Power Shifts. Media Freedom and the Internet

Das Forum Medien und Entwicklung (FoME), ein Netzwerk von Medienpraktikern, Wissenschaftlern und Institutionen, die in der Medienentwicklungszusammenarbeit (MEZ) tätig sind, lädt zum Symposium nach Berlin. Im Fokus steht dieses Jahr das Spannungsfeld Internetfreiheit und Internet Governance, wobei aktuelle Entwicklungen und Strategien mit und von internationalen Experten aus dem Feld der Medienentwicklung und Internet Governance kritisch diskutiert werden. Veranstaltungssprache ist Englisch.

November 16-17, 2017
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung,
Tiergartenstr. 35, Berlin

In many countries, not only in the developing world, governments are pushing for more control over the Internet. Censoring content is a growth industry, and Internet and social network shutdowns in response to civil protest and unrest are on the rise. Online surveillance is exploding and people are being increasingly intimidated or detained because of their online activities.

Therefore it is vital for civil society and the media to work together in order to shape the Internet of the future and ensure it remains in the service of democracy. And the role of international media assistance needs to be reconsidered in this context.

At the 2017 Symposium of the Forum Media and Development (FoME) in Berlin (Nov. 16th & 17th), we will discuss recent developments, strategies and next steps with a range of international experts in the fields of media development and Internet governance:

• Chinmayi Arun, Centre for Communication Governance
• William Bird, Media Monitoring Africa
• Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
• Helani Galpaya, LIRNEasia
• Jeanette Hofmann, Berlin Social Science Center
• Mark Nelson, CIMA
• Andrew Puddephatt, Global Partners Digital
• Nanjira Sambuli, World Wide Web Foundation
• Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

and many more (see the programme for details)

The symposium is organised and hosted by iRights in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. FoME is an initiative of 20 organisations from German-speaking countries active in international media development, including iRights, CAMECO, Deutsche Welle Akademie, ECPMF, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, GIZ, IDEM, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Reporters without Borders and others.

Referent:
Daniel Moßbrucker (Referent Internetfreiheit, Reporter ohne Grenzen) und Klaus Buchner (MEP, ÖDP)
Freitag, 17. November, 9 Uhr: "Trade regulation for surveillance technology"

Moderator: 
Matthias Spielkamp, (iRights, Vorstand Reporter ohne Grenzen) und Lorena Jaume-Palasí (iRights)
Donnerstag, 16. November, 10:20 Uhr:  "Alphabet Soup"