Services

• Press Room: Open daily 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Oaxaca Room
• Secretariat: Open daily 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Puebla Room
• Exhibit Booths: Open daily 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Molino del Rey Room
• Staff Room: Alcatraces Room
• VIP Lounge: Taxco Room
• Registration: Guerrero Room

PROGRAM

“The Challenges of a World in Transition”

FRIDAY, September 29
(Registration and seminars. Sessions open to all delegates)
   
9:00-10:00 a.m. General breakfast for attendees. Terraza Virreyes A Room
10:30 m - 12:00 noom Meeting of publishers with journalism school deans:
Moderator: Tony Pederson, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Arcoiris-Camelias Room
Silvia Pellegrini, School of Communication, Catholic University of Chile;
Alicia Casermeiro, Social Communication and Journalism Institute, Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)
Special participation:
Lourdes Durán Hernández, Communication Sciences Studies Center, UNAM
Gabriela Warketin, School of Communication, Iberoamericana University
Fernando Gutiérrez Cortés, School of Communication, Monterrey Institute of Higher Studies;
Claudia Magallanes Bravo, director, School of Communication, University of the Americas, Puebla;
José Luis Vázquez Baeza, director general, Carlos Septien School of Journalism
12:00 noon-6:00 p.m. Registration. Guerrero Room
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.


Series: Newspapers and the Online Revolution. Stop That Train, I Want to Get On. (This series is sponsored by El Universal, Mexico.)
Seminar 1. Print-online integration. Should we integrate the newsrooms or seek more synergy? Arcoiris-Camelias Room.
Len Apcar, Deputy news editor, The International Herald Tribune, Hong Kong, China. Former editor-in-chief, NYTimes.com
Mario Tascón, contents editor-in-chief, PrisaCom, Madrid, Spain
Kinsey Wilson, vice president and executive editor, USA Today, United States

Bruno Patiño, president, Le Monde Interactif, France
Moderator/Series Coordinator: Rosental Alves, Knight Professor, School of Journalism, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
 
4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Cultural Program. Guided tour of the National Museum of Anthropology. Lecture by museum director Felipe Solís
Reception and folklore festival at the Museum.
(Buses will depart from the hotel at 4:00 p.m. and return at 7:30 p.m.)

SATURDAY, September 30
(Seminars and welcome reception. Sessions open to all delegates)
   
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration. Guerrero Room
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. General breakfast for all delegates, sponsored by Vanguardia, Saltillo, Mexico. Terraza Virreyes A Room
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. IAPA Golf Cup I, with the participation of General Assembly attendees. Bosque Real: Golf Club. Sponsored by Bosque Real Country Club.
(Buses will depart at 9:00 a.m. and return beginning at 3:00 p.m.)
9:00 a.m. - 10.30 am Series: Newspapers and the Online Revolution. Stop That Train, I Want to Get On.
Seminar 2. The impact of blogs and new forms of relationship between newspapers and the public online. Arcoiris-Camelias Room
Jim Brady, vice president and executive editor, thewashingtonpost.com
Jan Schaffer, executive director, Interactive Journalism Institute (J-Lab), University of Maryland
Joyce Jane, editor, O Globo Online, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
Moderator: Alma Delia Fuentes, Journalist, Prisa, Mexico
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Spouses Program. Tour of southern Mexico City, including visit to Saturday’s San Angel Bazaar in San Angel, Coyoacán. Lunch at San Angel Inn.
(Buses will depart beginning 9:00 a.m., returning beginning at 2:30 p.m.)
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Coffee break. Sponsored by Bimbo. Molino del Rey Room
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Series: Newspapers and the Online Revolution. Stop That Train, I Want to Get On.
Seminar 3. Is There Life Beyond the Print Newspaper? Preparing for the Multi-Product Future of Newspapers. Arcoiris-Camelias Room
Robert Picard, Professor of Media Economics and director, Center of Management and Transformation of the Media, International Business School, University of Jönköping, Sweden.
Aldo van Weezel, researcher, Center of Management and Transformation of the Media, International Business School, University of Jönköping, Sweden.
Moderator: Tim Parsa, editor of Todito.com

 
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch.Lunch.
Víctor García de la Concha, director of the Real Academia Española (Spanish Royal Academy) and president of the Spanish-language Academies Association, and José G. Moreno de Alba, director of the Mexican Academy. “Triumphs and Challenges of the Spanish Language: Expansion and Unity in Variety”.
Introduction by Alejandro Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida. Terraza Virreyes A Room.
 
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. The Future of Newspapers in the Digital Era.
Speaker: L. Gordon Crovitz, publisher, The Wall Street Journal, New York, New York, and executive chairman of the Consumer Media Group of Dow Jones & Company, New York. Introduction by William E. Casey, Jr., The Wall Street Journal, New York, New York. Chapultepec B Room
4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Coffee break. Sponsored by Bimbo. Molino del Rey Room
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. The News Agencies in the Digital Era. Arcoirisi-Camelias Room
Pierre Louette, President and General Director, AFP;
Thomas Kent, Deputy Managing Editor News, AFP
Betty Wong, News Editor, Reuters
Alex Grijelmo, President, EFE
Moderator: Earl Maucker, Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Journalism: Investigation and Narration. How to create stories with depth and impact. Chapultepec B Room
Carlos Monsiváis. Writer and journalist, Mexico
Facundo Landívar, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Salvador Frausto, editorial coordinator, Gatopardo magazine
Moderator: Raymundo Riva Palacio, El Universal, Mexico City
6:30-11:00 p.m. Welcome Reception. Chapultepec Castle. Musical performance. Sponsored by Televisión Azteca.
(Buses will depart beginning at 6:00 p.m. and will return to the hotel beginning at 10:30 p.m.)
SUNDAY, October 1
(Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. Sessions open to all delegates. The Committee receives country-by-country reports)
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration. Guerrero Room
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. New Members Welcome Breakfast. Sponsored by PR Newswire. Girasoles Room
Chairman Liza Gross, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida. Presentation: Susan McClatchy, McClatchy Newspapers, Sacramento, California
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. General Breakfast for all delegates. Sponsored by Vanguardia, Saltillo, Mexico. Terraza Virreyes A Room
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Spouses Program. Visit to the Basilica of Guadalupe and to the Teotihuacan pyramids. Lunch at the archeological site
(Buses will depart at 9:00 a.m., returning at 3:00 p.m.)
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Session of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. Chapultepec Room
—Opening of sessions by IAPA President Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C.
—Welcome by Host Committee Chairman Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, El Universal, Mexico City
—Naming of subcommittees
—Explanation of session format by chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, Gonzalo Marroquín, Prensa Libre, Guatemala City, Guatemala
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Series: Newspapers and the Online Revolution. Stop That Train, I Want to Get On.
Seminar 4. Special program for delegates from online newspapers. “The Present and the future of advertising on the Internet.” Arcoiris-Camelias Room
Mookie Tenenbaum, United Virtualities, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Moderator/Coordinator: Fabricio Altamirano, editor, El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador
 
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Coffee break. Sponsored by Bimbo. Molino del Rey Room
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Presentation of the book “Ser periodista, la vida y legado de Carlos M. Castañeda” (To Be a Journalist: The Life and Legacy of Carlos M. Castañeda) by writer and columnist Carlos A. Montaner. Taxco Room
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information
—Country-by-country reports
—Special reports
• Report by Impunity Committee Chairman Enrique Santos, El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia
• Report by Chapultepec Committee Co-Chairmen Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Sergio Muñoz, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California

Panel: The Role of the Press in Transparency.
Chapultepec Room
Patrick A. Yack, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida
Alonso Lujambio, president, Federal Institute of Access to Public Information, Mexico
Moderator: Rosanna Fuentes-Beráin, journalist and analyst, Mexico
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Lunch. Terraza Virreyes A Room
Presentation by Juan Luis Cebrián, chief executive, Grupo Prisa (El País, Madrid, Spain).
Introduction by Carmen Aristegui, Journalist, W Radio, CNN en español, Mexico
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Series: Newspapers and the Online Revolution. Stop That Train, I Want to Get On.
Seminar 5. Special program for delegates from online newspapers. Seminar on video and audio streaming on the Internet: Tools and Risks. Arcoiris-Camelias Room
Jim Brady, vice president and executive editor, thewashingtonpost.com;
Bruno López, vice president and general manager, Univision.com
Ignacio Catalán, managing director, eluniversal.com.mx
Moderator/Coordinator: Fabricio Altamirano, editor, El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador
 
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. Continuation of country-by-country reports. Chapultepec Room
Panel: Progress in the decriminalization of libel and defamation.
Moderator: Gonzalo Marroquín, Prensa Libre, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Lydia Cacho, journalist, Mexico
Beatriz Mojica Morga, Congresswoman, Mexico, sponsor of repeal of laws concerning press crimes and journalists’ professional secrecy
Asdrúbal Aguiar, El Impulso, Caracas, Venezuela
7:00 - 11:00 p.m.

Reception and banquet hosted by El Universal on the occasion of its 90th Anniversary.
Tolsá Square and Minería Palace, Historic District
President-elect of Mexico Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
Introduction by Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, president and editor-in-chief, El Universal, Mexico City
Dr. Juan Ramón de la Fuente, president, National Autonomous University of Mexico
(Buses will begin to depart at 6:30 p.m. The first group will be offered a quick tour of the Historic District. Buses will return to the hotel starting at 10:30 p.m.)
 

MONDAY, October 2(Sessions open to all participants)
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration. Guerrero Room
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. General breakfast for all delegates. Terraza Virreyes A Room
9:00 a.m. Board of Directors Elections (until 4:00 p.m.)
Exhibit area
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. “New Challenges for the Americas.”
Thomas Shannon, United States Assistant Secretary of State, United States

Introduction by Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C. Chapultepec Room

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Spouses Program. Visit to the city of Cuernavaca. Places of interest, shopping for handicrafts.
(Buses will depart at 9:00 a.m., returning at 3:00 p.m.)
10:00 - 10:45 a.m.

Official Opening Ceremony of the 62nd General Assembly. Chapultepec Room

  • Welcome remarks by Host Committee Chairman Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, El Universal, Mexico City
  • Remarks by IAPA President, Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C.
  • Introduction of President Vicente Fox by Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, El Universal, Mexico City
Speech by Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada


 
10:45 a.m. -11:00 a.m. Coffee break. Sponsored by Bimbo. Molino del Rey Room
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 m.

IAPA Board of Directors, IAPA Press Institute and IAPA Scholarship Fund Boards of Directors meetings.  (The Board of Directors sessions are open to all delegates). Chapultepec Room

  • Roll call by IAPA Secretary Juan Luis Correa, La Prensa, Panama City, Panama
  • Report by IAPA President Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C.
  • Report by Executive Committee Chairman Alejandro Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida
  • Report by IAPA Scholarship Fund Board of Directors Chairman Paul K. Scripps, E.W. Scripps Company, San Diego, California
  • Report by IAPA Press Institute Board of Directors Chairman Jaime Mantilla, Diario Hoy, Quito, Ecuador
  • Report by Foundations Committee Co-Chairmen Edward Seaton, Seaton Newspapers, Manhattan, Kansas, and Scott C. Schurz, Hoosier Times, Bloomington, Indiana
  • Financial Report by IAPA Treasurer William E. Casey, Jr., Dow Jones & Company, New York, and Finance Committee Chairman Luis A. Ferré, El Nuevo Día, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Report by International Affairs Committee Co-Chairmen Jorge Canahuati Larach, La Prensa, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and Nélida Rajneri, Río Negro, General Roca, Argentina
  • Management Report by IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz, Miami, Florida
  • Report by New Members Committee Co-Chairmen Edward Seaton, Seaton Newspapers, Manhattan, Kansas, and Jayme Sirotsky, RBS, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Approval of new members.
  • Report by Subcommittee Chairmen: Bruce Brugmann, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, California; André Jungblut, Gazeta do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil; Tony Pederson, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; and Liza Gross, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida
  • Report by Internet Committee Chairman Fabricio Altamirano, El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador
  • Report by Newspapers-in-Education Committee Chairman Silvia Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru 
  • Report by Legal Affairs Committee Chairman Armando González, La Nación, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Report by Institute of Investigative Journalism President Tom Fiedler, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida
12:00 - 2:30 p.m. Lunch. Sponsored by the Association of Publishers of the States. Terraza Virreyes A Room
“New Ideas, New Realities in Latin America.” Keynote address by Hernando de Soto . Introduction by Rafael Molina, El Día, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Presentation of IAPA Presidential Award, Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, DC
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. “Globalization, The Economy and Democracy.” Conversation of Carlos Slim, president of the Carso Group, with Felipe González, former Spanish prime minister.
Introduction: Enrique Santos Calderón, El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia. Chapultepec Room
4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Coffee break. Sponsored by Bimbo. Molino del Rey Room
4:00 - 6:30 p.m. Presentation of video “The Battle of Silence.” IAPA Impunity Program. Chapultepec Room
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. IAPA Strategic Plan. Presentation of the results and program for the future. Co-Chairmen Rafael Molina, El Día, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and Saturnino Herrero, Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Chapultepec Room
   
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. IAPA 2006 Awards presentation ceremony. Terraza Virreyes A Room
8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Reception and Bohemian evening. Performance by Armando Manzanero and Francisco Céspedes. Sponsored by Grupo Durango-Pipsa. Terraza Virreyes A Room
  

TUESDAY, October 3
(Sessions open to all delegates)
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Working breakfast for female delegates. Chaired by Liza Gross, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida
Guests:
Rossana Fuentes, journalist, editor of the Spanish-language edition of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
Ana María Salazar, former advisor to President Bill Clinton for Latin American affairs, analyst, Mexico.
Girasoles Room
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. General breakfast for all delegates. Sponsored by Vanguardia, Saltillo, Mexico. Terraza Virreyes A Room
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Registration. Guerrero Room
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information.
Approval of Country-by-Country reports, Conclusions and Resolutions. Chapultepec B Room
9:00 - 12:30 p.m Spouses Program: Bus tour from Camino Real Hotel.
Reforma–Historic District. Opportunity for shopping. (Buses will depart at 9:00 a.m., returning at 1:00 p.m.). The group will be taken to the Hacienda los Morales, where a luncheon for all General Assembly attendees will be held.
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Coffee break. Sponsored by Bimbo. Molino del Rey Room
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 m. Continuation of approval of country-by-country reports,
conclusions and resolutions. Chapultepec B Room
12:00 m. - 1:00 p.m. Results of Board of Directors elections.
• Report of Elections Committee Chairman Héctor Dávalos, Novedades de Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico
• Election of officers and members of the Executive Committee for 2006-2007. Report by Nominations Committee Chairman Alejo Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru
• Report by Future Sites Committee Chairman Milton Coleman, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Any Other Business.
Chapultepec B Room
 
1:30 - 4:30 p.m. General Luncheon, Los Morales Ranch. Sponsored by El Economista, Imagen Zacatecas and FEMSA.
Mexican kermess style food. Various booths will offer typical food and beverages from regions around the country. Musical performance.
(Buses will depart from the hotel beginning at 1:00 p.m. and return to hotel beginning at 4:00 p.m.)
 
7:30 - 11:00 p.m. Closing Ceremony at Palace of Fine Arts (gala ceremony). Sponsored by Gruma-Banorte.
• Farewell remarks by Host Committee Chairman Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, El Universal, Mexico City
• Remarks by Outgoing President Diana Daniels, The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C.
• Remarks by incoming president
• Musical performance. “Jarocho” (Mexican and Caribbean folk music). Sponsored by the Government of the State of Veracruz.
(Buses will depart from hotel at 6:30 p.m. and return to hotel starting at 10:30 p.m.)
 


COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Friday, September 29
9:00 a.m. Meeting of the Latin American Council on Accreditation of Journalism Schools. Chairman Raúl Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata, Argentina. Girasoles Room
10:30 a.m. Meeting of the Finance Committee and Audit Committee. Chairman Luis A. Ferré, El Nuevo Día, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Jesús Díaz, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida. Taxco Room
12:00 m. - 3:00 p.m. Working luncheon and meeting of the Executive Committee and Advisory Council. Chairman Alejandro Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida. Girasoles Room
3:30 p.m. Meeting of the Awards Committee. Co-Chairmen Gustavo Mohme, La República, Lima, Peru, and José Santiago Healy, Diario San Diego, Chula Vista, California. Taxco Room
3:30 p.m. Meeting of the Newspapers-in-Education Committee. Chairman Silvia Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru. Veracruz Room
3:30 p.m. Meeting of the Electronic Media Committee. Chairman Fabricio Altamirano, El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador. Morelia Room
4:30 p.m. Meeting of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. Chairman Gonzalo Marroquín, Prensa Libre, Guatemala City, Guatemala, and of the Resolutions Committee. Jardín Room
7:30-10:30 p.m. Executive Committee and Advisory Council dinner given by the Host Committee and sponsored by El Informador, Guadalajara, Mexico, at the National Museum of Art.
Welcome remarks by Host Committee Chairman Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, El Universal, Mexico.
Brief tour of the museum, dinner and musical performance.
(Buses will depart from the hotel at 7:00 p.m., returning starting at 10:00 p.m.)
   
Saturday, September 30
   
8:00 a.m. Breakfast meeting of the ad hoc Committee on the Hemisphere Summit on Journalistic Values for the 21st Century. Chairman Jack Fuller, Tribune Publishing Company-retired, Chicago, Illinois. Jardín Room
8:00 a.m. Breakfast meeting of the Institute of Investigative Journalism. Chairman of the Advisory Board Tom Fiedler, The Miami Herald, Miami, Herald. Taxco Room
4:00 p.m. Meeting of the Nominations Committee. Chairman Alejo Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru. Taxco Room
4:00 p.m. Meeting of the Impunity Committee. Chairman Enrique Santos, El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia. Morelia Room
   
Sunday, October 1
8:00 a.m. Breakfast meeting of the IAPA Press Institute Advisory Board. President Jaime Mantilla, Diario Hoy, Quito, Ecuador, and Chairman Robert Caldwell, The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California. Jardín Room
5:00 p.m. Meeting of the Chapultepec Committee. Co-Chairmen Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Sergio Muñoz, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California. Arcoiris Room..
5:00 p.m. Meeting of the IAPA Scholarship Fund. Chairman Paul K. Scripps, E.W. Scripps Company, San Diego, California. Camelias Room
   
Monday, October 2
8:00 a.m. Breakfast meeting of the Membership Committee. Co-Chairmen Edward Seaton, Seaton Newspapers, Manhattan, Kansas, and Jayme Sirotsky, RBS, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Jardín Room
Tuesday, October 3



  
8:00 a.m. Breakfast meeting of the Chapultepec Grand Prize adjudication panel. Co-chairmen Gustavo Mohme, La República, Lima, Peru, and José Santiago Healy, Diario San Diego, Chula Vista, California. Arcoiris Room

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