Veranstaltungen

28. Februar 2014 bis 01. März 2014 ganztags

Freedom of Information under Pressure

Konferenz

This event will gather more than 30 international speakers (academics, media practitioners, librarians, experts of open culture and public space, activists and policy makers) from Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom, and will call for an open discussion on the challenges of freedom of information in the light of the recent surveillance revelations and the increase in censorship and prosecutions of media, journalists and whistle-blowers in Europe and beyond. Keynote and plenary speakers include:

  • Gill Phillips (Director of Editorial Legal Service, The Guardian, United Kingdom)
  • Augoustine Zenakos (Investigative Journalist, UNFOLLOW magazine, Greece)
  • Mariniki Alevizopoulou (Investigative Journalist, UNFOLLOW magazine, Greece)
  • Christian Fuchs (Professor of Social Media, University of Westminster, United Kingdom)
  • Joachim Losehand (Scholar, VIBE!at, Austria)
  • George Katrougalos (Professor, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
  • Wolfgang Hofkirchner (Professor, Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
  • Erich Möchel (Journalist, ORF, Austria)

The event is public, open to everyone and free but registration is essential.

Kalendereintrag

Öffentlich

Ja

 

Kostenpflichtig

Nein

 

Anmeldung erforderlich

Ja