PROGRAM
MIDYEAR MEETING
HOTEL LAS AMÉRICAS
CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA
MARCH 16–19, 2007
Friday, March 16
Arrival at Cartagena Rafael Núñez International Airport. Convention staff will be available to escort delegates to the buses for transportation to the hotels. The Host Committee will provide transfers to hotels.
Registration: La Pinta Room (Hotel Las Américas)
Exhibit area: Foyer and La Proa (Convention Center, 1st floor)
Secretariat and Translation: Nuevo Horizonte Room 2 (Convention Center, 2nd floor)
Press Room: Nuevo Mundo Room (2nd floor, Hotel Las Américas)
(starting on Friday, March 16, at 12:00 noon)
Staff Room: Business Center (Convention Center, 1st floor)
VIP Lounge: Nuevo Horizonte Room 1 (Convention Center, 2nd floor)Seminar 1. How Is Online Journalism in Latin America Doing? Speaker: Guillermo Franco, director of eltiempo.com, University of Harvard Nieman fellow. Imperial Room (2nd floor, Hotel Las Américas) Registration. La Pinta Room (Hotel Las Américas) Open lunch Seminar 2. The New Workforce of the Future. Speakers: Mike Smith, executive director, Media Management Center, Northwestern University and Christian Oliver, consultant with Innovation, Atlanta, Georgia. Imperial Room (2nd floor, Hotel Las Américas) Roundtable. Investigative Reporting. Panelists: Brant Houston, IRE, St. Louis, Missouri; Marta Soto, El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia, Angelina Nunes, ABRAJI, São Paulo, Brazil; and Karla Sponar, Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Moderator: Gerardo Reyes, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida. Nueva Granada Room, Convention Center Special cultural presentation. Courtesy of Petrobrás Presentation by Dr. Rodolfo Segovia, historian, member of the Colombian Academy of History; Eugenio Pérez Montás, historian, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Moderator: Victoria Cox, associate professor, Department of Language and Literature, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. Nueva Granada Room, Convention Center.
Performance by contemporary dance group El Colegio del Cuerpo. Introduction by Ana Mercedes Gómez, El Colombiano, Medellín, ColombiaWelcome reception. Chiringuito Beach, Hotel Las Américas. Sponsored by ANDIARIOS member newspapers Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. The Committee receives country-by-country reports. (Sessions open to all attendees). Registration. La Pinta Room (Hotel Las Américas) Meeting of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. Nueva Granada Room, Convention Center
Opening of the sessions by IAPA President Rafael Molina, El Día, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Welcome by Host Committee Chairman Enrique Santos, El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia
Naming of subcommittees
Presentation by the chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, Gonzalo Marroquín, Prensa Libre, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Country-by-country reportsCoffee Break. Sponsored by Juan Valdéz – National Federation of Coffee Growers. Foyer, Convention Center Meeting of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. Nueva Granada Room, Convention Center
Continuation of country-by-country reports
Report of the Impunity Committee, chairman Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, El Universal, Mexico City, Mexico
Presentation of video (Impunity)
Report of the Chapultepec Committee, chairman Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presentation of the Chapultepec Grand PrizeLunch sponsored by Petrobrás. Keynote speech by Chilean writer Jorge Edwards. Introduction by Juan Pablo Illanes, El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile. Plaza Mayor, Convention Center Committee on the Freedom of the Press and Information. Nueva Granada Room, Convention Center
Continuation of country-by-country reports
Presentation on confidential sources in the United States. Milton Coleman, The Washington Post, Washington, DCSpouses program: shopping tour. Bóvedas and Anticuarios. Sponsored by AVIATUR Coffee Break. Sponsored by Juan Valdéz – National Federation of Coffee Growers. Foyer, Convention Center Seminar 3. Internet Seminar. Trends in new technologies in online communication. Speaker: Christian Oliver, consultant with Innovation, Atlanta, Georgia. Imperial Room (2nd floor, Hotel Las Américas) Heredia Theater. Presentation of keys to the city to IAPA officers and guests and recognition of El Espectador by IAPA President Rafael Molina, El Día, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Performance by Carnaval de Barranquilla. Sponsored by B.A.T. Foundation (Buses will depart from hotels at 5:30 p.m. At 7:15 p.m. we will depart with the Carnaval de Barranquilla company to the San Ignacio Fortress in cars or on foot.) Dinner and entertainment at San Ignacio Castle. Sponsored by Codensa -Engesa. (Buses will depart from hotels at 7:00 p.m., returning beginning at 10: 30 p.m.) (Sessions open to all attendees) Registration. La Pinta Room, Hotel Las Américas Breakfast meeting of female delegates, Silvia Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru. Imperial Room (2nd floor, Hotel Las Américas) Panel: Journalistic narrative, with teachers from the Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano Foundation (F.N.P.I.). Special guest: Gabriel García Márquez, F.N.P.I. president. Introduction by José Salgar, former editor of El Espectador, Bogotá, Colombia. Panelists: Tomás Eloy Martínez and Jon Lee Anderson, F.N.P.I. teachers. Moderator: Jaime Abello, F.N.P.I. director. Introduction by Alejandro J. Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida. Nueva Granada Room, Convention Center Speech by William Stebbin, Washington bureau chief of Al Jazeera English Channel, Washington, DC. Introduction by Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, DC. Nueva Granada Room, Convention Center Coffee Break. Sponsored by Juan Valdez – National Federation of Coffee Growers. Foyer, Convention Center Official Opening Ceremony of the Midyear Meeting. Nueva Granada
Room, Convention Center
Report of IAPA President Rafael Molina, El Día, Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicIntroduction of the president of Colombia by Enrique Santos, El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia
Speech by President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe VélezLunch with Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Sponsored by Drummond. Plaza Mayor, Convention Center Spouses program: Religious Cartagena, Tour of colonial-era churches beginning at Santa Clara Church and ending at Santa Teresa. Sponsored by AVIATUR Panel: Journalism and Armed Conflicts. Panelists: José María Calleja, news editor of CNN+ news channel (Spain); Alvaro Sierra, journalist and consultant to El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia; Jamie McIntyre, CNN, Washington, DC, and Francisco José Lloreda, editor of El País, Cali, Colombia. Moderator: Clark Bell, Director, Journalism Program, McCormick Tribune Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. Introduction by Rafael Molina, El Día, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Nueva Granada Room, Convention Center Coffee Break. Sponsored by Juan Valdez – National Federation of Coffee Growers. Foyer, Convention Center Panel: The Value of Ethics in the News Company. Panelists: -Javier Darío Restrepo, author and journalist, Bogotá, Colombia;
-Bill Mitchell, online editor, The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida;
-Eduardo Ulibarri, former editor, La Nación, San José, Costa Rica.
Moderator: Sergio Muñoz, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California Nueva Granada Room, Convention CenterSeminar 4. Internet Seminar. The Future of Advertising in Online Media. Panelists: Mauricio Vázquez, Media Contacts, Mexico City, Mexico, and Mookie Tenenbaum, United Virtualities, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Imperial Room (2nd floor, Hotel Las Américas) Dinner and entertainment at San Felipe Castle. Sponsored by Colombia es Pasión. (Buses will depart from hotels at 7:00 p.m. and return beginning at at 10:30 p.m.) (Sessions open to all attendees) Registration. La Pinta Room (Hotel Las Américas) Report of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. Debate. Imperial Room (2nd floor, Hotel Las Américas) Seminar 5. Internet Seminar. The Status of the Digital Communities and Professional Media Organizations. Panelist: Andrew Nachinson, iFOCOS, Reston, Virginia. Américo Vespucio Room (Hotel Las Américas) Coffee. Sponsored by Juan Valdez – National Federation of Coffee Growers. Imperial Room (2nd floor, Hotel Las Américas) Conclusions and resolutions. Report of the Future Sites Committee, chairman Milton Coleman, The Washington Post, Washington, DC. Any other business. Imperial Room (2nd floor, Hotel Las Américas) Keynote address by Bill Gates. Introduction/Moderator: Earl Maucker, Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Nueva Granada Room, Convention Center Closing luncheon. Sponsored by Legis y Seguros Bolívar. Plaza Mayor, Convention Center Post-conference city tour of Cartagena. Sponsored by AVIATUR. (Buses will depart from hotels at 3:00 p.m.) Meeting of National Press Associations. Américo Vespucio Room (Hotel Las Américas)
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
(Committee meetings are reserved for members of the same)Friday, March 16
Workshop. Investigative Reporting. Coordinator: Gerardo Reyes, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida. Business Center Room (above the lobby, Hotel Las Américas) Meeting of the Finance Committee, chairman Felipe T. Edwards, La Segunda, Santiago, Chile, and Audit Committee, chairman Luis A. Ferré, El Nuevo Día, San Juan, Puerto Rico. El Virrey Meeting Room, Convention Center Working luncheon of Executive Committee and Advisory Council, chairman Alejandro J. Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida. Américo Vespucio Room (Hotel Las Américas) Meeting of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, chairman Gonzalo Marroquín, Prensa Libre, Guatemala City, Guatemala, and Resolutions Committee. Américo Vespucio Room (Hotel Las Américas) Meeting of the Awards Committee, co-chairmen José Santiago Healy, Diario San Diego, Chula Vista, California, and Gustavo Mohme, La República, Lima, Peru. Cristóbal Colón Room (2nd floor, above De los Reyes Dining Room, Hotel Las Américas) Meeting of the Newspaper in Education Committee, chairman Silvia Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru. Business Center Room (above the lobby, Hotel Las Américas) Meeting of the Internet Committee, chairman Fabricio Altamirano, El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador. De Los Reyes Dining
Room, Hotel Las AméricasDinner for IAPA Executive Committee and Advisory Council and Host Committee, given by the President of Colombia, Dr. Alvaro Uribe Vélez, at Cartagena’s Casa de Huéspedes Ilustres (buses will depart the Hotel Las Américas at 7:20 p.m., returning at 10:00 p.m.). Breakfast meeting of the New Members Committee, co-chairmn Bruce Brugmann, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, California. Américo Vespucio Room (Hotel Las Américas) Breakfast meeting of the Investigative Journalism Committee, Advisory Board chairman Tom Fiedler, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida. El Virrey Meeting Room, Convention Center Meeting of the Nominations Committee, chairman Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, DC. Américo Vespucio Room (Hotel Las Américas) Meeting of the Impunity Committee, chairman Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, El Universal, Mexico City, Mexico. De Los Reyes Dining Room (Hotel Las Américas) Meeting of the Scholarship Fund, president Paul K. Scripps, E.W. Scripps Company, San Diego, California. El Virrey Meeting Room, Convention Center Breakfast meeting of the IAPA Press Institute Advisory Board, president Robert J. Caldwell, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California, and chairman Jaime Mantilla, Diario Hoy, Quito, Ecuador. Américo Vespucio Room (Hotel Las Américas) Breakfast meeting of the Hemisphere Conference on Values in Journalism for the 21st Century ad hoc committee, chairman Jack Fuller, Tribune Publishing Company (retired), Chicago, Illinois. De Los Reyes Dining Room (Hotel Las Américas) Meeting of the Chapultepec Committee, chairman Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Américo Vespucio Room (Hotel Las Américas)
