Conference Program
Tuesday- October 7th, 2008 | | Start Time | End Time | Session
| | 16.30 – | 18:00 | Registration
| | | | Host: Sohair Wastawy
Inauguration “Welcome”(5min.each)
Jennefer Nicolson - Secretary General, IFLA
Dr. Paul Sturges - Chair, IFLA/FAIFE Committee Dr. Saad Azzahri - AFLI
| | 18:00 – | 19:30 | Keynote presentations -
| | | | Justice Albie Sachs
Introduction by Paul Sturges - Chair, IFLA/FAIFE Committee
| | | 19:30 | Busses leave to Jungle Restaurant
| | | 20:00 | Dinner at Jungle Restaurant
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Wednesday- October 8th, 2008 | | Start Time | End Time | Session
| | 9:00 - | 9:30 | Coffee Break
| | 9:30 - | 10:45 | Theme 1: Freedom of Expression
| | | | Dr. Gaber Assfour
Director, National Center for Translation, Cairo
| | | | Dr. Prof. Mostafa El-Sharif
Professor, University of Algeria & Former Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Algeria
| | 11:00 - | 12:45 | Theme 2: Tolerance
| | | | Dr. Tarek Shawky
Director, UNESCO office in Cairo Dr. Louis Greiss
The Higher Press Council's Training Director, Egypt
| | 13:00 - | 14:00 | Lunch Break
| | 14:00 - | 16:00 | Theme 3: Production / dissemination of information
Ayman El Sayyad
Journalist & Chief Editor "Weghat Nazr" | | | | | | | | Kamel Labidi
Freelance journalist, Tunisia, International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
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Thursday- October 9th, 2008 | | Start Time | End Time | Session
| | 9:00 - | 9:30 | Coffee Break
| | 9:30 - | 10:45 | Freedom of access to information
| | | | Dr. Magued Osman
Director, The Egyptian Cabinet Information & Decision Support Center
| | | | Mrs. Nahla Qoura
Director, Cultural Department Ramallah Municipality & Director, Ramallah Public Library
| | 11:00 - | 12:45 | Panel discussion ‘Where now for these issues in the Middle-east (or ‘the region’)?’ ‘What next?’
| | | | Moderator: Dr. Paul Sturges - Chair, IFLA/FAIFE Committee
Wael Abbas, Egyptian Blogger
Iyad Barghouti, General Director, Ramallah Centre for Human Rights Studies
Ahmed Al-Omran, Blogger from Saudi Arabia
| | 12.45 - | 13:15 | Closing remarks Dr. Kamal Abo ElMagad | | | | | 13:30 - | 14:30 | Lunch Break
| | 14:30 - | 16:30 | Tour of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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