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Programme of 2nd International Conference «People with Disabilities and Mass Media», June 2007

Monday, 18/6/2007

09:30-10:00  
Registration
 Coffee Break
  
10:00-11:00Welcoming Session
 Theodoros Roussopoulos, Minister of State and Government Spokesman
 
 Greetings
 Dimitris Avramopoulos, Minister of Health and Social Solidarity
 
 Representatives of Political Parties
 Nikolaos Voulgaropoulos, Chairman of the Conference
 Ioannis Vardakastanis, President of the National Confederation of the Disabled of Greece
 Eleftheria Bernidaki, Member of the Greek Parliament, Nea Demοkratia
  
11:00-12:15"People with Disabilities" and the Media: One Year Later
 Christos Panagopoulos, President – Board Director of ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation)
 Vasilios Asimakopoulos, Special Secretary for Digital Planning
 Panos Sompolos, President of Journalists’ Union of the Athens  Daily Newspapers
 Rodolfos Moronis, President of the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute, IOM
 Efstathios Triantafyllou, President of the Institute for Social Protection and Solidarity, IKPA
 
 Co-ordinator: Maria Spyraki, Journalist
  
12:15-13:30Journalistic Ethics: Overcoming the Stereotypes
 

Gareth Davies, Journalist, Daily Telegraph (UK)

 Giannis Politis, General Director of 9.84, Greek Radio Station
 Tasos Papadopoulos, Journalist
 Pashos Manadravelis, Journalist
 Nicolas Voulelis, Managing Director of Athens News Agency-Macedonian News Agency(ANA-MPA)
 
 Co-ordinator: Christos Oikonomou, Journalist
  
13:30-15:00Lunch
  
15:00-16:30The Way Mass Media educate and shape opinions:
 The Case of People with Disabilities
 Marina Oikonomou, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University Research Institute of Mental Health
 Tony Garett, Journalist, Journalist, BBC Sport (United Kingdom)
 Antonis Skordilis, Journalist of the newspaper “Eleftherotypia”
 Stelios Kimpouropoulos, Student of the Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
 Giorgos Beliris, Journalist – Host of the show “Ekti Aisthisi”, National Greek TV-ET3
 
 Co-ordinator: Korina Theodorakaki, Journalist
  
16:30-18:00People with Disabilities and the Entertainment TV:
 Disability in Greek TV Series
 Giorgos Feidas, Scriptwriter
 Giannis Zouganelis, Actor
 Kostas Vazakas, Scriptwriter
 
 Disability in children's programs
 Christos Dimopoulos, Responsible for ERT’s children TV programs
 Co-ordinator: Dimitris Kabourakis, Journalist
  
18:30-19:30Mass MediaUniversity Departments: 
 Approaches and Management of disability issues
 Dimitris Potamianos, Professor, Department of Communication, Media and Civilization, Panteion University of Social and Political Studies
 Anna Panagiotarea, Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Media, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
 Athina Chatzouli, Lecturer, Department of Communication and Mass Media, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
 Betty Tsakarestou, Assistant Professor of Communication, Media and Civilization, Panteion University of Social and Political Studies (with member of her research group)
 
 Co-ordinator: Paschos Mandravelis, Journalist
  

Tuesday, 19/06/2007

9:30-10:00Arrival - Coffee
  
10:00-11:30Ηοw People with Disabilities are featured in Works of Art
 Rick Randall, Director of the Festival "Other Film Festival" (Australia)
 Alison Lapper, Artist (United Kingdom)
 Mary Xatzimichali-Papaliou, Art Director of Emotion Pictures Documentary Festival
 Alexandra Hong, National Academy for Theatre and Film (Bulgaria)
 
 Co-ordinator: Stratis Liarellis, journalist
  
11:30-13:30The Rights of People with Disabilities and Mass Media
 Karin Evers-Meyer, Federal Government Commissioner for the Interests of the Disabled (Germany)
 Ioannis Karakostas, Vice Rector, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
 Kostis Papaioannou, President of the Greek National Commission of Human Rights
 Venetta Lampropoulou, President of the Institute for the Rights of Children and Young with Disabilities - Professor of Special Education, University of Patras
 Ioannis Vardakastanis, President of the Hellenic National Confederation of the Disabled
 Andreas Kouzelis, Author - Journalist
 
 Co-ordinator: Panos Loukakos, Managing Director of ERT
  
 Closing remarks
 Theodoros Roussopoulos, Minister of State and Government Spokesman
 
  
14:30-15:30Lunch
 End of Conference