaker: Close Encounters in an Uncertain Time: the Science-Public Health-Media Nexus in the COVID Era*
- Dr. Tim Brownvirtual, Epidemiologist & Senior Research Fellow, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Moderator: Chad Blair, Politics & Opinion Editor, Honolulu Civil Beat (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
9:40am | Keynote Speaker: Connecting on Climate in the Pacific Islands*
- Senator Hilda Heine, Former President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Moderator: Dr. Mary Therese Perez Hattori, Interim Director, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
10:25am | Plenary Panel: Shaping a New Climate Change Message in the Pacific Islands*
- Dr. Rosie ‘Anolani Alegado, Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography & Hawaiʻi Sea Grant, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Rev. James Bhagwan, General Secretary, Pacific Conference of Churches (Fiji)
- Brianna Frueanvirtual, Climate Activist for Sāmoa (Auckland, New Zealand)
- Dr. Tammy Tabe, Oceania Research Fellow, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Moderator: Dr. Victoria Keener, Senior Research Fellow, East-West Center; Co-Lead Principal Investigator, Pacific RISA (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
11:30am | Plenary Panel: Reframing the Conversation on Climate*
- Kristy Drutmanvirtual, Environmental Media Host, Activist, and Digital Media Strategist (New York, New York, USA)
- Dr. Deepti Ganapathy, Journalist and Professor of Management Communication, Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore, India)
- Dr. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Editor, Pacific Environment Weekly (Safua, Savaiʻi, Sāmoa)
- Dr. Matthew A. Shapirovirtual, Professor of Political Science, Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- Panelist/Moderator: Dr. Kevin Woods, Environmental Research Fellow, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
12:45pm | Luncheon Q&A*
Sponsored by Meta.
- Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy, Meta (San Francisco, California, USA)
- Moderator: Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
1:45pm | Breakout Session 1
Four media workshops or panels on diverse media and news issues will be offered concurrently during each afternoon session.
- Workshopstreaming: Digital Security for Journalists (repeated in the next session)
- Sponsored by the Meta Journalism Project.
- Luis Botello, Deputy Vice President of Global Impact and Strategy, International Center for Journalists (Washington DC, USA)
- Jorge Luis Sierra, Co-Founder & President, Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers (Edinburg, Texas, USA)
- Workshop: Evolution of Asian Americans and the Media
- May Lee, Founder & CEO, Lotus Media House; Adjunct Professor, USC Annenberg (Long Beach, California, USA)
- Panel: Best Practices in Climate Reporting
- Dr. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Editor, Pacific Environment Weekly (Safua, Savaiʻi, Sāmoa)
- Disha Shetty, Staff Reporter, The Fuller Project (Pune, India)
- Moderator: Dr. Deepti Ganapathy, Journalist and Professor of Management Communication, Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore, India)
- Workshop: Best Practices for Reporting on the US Military
- Lt. Col. Melissa Milner, US Air Force; Deputy Director of Public Affairs, US INDOPACOM
- MAJ Jonathan Camire, Public Affairs Officer, US Army
- LCDR Amelia Umayam, Public Affairs Officer, US Navy
3:00pm | Breakout Session 2
Four media workshops or panels on diverse media and news issues will be offered concurrently during each afternoon session.
- Panelstreaming: Combating Misinformation
- Ann Hsieh, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, The Storm Media (Taipei, Taiwan)
- Kyung Ju Lee, Correspondent, The Seoul Shinmun (Washington DC, USA)
- Uni Lubis, Editor-in-Chief, IDN Times (Jakarta, Indonesia)
- Lubna Jerar Naqvi, Pakistan Gender Coordinator & Trainer, International Federation of Journalists (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Pratyush Ranjan, Executive Editor, Jagran New Media (Delhi, India)
- Margaret Wise, Chief of Staff, The Fiji Times (Suva, Fiji)
- Moderator: Philippa McDonald, Former Senior News Reporter, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Sydney, Australia)
- Panelstreaming: Democracy Thrown Off Balance
- Nathan Bomey, National Reporter, Axios (Washington DC, USA)
- Ruth Cabalvirtual, Senior Correspondent, CNN Philippines (Manila, Philippines)
- Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Editor, The Wire (New Delhi, India)
- Moderator: Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent, Voice of America (Washington DC, USA)
- Workshop: Digital Security for Journalists (Repeat)
- Sponsored by the Meta Journalism Project.
- Luis Botello, Deputy Vice President of Global Impact and Strategy, International Center for Journalists (Washington DC, USA)
- Jorge Luis Sierra, Co-Founder & President, Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers (Edinburg, Texas, USA)
- Workshop: Restoring Trust through Investigative Documentaries
- Rajneesh Bhandari, Chief Editor, Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network (Kathmandu, Nepal)
4:15pm | Breakout Session 3
Four media workshops or panels on diverse media and news issues will be offered concurrently during each afternoon session.
- Workshopstreaming: Investigative Journalism in a Zero-Trust World
- Nathan Bomey, National Reporter, Axios (Washington DC, USA)
- Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
- Panelstreaming: Silencing Journalists: Press Freedom in the Asia-Pacific Region
- Lesley Power, CEO, Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom (Sydney, Australia)
- Cape Diamond, Freelance Multimedia Journalist and Documentary Film Producer (Yangon, Myanmar)
- Kunda Dixit, Editor/Publisher, Nepali TImes (Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Luz Rimban, Executive Director, Asian Center for Journalism, Ateneo de Manila University (Manila, Philippines)
- Thinn Thiri, Editor, Mizzima Medina Group (Falls Church, Virgina USA)
- Panel: China and the US: The Playoff for Influence in Asia and the Pacific Islands
- Robert Delaney, North America Bureau Chief, South China Morning Post (Washington DC, USA)
- Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times (Washington DC, USA)
- Dr. Tarcisius Kaubutalaka, Associate Professor, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Moderator: Dr. Denny Roy, Senior Research Fellow, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
- Workshop: Managing Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance in the Pacific
- Joseph D. Martin, Director, Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
5:30pm | Happy Hour Mixer with Lightning Talks
- Organized in partnership with the Journalism and Media Program at the Stanley Center for Peace and Security.
- Disha Shetty, Staff Reporter, The Fuller Project (Pune, India)
- Allison Puccioni, Imagery Analyst and Principal/Founder, Armillary Services (Oakland, California, USA)
- Jon Letman, Independent Journalist (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA)
JUNE 30 - DAY 3
Restoring trust and building US-Indo-Pacific connections in diplomacy and international relations.
9:00am | Welcome Ceremony*
- Traditional Hawaiʻi welcome shared with opening of the EWC/EWCA International Conference.
9:35am | Keynote Speaker*
- Dr. Kurt Campbellvirtual, US Deputy Assistant to the President, Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs on the National Security Council (Washington DC, USA)
- Moderator: Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times (Washington DC, USA)
10:10am | Keynote Speaker*
- Acting Under Secretary of State Liz Allen, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, US Department of State (Washington DC, USA)
- Moderator: Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent, Voice of America (Washington DC, USA)
10:55am | Plenary Speaker: Allies and Partners: Delivering Integrated Deterrence*
- Maj. Gen. Chris McPhillips, Director, Strategic Planning and Policy at US Indo-Pacific Command (Camp Smith, Hawaiʻi, USA)
11:15am | Plenary Speaker: Asia Matters for America: How and How Much? Facts, Polls, and Perspectives*
- Dr. Satu Limaye, East-West Center Vice President and Director, East-West Center in Washington (Washington DC, USA)
11:30am | Plenary Panel: Does America Still Matter for Asia? Views on US Influence from Senior Regional Journalists*
- Robert Delaney, North America Bureau Chief, South China Morning Post (Washington DC, USA)
- Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times (Washington DC, USA)
- Ann Hsieh, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, The Storm Media (Taipei, Taiwan)
- Jungmin Lee, Washington DC Correspondent, Korean Broadcasting System (Washington DC, USA)
- Khuldune Shahid, Pakistan Correspondent, The Diplomat (Lahore, Pakistan)
- Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Editor, The Wire (New Delhi, India)
- Moderator: Dr. Satu Limaye, East-West Center Vice President and Director, East-West Center in Washington (Washington DC, USA)
12:30pm | Lunch Break & Site Visits
- Boxed lunch provided at Hawai'i Convention Center.
- Site visits and sightseeing on the island of Oʻahu (additional fees may apply).
Evening
- Conference closes.