program
9:00-9:30 - Registration
9:30-10:45 - Plenary Session I: "Diplomacy, Democracy and the Media"
Chairman: Dr. Zvi Shtauber, Vice-President, Ben-Gurion University
Mrs. Colette Avital, Ambassador, Deputy Director-General for Western European Affairs, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, topic TBA
Dr. Ron Pundik, Executive Director of the Economic Corporation Foundation "Secret Negotiations and the Media"
Mr. Jamil Hamad, Middle East Correspondent, Time Magazine, "Media Coverage of the Peace Process in the Arab States"
11:00-12:15 - Plenary Session II: Media, Public Opinion and the Peace Process
Chairman: Prof. David Newman, Head, Department of Politics and Government, BGU
Mr. Oded Eran, Israeli Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan "Israeli-Jordanian Relations as Reflected in the Media"
Dr. Yoram Peri, Dept. of Communications and Journalism, Hebrew University "From Foe to Neighbor The Change in Media Reaction to the Other Side following the Israeli-Jordanian Peace Agreement"
Prof. Akiba A. Cohen, Chairman, Department of Communications, Tel Aviv University "The Intifada in American and Israeli Media"
12:30-13:30 - Plenary Session III: Tuxedoes and Cameras
Chairman: Prof. Avishay Braverman, President, Ben Gurion University
Eytan Bentzur, Director General, Israeli Foreign Ministry, "Foreign Policy and the Media: Interrelations and the Israeli Experience"
Mr. Nachman Shai, Director-General of 2nd Television and Radio Authority "Diplomacy Through Television"
13:30 - Break for Lunch
14:15-15:30 - Plenary Session IV: Whos Leading Whom
Round Table Discussion with the Participation of:
Chairman: Mr. Dan Pattir, 2nd Television and Radio Authority
Mr. Moshe Raviv, Former Israeli Ambassador to Great Britain, Mrs. Michal Sela, Journalist, Dr. Aryeh Naor, School of Management, BGU, Dr. Zaki Shalom, The Ben Gurion Research Center, BGU
15:30 - Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 - Plenary Session V: Diplomacy and the Politics of Ratings
Chairman: Dr. Dror Zeevi, Chair, Chaim Herzog Center, BGU
Mr. Chaim Yavin, Channel 2, "Television: Conflict, Confrontation and Ratings"
Mr. Bob Simon, Middle East correspondent, CBS News, Big Powers and Little Screens: Who Sets the Agenda?
Mr. Shalom Kital, CEO and Editor-in-chief, Channel 2 News Company "How is Terrorism Recorded in the Media?"
Mr. Elimelech Ram, Knesset Commentator, Television, IBA, "Media Manipulation and Public Opinion" |